Felicia Windnagel, CNP, RN

The Role of the Nurse Practitioner

Our mission at Advanced Neurologic Associates is to achieve value through the delivery of cost effective quality healthcare and the attainment of optimum patient outcomes within a regionalized system. One way we do this by incorporating different levels of providers to deliver quality patient care. Our providers include physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, and office staff who all work as a collective group to optimize your care.

When your follow-up appointment is schedule with Advanced Neurologic Associates you may be scheduled with a Nurse Practitioner.  Nurse Practitioners provide primary and some acute care, and are qualified to meet the majority of patients’ health-care needs. They promote a comprehensive approach to health care and emphasize the overall health and wellness of their patients.

  They provide complete physical examinations, diagnose and treat many common acute and chronic problems, interpret laboratory results and X-rays, prescribe and manage medications and other therapies, and provide health teaching and counseling to support healthy lifestyle behaviors to help prevent and to treat illnesses.

Nurse practitioners are a key contributor in Advanced Neurologic Associates goal of promoting patient care and patient education. Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with a Masters Degree in Nursing, are licensed by the Ohio Board of Nursing, and have national certification to practice as an advanced practice nurses.  They work in direct collaboration with the physician, meaning the physician is always available if there are questions or concerns that the nurse cannot answer. 

Our goal in having a Nurse Practitioner as part of our team of healthcare providers is multi-dimensional.

• A majority of their time is allocated to patients in promoting  comprehensive patient education and wellness.
• Having the nurse practitioner manage the primary care of patients with chronic conditions allows a better and more functional  balance of time and care spent between patients and physicians.
• And we help support the need for cost effective medical care.

We look forward to being part of your healthcare team.