First, it is important to define what it means to be an “Advanced Practice Nurse” in the state of Indiana before we can look at the stipulations set. It is defined as a registered nurse who is currently holding: knowledge acquired from a formal, and organized institution of learning, and additionally, clinical experience, or a stated board approved equivalent.
1.Match each cultural group with its corresponding cultural practice. 1 c Asian 2. a Hispanic 3. d Native American 4. b
Ivy Tech Community College School of Nursing NRSG 128 Practice Issues for the Practical Nurse Discussion Rubric Name: ___Jasmine Liubakka___________ Date: _________10-27-15_______________ Topic of Discussion: Should the impaired nurse be allowed to return to work? Position on Topic: (1) Points ________________ Yes, I feel that as long as the nurse participates in a program that includes requirements of regular attendance at support group meetings, personal and active involvement with a 12-step sponsor, and close contact with a case manager or monitor of an alternative program, she should be allowed to return to work.
Task 3 Preparation I will explain on how my chosen service is designed to meet the health needs, developmental needs and social care needs for my chosen client group. How will Carters Green Medical Centre meet the needs of my client group (children) with their health and growing up as well as socialising skills? I will briefly explain the role of informal carers supporting my chosen client Evaluate the impact this could have on that child’s life. So how would the role of the extended family support my client group (children). I will use a secondary research of data from textbooks to research about informal carers.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP): It was formed in 2013 by the fusion of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (founded in1985) and the American College of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1995). The purpose of this association is to advocate for the issues and performance of the nurse practitioners. AANP’s mission is to lead nurse practitioners in turning the health care system into patient-centered care. According to the AANP website, this organization has more than 60,000 individual members, and 200
Recently the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) became a very important profession due to the major changes in the healthcare system and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) goals that focus on providing patients with affordable but quality care, improving patient health outcomes, expanding care to the underserved areas, and lowering the costs. It became apparent that over the years nurses played an important role in healthcare system. According to the National Governors Association (2012) “The demand for primary care services in the United States is expected to increase over the next few years, particularly with the aging and growth of the population and the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)” (p. 1). In addition,
Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse The role of the advanced practice nurse is very diverse. There are four roles that I am going to discuss in this paper and they are as follows, Nursing Informatics (NI), Nurse Educator, Nurse Administrator, and Nurse Practitioner (NP). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing Informatics is defined as a specialty that combines nursing with multiple information management and analytical science.
Nursing interventions are actions used to further the course of treatment for a patient. Once the assessment and diagnosis are completed, the nurse must follow through with planning, interventions and evaluation. An elderly patient is presented with numerous medical issues and experiencing difficulty breathing. Once the patient is diagnosed with hypertension, COPD, GERD, and exacerbation, the nurse can approve appropriate interventions to treat the pathophysiology of each disease. An appropriate pharmacological therapy plan is essential in providing the accurate treatment for the patient.
In the Journal of Issues in Nursing, Maria Baptiste explains why International Educated Nurses (IENs) are experiences discrimination in the workplace along with the workplace stressor. Baptiste explains that some consequences may affect their physical and psychological well-being and the healthcare costs. When speaking about this, the author also explains that discrimination is a complex issue among ethnic, religious groups, and cultural because in general, it is based on stereotypes belief. This is a major colossal issue and not only that, this affect the majority of the healthcare organizations. Baptiste focuses on this important topic racism and discrimination in the workplace, that defines as “the ideological concept of racism
Module 3 (Week 3) Part Three: Community Health Nursing Intervention Directions: Please complete the following information on this template. If you do not use this template there will be a 10- point grade penalty per assignment, and you will be required to resubmit within 48 hrs. You may increase the size of the blocks on the template by continuing to type within each section. Use as much space as necessary to provide your answers.
1. Using the key terms in chapter 15, "Deliberative Nursing Process" create a clinical scenario that utilizes all 8 key terms. MC is a 35 years old male who is admitted to the surgical intensive care unit after an urgent colectomy. MC is in his second post-operatory day, and the surgeon wants to start him on a clear liquid diet. The nurse arrived with breakfast, and MC states that he is feeling better.
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in the Army are very important and vital to the world. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners are important and vital because of the crucial task and activities, necessary training and skills needed, and the outlook for moving on. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in the Army handle patient counseling, Crisis intervention, Milieu and Group therapy along with Critical Incident debriefing. Without the help of them many soldiers would suffer from many mental and emotional problems like PTSD and many more.
The term six research theory course, NURS 495, emphasized the importance of nurse leadership and how nurses can influence positive changes in health care delivery to patients with chronic illness. It also explored the contradictions that exist in nursing practice and encouraged the students to develop a critical and pragmatic approach to client care. The co-requisite clinical course, NURS 499, integrated nursing theory and current best practice on an acute care nursing unit at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. In this consolidated learning analysis, I will explore a nursing practice event that will illustrate the major issues surrounding the treatment of competing mental health comorbidities in a patient with hoarding behaviors.
SECONDARY CARE Secondary care focuses on preventing complication of disease conditions. It has traditionally been the province of hospitals; however, other agencies now increasingly provide this level of service. Secondary care centers of the future will focus on treatment of temporal dysfunctions that require hospitalizations but not highly skilled services and high-risks interventions, the evaluation of long term illness that requires hospitalizations to determine any needed change in treatment, and the provision of counselling and therapy that can be provided in a primary care center. Agencies that provide secondary care include hospitals, home health agencies and ambulatory care centers.
Large patient loads combined with a stressful work environment affects nurses’ abilities to provide quality healthcare. Patient safety should never be compromised. It is our responsibility to learn from research and improve our current nurse staffing ratios. Nurse staffing is key and affects all other outcomes. Without nurses administering the right treatment at the right time to the right patients, all other healthcare interventions are not effective.
Advanced nurse practice professionals knowledge must have a solid philosophy base, allowing making a comprehensive assessment of the state of health of the individual, family and community. Knowledge must also encompass problem solving, analysis and decision-making. Framework of Advanced Practice of Nursing and theories are structures about human beings and their health. These structures provide us with a true perspective of the patient for our professional practice.