...A nurse practitioner is an advanced practice nurse that helps with all aspects of patient care, including consultations, diagnosis, and treatments. They may work independently or part of a treatment team. Generally, nurse practitioners carry out the task of educating patients about preventative care and prescribed treatments. A pediatrician is a medical doctor who oversees all behavioral, mental, and physical health of children from birth to age 21. Pediatricians are taught to diagnose and treat childhood illnesses from minor health problems to serious diseases. Both professions require full dedication and an advance education, but also provided multiple benefits, and most importantly with allow me to work with children. Finding which career...
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...My entire life I have always loved to help people, and everyone has always told me pursue a job in which helping people is the main goal. My passion for helping has inspired me to become a healthcare professional. The ultimate career goal for myself is to become either a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner. I am currently undecided in my college decision however making that decision will help direct me to either the path to become a physician assistant or the path to become a nurse practitioner. I have been accepted into the RIBN (Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses) Program, if I choose to enroll in this program, I will begin my journey towards becoming a nurse practitioner, after completing four years of education partnered between ECU and PCC to become earn my BSN. I have been accepted to several institutions and am still awaiting final decisions from other intuitions. If I choose any of my other choices, my goal will be to major in either psychology or biology and continue my education following that by enrolling in a physician assistant program. Regardless of which direction I choose to take my life, I can expect to be enrolled in school for at least six more years following high school. The time required to achieve...
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...FNP Role Development Katy Lehigh Concordia University Wisconsin FNP Role Development For five decades nurse practitioners have been providing safe, effective, quality primary care services to all ages and populations. As a testament to their commitment and excellence nurse practitioners are being chosen as provider of choice by millions of Americans. Becoming a skilled provider is a dynamic process that occurs over time. Effective role development is essential in becoming a dynamic, compassionate, and knowledgeable clinician. Political Perspective Not all threats to our nation derive from foreign enemies. Our nation suffers within our own borders due to chronic illnesses, rising medical costs, wasted resources, poor coordination of care, and a lack of nationalized healthcare. “America’s health care system is in crisis: It is a ‘sick care’ system, not a health care system” (Blumenthal, 2012). The current healthcare system is fragmented, mismanaged, and poorly financed. Americans receive healthcare insurance through various means, such as government run programs, like Medicare and Medicaid, privately through their employer, private pay, or the purchase through an open market. Regardless of the many healthcare options the United States has to offer, 14.7% of the population remains uninsured (Shi & Singh, 2015, p. 199). “The existence of multiple payers makes the system cumbersome” and poses a billing and collection nightmare for healthcare providers (Shi &...
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...knowledgeable as I should have been. My time mentoring her is one of the biggest reasons I realized that I need to further my nursing career and that I am destined to be a Nurse Practitioner; my love of patient care, research, learning, teaching, and assessment will guide my transition from Registered Nurse to Nurse Practitioner. Working as a nurse in the intensive care unit has intensified my interest in becoming a nurse practitioner. I see chronic disease on a daily basis and have the privilege of working specifically with cardiovascular and open heart patients both pre-operatively and post- operatively. This provides me with a thorough understanding of these disease processes as well as a unique look into the potential outcomes....
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...Well, I was this 17 year old. I didn't know where life after graduation was going to take me. So with graduation quickly approaching and some persuasion from my parents I decided to major in nursing. I didn’t find nursing - nursing found me and much to my surprise, I loved each and every moment of nursing school: the research papers, the bed baths, the NCLEX review questions, and I even got giddy when it was my turn during clinical to administer IV medications. Fast forward a few years and I’m working in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and still get that heart stopping thrill moments before a 24 week delivery. I drive to work every day with excitement of the unknown. I can’t wait to find out what is awaiting me behind those locked doors. I rejoice in the happy moments with parents as well as mourn with them when their baby has passed away. These tiny miracles have taught me more over the last couple years than I could have ever imagined, they are unpredictable, strong, resilient, courageous, determined, and inspiring. Their undeniable strength has taught me to be proud of my own strength and accomplishments. They inspire me to be the best I can be. Their inspiration puts life into perspective - whenever I sweat the small stuff all I have to do is look at the journey of a NICU baby and it shows me that the small things in life do not matter....
