Kerri Murry is a graduate of Boston College with a B.S. in Nursing. After working for several years as an inpatient nurse, she went on to obtain a Masters in Nursing through the Nurse Practitioner program at Baylor University in Dallas, TX. She started practice with an asthma and allergy specialist, but went on to work for 13 years in a private Family Practice in Flemington, NJ as a completely autonomous practitioner with a large patient following. As a Board Certified Family Practice Nurse Practitioner, she is responsible for and capable of providing care across the spectrum of diseases and ages, and she practices health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness. Her patients value her gifts as a listener and a medical provider.
Definition of a Nurse Practitioner (from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia):
A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an Advanced Practice Nurse who has completed graduate-level education, either a Master of Nursing or a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Nurse Practitioners treat both physical and mental conditions through comprehensive history taking, physical exams, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests. NPs can then diagnose the disease and then provide appropriate treatment for the patients, including prescribing medications. NPs can serve as a patient’s primary health care provider and see patients of all ages depending on their specialty (family, pediatrics, geriatrics, etc.) The core philosophy of the field is individualized care that focuses on the patient’s conditions as well as the effects of illness on the lives of the patients and their families. NPs make prevention, wellness, and patient education priorities. In addition to health care services, NPs conduct research and are often active in patient advocacy activities. To become licensed/certified to practice, Nurse Practitioners hold national board certification in an area of specialty (family, women’s health, etc.) and are licensed through state nursing boards.According to the International Council of Nurses, an NP/Advanced Practice Nurse is “a registered nurse who has acquired the expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and clinical competencies for expanded practice, the characteristics of which are shaped by the context and/or country in which s/he is credentialed to practice.”