Community Nursing Clinic
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
A Nursing Practitioner is a registered nurse who is qualified
through advanced training to assume some of the duties and responsibilities
formerly assumed only by a physician, including prescribing medications.
The nurse practitioners at the Pewaukee Nursing Clinic each hold
a master's degree and are community nursing specialists. Nurse
Practitioners attend to each patient and direct the nursing students
in their hands-on, clinical experience. The care provided by a
nurse practitioner is holistic, with an emphasis on wellness and
disease prevention and maintaining good health through education.
Facts:
- Nurse Practitioners safely provide up to 90% of primary care
needed by children and 80% of primary care needed by adults.
- Nurse Practitioners are able to provide primary care services
safely and effectively and make appropriate referrals when necessary.
- Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners is on the
same high level as that of doctors based on physical exams,
prescriptions, patient education and improvement in patients'
physical, emotional, and social health.
- Nurse Practitioners have improved consumer access to care
by providing health care services in rural and inner city shortage
areas and by assisting in health programs for poor, minorities,
elderly, and people without health insurance.
- Many patients express a preference for Nurse Practitioners
because of their enhanced communication, counseling and interviewing
skills as well as complete exams.
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