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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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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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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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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creating a patient population challenging nurses with Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) concerns for veterans with combat-related post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Best practice guidelines for PTSD are established for veteran centric use and addressing means for improving outcomes. Nurses are identified for assisting with the demands of this challenge to provide patient centered care. A recent effort within integrated health clinical services positioned nurses to perform an energy medicine modality…
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Case study one is about Lori FNP-BC who is a graduate and recently passed her examination. Lori has been hired at Primary Care Clinic where she will work as nurse practitioner in collaboration with one physician. In my State, the healthcare practitioner is required to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and obtain registration number in order to make prescriptions of controlled substances. To get the registration, Lorin must provide the State registration license. The application…
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teaching. Every interaction between the family nurse practitioner and an elderly patient present a teachable moment. Research studies have demonstrated the patient adherence to drug regimen and aggressively monitoring blood glucose level can effectively reduce complications from this chronic disease. Thus, elderly population with diabetes can benefit from a qualified well-trained healthcare provider regarding management of diseases. The family nurse practitioner is uniquely positioned to educate this vulnerable…
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included ancillary health professionals in your discussion post. I had not thought about the importance of Care Coordinators until I read it in your post. I realized I didn’t know the difference between a case coordinator and case manager and found the following job descriptions on a nursing website: Case Manager: The focus is on care coordination, financial management and resource utilization to yield cost effective outcomes Care Coordinator: Works one-one –one with people with chronic illness or disabilities…
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opposing objectives, such as improving efficiency and providing patients with greater choice for medical treatments. Over the past couple of years, primary health care was focusing mostly into diagnosis and treatment of patients and in this case the general practitioner will evaluate and find a solution to the treatment, however with substantial increase of diseases, early documentation of possible risk factors and avoidance initiatives are now becoming an everyday practise. Primary health care is now…
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