Nurse practitioners (N.P.s) are clinicians who treat various health issues while focusing on disease prevention, health management, and patient education. Like physicians, they:
• Evaluate patients
• Order tests
• Diagnose conditions
• Create and manage treatment plans
• Write prescriptions
WHAT IS THEIR TRAINING?
It’s only after a master’s or doctoral degree program that a registered nurse can become an N.P. There is also advanced clinical training, national certification, and evaluations.
WHERE DO THEY WORK?
More than 80 percent focus on primary care practices, while others provide care in specialties like oncology or dermatology.
ON THE RISE
The N.P. career field is booming. In 2025, an estimated 244,000 nurse practitioners will be practicing. Given a projected shortage of primary care physicians by 2020, adding N.P.s into a primary care role helps alleviate that shortage.
CRH News
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Guardian Response Trains with CRH on Patient Transport
Apr 26, 2024, 15:25 PM by DeClue, A.On April 29 and May 2, Columbus Regional Health and area first responders will be conducting a training session in partnership with military representatives. This is a planned, simulated emergency drill.Full story -
Final Two CRH Practices Move to NexusPark
Apr 18, 2024, 12:36 PM by DeClue, A.CRH at NexusPark officially opened in late January, and more than 15 provider practices and services have relocated to the space in the first quarter of 2024.Full story -
Wound Center Receives National Awards
Apr 3, 2024, 15:21 PM by DeClue, A.The Wound Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92 percentFull story -
CRH conducting independent public health survey
Mar 26, 2024, 12:41 PM by DeClue, A.Columbus Regional Health is conducting a Health Status Survey by telephone and online from March through May.Full story -
Columbus Regional Health offers new online health portal for expectant parents
Mar 25, 2024, 14:21 PM by DeClue, A.With CRH’s new My Pregnancy Journey, patients can use their computers or mobile devices to review digital prenatal education from a trusted source and track important decisions and tasks that need to happen at specific pregnancy milestones.Full story -
Additional Medical Practices Move to NexusPark
Mar 25, 2024, 11:24 AM by DeClue, A.More practices and services relocate to NexusPark facility.Full story