Family Nurse Practitioner Reflection
As a family nurse practitioner (FNP) I expect to work in the same organization that I am working now, I am a case manager nurse, and as an FNP I expect to put my knowledge into practice at Simply Healthcare Plans, located in Miami – Florida. I know that preventative healthcare and basic health education are of particular importance amongst the populations of the underserved communities. Wanting to expand my nursing knowledge to provide my patients with the best practice available, paired with my desire to be at the forefront of healthcare breakthroughs.
The graduate training builds on nursing roles in patient advocacy and education, and incorporates physical assessment and diagnostic skills, along with management of episodic diseases, acute, …show more content…
The scope of practice for all categories of nurse practitioners shall contain those roles which the ARNP has been educated to achieve including the monitoring and changing of treatments, like antibiotic therapy, any antihypertensive, or any other drug therapies. The nurse practitioner has the ability under her license to begin any therapy that patient needs, according to the established procedure and the practice location or unit.
Patients that I will take care in our community is like Mr. Jones, a 61 year old white American man, who underwent a stent placement four days ago, and went to nearest emergency room with angina symptoms, with crushing chest pain and shortness of breath, he was transferred to the cardiac floor for catheterization. Patient has hypertension and high cholesterol, smokes ten cigarettes a day for the last ten years and obesity. Lab results: triglycerides 350, and LDL 280 with Total Cholesterol: 250. HgbA1c 8.5 .No MI changes in EKG and Chest X ray that shows hyperinflation of lungs. Weight: 230 pounds, height 5 feet 8 inches.BP 160/88, heart rate 6 and respiratory rate 16. No fever, T 98.0
The graduate training builds on nursing roles in patient advocacy and education, and incorporates physical assessment and diagnostic skills, along with management of episodic diseases, acute, …show more content…
The scope of practice for all categories of nurse practitioners shall contain those roles which the ARNP has been educated to achieve including the monitoring and changing of treatments, like antibiotic therapy, any antihypertensive, or any other drug therapies. The nurse practitioner has the ability under her license to begin any therapy that patient needs, according to the established procedure and the practice location or unit.
Patients that I will take care in our community is like Mr. Jones, a 61 year old white American man, who underwent a stent placement four days ago, and went to nearest emergency room with angina symptoms, with crushing chest pain and shortness of breath, he was transferred to the cardiac floor for catheterization. Patient has hypertension and high cholesterol, smokes ten cigarettes a day for the last ten years and obesity. Lab results: triglycerides 350, and LDL 280 with Total Cholesterol: 250. HgbA1c 8.5 .No MI changes in EKG and Chest X ray that shows hyperinflation of lungs. Weight: 230 pounds, height 5 feet 8 inches.BP 160/88, heart rate 6 and respiratory rate 16. No fever, T 98.0