Whois & Analysis for practicematch.com

Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses educated and trained to provide health promotion and maintenance through the diagnosis and treatment of acute illness and chronic condition.

According to the International Council of Nurses, an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is "a registered nurse who has acquired the expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and clinical competencies for expanded practice, the characteristics of which are shaped by the context and/or country in which s/he is credentialed to practice.

A master's degree is recommended for entry level.".

A physician assistant (US) or physician associate (UK) is a healthcare professional who practices medicine as a part of a healthcare team with supervising physicians and other providers.

In the United States, PAs are nationally certified and state licensed to practice medicine.

A certified PA may use "C" at the end of his/her credentials.

PAs are trained using the medical model and complete these qualifications in less time than a traditional medical degree.

The PA education model is based on the fast-track training of doctors during World War II.

Internal medicine or general medicine (in Commonwealth nations) is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases.

Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists, or physicians (without a modifier) in Commonwealth nations.

Internists are skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes.

Internists care for hospitalized and ambulatory patients and may play a major role in teaching and research.

Family medicine (FM), formerly family practice (FP), is a specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages; the specialist is named a family physician or family doctor.

In Europe the discipline is often referred to as general practice and a practitioner as a General Practice Doctor or GP; this name emphasises the holistic nature of this speciality, as well as its roots in the family.

It is a division of primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body.

It is based on knowledge of the patient in the context of the family and the community, emphasizing disease prevention and health promotion.

According to the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), the aim of family medicine is to provide personal, comprehensive, and continuing care for the individual in the context of the family and the community.

The issues of values underlying this practice are usually known as primary care ethics.