Nursing Field Paper

Nurse Practitioners, or NPs, are advanced practice registered nurses who provide care to patients throughout their lifespan, from babies to the elderly. Nurse Practitioners perform comprehensive and focused physical examinations, manage high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and other chronic health problems. They a diagnose and treat common acute illnesses and injuries, provide immunizations,order and interpret diagnostic tests such as X-rays and EKG's, which are “noninvasive tests that is used to reflect underlying heart conditions by measuring the electrical activity of the heart” (“Electrocardiogram: Learn What The Results Mean”). They also perform laboratory tests, prescribe medications and therapies, perform procedures, and educate

The Salary of an RN is about $36.94 per hour, but the work schedule of a nurse is crazy. Nurses never really get a break especially floor nurses. I have talked to quite a few nurses and they have said that since you don’t truly get a break you tend to gain weight do to constantly eating/snacking. The education needed to be a Registered Nurse would be a Bachelor Degree which is a four year process. To be a Registered Nurse or RN you will need no training. On the job you will administer basic health care which is a temporary health coverage program for low-income, uninsured United States citizens or permanent legal residents of Contra Costa County. As an RN you will being giving patients intravenous medications. An intravenous

The health care industry is experiencing a surge in the number of baby-boomers needing health care and increased demands on the physicians providing the care. This trend has made the role of Advanced practice providers more important (cite). It is imperative to understand the differences and similarities in the advanced practice provider roles as it pertains to healthcare. This paper will identify specialty nursing roles including advanced practice registered nurses (APRN). It will further compare and contrast the advanced practice nurse (APN) and physician assistant (PA) roles in practice.

Hello Students, my name is Teresa Damien MS, APRN-BC. I have been a registered nurse for over a decade and currently practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at an academic institution clinically focused in addiction psychiatry. I have worked in multiple areas of nursing over my career prior to mental health that include medical-surgical nursing, respiratory nursing, hospice nursing, home care pedicatric nursing, and nursing education.

The medical field has to be ran by the utmost wonderful nurses. Nurse Practitioners (NP) are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses who provide care to patients throughout the lifespan, all the way from premature newborns to the elderly. Physician Assistants (PA) practice medicine on a team under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. A nurse practitioner has a more rewarding career then a physician assistant because of the education requirements, commission, job abilities, training and advancements in career.

As the school year comes to an end, many high school careers with it, there's a lot of decisions that seniors have to think about. In order to better prepare themselves for life, many of the students and Gary High School have been doing research on both jobs and education. There are many things to consider when preparing for the future such as what to study during college and for the rest of your life. One particular student says that she would like to be a nurse, but she would have to endure many years of schooling and a rather large amount of clinical hours. This research paper outlines everything that would have to be done in order to secure someone's future as a registered nurse.

Mission: One church, one heart one purpose advancing health awareness and providing people with tools to take responsibility for their health through early detection and prevention. The project is a public health intervention event with interactive and educational information with screenings and basic preventive medicine for the community.

A brief history of what the American Red Cross does. As one of the nation’s premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world, (The American Red Cross, 2016). They depend on the many generous contributions of time, blood, and money from the American public to support their lifesaving services and programs, (The American Red Cross, 2016). The purpose of this paper is to inform you of the Red Cross’s Mission, give a description of the members, their dues, and benefits.

R.O. is a 43-year-old female Latino patient who has been living at home alone since she got divorced three months ago. She does not have any living or available family in the United States. She is the oldest of three children. Her parents died of an accident when she was little. Two of her sisters live in Mexico. She has lost contact with her family in Mexico when she got married and move to the United States. She also has stopped communicating with her ex husband since they got divorced. Although she does not have any support from her family, she states that her church member has been very supportive. Moreover, R.O. states she was a homemaker until the divorce. Currently, she has been working as a dishwasher near her house.

My nurse preceptor today was Patricia. Patricia was an amazing preceptor with an immense amount of knowledge. I enjoyed Patricia’s passion for knowledge. She just finished her DNP. She spoke to me about how she also held two bachelors degrees and a masters in nursing. She was very caring of her patient and showed compassion to not only the patient but the family as well. I don’t think I would have done anything differently because she was a great patient advocate, caring healthcare professional, and great at time management. I was fortunate to have worked with her today in the CICU. We had a 1:1 assignment, a 67 year old male who had a STEMI. Ultimately, he ended up needing an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) to assist his heart. This was placed 8/31.

The use of informatics and technology have been really helpful in eliminating the use of paper in documenting care, however; it also came with its own challenges. At the nursing facility where I work we still use paper for medication administration record (MAR) but we use point click care (PCC) for all other documentations like the nursing notes, skin assessment and SBAR. The impact that these changes has on my practice is the fact it makes charting easier as oppose to writing, it also makes the information immediately available for the health care team.

There are 50 States that regulate the licensing of Registered Nurses. The Board of Registered

The main role of nurse practitioner is prevention disease. A good NP can help patients find disease in early stage. “Primary care nurse practitioners are on the "front line" for identifying and potentially preventing occupational illnesses and injuries. At the same time, this survey indicates that these health care providers are not provided the optimal training to identify, treat, or prevent this morbidity; they may be in the trenches, but they have not been supplied with enough ammunition. We believe that if primary care practitioners, including nurse practitioners, have the responsibility for diagnosing and managing occupational health problems, health care policymakers and educators have the duty to guarantee the training and resources needed to fulfill their duty.” (Lipscomb, J.

I agree that bedside nurses are in a position to recognized issues and trends on their units. Unfortunately there has not always been higher educated nurses at the bedside. Some nurses are unaware of how to conduct evidence-based research and others see it as extra work. One way facilities are promoting nursing research is though nurse residency programs. Nurse residency programs are one year in length, follow a formal curriculum, and encourage classes to complete a research project that is guided by experienced nurses (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2015). When new nurses have a solid foundation for research they are able to work on facilitating change. I attended a nurse residency class in my first year of nursing. I was able

The nursing profession has been around for a very long time. Through many changes and reforms, it has drastically evolved into the nursing profession we have today. Nurses have an important role within the healthcare industry in the treatment and medical care of the sick. These trusted healthcare professionals continue to make up the largest majority of the healthcare field, as well as the fastest growing occupation. Nursing is a job that allows people to not only care for the sick but also to experience, learn and further their interest in the human body. This course has definitely provided me an insight to the roots of the profession I would like to pursue. I think it is important to know the history of nursing to understand fully on the problems that are affecting the profession. I believe that we cannot effectively address important issues without a foundation of historical knowledge. In other words, by examining the nursing history, I will be able to appreciate my important role as a nurse in the healthcare system. The topics I will be including in my reflection are the works of Florence Nightingale, the affects of World War II, the challenges of Filipinos aspiring to be nurses, and excerpts in Chapter 10 of “A History of American Nursing.”