Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner – $127,320 Nurse practitioners in urgent care settings treat patients who need to see medical practitioners urgently but are not sick or injured enough to go to a hospital emergency room. NPs in urgent care perform many of the same duties as physicians and many others as well, including the following: Ordering and interpreting tests Conducting complete physicals Administering therapeutic procedures Prescribing medications Leading teams of registered nurses Creating work…
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Abstract The changing health care and the reform efforts of the current legislation is resulting in an increase of health care providers, specifically the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (APN) in the primary settings. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the vital role of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in the health care system. Throughout the paper, emphasis will be given to the APNs historical background, education, core competencies as well as the strengths and limitations of the nursing…
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A clinical look of a Family Nurse Practitioner In the last five years the Family nurse Practitioner (FNP) has evolved into a recognized, quality addition in primary care. With graduate level education, training in family medicine and national certification the FNP is highly qualified to diagnose and treat multifaceted health concerns among patients. As the scope of practice for the FNP continues to broaden the FNP subspecialties have simplified into focus specialization such as: cardiac, endocrine/diabetes…
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in various health care settings. The roles include certified nurse midwife, certified nurse anesthetic, clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner. These roles play a vital role in the future of health care system. Of these roles, nurse practitioners are more independent and they work more closely with patients with or without the supervision of physicians. They work in a variety of settings, which include direct patient care, case management, care consultation and collaboration, expert consultant…
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as a review of the multitude of nursing roles available to the graduate-level nurse. Additionally, since the conception of modern-day nursing by Florence Nightingale, and the opening of the Nightingale School of Nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London, England in 1856 (book 4), the need for advance nurses has always been present. As physicians within healthcare noticed a need for help, roles began expanding for nurses at the bedside, as seen in the efforts to aide soldiers in the Crimean War. The…
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behaviors in nurses and improve patient safety. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 27(2), 154-160. AREA|METHOD OF REPORT (HOW IT WAS ADDRESSED)| 1. Background information2. Review of the literature3. Discussion of methodology4. Specific data analysis5. Conclusion |Ø Addressed by defining “speaking-up,” with information regarding recent studies made concerning the issueØ Addressed by revealing the impact and danger of…
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experience for nurse practitioner (NP) students are essential to prepare future novice NP's for interprofessional communication, collaboration, and team work. Ability to practice as member of interprofessional team is essential as interprofessional collaboration leads to better health outcomes. This paper reports NP student reflection on inter professional teamwork that was observed during one of the clinical days. This IPE reinforced positive learning experience for the nurse practitioner student as…
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NAME: Student number: Course of study: ODP Sheffield Hallam University, Faculty of Health and Well-being Module Title: Surgical Practice Submission date: 11th April 2014 Number of words: 2617 Surgical Practice The aim of this assignment is to discuss advocacy, confidentiality and evidence based practice and show where in the care of a patient undergoing a surgical procedure that these are important. In order to do this the following case study will be used. My case study for this assignment was a lady…
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APN Interview Olha Onushkanets William Patterson University NUR 5081 Dr. Elisa Green April 28th, 2024. Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) are an integral component of the American healthcare system as they undertake various roles and responsibilities on the patient care spectrum. The transition of APNs from the theoretical classroom to real-world practice and from one level of expertise to the next comes with significant barriers. This paper follows the journey of one APN, MJ, as she transitions…
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some have formed a great mistrust of the healthcare system (Simonds, Christopher, Sequist, Colditz, & Rudd, 2011). These trust issues have put a great strain on the patient-practitioner relationship, and have created barriers to providing culturally competent healthcare (Simonds et al., 2011). In a case study of patient-practitioner relationships on the Crow reservation in southern Montana, one of the greatest barriers found to quality care was the lack of diversity among healthcare staff, given that…
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