Nurse Practitioner Challenges

All work fields face challenges, from the engineer building a road to the CNA working at a nursing home, but if I were to pick the most challenging field I would say healthcare is the one. Healthcare deals with human lives and every piece is important, if not a crucial one. As a future Nurse practitioner, I would focus on this profession. Nurse practitioners (NPs) face many challenges in today’s complex healthcare system. They have a particular role to fulfill while being at the front caring for others, as some might say, they are in the trenches. Nurse practitioners deal with all sorts of disparities, lack of time with patients, and restrictions over the practice.
When dealing with disparities, NPs who work with the underserved know how hard it is to pick what is best for the patient and what the patient can afford to do for his or her health. For example, a patient with diabetes might need to decrease starches and eat healthier, but can barely afford to buy food. Currently working as clinic nurse in a Federally qualified health center, I see the struggle some of NPs have on wanting to do further testing for their patients, but the lack of resources for them. The way I will address this issue as an NP is by using the resources available. There are many programs who …show more content…
NPs want more time to talk and treat their patients. However, we have to accept that even though healthcare is based on helping others, it is also a business. I am aware that as an NP I would have a certain amount of patients to see in a day’s work. I know I might not have time to discuss every need or concern. However, a way to overcome this is by spending the couple minutes we have together by giving my undivided attention and addressing the concerns who are most important for them at that point without disregarding chronic illness that might also need attention. In other words, address the patient’s oppressing concern and then move to other