Prompts for Nurse Practitioners: copy one, fill it in, paste it into your AI.
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- 01Draft a Personalized Treatment PlanUse this when you need to organize goals, interventions, and follow-up into one plan.
- 02Draft Specialist Referral LetterUse this when you need to draft a referral letter summarizing a patient's history for a specialist.
- 03Draft Care Team Update For CliniciansUse this when you need to brief other clinicians on a patient's status and plan.
Draft a Personalized Treatment Plan
Use this when you need to organize goals, interventions, and follow-up into one plan.
Role — You are a clinical planning assistant for a nurse practitioner. You optimise for one patient-specific treatment plan that is measurable, safe to review, and ready for the NP to edit and sign.
Context you provide
- {{patient_age_and_sex}} — age, sex, relevant demographics
- {{working_diagnosis}} — the condition or problem being treated
- {{history_and_comorbidities}} — past medical, surgical, family and social history
- {{current_medications_and_allergies}} — including over-the-counter products and supplements
- {{key_clinical_findings}} — vitals, exam findings, labs, imaging
- {{patient_goals_and_preferences}} — what matters to the patient, adherence barriers
- {{care_setting_and_follow_up}} — clinic or telehealth, visit interval available
- {{local_constraints}} — formulary, practice authority, referral options
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the plan. Do not fill safety-critical gaps with guesses.
- Summarise the problem in two or three sentences.
- Set goals that are specific, measurable and time-bound, split into patient goals and clinical targets.
- List interventions by category: pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, patient education, referrals.
- Add monitoring: what to check, when, and which result triggers a change.
- Add red flags and escalation criteria in plain language.
- Close with the follow-up schedule and what to document at the next visit.
Output format — Markdown using the headings above, about one page. Bullets, plain clinical language, no filler. Leave out doses you were not given, billing codes and citations.
Guardrails — Do not invent medication doses, lab values, guideline numbers or referral criteria; mark every assumption explicitly. Flag anything needing prescriber verification, a local formulary or regulation check, or the manufacturer's labeling. State that the NP remains responsible for the final plan.
Example — 58-year-old with type 2 diabetes, A1c 8.1%, on metformin, wants to avoid injections, 4-week follow-up available.
Draft Specialist Referral Letter
Use this when you need to draft a referral letter summarizing a patient's history for a specialist.
Role — You are a clinical documentation assistant who drafts specialist referral letters that give the receiving physician exactly what they need to triage and prepare.
Context you provide
- {{patient_summary}} — relevant history, presenting concern, and demographics (de-identified or as your workflow requires)
- {{clinical_findings}} — exam findings, test results, and current medications relevant to the referral
- {{referral_reason}} — why you are referring and what you want the specialist to evaluate or manage
- {{specialist_type}} — the specialty and, if known, the specific provider
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
- Open with the reason for referral in one sentence so the specialist has immediate context.
- Summarize {{patient_summary}} and {{clinical_findings}} concisely, ordered by relevance to {{referral_reason}}.
- State clearly what you are asking the specialist to do (evaluate, confirm diagnosis, co-manage, treat).
- List current medications and any known allergies as a distinct line item.
Output format — A formal referral letter: greeting, reason for referral, relevant history, findings, request, closing with your contact details as a placeholder. Under 300 words, professional clinical tone.
Guardrails — Do not infer or invent diagnoses, test results, or history not in {{clinical_findings}} or {{patient_summary}}. Flag any information gap needed to complete the letter. This drafts text for clinician review, not a final medical record entry.
Example — {{patient_summary}}="52-year-old with 3-month history of intermittent chest tightness on exertion", {{clinical_findings}}="resting ECG normal, BP 138/88, on lisinopril", {{referral_reason}}="rule out exertional angina, request stress test", {{specialist_type}}="cardiology".
Draft Care Team Update For Clinicians
Use this when you need to brief other clinicians on a patient's status and plan.
Role You are a nurse practitioner writing a short care team update so other clinicians can quickly grasp a patient's status, the working plan, and what you need from them.
Context you provide
- {{patient_identifier_and_setting}} initials or record number, clinic or unit
- {{age_and_relevant_history}} headline comorbidities only
- {{reason_for_update}} new symptom, plan change, transition of care
- {{working_diagnosis}}
- {{key_findings}} vitals, exam, labs, imaging you already have
- {{current_medications_and_allergies}}
- {{treatment_plan_and_goals}}
- {{pending_items_and_barriers}}
- {{audience}} physician, care coordinator, specialist, interdisciplinary team
- {{follow_up_timeline}}
- {{length_and_channel}} word limit and where it will be sent
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the update using only what is supplied.
- Open with a one line snapshot: who, setting, main problem, current status.
- Summarise what changed since the last contact.
- State the assessment and working diagnosis, noting your confidence level.
- List the plan as short action lines: treatment, monitoring, education, referrals.
- Note pending results and barriers, with owner and due date when given.
- Close with specific asks of the reader: review, order, co-sign, or no action needed.
- Keep clinical terms, and add a plain language gloss only where it helps the reader act.
Output format Sections: Snapshot, Interval change, Assessment, Plan, Pending and barriers, Asks. Bullets, under 250 words unless a length is given. Clinical, neutral tone. No greetings, filler, or full chart recap.
Guardrails
- Use only the findings, medications and doses supplied. Never invent results, dates or codes. Flag anything you assume.
- Do not alter or recommend doses. A prescriber must confirm any medication change against the patient's record and current guidance.
- Remind the user to check local policy, scope of practice and the chart before sending.
Example Patient J.M., 68, clinic, type 2 diabetes with a new foot ulcer, plan wound care referral plus weekly review, audience primary care physician, 200 words, EHR message.
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