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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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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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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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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Nurse Practitioners are people who can treat a patient without the supervision of a doctor. They are a part of the vast amount of careers in the medical field and play a vital role in the lives of people by making sure they are safe and healthy. This career is important to me because it has always been a dream of mine to have a job in medicine and it is the perfect one. I find it very interesting because I get to know more about the human body. Given my love for science and desire to help others…
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Since 2006 my nursing career has evolved from a novice new graduate to an advanced critical care nurse. Throughout my 11 years as a nurse, I was fulfilled by learning new things and becoming one of the best nurses in each department that I worked, education and personal goals drove me daily. In 2015 I continued my education at SDSU to finish my BSN in the hopes of transitioning into a Nurse Practitioner program. Throughout the last two years I have maintained a 4.0 in school while working a scheduled…
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individual nurse, regardless of degree or role, to evaluate how the care delivered can be presented to other professionals. The key to interprofessional collaboration is effective, and objective communication. For example, when nurses are able to articulate what their role in health care, then the credibility of nursing increases. Interprofessional education promotes understanding and cooperation between different disciplines of the health care field. When professionals, such as doctors, nurse practitioners…
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Urgent Care and the Family Nurse Practitioner Urgent Care is a fast paced environment with emphasis on providing superior patient care quickly. The Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) defines urgent care (UC) as “the delivery of ambulatory medical care provided outside of an emergency department on a walk-in basis (2011).” There is a diverse scope of practice within UC, with treatment of many types of patients of all age groups from infant to geriatric. UC are unique, and fill the gap between…
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