Approach states: “ The APN role that has shown the most significant growth is the NP. The number of RNs educated as NPs increased by 43.5% between 2000 and 2004 and more than doubled from 1996 to 2004.” Nurse Practitioners are growing increasingly popular in the hospital scene for a number of reasons. A Nurse Practitioner‚ commonly known as an NP‚ has the ability to prescribe
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The career I chose to research is a pediatrician. I already know a little bit about this career because I am interested in pursuing it. A pediatrician is a doctor who specializes with working with children. I know that to become a pediatrician it involves going through a lot of schooling. You must go through four years of undergraduate and 4 years of medical school. After graduating from medical school‚ you must go through years of residency before becoming a pediatrician. I know pediatricians make
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Abstract Trained schools for students who wanted to pursue a career in nursing came about in the 1800s when Florence Nightingale advocated the idea. The only students that were accepted into these programs where white students‚ blacks were not allowed any education during this time. Blacks were not given equal rights as the white people‚ and were denied the right to have an education. There were many black young women who were very interested in nursing‚ and were dedicated to pursue their
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The nurse administrator role is one that I was curious in learning about‚ because I will finish up my Masters of Health Care Administration this year. Nursing administrators career choices range from nurse managers to Chief Nursing Officers (CNO). Two other career choices in this role are nurse supervisor and health information nurse specialists. The main objective of the nurse administrator is to assure that the best possible care is being administered to all the patients being seen in an area
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A short time ago‚ my ELA teacher‚ Ms. Pennington‚ introduced the the class to CFNC. This is a program to help you figure out what you may want to do in the future and what career would fit you best based of different surveys. These surveys give you information on your abilities‚ interests‚ skills‚ etc. and give you career choices that would fit these results. At first‚ I didn’t think that the surveys would be very accurate or useful to what I was like but am but it turned out to be very specific
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the different occupations within psychology that are regulated by state licensure and certification; the specific requirements for a master’s and doctoral level clinician; intended emphasis area‚ interested in this area; any anticipated potential career opportunities and ultimate goal for future degree. It will address strengths and weaknesses at this time and to enhance your areas of strength and address any areas of weakness. Furthermore it will discuss techniques widely utilized include multiple
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Amber Grijalva Public Speaking Interview Pamela Stovall I interviewed Durward “Durk” Lynch he is in my field of interest where I want to work as one day. He is a Nurse Practitioner at the Vanden Bosh Clinic and at the College Clinic. He gave information on his background and what drove him to be a Nurse Practitioner (NP). He really has had a lot of experience‚ as I will explain to you what he has shared. Durk was 18 years old graduating from high school and at the time he didn’t
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Shortage of Nurse Practitioners To determine why there is a shortage of nurse practitioners it is best to understand that there is a shortage of healthcare workers overall. The shortage of nurse practitioners began in the 1960s as a result of a shortage of primary care physicians. This was due to many physicians pursuing medical specialties that were more profitable. (Hamric‚ Spross‚ &Hanson‚ 2009) In 1965 Medicare and Medicaid began providing health coverage to low-income women‚ children‚ the
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desire to be a Nurse Anesthetist. It is a 16 bed unit where we care for the most critical type of patients (burn patients)‚ with its wide variety of complications such as impaired airway‚ hypovolemia and sepsis. We also get lots of overflow patients with different kinds of medical conditions. The Burn ICU
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Howell Mrs. Savage Medical Anatomy 3 10 April 2013 Labor and Delivery Nurse It was said best by an unknown author‚ “If love can’t cure it‚ nurses can.” Nursing is a broad and dependable career option. There are many different fields of nursing; particularly there is “Labor and Delivery.” The duties of a labor and delivery nurses consist of assisting women during their pregnancy‚ labor‚ and post-birth. Labor and delivery nurses must contain qualities of professionalism‚ good analytical skills‚ and
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