Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are all services you’ll receive when you visit a primary care clinic. Let’s look at how your healthcare provider gets you healthy and help you stay that way for the long term. Primary Care Is About Assessment and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Conditions If you have a life-threatening medical emergency or an illness or injury which cannot wait, you need to go to the emergency room. For everything else, your primary care provider is your first and best ... [Read More]
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7 Unbeatable Benefits of Primary Care
Primary care is care provided by a healthcare professional who helps you manage your day-to-day health. Primary care providers (PCPs) include doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They all provide primary care at your yearly exam, or annual wellness checkup, as well as any time you are sick and need treatment. Let’s talk about some of the key benefits of primary care, why family nurse practitioners are a great choice to be your PCP, and where you can go in Kent for total ... [Read More]
Fertility and Home Care: Sexual Health Advice from a Family Nurse Practitioner
Children are a wonderful part of life and a source of joy for many families. However, many couples have a difficult time getting pregnant and may experience infertility. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines infertility as a situation where a couple has been having unprotected sex for a long period of time but still cannot get pregnant. For women under 30 years old, they are said to be experiencing infertility if they’ve been trying to get pregnant for a year or more, ... [Read More]
