Nurse Practitioner
A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Nurse Practitioners in Arlington, TX
Orthopedic Hand Surgeon
Miss Safa E. Jassim is an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon in Arlington, TX
with special training and skill in diagnosing and treating hand dysfunctions with physical and occupational therapy or with surgery to restore movement and reduce or eliminate pain.
As an Orthopedic Hand Surgeon, Safa E. Jassim, NP-C performs
diagnosis, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and surgery. Orthopedic Hand Surgery is
the field of medicine that treats dysfunctions of the hand, wrist, and forearm with and without surgery. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Orthopedic Hand Surgeons include carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist pain, cuts on the fingers and hand and sports injuries.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Orthopedic Hand Surgeons
include diagnostics, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and surgery.
An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
Orthopedic Hand Surgeons in Arlington, TX
