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transplant. (NIDDK, 2016) Kidney disease is an ever rising epidemic and this author has an interest in pursuing a future career as a Nephrology Nurse Practitioner. In 2004, CMS created changes to the nephrology billing “bundling” allowing the charge for four visits a month, this in turn allows the NP to charge for three of those visits. Due to these changes in 2004, Nurse Practitioners in nephrology are in demand. (Davis & Zuber, 2009) After reviewing, The Essential’s of Master’s Education in…

paper is to discuss nurse Witte problem with communication among the healthcare team when she is trying to put plans for patients who were on a ventilation at the hospital to go home with home health care. she communicates with them in a firm but encouraging way. Nurse Witte speaks in a clear message about her expectations about the project and the different Leadership and Management Strategies she incorporates Problem Outlined (centered and bold " The problem is that nurse Witte is trying to…

My physical and emotional needs and expectations of my night nurse regarding both symptom management and psychological/emotional support are I expect my night nurse to assit to eat, to go to the bathroom, to brush my teeth, to asses my vitals signs regulary for any abnormalities/new symptoms development and to help me turn back and forth in terms of my physical well being and needs. For my emotional needs, I expect my night nurse to guide me through the process of the surgery and the recovery…

My first professional organization is the Academy Medical-Surgical Nurses or ASMN. The mission statement states “to promote excellence in medical-surgical nursing.” The vision statement is that “medical-surgical nurses use their powerful voice and focused action to continuously improve patient care.” Membership can be obtained by anyone who is fascinated about medical-surgical nursing. Memberships are due yearly and are separated into three categories: full members (RNs) which range from $75…

conquered challenges and handled any curve balls thrown my way. After having been with my grandma while she was in and out of the hospital for the later part of 2014 and then again for the birth of my niece I was able to watch many different types of nurses in action. It fascinated me the level of importance they played in the care of the patient.…

involves the process of persuading someone to at least consider one’s point of view. The role of the nurse practitioner as an advocate in healthcare is not a new one. Historically, from the time of Florence Nightingale, the nurse has been the person who has identified patient needs and sought ways to have these needs met (Maryland & Gonzalez, 2012). I currently work as a Psychiatric Forensic Charge Nurse. Working with patients that have mental illness causes you to advocate for their care at all…

quality are the priority of every health care workers, such as nurses, respiratory therapist and doctors, ect. Hood (2014 page 490) defines quality " degree of excellent possesses," and patient safety define as a prevention of harm associated with nurses and not associated with nurses, such as patient fall. Patient safety is approved by nurses and supported by hospital bodies. JoANN Zerwekh…

The question “should nurses practice to the full extent of their education and training?” seems unreasonable and absurd like “why to learn how to fly if your wings will be cut off right after?” However, the answer is not so obvious because of the complexity of the medical system. This issue concerns advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) including nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives, who have master’s or doctoral degrees and passed…

differences. The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role as described by Hamric, Hanson, Tracy & O’Grady (2014) states it looks different from any other APN roles such as the nurse practiconer (NP). The confusion has continued over the last decade relating to the CNS role. The CNS role positively progresses and continues to provide opportunities to improve the healthcare system as health care reform advances (Hamric et al., 2014). The 1960’s is noted as the decade the clinical nurse specialty…

Preceptorship Curriculum for Critical Care Nurses This curriculum is designed for critical care units. The content of instruction will incorporate “materials, resources, and processes for evaluating the attainment of educational objectives” ("Curriculum - Wikipedia," n.d.) set forth by the particular critical care unit the nurse is being precepted on. Prerequisite for the critical care class is at least two years of experience on a medical-surgical unit, and an Associate or Baccalaureate…