Nurse practitioner

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with advanced education. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)(n.d.), they “provide initial, ongoing, and comprehensive care, which includes taking health histories; providing physical examinations and other health assessment; and diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with acute and chronic conditions” (p. 7). “Advanced practice nurses actually predate the founding of modern professional nursing” (Joel, 2013, p. 3).…

2A Nurse Practitioner Nurse practitioners are more than just an everyday emergency room nurse. Nurse practitioners are advanced practiced registered nurses who are educated and trained to provide health promotion through the diagnoses and treatment of acute illness and chronic condition. Nurse practitioner is a very precise practice. There are many things to know about nurse practitioners such as the difference between a nurse and a nurse practitioner, what they do, benefits to being a nurse…

Indiana, the law requires physician supervision of nurse practitioner's prescribing medications. This supervision is something that will serve as a barrier to those practicing, acting as a hindrance to autonomy. Yee, Boukus, Cross and Samuel (2013) found that the level of supervision was dependent on factors such as the culture and traits of the supervising physician (p. 2). However, they also found that delegation from physician to nurse practitioner was more prevalent in practices where…

types of advanced practice nursing roles are the nurse practitioner, the nurse educator, nurse administrator and the nurse informaticist. These roles can be further defined by clinical versus non-clinical practice. While all of these roles require a graduate level education or greater, such as a Doctorate, the setting for practice and role in the health care industry do differ. According to the website Healthleadersmedia.com, the nurse practitioners role is to “focus on health promotion and…

worked at a nursing home. After I passed my LVN boards, I worked as a charge nurse at a nursing home and as a float nurse at the clinic. Being a float nurse, I worked closely with physicians in different departments. I felt very connected to the Family Nurse Practitioners because they come from a nursing background and understandd what it’s like to provide bedside care. I developed a profound admiration for the Nurse Practitioners and hope to expand this role in my own practice someday. After…

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…

intensive care to become healthy. One of the most important people that take part in the process of helping these babies become healthy are neonatal nurse practitioners. They are the ones who give care to the infants by making sure they are clean, fed, and are making progress to become healthy and leave…

Michael March Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Role Preparation Paper Introduction A Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is a health professional that specializes in the diagnoses and treatment of patients with a wide age range, from children to the elderly. They are licensed registered nurses with advance academic and clinical training affording them an increased skill set. Nurse practitioners provide both medical and nursing care under their own licenses. As healthcare providers, the NP…

neonatal nurse. There is a pretty good outlook for nurses in general because they are needed everywhere. By using the Bureau of labor statistic and the U.S Department of Labor I did not find anything over neonatal specifically but it had about registered nurse and nurse practitioner. You have to obtain your degree in nurse practitioner or a registered nurse to become a neonatal nurse. Now that I have viewed the employment outlook of registered, practitioner, neonatal nurse and neonatal nurse…

Post-truth is a major topic that is increasing in our world today. This happens to play a large role in not only politics, but the world of health care as well. As a future pediatric nurse practitioner, it is very important for me to discover the upcoming challenges I will be facing in my future career field to better prepare me for what lies ahead. By researching about how this major issue impacts the medical field, it will allow me to be better prepared and more knowledgeable about the issue…