Karen J. Thompson, APRN

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.

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  Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

  Chamberlain University: College of Nursing & Public Health

• Aetna [Aetna Health Inc. (a GA corp.)]

• Ambetter from Peach State Health Plan [Peach State Health Plan]

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc.

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• Medicaid

• Medicare

• UnitedHealthcare of Georgia, Inc.