Practice Nurse Professional Development Plan A professional development plan (PDP) is a valuable tool for an Advance Practice Nurse (APN) to assist in planning, guiding and assessing one’s career goals. An essential part of a APNs education includes gaining knowledge, in regards to, the role of the APN and developing a professional plan. DeNisco and Barker (2015) stated based on the definition given by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing the term Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (ARNP)…
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) can have a profound and positive impact on communities through patient advocacy and exceptional service delivery. As frontline witness to immeasurable patient experiences, nurse practitioners can improve public well-being through legislative activism. To accomplish this, nurses must gain skill in an unfamiliar forum – the political arena. NPs know firsthand the issues that effect patient outcomes. These same experiences influence many nurse practitioners to make a plea…
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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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Andrew Peters Nurse Practitioner Dr Liz Anderson South University Based on the specialty area and role that you selected in Week 1 Assignment 4, discuss and describe the type of organization you would expect to work in as this type of nursing professional. In addition, identify a board of nursing (specifically the Nurse Practice Act), which would support your role in this type of organization. NURSE PRACTITIONER Nurse Practitioners are trained to work in diverse settings such as private…
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Cyriac USF Advanced Practice Nurse: Roles and Issues NURS610Z3 Christina Deckelman January 26, 2015 Abstract America is facing health crisis in critical proportions. A large percentage of people don’t have adequate access to basic health care. As health care industry broaden access to health care with three important things in mind, the care provided must be competent, efficiency and readily available at all stages of life. Advanced practice nurses play an important role to promote these goals. These…
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Squires, J. E., Hutchinson, A. M., Boström, A. M., O'Rourke, H. M., Cobban, S. J., & Estabrooks, C. A. (2011). To what extent do nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review. Implementation Science, 6(1), 1. The purpose of this article is to analytically classify and examine the existing evidence connected to the level and degree in which nurses utilizes research outcomes their practice. During this study a systematic review was preceded using a level 1 evidence. Data was…
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Roles of the Geriatric Nurse in the United States versus Japan Specialty Nurse Practitioners [NP’s] throughout the geriatric population have various roles and responsibilities. Within the United States, nurses have a very structured scope. Geriatric NP’s are specially trained in order to deal with the older population, and the common physiologic and emotional changes that they experience. The leadership role of Geriatric NP’s within the United States is very important, and is growing tremendously…
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the primary roles of the ANP ( Advance Nurse Practitioner) is to work in collaboration with multiple health care members. This requires, the advanced practitioner to communicate patient's health care needs efficiently and effectively with other members of the professional team. The Clinical Decision-Making worksheet as described in the Spain article is a tool that provides a framework to guide the health care provider as a transition occurs from the traditional nurse to the NP role and then later…
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advanced-practice nurses (APNs) entry to practice. While doctoral preparation in nursing has evolved greatly, there remain a number of issues and controversies surrounding the DNP degree specifically, and several factors impacting the credibility and viability of the degree, which will be analyzed. It is important to clarify that the DNP is an academic title, not a role. The recommendation of the AACN is that the DNP become the degree for all APNs, each of whom have different roles. For the purposes…
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A Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is an advanced practice of a registered nurse. They collaborate with other healthcare professionals to deliver family-focused care. FNPs also offer a wide range of healthcare services in the family unit. Some services that are offered include: prescribing medication, emphasizing preventative care and disease management, and conducting exams. FNP's are qualified to diagnose and treat health conditions of the mind and body. FNP's can work at places such as a Rural…
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