The nurse practitioner can provide a wide variety of primary and urgent care services,  similar to those provided by a family physician, such as preventative care and screening, chronic disease management, minor surgical procedures, and more.

 An extensive list of services and fees can be found in the services section below.

The nurse practitioner can do the following:

• Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage acute illnesses and chronic diseases

• Prescribe all medications including controlled stances (opioids, ADHD medication)

• Perform invasive and noninvasive procedures including below the dermis

• Order all diagnostic imaging tests (X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs) except PET scans (specialists only)

• Consult and refer to specialists 

• Able to complete all government and insurance forms including MTO physicals and form completion

• Setting or casting a bone fracture or joint dislocation

• Applying and ordering the application of energy

• Administrating a substance by injection or inhalation (ie. joint injection)

• Perform psychotherapy techniques 

• 30-minute appointments

• Health promotion, health teaching, patient-centered care, collaborative team approach, nursing empathy and compassionate approach to patients

• Years of nursing experience 

• Nurse practitioners work autonomously.  They do not need to be supervised  by a physician like physician assistants

• Nurse practitioners embrace working side by side with other healthcare professionals (ie. RN, social worker) to enhance the quality management of illness (mental health, and substance use disorder treatments).  Patients can have a more comprehensive treatment plan when providers work together to achieve wellness. 

• Various research studies and analyses demonstrate that if NPs were used to their full potential, the cost-saving to our healthcare system could be significant 

• NPs are not second-level physicians nor are they assistants to physicians.