Nurse practitioners combine clinical expertise with a whole-patient approach.
Nurse practitioners provide advanced care as part of your medical team. They have earned their title by completing a master’s or doctoral program in the field, completing advanced clinical training, and receiving national certification. In addition to these rigorous qualifications, they bring a unique perspective to healthcare. Their emphasis is on the health and well-being of the whole person, with an added eye to disease prevention.
Like your doctor, nurse practitioners can order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests as well as prescribe medicine and other treatments. They are licensed to diagnose and treat patients alone as well as in collaboration with other healthcare professionals. And because of their focus on health education and guiding patients to making positive, smarter, lifestyle choices, patients who see nurse practitioners and follow these recommendations can discover that their out-of-pocket medical costs are lower.
The nurse practitioners at AICD have a specialty focus in cardiovascular care.
Meghan Costa, NP
Lisa Dunham, NP
Susan Garber, NP
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