The Future of Nurse Practitioners Lakeisha C. Wilson University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing PROFESSIONAL WRITING WILSON N432 The Future of Nurse Practitioners As the largest group of health care professionals, nurses hold the key to effective health care system change. Without the nurses and their leadership skills and expertise, we know that the efforts to address the challenges facing the healthcare system will be in vain. So much of what nurses do directly addresses
Introduction The entire health industry is highly commercial and the face of the industry has changed and so has the requirements. Value creation today is mostly done by pharmacy benefit managers, doctors, nurses and the Physician Assistant--PA. These and health maintenance organizations are the new healthcare players. They are in need of modern tools to improve the medical cost management skills, and creating a competitive organizational culture. (Lopez, 7) The evidence-based practice which evolved in early
OBAMACARE” at best The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as “Obamacare,” was signed into law March 23, 2010, by President Barrack Obama and has been at the center of highly and critical debate in healthcare coverage since than. The Affordable Care Act (AAC) purpose is intended to provide a large majority of uninsured Americans including those with insurance with reasonable and fair health care coverage that is affordable, adequate and accessible to high quality treatment
complicated and stressful than I ever could have imagined for reasons that I rather not disclose at this time” Nurse B: “Having physicians understand what the role actually is and what we have to offer. Them trusting my recommendations was probably the biggest challenge.” Rationale: Despite its historical roots, the advent of the nurse practitioner role was ill-received by the American Nurses Association and even the NLN refused to accredit the first educational programs. In fact, the whole idea of
Administration Nurses who have pursued an advanced degree have the opportunity to choose from a plethora of directions or specialties. Those that have chosen to pursue a non-clinical direction may choose a career in nursing administration. Administrative nurses deal with intricate and multidimensional intra-departmental systems while promoting a productive and proficient workforce that allows room for growth and staff development. Hospitals, clinics, and other medical facilities have benefited from nursing
MSN, RN, CNOR witnessed this historical moment. American nurses celebrate with satisfaction, because their hard work paid off, enacting historical health care reform legislation that benefits not only nurses but their patient as well. Despite that the health care reform is now a reality, is important to keep working in order to make sure that the reform is implemented effectively (Routson, 2010).The ANA has been in favor of a health care reform that would provide high quality medical services for all
According to the Pearson Report, there is a total of 147,295 Nurse Practitioners throughout the United States (Pearson, 2009). However, for NPs in some states the battle continues over some forms of prescriptive authority or physician involvement in NP prescribing, such as the state of Pennsylvania. State regulatory approaches to NP prescribing range from no authorization for prescribing (in Georgia, 2006 legislation passed which recognized NPs as prescribers, but the rules have not been approved
period of time nurse practitioners are being legally allowed to prescribe medication around the world (Kroezen, Dijk, Groenewegen, & Francke, 2011). In the USA, Canada and the UK, nurses’ role in advance practice has been recognised 50 years ago (Hughes, 2010). In Australia however, nurses and midwives have given access to the Medical Benefits Scheme since November 2010 (Hughes, 2010). The move started in 1990 in Australia however, the first appointment took 11 years and a nurse practitioner was appointed
These examples show that a collaboratively created and tailored care plan for an informed and engaged individual, with timely assessments from clinicians will bring success within a self-management framework. An individual’s functioning within the context of their environment is identified as a crucial component for health behaviour change (Nieuwenhuijsen, Zemper, miner, Epstein, 2006).
country, it currently has more than 29 000 members and an annual revenue of $21.6 million (Australian Medical Association, 2016). This essay focuses on the Marxist and Foucauldian perspective as a vehicle to examine plays of hierarchy and power in health care. The critique of medicalisation first arose from the Marxist perspective. Which is characterised by its criticism of social structures and the social role of powerful, upper-class occupational groups, such as medical professionals. Advocates of this