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 Houston, TX
Emergency Medicine Practitioner
Mrs. Loretta Foster is an Emergency Medicine Practitioner in Houston, TX
with special training and skill in addressing urgent illnesses and injuries in patients of all ages.
As an Emergency Medicine Practitioner, Loretta Foster, NP performs
in trauma centers, intensive care units, and emergency rooms. Emergency Medicine is
the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions that require immediate attention. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Emergency Medicine Doctors include severe injuries, trauma, sepsis, burns, acute coronary syndrome, poisoning, heart attack, and stroke.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Emergency Medicine Doctors
include CPR, ECG, projection radiography, CT scan, x-ray, blood testing, suturing, inserting chest tubs, setting bones, and admitting patients into hospitals.
An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
Emergency Medicine Doctors in Houston, TX
Family Medicine Practitioner
Mrs. Loretta Foster is a Family Medicine Practitioner in Houston, TX
with special training and skill in family-centric healthcare.
As a Family Medicine Practitioner, Loretta Foster, NP performs
medical history analysis, diagnostics, and treatments for a wide variety of dysfunctions, conditions, and injuries. Family Medicine is
a medical specialty devoted to the medical care of the family unit. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Family Medicine Doctors include cold and flu, asthma and allergies, ear and eye infections, yeast infections, diabetes, high blood pressure, hormone imbalance, nutritional imbalance, stress and depression, muscle tears and sprains, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Family Medicine Doctors
include annual exams, immunizations, medication refills, hormone level testing, cardiovascular testing, pap smears and genital exams, specialist referrals, and patient education.
Family Medicine is the medical specialty which is concerned with the total health care of the individual and the family. It is the specialty in breadth which integrates the biological, clinical, and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine is not limited by age, sex, organ system, or disease entity.
Family Medicine Doctors in Houston, TX
Primary Care Practitioner
Primary Care Doctors in Houston, TX
