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• What Are Your Current Or Past Experiences Collaborating With Nurse Practitioners?

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What are your current or past experiences collaborating with nurse practitioners?
My experience working with a nurse practitioner was when I worked in a hospital and the nurse practitioner was the hospitalist on the night shift This nurse practitioner did an excellent job of acting as a team leader and delivering holistic care the patients. They were always rounding on the floors and would often come by and just visit to get to know the staff and educate whenever he had any time. He would often visit with the patients to discuss sensitive things such as code status in the middle of the night to make sure what was on record was what the patient wanted. Currently, I do not collaborate with nurse practitioners. I am currently working in a government
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