As one comes closer to matriculation in a given nurse practitioner (NP) program, the necessity to plan for the future is essential. These plans must include certification, licensure, and scope of practice. Amy is a new graduate from a family nurse practitioner (FNP) program and wishes to relocate from her home state of Tennessee to Missouri as she wants to practice in a rural area.…
BSN Essential VII is about clinical prevention and population health. Acute care and disease-based care are very important in nursing practice but on their own are inadequate for improving health. One of the main parts of nursing practice is health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan that is why nurses need to be knowledgeable in growth and development. Also, nurses need to know evidence-based clinical prevention practices to provide best care. Practicing health promotion, disease and injury prevention nurses assist individuals, families, communities, and populations to prepare for as well as to minimize health consequences of emergencies. Health promotion, disease and injury prevention is primary interventions and include…
Family nurse practitioners (FNP) are advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) who work independently or in collaboration with other health care professionals to deliver family-focused care. In 2014, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners reported over 205,000 nurse practitioners in practice with nearly 55 percent of all NPs focusing on the family (American Association of Nurse Practitioners [AANP], 2015). Given the broad nature of the “family” patient population concentration, FNPs provide an extensive range of healthcare services that revolve around the family as a whole; from health promotion and disease prevention to direct care and counseling throughout…
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Advances in medicine have increased the life expectancy from 45 to 78 years of age in the last century. As the population ages, so does the number of chronic illness and the need for specialized end-of-life care. With the current shortage of trained hospice care providers, the push for utilization of nurse practitioners in this area of medicine is being looked at as a possible solution. Efficacy of a nurse practitioner led model of care has been demonstrated in the limited amount of studies done in recent years and shows promise of a solution to the shortage. The hospice model of care focuses on improving quality of life rather than prolonging it, and holistically embraces the principles of dying with comfort and dignity. Removing…
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses with the education and extensive experience required to perform in an advanced clinical role. A nurse practitioner's scope of practice extends beyond that of the registered nurse. In Australia, the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA) endorses nurse practitioners in accordance with their scope of practice. The nurse practitioner role includes assessment and management of clients using nursing knowledge and skills and may include but is not limited to the direct referral of patients to other health care professionals, prescribing medications and ordering diagnostic investigations.…
The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides a science-based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades, Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities, empower individuals toward making informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention activities. (Healthy, 2012) The first goal of this paper is to distinguish between the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Healthy People 2020 goals and the World Health Organization (WHO) goals, and address some similarities and differences. Second, this paper will address if the nurses in my community…
To pursue my career as a family nurse practitioner is not only challenging intellectually, but on a personal level it is also rewarding to me. It is inspiring in itself to know that, I will be playing an important role in peoples’ lives by helping them achieve optimum health. The nurse practitioner advance degree will increase my knowledge and understanding of the science of nursing. It will provide an opportunity to help me learn in-depth physiological aspects of the patients. Moreover, a nurse practitioner degree will give me the professional autonomy to diagnose, to order labs, to prescribe, to educate on the importance of prevention and manage the overall care of patients. Nevertheless, the advance nursing career will provide me with the flexibility to practice in many areas; such as hospital settings, specialty clinics and primary care clinics. Being a family nurse practitioner will allow me to develop…
The technique of prioritizing needs based on patient’s demand is also an implementation method since it facilitates treatment of chronic ailments while at the same time encouraging follow-ups by nurses. Engaging in consolations with community members as health promotion strategy is also commendable because the method covers all the areas of the professions that includes assessing the situation, planning for the implementation of a solution and monitoring the effectiveness of the program. Adhering to health promotion guidelines also teaches one to become a responsible practitioner who has the capacity to detect anomaly in a situation at an earlier…
Nurse Practitioners are required to do many duties in the field of health care in which they work in. Those duties include take and record patients’ medical history and symptoms, perform physical exams and observe patients, create plans for a patient care or contribute to making plans, and to perform and order diagnostic test. Also, they are required to operate and monitor medical equipment, diagnose medical health problems, give patients medicines and treatments, and evaluate a patients’ response to medicines and treatments. Analyzing test, consulting with doctors, counseling, and conducting research are also important things that they do or should be done in their work field. APRN’s can work alone or alongside with a physician. Most states…
In Texas, nurse practitioners, NPs are registered as registered nurse and nurse practitioners. The family NP must possess current, valid, unencumbered license as a registered nurse in Texas. They must show evidence of educational preparation. Further, the State of Texas requires family nurse practitioners to have 20 contact hours of continuing education every two year. They must also possess advanced nursing role and specialty certification recognized by the board.…
A shortage of health care providers is a common problem seen throughout the United States. This shortage is in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. It is essential that the nation looks for creative ways to provide patients with needed medical care in a timely manner. The utilization of Advance Registered Practice Nurses (APRNs) has shown to be very effective in this healthcare provider crisis. This paper will discuss the significant role that a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) has on health care and what skills are required in order to fulfill the responsibilities within this role. It will also describe my personal plan of how I intend to affect health care delivery as I enter into my new role as an FNP.…
Nursing is a profession within the healthcare field that focuses on caring for the sick and unable. Nurses differentiate themselves from other healthcare professionals by having alternate methods of care, educational requirements, and different scopes of practice. The word nursing is very broad because there are various titles one can go by when providing nursing care. Although there are many different roles in nursing, they all correlate to one another to provide the best care possible for an individual patient and their families.…
It is important to promote the professional role of the nurse to provide health promotion and disease preventive care. Collaborating with other health care professionals and consumer groups in the community in redesigning health care can help meet the goals for Healthy People 2020.…
The family is the foremost social perspective, in this health promotion and disease prevention happens. The family’s beliefs, values, and practices clearly influence the health behavior of members. A family-focused approach is very important when provided sufficient family care and support. The goal of this essay is to conclude a family health assessment utilizing a family focused approach by using Gordon’s functional health pattern and identification of two wellness and family nursing diagnosis. In this analysis an individual as a whole being using interrelated behavioral zone. This Gordon’s 11 patterns aid as a helpful device to gather and manage assessment data and to design a shape for validation and communication among the health care providers. The 11 functional health patterns correlate to illustrate a person’s lifestyle. With the use of this eleven functional health patterns nurses associate assessment skills with objective and subjective data to make patterns of lifestyles. (Edelman, Mandle.2009).…