Issues and Trends Since the inception of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) role in the 1960s, NPs have thrived in the delivery of primary healthcare and nurse case management. Despite patient satisfaction with NPs ' style of care, nurses have been critical of NPs, while physicians have been threatened by NP encroachment on MD practice. Balancing assessment, diagnosis, and treatment with caring defines NPs ' success as primary care providers. Understand the role and Scope of Practice of NPs is sometimes
Thanks Xiaoning. The national competency standard for nurses that I have been assigned to talk about today number 10.4 which is “Collaborates with the health care team to inform policy and guideline development.” Slide 2: The guidelines and policies among others that are used to guide nurses include, competency standards, decision making framework, guidelines for registration standards, professional boundaries, professional practice guidelines & Social Media Policy. Slide 3 The first aspect of competency
and having the privilege to serve others would be something I would want to do as lifetime career. Thus, combining my love for helping people and my interest in the medical field, I decided to research the occupation of being a nurse practitioner to see if this would
History and background Loretta Ford, is commonly known as the pioneer of the nurse practitioner role. The NP role was shaped by Ford, in collaboration with pediatrician Henry K. Silver in 1965, in response to the need for providers for well-child care, in community based settings (Zaccagnini & Waud White, 2017). Though many texts, Zaccagnini included, cite a physician shortage as the impetus for the creation of the role, Ford herself disputes the emphasis on this shortage, as one of several “myths”
when nurses were eager to get an education and had the opportunity to acquire it through a nursing program (Alligood, 2010). From this movement on, nursing has continued to change at a very rapid pace. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report describes patient needs and environment being much more complex in the 21st century versus the 20th century; not to mention all of the technological advances (Institute of Medicine, 2010). These factors make it vital for both current and future nurses to obtain
The law creates the order in the health care system structure. To maintain the order, strict regulation must be adhered. To follow ethical principles, living with guidelines is also a necessity. To uphold the quality of care and ethical considerations in nursing, mandatory policies should be legalised. Therefore, it is vital that health care professionals are deemed competent and qualified. Registered Nurses in Australia are regarded as experts in their area of specialisation. Being reputable in global
The object of this essay is to discuss the role of the Assistant Practitioner. How it has emerged; how it fits into the structure and skill mix of the NHS workforce and the effect it has had on that structure. It will also outline the principles of accountability and statutory regulations that govern the day to day practice of the role. In October 1998 the new European Working Time Directive was implemented. Its purpose was to prevent employers from expecting their employees to work excessively
Obtaining consent is a complicated matter in health care setting that would require active communication between medical practitioners, nurses and patients. The patient’s consent can be obtained in various ways, such as implied, verbal or written forms are available and most importantly, different types of consent will require on the nature of treatment. Informed consent is an ongoing, practical process in relation to the patients’ health care in the clinical setting which would involve providing
Part A Q1 – Briefly explain the role of the following… • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) The role of the Nursing and Midwifery board of Australia is to enforce the rules and regulations of the ‘Health Practitioner regulation National Law’, it also regulates the practice of Nursing and Midwifery in Australia and to also protect the Public • Australian Nursing and Midwifery federation (ANMF) The Role of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation is the Union in Australia to
procedures. The patient’s consent should be given autonomously which means free of pressure and without any coercion from making decision. This case study discusses why does the registered nurses need to obtain consent from the patient prior to a medical procedures and what sort of action should the registered nurse take if she/he witnessed the nursing staff performing procedure without patient consent. This essay will also examine how the scenario in regard