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...Doctor Supervision: Do Nurse Practitioners Need Supervision? Advanced Practice Nursing: A New Age in Health Care. (n.d.). American Nursing Association Backgrounder, 1-7. From www.nursingworld.org/FunctionalMenuCategories/MediaBackgrounders-/APRN-A-New-Age-in-Health-Care.pdf This article talks about how to get patients quicker access to health care. Advanced practice registered nurses is also mentioned because they are nurses that receive a master’s degree in nursing. They believe the higher degree the higher responsibilities they should have. The article believes that having nurse practitioners lowers the average cost of a doctor’s visit. Aguilera, E. (2015, July 17). Doctors 'Supervise,' but Most Nurse Practitioners Work Independently. Retrieved...
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... February 2012 I agree that nursing education is the key factor for career advancement and by “providing a strong foundation for the development of a nursing work force” (Institute of Medicine, 2010) we can meet the current and future patient needs. With the nursing shortage, we can provide higher leveled trained nurse into the work field once the number of graduates increases. Learning is part of growing; this career gives us the opportunity to evolve in specialty areas that are of high demand. However, it can also add stress to nurses when pressured to do more than just bedside nursing. It takes time, knowledge, perseverance and maturity to do this. We forget that nurses are mothers/fathers/caregivers and have responsibilities to their family needs, which brings me to this, even though we get the support to advance our career with the tuition assistance and scholarships, we don't necessarily get the support while working and going to school. At my work scheduling is a challenge to me because I have children and have to work full time. I don't have the flexibility to change my schedule to meet the needs of my family, school, and personal life. I think we need to consider these things. Nurses do not want to be burden with additional stress. “The health care system does not provide sufficient incentives for nurses to pursue higher degrees and additional training” (Institute of Medicine, 2010). Right now, nurses are not getting any incentive for going back...
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...taking a mini vacation, I would like to begin my career as an active duty army nurse. I am currently in the Army Reserve; however, I am not in the ROTC program. Because I am not in the ROTC program, which may inevitably make becoming a nurse in the army more of a difficult task. If by some unfortunate chance I cannot become a nurse in the army, I would like to begin my career in critical care or the emergency department. However, my preference would be the emergency department. I think...
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...Why BSN? Returning back to school to complete a BSN is often the last thing many nurses would consider. Why would anyone want to do this? How do I come up with the money? Who will take care of my family? How do I manage with my kids? These are few of many questions what will raise when thinking about going back to school. There are three main reasons why I choose to go back to school to obtain my bachelor of science in nursing. For me it has never been a question not to continue advancing my education. When I finished my ADN (associates degree in nursing) I always dreamt about one day getting my bachelors degree and I have never given up on this goal. There are many reasons why I want to complete my degree. First and the fastest approaching reason is to secure my job and give myself option to practice in different states. Second is being able to continue advancing my education along with evolving myself. Job security is very important to me. In some hospitals it is already a requirement to have a BSN in order to get hired. When I got my job, I signed a letter that I will get my degree within five years of employment. Also having completed the BSN it gives me greater job mobility, increased salary and more job opportunities. It is a stepping stone closer to NP (nurse practitioner) and a future requirement to improve healthcare quality. I have always enjoyed learning new things. I feel that I am missing out if I am not taking a class or reading up on unfamiliar subjects...
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...want to pursue a Master’s degree in Adult Nurse Practitioner. That is why I went to nursing school and achieved my BSN, because it has been my dream of using the computer to enhance health care. I feel strongly that I am now ready to pursue graduate study and work towards the Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program. I am motivated to continue to achieve in this area because of the profound sense of spiritual fulfillment that I receive as a result of laboring to make health care services better for us all, especially in the area of nursing. For a woman that is completely immersed on the cutting-edge of informatics technology, the xxx College Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program is ideal for my long-term career interests, with its state-of-the-art facilities and well deserved reputation for creative excellence in this field. I look forward to developing advanced skills in physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision-making, and assessment; it is my sincere and humble hope to someday provide valuable leadership for management in the area of informatics. I especially look forward to practicing in a broad array of challenging settings such as home care, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools. It is my intention to complete a Master’s degree in an approved Nurse Informatics Program and from my research into the programs; xxx University seems to have distinguished itself well in this area. I also firmly believe that a Master’s degree from...
