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Dee Dunkerson, LPN

I have worked at Granite County Medical Center for the past 14 years. I love working with the people that I grew up with. It is great to help those who helped raise me.

I have been working hard to implement Disease Management into our clinic. The education that I have had over the past year on helping Diabetic patients learn to manage their diabeties has really caught my interest. I will continue to learn all I can to help patients manage their diabeties, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

Ron Handlos, PA

A physician assistant or physician associate (PA) is a healthcare professional licensed to practice medicine with supervision of a licensed physician.[1] A physician assistant is concerned with preventing, maintaining, and treating human illness and injury by providing a broad range of health care services that are traditionally performed by a physician. Physician assistants conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions.[2]

Physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making as determined by their supervising physician. They are educated in the medical model designed to complement physician training, rather than in the nursing model as nurse practitioners are. Physician assistants are not to be confused with medical assistants, who perform administrative and simple clinical tasks with limited college-level education in hospitals and clinics under the direct supervision of physicians, physician assistants registered nurses, or nurse practitioners.

The profession is represented in the United States by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Frank Pawlak, FNP

A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice nurse who has completed graduate-level education (either a Master’s or a Doctoral degree) and training in the diagnosis and management of common as well as complex medical conditions. To become licensed to practice, Nurse Practitioners hold national certification in an area of specialty (family practice, pediatrics, adult care, acute care, etc), and are licensed through nursing boards rather than medical boards. Nurse Practitioners provide a broad range of health care services, and appear to be gaining broad acceptance by the public.[1][2][3][4]

Nurse Practitioners treat both physical and mental conditions through comprehensive history taking, physical exams, physical therapy, and ordering tests and therapies for patients within their scope of practice. NPs can serve as a patient’s primary health care provider, and see patients of all ages depending on their designated scope of practice.

In the United States, NPs are licensed by the state in which they practice, and have a national board certification (usually through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the National Certification Corporation). Nurse Practitioners can be trained and nationally board certified in areas of FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner), Pediatrics, including Pediatric Acute/Chronic Care, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Oncology and general Pediatrics (PNP), Neonatology (NNP), Gerontology (GNP), Women’s Health (WHNP), Psychiatry & Mental Health (PMHNP), Acute Care (ACNP), Adult Health (ANP), Oncology (ONP), Emergency Medicine (as FNP or ACNP), Occupational Health (as ANP), etc.

Dana Harvey, PA

Dana Harvey, PA

A physician assistant or physician associate (PA) is a healthcare professional licensed to practice medicine with supervision of a licensed physician.[1] A physician assistant is concerned with preventing, maintaining, and treating human illness and injury by providing a broad range of health care services that are traditionally performed by a physician. Physician assistants conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions.[2]

Physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making as determined by their supervising physician. They are educated in the medical model designed to complement physician training, rather than in the nursing model as nurse practitioners are. Physician assistants are not to be confused with medical assistants, who perform administrative and simple clinical tasks with limited college-level education in hospitals and clinics under the direct supervision of physicians, physician assistants registered nurses, or nurse practitioners.

The profession is represented in the United States by the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

Debbie Miller, FNP

A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an advanced practice nurse who has completed graduate-level education (either a Master’s or a Doctoral degree) and training in the diagnosis and management of common as well as complex medical conditions. To become licensed to practice, Nurse Practitioners hold national certification in an area of specialty (family practice, pediatrics, adult care, acute care, etc), and are licensed through nursing boards rather than medical boards. Nurse Practitioners provide a broad range of health care services, and appear to be gaining broad acceptance by the public.[1][2][3][4]

Nurse Practitioners treat both physical and mental conditions through comprehensive history taking, physical exams, physical therapy, and ordering tests and therapies for patients within their scope of practice. NPs can serve as a patient’s primary health care provider, and see patients of all ages depending on their designated scope of practice.

In the United States, NPs are licensed by the state in which they practice, and have a national board certification (usually through the American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or the National Certification Corporation). Nurse Practitioners can be trained and nationally board certified in areas of FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner), Pediatrics, including Pediatric Acute/Chronic Care, Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Oncology and general Pediatrics (PNP), Neonatology (NNP), Gerontology (GNP), Women’s Health (WHNP), Psychiatry & Mental Health (PMHNP), Acute Care (ACNP), Adult Health (ANP), Oncology (ONP), Emergency Medicine (as FNP or ACNP), Occupational Health (as ANP), etc.