Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner
Taxonomy Code 363L00000X

Classification: Nurse Practitioner

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Description

(1) 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.

Notes

Source: (1) American Nurses' Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996 Certification Catalogue. (2) ) Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 549.

Additional Taxonomy Codes from Nurse Practitioner

• 363LA2100X Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care)
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• 363LA2200X Nurse Practitioner (Adult Health)
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• 363LC0200X Nurse Practitioner (Critical Care Medicine)
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• 363LC1500X Nurse Practitioner (Community Health)
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• 363LF0000X Nurse Practitioner (Family)
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• 363LG0600X Nurse Practitioner (Gerontology)
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• 363LN0000X Nurse Practitioner (Neonatal)
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• 363LN0005X Nurse Practitioner (Neonatal, Critical Care)
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• 363LP0200X Nurse Practitioner (Pediatrics)
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• 363LP0222X Nurse Practitioner (Pediatrics/Critical Care)
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• 363LP0808X Nurse Practitioner (Psych/Mental Health)
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• 363LP1700X Nurse Practitioner (Perinatal)
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• 363LP2300X Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care)
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• 363LS0200X Nurse Practitioner (School)
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• 363LW0102X Nurse Practitioner (Women's Health)
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• 363LX0001X Nurse Practitioner (Obstetricians & Gynecology)
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• 363LX0106X Nurse Practitioner (Occupational Health)
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Volume numbers are based on primary as well as secondary taxonomy codes of Providers.