Psychiatric nurse practitioners are advanced nurses that strive to treat mental health issues in individuals‚ families‚ and communities. They help assess‚ diagnose‚ and treat a patient’s mental health needs that include psychotherapy and prescription medication. Due to the normalization of mental health issues‚ there is now an increasing demand for psychiatric nurse practitioners. According to Regis‚ to successfully become a psychiatric nurse practitioner‚ there are many steps you have to take
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As Barack Obama said‚ “America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.” All people‚ at one time or another in their lives‚ have known the care and the skill that nurses offer. In hours of need‚ in moments where people are most vulnerable‚ and most worried‚ nurses are there‚ doing difficult and lifesaving work. As a result of growing population‚ the needs of nurse practitioners and anesthetists are also increasing. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ “there is general growth
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Nurse Practitioners have crusaded through the years paving a way of professionalism for the future Nurse Practitioners. Early Nurse Practitioner?s fought adversity within our own profession making the transition to where we are today as a profession even more difficult. Kurt Lewin?s theory of change is uncannily supported when reflecting back on the evolution of Nurse Practitioner profession: Unfreezing: Challenging the status quo to gain support that a change is needed. Freezing: Making a change
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Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator Role in Health Care Changes Teaching is an integral part in the practice of nursing. Every Nurse Educators (NE) plays a fundamental part on the enhancement of the nursing workforce by serving as role models in the improvement on management‚ implementation and evidence-based practice of an effective patient care. Whether they work in schools or clinical environments‚ NE equips and guides future patient care providers into future leaders of the nursing profession
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The Advance Practice Nurse Role can be nurse practitioners‚ nurse midwives‚ nurse anesthetists or clinical nurse specialists. They play an essential role in healthcare and are often primary care providers and are just as qualified as doctors to provide care. (Preventive Health Care: The Role of Nurse Practitioners‚ 2016). Advance Practice Nurse (APRN) is often defined as a constellation of four roles: the Nurse Practitioner (NP)‚ Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)‚ Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)‚ and
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WHY I WANT TO BE A FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER BY KATHERINE WASHINGTON SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING AT NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY NURG 5000 – ORIENTATION TO GRADUATE SCHOOL DR. DEBRA SHELTON July 15‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Factors Influencing Role Decision…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Personal and Professional Experiences……………………………………………………………………………………….3 Knowledge of the Role………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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began when I first shadowed a Family Nurse Practitioner at Mansfield Methodist Medical Center earlier this year. After spending my first week I could already tell that nursing is a highly demanding career that brings new challenges every day‚ but with it comes many rewards and a real sense of job satisfaction. It is through my work experience and knowledge gained from my undergraduate coursework that I have developed a desire to become a family nurse practitioner. Interacting with clients of all backgrounds
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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
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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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enjoy to help people. All of what I saw on TV would be nurses helping other people and checking up on them to make sure that they were okay. They also made sure that the client was comfortable and if they needed something the nurse would be right there with them to make sure that they were fine. I wouldn’t say that I got motivated by anyone but simply the gesture of being able to be there for someone else in need is a reason why. Many nurse practitioner’s do a lot of different things such as handing
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