Nurse Practitioners in New York State

Nurse practitioners (NPs) diagnose, treat, and prescribe across a wide range of health conditions to all populations across the lifespan and take a true patient-centered approach to care. They focus on health promotion, education, and counseling as well as disease prevention.  The New York State Education Department certifies NPs in these specialties: Acute Care, Adult Health, College Health, Community Health, Family Health, Gerontology, Holistic Nursing, Neonatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oncology, Palliative Care, Pediatrics, Perinatology, Psychiatry, School Health and Women's Health.

NPs not only treat physical and mental conditions, they teach you and your family how to get healthy and stay that way. NPs can:

• Diagnose and treat illnesses and perform physical examinations
• Prescribe medications
• Order/interpret radiology, laboratory, and other diagnostic tests
• Educate you and your family about making healthy lifestyle choices
• Perform various procedures such as suturing of wounds
• Have admitting and discharging privileges in hospitals
• Coordinate your health care services

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