APP - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | Emergency Medicine

The NP works collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to deliver efficient, high-quality, patient-centered care. Perform comprehensive patient assessments including history, physical examination, and diagnostic testing. Diagnose and treat acute illnesses and injuries such as fractures, infections, cardiac events, respiratory distress, trauma, and other emergent conditions.

Order, interpret, and act upon diagnostic tests such as labs, EKGs, imaging studies, and monitor patient progress. Develop and implement treatment plans, including medication prescriptions, procedures, and referrals to specialists as necessary. Provide wound care, suturing, splinting, and other emergency procedures within NP scope of practice.

Stabilize patients in critical condition and initiate emergency interventions as appropriate. Educate patients and families on diagnoses, treatment plans, follow-up care, and preventive health. Maintain accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR).

Participate in quality improvement initiatives and maintain compliance with hospital policies, protocols, and regulatory standards. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to coordinate patient care and disposition decisions (admission, discharge, or transfer). Stay current with emergency medicine best practices and continuing education requirements.