Correctional Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Duties:

• Monitors progress of and intervenes in the course of chronic illnesses, using ODRC

policies and protocols for guidance

• Inoculates or vaccinates against communicable diseases & prescribes medications or

administers treatment of acute and chronically ill patients & performs minor surgery as

training & competency allows

• Performs routine physical exams of patients to determine control or status of chronic

conditions & diagnoses new conditions

• Evaluates patients for the necessity of specialty referral consultations inside or outside

the institution & reviews said consult reports for the recommendations, approving or

disapproving accordingly

• Orders & reviews the results of laboratory, x-ray, & other diagnostic testing as

appropriate

• With the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), facilitates the completion of medical

reclassification & requests for non-formulary medications as necessary

• Performs routine & emergency medical care of patients as scheduled

• Examines, diagnoses & treats patients within scope of practice, as identified by the State

of Ohio Nursing Board, as applicable

• Conducts rounds on infirmary patients as deemed appropriate by the CMO

• Writes up medical information gathered during patient interviews according to ODRC

Office of Correctional Healthcare guidelines, policies, protocols & related American

Correctional Association standards currently in practice, documenting all assessments &

diagnostic impressions, as well as any other treatment plans & follow-up parameters

• Cooperates with CMO medical quality oversight & accept suggestions, redirection, and

guidance