Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) provide care in a variety of multicultural setting. In healthcare today‚ Adult- Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (AGPCNP) must be aware of the various ethnic background and needs of their patients. AGPCNP are highly value in today’s society and a vital part of the interdisciplinary team. Due to the importance of the health of the patient‚ education‚ accreditation‚ certification‚ and licensure of an AGPCNP needs to be effectively aligned in order to warrant
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evolving. From the early 1960s to present day‚ advanced practice nurses continue to rise to meet the needs of our communities and abroad. As the number of nurse practitioner-advanced practice nurses (NP-APNs) on a steady incline‚ the various barriers in defining their roles in the US as well as internationally has limited their ability to function at their full potential. As discussed in An International Survey on Advanced Practice Nursing Education‚ Practice‚ and Regulation (Pulcini‚ Jelic‚ Gul & Loke
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Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) provide care in a variety of multicultural settings. So‚ they must be aware of the various ethnic backgrounds and needs of their patients. There are barriers that pose challenges that require the APN to know different approaches that will help provide the best care and at the same time respect their needs or views. For example‚ the APN in a pediatric setting is challenged with a cultural belief of a parent that does not want their child to be immunized‚ because it
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Advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) require highly developed and extensive knowledge in “diagnostics‚ therapeutics‚ the biological‚ social and epidemiological sciences and pharmacology‚ and their enhanced skills in areas such as consultation and clinical decision-making” (Duke‚ 2012‚ p.1027). As such‚ it is imperative that nurses assuming an advance practice role are equipped and capable of applying intricate logic‚ critical thinking‚ deliberation‚ and analysis in their work‚ evaluations‚ clinical
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explore the different fields of Advanced Nursing Practice. The four that I will address are the Nurse Anesthetist‚ the Clinical Nurse Specialist‚ the Nurse Practitioner and the Nurse Mid-wife. Advanced Practice Nurses are Registered Nurses with specialty training at the master ’s-degree level‚ in primary care settings‚ such as the Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives and acute care of inpatients‚ such as the Clinical Nurse Specialists and in operating rooms‚ such as Nurse Anesthetists. This has opened
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Assignment 1 The purpose of this assignment is to compare and contrast the current literature related to advanced nursing practice. And to relate this literature to my practice and the role of the palliative care nurse across clinical settings. In my current role as a pain nurse specialist‚ I am involved in the care and management of patients with intrathecal (IT) catheters mainly for patients with intractable cancer pain. Patients who have been tried and failed on escalating doses of various opiates
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Trauma Nursing 1 Trauma Nursing: Advanced Practice Ted E. Dunn Nursing 1070: Introduction to Nursing Science Dr. Janet L. Grady Trauma Nursing 2 Statement of Purpose The role of trauma nurse practitioner (TNP) has been formed only in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to use nursing literature that includes research in this and other fields to describe that role and how it is evolving. Trauma represents a sudden event altering the course of the lives of those affected
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Advanced Practice Nurses as Primary Care Providers Advanced Practice Nurses are Registered Nurses who hold a masters or doctoral degree with a specialization from area of advanced nursing and they have supervised practice during graduate education‚ and have ongoing clinical experiences. Therefore advanced practice in nursing brings an enhanced level of accountability. There are four major advanced practice nursing roles in United States. They are Nurse Anesthetists‚ Nurse Midwife
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JAN ORIGINAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING The role of advanced practice nurses in knowledge brokering as a means of promoting evidence-based practice among clinical nurses Kate Gerrish‚ Ann McDonnell‚ Mike Nolan‚ Louise Guillaume‚ Marilyn Kirshbaum & Angela Tod Accepted for publication 5 February 2011 Correspondence to K. Gerrish: e-mail: k.gerrish@shu.ac.uk Kate Gerrish MSc PhD RN Professor of Nursing Centre for Health and Social Care Research‚ Sheffield Hallam University and
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APN Interviews: Caring‚ Competency‚ and Compassion Deborah A. Hill University of St. Francis Abstract Caring‚ competency‚ and compassion are the values of the two nurse practitioners I had an opportunity to interview. Their core education is the same‚ but their roles in advanced nursing practice are quite different. The discussions are personal interviews between a family nurse practitioner and certified nurse midwife. Jolene is a young energetic
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