Advanced practice nurse

This legislation advocates changing the current Medicare conditions of participation, by granting authority to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to certify plans of care for home health patients. If written into law, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses that would be able to certify home health services would include nurse practitioners, certified nurse mid-wives and clinical nurse leaders. In addition, this designation would also give physician assistants access to the same authority (ANA)

system. As such, nursing is being looked upon as a credible, viable source for bridging the gap between coverage and access (IOM, 2010). Statistics have shown that advanced practice nursing scope of practice in the primary care setting is similar to medical practice performed by physicians as much as 98 percent (IOM, 2010, p. 90). Nurses are thus increasingly utilized as primary care providers and can effectively manage chronic illnesses with improved clinical outcomes and fewer acute exacerbations

Dynamics February 2nd, 2014 Change is always vital to progress and the field of nursing is constantly in change. The world that we live in today is creating a higher need for more nurses, changing the way that nurses are educated and creating new approaches to utilize nurses out in the field. On October 5th, 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The report elaborates on the need for the nursing profession

In the United States alone there are well over three million registered nurses as of 2015, with just over two hundred thousand of that total practicing within the state of Florida (Total Number of Professionally Active Nurses, 2015, n.p.). With that being said, there are many different nursing organizations available within the United States to represent not only the registered nurse, but also to represent the student nurse as well. Several nursing organizations are geared towards specialties, ethnicity

should be part of the APRN compact and adopt the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation, to ensure consistency in accreditation, education, and certification. This would allow all APRNs to be licensed to the same standard, and allow for cross-state practice. Policy Options Three policy options have been identified: Option 1 The first option explores the ‘do nothing’ approach: This option explores the outcomes measured by a set of specified criteria if no action were to be taken with regards to

When being a registered nurse, there are many things to do and a ton of responsibility, but there are a lot of benefits to gain from that. Also, when applying for a job to be a registered nurse, it doesn’t require very much. A registered nurse is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and has met the requirements summarized by a country or state licensing body in order to get a nursing license. Registered nurses help doctors in providing treatment to patients suffering from different

Pressure ulcers compromise Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency patient safety. Critical care patients are at high risk of harm when pressure ulcers develop during their hospital stay. As a result, pressure ulcers cause pain, discomfort, loss of independence and social isolation. One study sampled 102 critical care patients consisting of 52 men and 48 women with ages between 23 to 88 years (He, Tang, Ge, & Zheng, 2016). He et al. (2016) result showed 31.4 percent of pressure

into a Master’s Degree. Advancing my career will grant me with the opportunity to service my community and allow me to treat my patient’s holistic needs. As an advanced practice nurse, I plan to use my knowledge to further educate, reinforce and advocate for those in need. By accepting my application to the Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program you will provide me with the opportunity I need to expand my caring journey. Over the last six years, I cared for multiple patients with

Nurses have very important roles in health care provision industry because nurses spend and use most of their time and better part of their life taking care of other people in the hospitals or other areas who have got different injuries and illness and also the elderly who’s relatives prefer bringing them to the hospital for admissions or in hospices so that they are taken good care of compared to the care that could be provided at home without a nurse. In the health care provision industry the Registered

The Family Nurse Practitioner in a Primary Care Organization The specialty area selected by this author among the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) roles was that of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). High among the list of reasons for choosing the FNP specialty track was the ability to care for patients who lack healthcare insurance, are of limited financial resources, or are stigmatized. The type of organization that would allow me to provide high-quality, patient-centered care in