Job description Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Capitale-Nationale Region
Find out what work is like for an advanced nurse practitioner in Canada. This work description is applicable to all Allied primary health practitioners (NOC 31302).
Nurse practitioners
Description
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with additional education, advanced knowledge and nursing experience, and a specialty of practice. They provide a range of health services to patients and deliver preventive and continuous care toward the management of patients' health. Nurse practitioners work in conjunction with physicians and collaboratively with other nursing colleagues and health-care providers, or they may work independently. They are employed in community health centres, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centres. Nurse practitioners may specialize in primary healthcare or acute care.
Work week duration
Nurse practitioners usually work more than 40 hours per week.Job duties
Here are some of the main activities and tasks that Nurse practitioners have to perform, and some of the physical demands they involve:
- Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
- Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
- Inoculate and vaccinate patients
- Advise patients and their families on health care including health promotion, disease, illness and accident prevention
- Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team such as family physicians, therapists and nutritionists to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate patient care in consultation with patients and their families
- Perform a patient advocacy role
- Prescribe and administer medications
- May co-ordinate or manage primary patient care.
Physical demands Help - Physical Demands
- Standing
- Handling material manually
- Sitting
Workplaces and employers
Here are the typical workplaces where Nurse practitioners are employed and some of their main characteristics:
- Clinics
- Community health centres
- Hospitals
- Rehabilitation centres
Work environment Help - Physical Work Environment
- Indoors, environmentally controlled
- Biological agents
- Dangerous chemical substances
- Skin injury
- Standard safety equipment
Physical proximity from others Help - Physical proximity from others
- Physically touching or very close
Related job titles
Here are some other related job titles that are found in the same occupational category (NOC 31302), and a list of similar occupations:
- advanced practice nurse
- extended class registered nurse
- nurse practitioner
Similar occupations Help - Similar occupations
- General practitioners and family physicians
- Specialists in surgery
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- Specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine
- Managers in health care
- Other professional occupations in health diagnosing and treating
- Physician assistants, midwives and allied health professionals
Sources Occupational and Skills Information System & National Occupational Classification
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