Health and Wellness Services
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
A Nurse Practitioner is your partner in health providing high-quality medical services. The Family Nurse Practitioner scope of practice allows our Nurse Practitioners to see and treat all ages of clients, write prescriptions and make referrals necessary to specialists. NPs have advanced education (most have master's degrees and many have doctorates) and clinical training beyond their initial registered nurse preparation. Emphasis is placed both on care and cure.
Nursing is rooted in viewing an individual as a whole, in the context of self, family and community. Compassion, caring and understanding form the foundation of a NPs way of practicing medicine. Nurse Practitioners have proven time and time again both high patient satisfaction and high quality care. For further information, browse the website of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.