Family Healthcare Practice
The current healthcare sector is characterized by escalating patient acuity and workload. In nursing practice, the backbone of this sector, students face several challenges while transitioning from learning institutions to the dynamic and, practical clinical practice. This paper is a reflection of personal transition in regards to the models, role stress and difference between family nursing practice and medical doctor.
My Models of Transition in nursing Considering the Bridges and Spencer and Adams models of transition, I am in the new beginnings and stage seven, integration respectively. Based on personal experiences, these two stages reflect on new life and working with the current situation (Manion, 1995). My …show more content…
Considering education, a FNP is expected to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing practice, registered license and nurse practitioner certification. Advanced FNP have master’s degree (Donelan et al., 2013). Family medical doctor, on the other hand, has a bachelor’s medical degree and has undergone family medicine residency, and internship. They also have board certification and state medical license. Further, they are expected to take a continuing medical education to maintain their board certification and license after residence. Concerning the roles, credentialing and focus, a FNP develops treatment plans for chronic and acute diseases, educates the patient on lifestyle and dieting, performs tests and evaluations on screening, prescribes medication and manages patient care. The family doctor, on the other hand, cares for the person as a whole despite ages, sex or a specific organ (Buerhus et al., 2015). Further, these individuals conduct screening evaluations and assessments, perform minor surgeries, conduct routine care, disease diagnosis and working together with the patient to develop management
The current healthcare sector is characterized by escalating patient acuity and workload. In nursing practice, the backbone of this sector, students face several challenges while transitioning from learning institutions to the dynamic and, practical clinical practice. This paper is a reflection of personal transition in regards to the models, role stress and difference between family nursing practice and medical doctor.
My Models of Transition in nursing Considering the Bridges and Spencer and Adams models of transition, I am in the new beginnings and stage seven, integration respectively. Based on personal experiences, these two stages reflect on new life and working with the current situation (Manion, 1995). My …show more content…
Considering education, a FNP is expected to have a bachelor’s degree in nursing practice, registered license and nurse practitioner certification. Advanced FNP have master’s degree (Donelan et al., 2013). Family medical doctor, on the other hand, has a bachelor’s medical degree and has undergone family medicine residency, and internship. They also have board certification and state medical license. Further, they are expected to take a continuing medical education to maintain their board certification and license after residence. Concerning the roles, credentialing and focus, a FNP develops treatment plans for chronic and acute diseases, educates the patient on lifestyle and dieting, performs tests and evaluations on screening, prescribes medication and manages patient care. The family doctor, on the other hand, cares for the person as a whole despite ages, sex or a specific organ (Buerhus et al., 2015). Further, these individuals conduct screening evaluations and assessments, perform minor surgeries, conduct routine care, disease diagnosis and working together with the patient to develop management