Primary Health Care with our Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioners have advanced university education and provide personalized, quality health care to patients. They can work independently and in collaboration with other health care professionals. Ontario Nurse Practitioners provide a full range of health care services for all ages and across the health spectrum including: identifying and treating acute/chronic illness, order and analyze lab/diagnostic tests, prescribe medications and complete comprehensive health history and assessments.
In Ontario NP's are authorized to:
- Complete a comprehensive health history and assessment
-Formulate and communicate a diagnosis
-Prescribe all medications
-Order and interpret laboratory tests
-Order some diagnostic imaging
-Refer to specialists
- Admit, treat and discharge patients from hospital
-Dispense, sell, and compound medications
-Set and cast fractures and dislocated joints
