This essay is based on the role transition of a student nurse to a newly qualified nurse (NQN) and the roles and responsibilities a NQN is faced with in that transition period. In this essay the author will begin by giving a summary of the roles of an NQN and briefly discuss the changeover from student to NQN. The author will then explore Patient Group Directions (PRD’s) and Accountability as the two role choices. These two roles when then be critically analysed by using available literature
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What They Do Nurse Practitioners have many duties‚ such as performing physical exams and observing patients‚ perform and order diagnostic tests‚ give patients medicine and treatments. They serve as primary and specialty care providers‚ delivering advanced nursing services to patients. Nurse practitioners usually care for a certain population of people. For example‚ NP’s may work in adult and geriatric health‚ or psychiatric and mental health. They also assess patients and determine the best way
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Career Essay What career would you like to pursue as you get older? I personally would like to become a Neonatal nurse practitioner. A NNP just seems like a great job and it could be worth my while. I would like to become a Neonatal nurse practitioner because they help care for premature or ailing newborns in the hospital . Being a Neonatal nurse practitioner means that I will be helping parents take care of their new baby. I think I would be good at this career because I can be a
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patient‚ and tender nurses has only made me respect nursing and has inspired me to do the same thing for patients. Nurses face a variety of challenges and obstacles which requires them to be strong in their interpersonal skills‚ decision-making skills‚ and have a strong desire to learn. I am confident that I am endowed with those skills and would be eager to learn new skills as well as improve the skills that I already possess. I believe that the challenges would make being a nurse even more enriching
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Differencies In Competency Between Adn And Bsn Nurses The debate over minimum education requirements for nurses has been going on for decades and there still seems to be no general agreement. As health care shifts from hospital-centered‚ inpatient care to more primary and preventive care throughout the community. The health system requires registered nurses who not only can practice both within and beyond hospitals but can function with more independence in direct bedside care‚ clinical community
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I want. I want to become a nurse practitioner; I’ve never been quite sure if I wanted to be a doctor or a registered nurse. Coincidently‚ a nurse practitioner fits between both of these careers. If you do not know what a nurse practitioner does; “A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with additional education that allows them to take patient histories‚ perform physical exams‚ order labs‚ analyze lab results‚ and prescribe medicines” (U.S.News & World Report). Nurse practitioners have many responsibilities;
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Nurse Practitioner Nurses Practitioners are registered nurses with advanced training and education; they work in conjunction with physicians in caring for patients. The hours they work can vary depending on the patient and health care facilities. Their long hour range from ten‚ twelve‚ or twenty-four hour shifts. It takes four years in a registered nurse program and a two year practitioner program in order to become a nurse practitioner. Their duties are to take care of minor illnesses such
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009‚ 6‚ 2550-2567; doi:10.3390/ijerph6102550 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Review Specialist Community Nurses: A Critical Analysis of Their Role in the Management of Long-Term Conditions Gretl A. McHugh *‚ Maria Horne‚ Karen I. Chalmers and Karen A. Luker School of Nursing‚ Midwifery & Social Work‚ University of Manchester‚ Jean McFarlane Building‚ Oxford
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It is a healthcare profession that focuses on providing emergency treatment to both victims and suspects of violent crime. Most of a the nurse’s patients are affected by crime‚ so these types of programs combine elements of medicine and law. The nurses cooperate with medical staff and the police to collect and preserve biological samples like blood or semen that can be used as evidence in a criminal trial. Sometimes they are asked to be expert witnesses in court‚ so these programs teach students
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to do my research paper over RN’s also known as registered nurses. Some of the reasons I would choose to be an RN for my career is because they are always needed everywhere‚ they make a pretty decent amount of money‚ and there are many branches of being a registered nurse so you have so much to choose from so you can do something you love for a living. The specific field of nursing I would like to go into is obstetrician‚ or OBGYN nurse. They care for women from puberty to menopause‚ they also help
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