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Naturopathic Physicians: reported tasks and exploration worksheet
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals. May use physiological, psychological or mechanical methods. May also use natural medicines, prescription or legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies.
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This source lists 20 tasks, including 19 marked Core and 1 marked Supplemental. Labels and dates are retained below. Employers can combine or divide these responsibilities differently; explore the task itself before assuming it belongs in every version of the role.
Task source dates: 08/2021.
20 tasks shown
Core · Task 18418 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
Core · Task 18412 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Educate patients about health care management.
Core · Task 18413 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
Core · Task 18410 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
Core · Task 18409 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines, such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
Core · Task 18411 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
Core · Task 18414 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Diagnose health conditions, based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs.
Core · Task 18408 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy, and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself.
Core · Task 18420 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.
Core · Task 18407 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.
Core · Task 18406 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Maintain professional development through activities such as postgraduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.
Core · Task 18424 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation.
Core · Task 18423 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors.
Core · Task 18415 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.
Core · Task 18422 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
Core · Task 18405 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance.
Core · Task 18417 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.
Core · Task 18421 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
Core · Task 18416 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.
Supplemental · Task 18419 · 08/2021 · Occupational Expert
Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
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