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Prudent Medical

Primary Care

We Provide care to patients with various acute and chronic diseases

Travel Medicine

We are experienced provider with an in-depth knowledge of travel medicine

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Prudent medical provides innovative quality care that integrates principles of health promotion, injury/disease prevention, cure, rehabilitation. The practice supports and endeavors to heal the whole person. Our focus is on prevention and health maintenance through healthy teaching focused on promoting a healthy diet, exercise, safety, stress management, avoiding harmful substances, identification and treatment of existing health problems by prompt screening for disease.

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Our improved patient outcomes, cost efficiency stems from using a systemic approach that brings about transparency, understandability, and credibility of recommendations. We have in our practice a teamwork that enhances open and transparent communication, mutual respect and genuine collaboration with patients. 

We strive to properly manage the patients’ inward and outward environments by effectively incorporating clinical effectiveness, safety, patient empowerment, clear organization, timely communication and flexibility in meeting patients’ physical, mental and emotional needs.

Urgent Care Visits

  Administers injections, immunizations and oral medications.​

Travel Medicine

Prudent Medical has on board an experienced provider with an in-depth knowledge of travel medicine.

Occupational Health

Obtain patient health histories and complete physical examinations.​

Diagnosis and treatment for acute and chronic medical illness

Routine physicals including physicals for sports, school, and employment Physical exams.

Gynecological exams including pap smears, prescription and counseling in birth control as well as menopause.

Sexually Transmitted Disease testing, treatment and counseling.

Men's Health including testicular and prostate exams.

Administers injections, immunizations and oral medications.

Sutures wounds or use Derma bond based on location of laceration and severity.

Preforms I&D on abscesses

Certified Yellow Fever center - providing all routine and travel vaccines as well as pre-travel consultation including malaria, traveler's diarrhea and altitude illness prescriptions if needed.

Tuberculosis (TB) testing and treatment of latent TB.

Flu shots

Travel Medicine.

Prudent Medical has on board an experienced provider with an in-depth knowledge of travel medicine. The Provider ensures a thorough travel assessment and proper patient education prior to administering travel vaccine and before travel to various parts of the world.
We offer the various vaccines:

Flu Shots for the Influenza

Gardasil/HPV

Hepatitis A and B

Meningitis (there are three types available, choice depends on age and medical history)

Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

Pneumonia

Polio

Rabies

Tetanus, diphtheria (Td) or Tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap)

Typhoid (oral and injectable)

Varicella

Yellow Fever

Zostavax


Based on your destination, we utilize the CDC and TRAVAX WEBSITE to determine the need for a prescription for MALARIA prophylaxis, ALTITUDE ILLNESS and TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA.

To ensure optimal protection against travel related diseases, it is best to allow 6- 8 weeks ahead your travel schedule for travel related appointments. This will ensure optimal protection especially to endemic areas.

Please bring in your travel itinerary for your trip and any immunization records you may have available as this may determine what is needed and helps us avoid repeating a vaccine that you may have already had.
Please contact us for pricing on this visit and vaccines.
Payment is expected in full on the day of service.
We will give you an itemized bill to submit if you have insurance.
Please note that many insurance companies do not reimburse travel vaccinations.

We do offer contracts for group rates.

Primary Care

Provide care to patients with various acute and chronic diseases

Provide direct clinical services for critically adult patients with or multi-system failure, according to established protocols and utilizes evidence-based clinical practice standards. We work with many reputable specialist and we will refer to these specialists and follow up treatments in acute cases.

  Asthma

   Arthritis

  Bronchiectasis

Cardiac failure

Cardiomyopathy

Chronic Renal Failure

Diabetes

Dysrhythmias

Parkinson’s Disease

Bronchitis

Epilepsy

Glaucoma

Hyperlipidemia

Hypertension

Hyper/ Hypothyroidism

Multiple sclerosis

Sarcadosis

Systemic Lupus erythematous

Urgent Care Visits

  Administers injections, immunizations and oral medications.

Allergic reaction

Diagnosis and treatment for acute Episodic illnesses

Sutures minor laceration/ wounds or use Derma bond based on location of laceration and severity.

Sexually Transmitted Disease testing, treatment and counseling.

Preforms I&D on abscesses

Occupational Health

Obtain patient health histories and complete physical examinations.

Routine physicals including physicals for sports, school, and employment Physical exams.

Tuberculosis (TB) testing and treatment of latent TB.

Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests. Explain the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of procedures to patients, patient's family, staff, and healthcare learners.

Our Providers

Dr. Deborah Ekighalo Okonofua is an accomplished and excellent Nurse Professional with over 10 years of experience.  Her professional knowledge is evident in Primary Care Medicine, Adolescent Medicine, weight loss program and Travel Medicine. She has great diagnostic skills which embodies quality care. She has excellent rapport with her patients and is a great patient advocate. She is a role model in Advanced Practice Nursing. Her skills are visible through her conduct, appearance, communication, mutual respect, leadership, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills backed with the following: 

 

 

EDUCATION

Licensures and Certifications:
RN, BSN, MSN.CRNP, DNP

CAPSTONE EBP PROJECTIMPROVING KNOWLDEGE AND COMPLIANCE THROUGH GROUP EDUCATION AND COUNSELING IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

Certifications:

  • American Heart Association
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS)
  • Neonatal resuscitation certification (NRP)
  • Oncology Nursing Society – Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Certification
  • Maryland Board of Nursing – Registered Nurse License
  • DC Board of nursing- Registered Nurse License
  • ANCC – FNP-BC
  • CRNP – Maryland Board of Nursing.
  • Board certified family Nurse Practitioner

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