Research Paper: Should Hospitals Give More Independence to Nurse Practitioners? “Stethoscope draped around her neck‚ [Sharon Poncher] looks and sounds like a doctor. But Poncher is a nurse practitioner‚ which means she has undergone an advanced level of training allowing her to diagnose‚ treat and prescribe medications” (Thompson). The role of the nurse practitioner is a highly debatable within the health industry‚ met with great encouragement and heated opposition. The profession was first introduced
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[doctorally] prepared advanced practice nurse who provides advanced nursing care to neonates up to two years of age in a variety of clinical settings” ("Neonatal Nurse Practitioner."). There are many different levels in the neonatal field such as level one being just taking care of healthy infants. These days now it has started to decrease because if they are healthy they are more likely to be in the room with their mothers. Level two on the other hand the nurses are having to be more in demand because
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The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Deborah Rodriguez-Bitler South University The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Introduction Historically‚ there have been many instances in American history where legislation and medicine allowed Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) to serve in expanded roles or definitions (Delgado‚ 2014). This was especially true in areas that were poor or underserved (Delgado‚ 2014). It is also possible to look back in history and see a direct relationship with times
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This paper will first discuss how a pregnant‚ anxious‚ sixteen year old patient will need to be approached and cared for by healthcare professionals‚ in this case a staff nurse in a hospital ward‚ it will consider how interpersonal communication skills can be applied to improve the patient outcome‚ before outlining the legal issues of consent. Following‚ it will then continue to discuss moral and ethical issues in healthcare and consider the patients’ rights‚ dignity‚ preferences‚ beliefs and cultures
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noticed that getting quality care or immediate health attention for the rest of my family‚ my grandparents‚ uncles‚ aunts‚ and cousins was impossible. That’s when I decided to change my career goal‚ and that is to be a Nurse Practitioner. The reason why I wanted to become a Nurse Practitioner is because the quality of my care for my whole family will be greater and convenient will be convenient for them‚ and I will be the very first person in the family who’ll pursue for a higher educational attainment
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My name is Hannah Atakorah. I am a currently enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Columbus State University. I was born and raised in Accra‚ Ghana‚ where there are not many hospitals or nurses to provide the much needed medical care for sick people. Education has always been an essential aspect of my life‚ but growing up in a single home in Africa did not make it easy. I was exposed to the medical field at an early age because I was fortunate enough to participate in a clinical volunteering
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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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health tasks to qualify for lower insurance premiums. One of those health tasks usually involves a call from a Health Coach‚ which are usually registered nurses. I feel this type of job embodies what being a registered nurse is really about. According to the description of a registered nurse from the Occupational Outlook Handbook registered nurses “educate patients and the public about various health conditions‚ and provide emotional support to patients” (Bureau of Labor Statistics) which is exactly
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unit‚ where she instantaneously fell in love with helping and taking care of premature babies. Because of the passion that Ms. Diane had developed for taking care of young children‚ she decided to become a nurse practitioner‚ and specialize in neonatal intensive care. Throughout her practitioner career she has met many memorable patients that have touched her heart intensely. She stated that while working in East Park Ridge hospital she met a mother whose baby was born at twenty-six weeks with a head
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It always been my dream to be a Registered Nurse when I was a little kid. I have been loving and helping other people at the same time from my left to right side. I think being a Registered Nurse is the right choice where I could help and care people or maybe save life of someone dying. This is the path where I could start my future life as my career. The topics that I will be covering in the research paper are the nurse salary and qualification‚ education and training‚ opportunities and location
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