English 12 Period 3 December 11‚ 2013 Inside the Job of a Nurse Practitioner Whenever people are sick or have an emergency and have to go to the hospital‚ nurses are always there to comfort them. Nursing is a fast growing occupation here in the United States and makes up the vast majority of the healthcare industry. Nursing is a career that allows people to care for others. Aside from the greatness of helping others‚ it also comes with stressful situations that require plenty of responsibility
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take the leading role in primary care with nurse practitioners (NPs) providing care that is comparable or of better quality of care than that of physicians. Nurse practitioners have provided primary care services to vulnerable populations in underserved areas for more than 50 years. As NPs practice to the fullest extent of their scope of practice‚ they can fill the gap for primary care shortages (Jarrell‚ 2016). Understanding the core nurse practitioner (NP) competencies can help NPs be prepared
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Nurse Practitioners (NP) are becoming an important part of today’s health care system and their role has grounded in the disciple of nursing. Many studies proved the effectiveness of NP as a primary care provider compared to physician. These studies also indicated that care provided by NP in primary care settings brought improved patient satisfaction. This improved satisfaction is related to certain approaches NPs used in patient interaction such as‚ openness‚ connection‚ concern‚ respect‚ reciprocity
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Nurse Practitioners Taking Over Home Health Fields Nurse Practitioners (NP’s) have integrated their profession into many fields including adult primary care‚ family primary care‚ neonatal care‚ acute care‚ pediatric primary care‚ as well as many more fields. NP’s have started to penetrate the home health care field‚ but have not fully integrated their profession into it yet. This paper will delve into the idea of NP’s fully integrating into the home health profession as well as the legal changes
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What is the differences in education steps and career outcomes of a nurse practitioner and physician assistant? Many of the things between a nurse practitioner and physician assistant are similar‚ such as the amount of years you spend in college and many of the core classes. A physician assistant is also known as PAs‚ practice medicine on a team under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. Physician assistants are educated to examine patients‚ diagnose injuries and illnesses‚ and provide treatment
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trajectory as a student nurse‚ from novice to competent practitioner. This assignment objectively looks at my developmental trajectory with growth in adult nursing from the novice level‚ advanced beginner and through to the competent practitioner level. During the duration of my three years of nursing training I have come to realise the obligation on myself as a student and future staff nurse to build the theory and skills base expected of qualified nurse. I shall look at how my
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teachers asking things like what do i want to be when I grow up? What do I want to study in college? As a child I would give a quick sentence or a couple of words. I would say that I wanted to be a cop‚ a firefighter‚ or a Volleyball player. Becoming a nurse has alwayes been a dream of mine‚ when i came to this country from Afghanistan my first volunteering job was at a nursing facility where I was taking care of elderly patients‚ It was during that time that I realized taking care of people is my passion
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THE ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER. Over the last few years there has been a precipitous change in the delivery of healthcare within the National Health Service (NHS)‚ which inevitably brought about modification of the nursing role and an adaptation in the professional nursing competencies. It was recognised that vital health improvements that the NHS required could not be made without the advancement of nursing skills and roles (Walsh & Crumbie 2003). In the early 1980s the nurse practitioner’s
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General Practitioners (GP) Skills A general practitioner must have excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills which can be useful to diagnose some patients. GP’s will need great knowledge how to diagnose a patient‚ checking for symptoms for illness‚ giving first aid treatment‚ data interpretation and knowing medical knowledge. Having good observation skills ranges from noticing the patients appearance and behaviour. Observation skills are important when working with patients because it
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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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