APN Role
APN Role
The discipline of Advanced Practice Nursing has grown significantly in the past few decades. It is important to understand the role, and expectations of the role, to provide quality patient care within the scope of practice. The purpose of this paper is to 1) Define the role of the Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), 2) Explore the core APN Competencies, 3) Evaluate an APRN research outcome study, 4) Develop an outcome plan and 5) Discuss the Future of Nursing and implications on practice.
Defining the Role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
In order to fully understand the role, one must know the definition of Advance Practice nursing. According the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation (2008), an Advanced Practice …show more content…
APN’s need to not only show a high degree of clinical competence, but also to have a clear understanding of the diverse role they are in. APN’s must market themselves to show knowledge of business, practice highly competent care and demonstrate they’re beneficial to the organization or practice. Hamric and Hanson (2003) stated “APN’s need to advocate and demonstrate their skills in the discipline to their patients and to other providers” (pg. 263). The value-added benefit needs to be evident to other health care professionals not by comparing Nurse Practitioners to Physicians, but to demonstrate the difference they make in care. To do this the NP should measure their outcomes and impact of care to evaluate if their care has proven to be beneficial. A few benefits to the APN practice include health promotion and prevention, adherence to complex medical regimes and satisfaction with care (Hamric & Hanson, 2003). Psychosocial, behavioral and cognitive outcomes should also be evaluated when looking at nursing …show more content…
Due to new health care reform, nursing care is directly impacted and will be experiencing many transformations within the next few years. Knowing what is expected of the role, using the core NP competencies as a guideline, will help to guide practice, foster change, and implement new innovations in collaboration with the patient, to provide them with the best possible health outcomes throughout their
The discipline of Advanced Practice Nursing has grown significantly in the past few decades. It is important to understand the role, and expectations of the role, to provide quality patient care within the scope of practice. The purpose of this paper is to 1) Define the role of the Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), 2) Explore the core APN Competencies, 3) Evaluate an APRN research outcome study, 4) Develop an outcome plan and 5) Discuss the Future of Nursing and implications on practice.
Defining the Role of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
In order to fully understand the role, one must know the definition of Advance Practice nursing. According the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation (2008), an Advanced Practice …show more content…
APN’s need to not only show a high degree of clinical competence, but also to have a clear understanding of the diverse role they are in. APN’s must market themselves to show knowledge of business, practice highly competent care and demonstrate they’re beneficial to the organization or practice. Hamric and Hanson (2003) stated “APN’s need to advocate and demonstrate their skills in the discipline to their patients and to other providers” (pg. 263). The value-added benefit needs to be evident to other health care professionals not by comparing Nurse Practitioners to Physicians, but to demonstrate the difference they make in care. To do this the NP should measure their outcomes and impact of care to evaluate if their care has proven to be beneficial. A few benefits to the APN practice include health promotion and prevention, adherence to complex medical regimes and satisfaction with care (Hamric & Hanson, 2003). Psychosocial, behavioral and cognitive outcomes should also be evaluated when looking at nursing …show more content…
Due to new health care reform, nursing care is directly impacted and will be experiencing many transformations within the next few years. Knowing what is expected of the role, using the core NP competencies as a guideline, will help to guide practice, foster change, and implement new innovations in collaboration with the patient, to provide them with the best possible health outcomes throughout their