There are four types of Advanced Practice Nurse roles, the nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, and certified nurse-midwife. The Family Nurse Practitioner is the advanced practice role that will be discussed. According to Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, and O 'Grady (2014) the primary care NP provides care for patients in diverse settings, including community-based settings such as private and public practices, acute, and long-term care settings across the…

see that are important with regard to credentialing are reimbursement, malpractice and education. Within each issue are opportunities for the advance practice nurse (APN) to grow in knowledge and participate in change. It is important to understand why each one effects credentialing for the APN. Reimbursement for the advanced practice nurse (APN) is improving but how they fit into reimbursement systems is vey important. One question that arises is if the APN should be paid the same fee for…

roles of advanced practice nurses have been an ongoing debate in many states. In a globalized world, advance nurse leaders are regarded as forefront leaders that provide first-rate healthcare to the public. However, the role of new advanced practice nurses is known to be complex. Advance practice nurses use countless different strategies and nursing theories to improve the wellbeing of their patient. To improve the well being of all patients, there is a growing demand for advance practice nurses worldwide…

The role of an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is evolving as the shortage of primary care providers occurs as a result of an aging population and the implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Laurant, 2014). The advancement in medical technology, increasing aging population, and the prevalence of chronic diseases increase the expectation of public in healthcare system. In order to meet those needs various nursing roles evolved, and all those fall under the umbrella of APN (Ramis, Wu, & Pearson…

legislative letter was the issue related to the public health nurses’ wages and their mileage reimbursement. The Explore Health Careers (2016) mentioned that the public health nurses are employed by the government agencies, nonprofit groups, community health centers, and other health organization with a goal to improve the health not just at the individual level, but also at the community level. There is a great demands of public health nurses, especially in medically underserved and low-income communities…

There has always been a debate on the educational requirements for entry-level nurses; whether beside registered nurses or advanced practice nurses. Continuing education is always time well spent. What’s the big deal with diploma and associate degree nurses being intensely encouraged to obtain their bachelors? In situations similar to the push towards nurses having their bachelors, there is always going to be negativity and conflict. Although most will agree that individuals should have the right…

Almost every day an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) will feel the impact of policy and change in the healthcare field, from the institutional, local, community, state and national levels nurses have a responsibility to contribute to the discussion focused on healthcare improvement on all levels. Let’s first look at these issues on an institutional level, Often we are faced with changes in policy in our current roles , it could be a new policy or a revision to an old policy , it can be written…

Florence Nightingale says that, “For us who nurse, our nursing is a thing which, unless we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it, we are going back...” (Cook, 1914, p. 264). From the time Florence Nightingale practiced nursing, the discipline of nursing has evolved. Due to the lack of accessibility to health care and expanding health care needs, the scope of the nursing practice continues to broaden. Because of the rise of scientific knowledge related to…

global health competency among advanced practice nurses, specifically for Nurse Practitioners in current health related literature. Global health competency is an issue of increasing importance as we face an era of immense globalization, migration, immigration, and widening income gaps. It is widely accepted that lower income status, ethnic and racial disparities place persons at risk for increased morbidity and mortality globally and locally. Additionally, advanced practice nurses, Nurse Practitioners…

requirements to fulfill the course objectives, that being 60 practicum hours. The MSN handbook describes the course as guided by an examination of each of the eight NLN core competencies. Within the 2016 MSN handbook, it is stated that the course provides students with “the opportunity to examine role and function of the advanced practice nurse in the educator role is examined through the “delivery of educational pedagogy in academic and health care settings.” The course is a blend of classroom and online…