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 Danbury, CT
Functional Medicine Practitioner
Mrs. Ilene S. Castaldo is a Functional Medicine Practitioner in Danbury, CT
with special training and skill in addressing the underlying cause of disease using a patient-centered focus on overall wellness to treat root causes of disease instead of focusing on symptom resolution alone.
As a Functional Medicine Practitioner, Ilene S. Castaldo, NP-C performs
physical exams, diagnostic testing, integrative medical techniques like acupuncture, acupressure, medical massage, and nutritional guidance, and medication prescription. Functional Medicine is
a branch of medicine that users a patient-centered technique designed to determine specific treatment based on each patient's unique lifestyle, environment, genetics, and medical history. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Functional Medicine Doctors include acute disease like throat, ear, and sinus infections, skin rashes, acid reflux, bronchitis, hormonal imbalance, erectile dysfunction (ED), vaginal dryness, urinary tract infection, common wounds and injuries, and chronic conditions like diabetes, asthma, hypertension, high blood pressure, obesity, back pain, arthritis, anxiety, and recurring pain in the neck, knee, elbow, and hip.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Functional Medicine Doctors
include physical examination, x-ray, ultrasound, MRI, and CT imaging, blood and urine testing, tissue biopsy, hormone level testing, acupuncture, acupressure, medical massage, cupping, cryotherapy, aromatherapy, and many other integrative medical procedures that make up a whole treatment plan drawn from a wide variety of medical practices.
Functional Medicine Doctors in Danbury, CT
