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Could you describe one of your typical work day as a nurse practitioner?

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I worked in a Family Practice office for many years. My hours were from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday-Friday. I saw everything from newborns (until a pediatrician came on board) to the very old person. I saw a patient every 15 minutes for routine things, like follow up visits for high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, depression, medication refills-many stable chronic diseases. I also saw acute things like the flu, ear aches, strep throat. I would have 30 minute visits for well child checks/sports physicals/regular physicals/women's gyn physicals. Basically getting a history, checking the patient out with whatever physical exams were needed, ordered lab work and xrays, coming up with a treatment plan, and then going over it with the patient. I did a lot of counseling, not just on the treatment plan but also on life issues in general. I worked with 6 other physicians in our location so there was always someone I could talk to if I wasn't sure what was going on with someone.

So, I might see someone for a blood pressure check, followed by someone in for a diabetes check, followed by someone who was having some sort of pain that needed to be worked up, followed by someone with a skin issue that needed treating, followed by a female needing a pap, followed by a child needing shots, followed by someone who was acutely ill. The schedule was different every day.
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