Vital Signs: When a Nurse Is All You Need-Mom Matters #16

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You or your children can wait six months or more to see a primary physician for routine checkups, but sometimes you may be offered to see a nurse practitioner sooner. Nurses play a vital role in freeing up doctors to focus on critical issues and often offer patients quality and more timely care-including doing routine check-ups and seeing minor ailments. Nurse practitioner Deborah Moore will help us understand the difference between a nurse, nurse practitioner, and a registered nurse. We'll talk about when you should insist on seeing a doctor and what are the typical issues nurses can and should deal with.
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