Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Email List
A Pediatric nurse is a
registered nurse or nurse practitioner that specializes in the care of children
from birth to young adult. They focus on primary care, preventive health, and
growth and development, along with managing acute and chronic illnesses.
Pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) are first and foremost nurses, which means
patient education and holistic care is a significant part of their practice.
Depending on the state in which they practice, oversight by physicians may or may
not be required.
Pediatric nurse
practitioners are essential to the healthcare team because they improve patient
outcomes by utilizing the nursing processes of assessing, analyzing, planning,
implementing, and evaluating various facets of care. They are the eyes and ears
of physicians and provide valuable patient education, comfort, and reassurance
to parents and children in specific aspects of care.
Pediatric nurse
practitioners can diagnose and treat patients as well as perform procedures.
They differ from physicians in that their patient care approach is more
holistic. Being nurses, they gather information about a patient not only to
include physical symptoms, but psychosocial and environmental information as
well. They are skilled in education and therefore can spend time teaching
patients and caregivers about disease processes, treatments, and healthcare
prevention as well as diagnosing acute health issues.
According to the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners, nurse practitioners can also help
lower the cost of health care, as patients who use nurse practitioners as their
primary care provider have fewer emergency room visits, and shorter hospital
stays. Additionally, they help to fill the gap with the primary care physician
shortage in the United States. They also tend to have high patient
satisfaction.
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