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...summer before I head to college for the first. I am excited to get out of the house and have no rules to really obey by. As I packing and unpacking my items for college and feeling like something is missing. I am the type of person that needs some type of structure in my life so, of course I have a long list of items to bring to college with me. The day of move in day, my mom and I are shoving all the boxes into the car and not being able to see out of the back window just to get to school to take all the boxes out and up to the fourth floor of Evans Hall. The hallways were filled with boxes and people. Families start saying their goodbyes and I beginning unpacking my boxes to make the room look less like a prison and more like a comfy place to stay at. I am trying to figure out to do and what was not allowed like wearing your lanyard around your neck is how people can point out who the freshman are. With coming from a small town and everyone knowing everyone to coming to a town that the size of my graduation class for college is about the size of my whole school district. Only about six kids from my graduation class came to Oshkosh with me so, coming to college felt like a lonely world in the beginning. I started to figure out who I really was and what I want to do with my life....
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...for Graduate School. | I want to pursue a Master’s degree in Adult Nurse Practitioner. That is why I went to nursing school and achieved my BSN, because it has been my dream of using the computer to enhance health care. I feel strongly that I am now ready to pursue graduate study and work towards the Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program. I am motivated to continue to achieve in this area because of the profound sense of spiritual fulfillment that I receive as a result of laboring to make health care services better for us all, especially in the area of nursing. For a woman that is completely immersed on the cutting-edge of informatics technology, the xxx College Adult Nurse Practitioner Master's Degree Program is ideal for my long-term career interests, with its state-of-the-art facilities and well deserved reputation for creative excellence in this field. I look forward to developing advanced skills in physical assessment and diagnostic reasoning, clinical decision-making, and assessment; it is my sincere and humble hope to someday provide valuable leadership for management in the area of informatics. I especially look forward to practicing in a broad array of challenging settings such as home care, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools. It is my intention to complete a Master’s degree in an approved Nurse Informatics Program and from my research into the programs; xxx University seems to have distinguished itself well in this area. I also firmly believe that...
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...It wasn’t until senior year of high school have I decided that I know what I wanted to do with my career. I had just gotten my CNA certification during the summer leading up to my senior year of high school, I thought that maybe starting off as a CNA might give me a better insight on what I wanted to pursue. I’ve always been fascinated working within the medical field, as cliché as it may sounds but my early childhood had consisted of helping out my grandparents in Thailand and eventually when I moved within the states at the age of 6 I ended up taking care of my grandma. I always made sure that she had something to eat, fixed her sandwiches and fetched her things when she calls for it, I’ve never thought that with helping my grandma would prepare me in a way for my future....
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...professional goals that I want to accomplish before my career is over. My first short term goal I want to accomplish is being a staff nurse III, in my unit. A staff nurse III position is considered a nurse who is known as a nurse leader in the unit. A staff nurse III, is the resource person in the unit. They are required to keep staff up to date with new information and participate in quality improvement projects. The next step in my professional goal is to become a clinical instructor. Clinical instructors are professionals that teach nursing students to apply knowledge in clinical settings (Koharchik & Jakub, 2014). A long term goal I want to pursue is becoming an neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP). NNP is an advanced nursing practice that utilizes extended and expanded skills, experience and knowledge in assessment, planning, implementation, diagnosis, and evaluation of the care required for neonates (Freed, Dunham, Martyn, Nantais-Smith, & Moran, 2013 ). I enjoy teaching, and the professional goals that I have chosen will give me the opportunity to teach others in a health care setting. Strengths, Ethics, & Values There were a couple reasons that I decided to return to school. First, I wanted to show my son that education is very important. If he wants to have a career, he needs a college degree. I want to teach him that knowledge is key to success. Second, I have been a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurse for seventeen...
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...Evaluation of Website for Credibility: American Association for Nurse Practitioners Aman Verma Chamberlain College of Nursing NR500: Foundational Concepts and Applications September 18, 2013 Evaluation of Website for Credibility: American Association for Nurse Practitioners American Association for Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is a national professional membership organization for NPs of all roles. The purpose of their website is to support and transform the dynamic roles of nurse practitioners (NPs) as prime providers into patient focused healthcare. Being in the family nurse practitioner program fueled my interest to this website. I aspire to enhance my knowledge by investigating and educating myself on further roles of NPs in the community, acute care settings, administrative positions and tertiary care centers. The response to my discussion thread this week regarding legislations and regulations for nurse practitioners (NPs) grasped my attention for AANP as it is equipped with the information. The search engine that was used to locate the website is the Google. The domain name for AANP is aanp.org and the Uniform Resource Locator page address is http://www.aanp.org. American Association for Nurse Practitioner (AANP) is governed by a designated Board of Directors, which consists of 7 Executive Committee, 11 Regional Directors and 2 members. The board members are highly qualified NPs with Doctorate to Masters in Science degrees with an NP certification. Most of the...
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