State of Advance Practice/Week 2 Patricia Grayson-Canty Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 510 Leadership and Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Terri Schmitt Professor Spring B 2014 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to further examine the state of advanced practice nursing from a local, state, national, and international perspective. The role of the nurse practitioner (NP) “evolved from the shortage of primary care medical providers in underserved areas in the 1960s” (DeNisco & Barker, 2013, p. 20). NPs became a much needed asset during the Great Society era due to the development of the government health programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Community health Centers that needed care providers. These programs helped
This type of management has minimized healthcare dollars. A case manager has to have good communication and listening skills, not only with the patients and everyone connected with that patient care. Case management is designed to : implement, coordinate and monitor patients needs using resources to promote quality with cost effective outcomes. The journalist goes on to prove that social workers were utilized for this aspect years ago and was successful with doing the job. Some faculties still use social worker along with case mangers.
Incorporating NP case management of cardiovascular disease risk factors into clinical care settings is an efficacious and cost-effective strategy to help patients achieve their cholesterol goals and improve outcomes. Watts, S. 1) This article is a report of a study designed to examine the role of ward-based APNs and their impact on patient care and nursing practice. 2) An ethnographic approach was used to explore the advanced nurse practitioner role. Participant observation and interviews of five ward-based ANPs working in a large teaching hospital in the North West and were complemented by formal and informal interviews with staff and patients. 3) The predominant concept that ran through the data analysis was that of APNs as a cornerstone, using their expertise, networks, and knowledge of healthcare not only to facilitate patient care but to develop a pivotal role facilitating nursing and medical practice.
Unit 2 HealthCare Assignment Analyse how the NHS meets the needs of clients and how the role of the nurse contributes to this Kerry-Ann Vickers Analyse how the NHS meets the needs of clients and how the role of the nurse contributes to this The NHS is a fundamental part of Britain and without it what would there be? This assignment discusses the history of the NHS, the new NHS reform and political ideologies of the NHS. It will also explain the important and growing role a Nurse has within todays NHS, discussing the professional regulations they have to follow to how they provide good quality of care. The NHS was launched on the 5th of July 1948 by a man called Aneurin Bevan. Bevan had big plans to provide good health care for all regardless of wealth.
According to Laureate Education (2010) nursing informatics is a major player in continuum of care and it consists of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. The goal of this paper is to address Parkinson’s disease early onset symptoms, what is its relationship in the four-step continuum process, and how informatics plays a vital role in attaining wisdom on caring for this particular disease process. Disease Early Onset Symptoms In home health, I have seen a significant increase of patients diagnosed with early stages of Parkinson’s disease (PD). A five stage classification scale from Hoehn and Yahr is used to classify PD symptoms based on severity and disease progression. At stage I, the disease progression is usually slow in onset with mild tremors affecting one side of body.
The nursing theory that will be discussed in this paper is the Interpersonal Relations theory, created by Hildegard E. Peplau. Hildegard E. Peplau is a woman of many credentials (Rust, 2004). Her work, Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, has been identified as one of the first published nursing theories (Johnson & Webber, 2005). Before Peplau created Interpersonal Relations in Nursing, she devoted her life to working in private practice and hospital nursing (George, 2002). Peplau was also involved in nursing research, and teaching; this, combined with years of practice in psychiatric
Hypnotherapy is a recognised form of treatment and has been accepted by the British Medical Association and the American Medical Association. Psychiatric nurses deliver hypnosis to relieve patients of their anxiety, uncontrollable behaviour, or the need to increase their self-esteem or confidence. Hypnotherapy treatments vary from alleviating pain, dealing with inflammations, stress-related and psychological issues such as addictions, obesity, eating disorders, phobias, depression and insomnia. Hypnosis in varying forms can be dated back centuries but its first notable usage was in the late 1700’s with Franz Anton Mesmer, the grandfather of hypnosis. Mesmer recognised the ancient
The Philosophies of Palliative Care Palliative care came about largely due to the pioneering work of Dame Cicely Saunders in the early 1960's. She brought to attention the end of life care needs of patients with advanced malignant disease and identified the link between physical and emotional suffering. This work was instrumental in drawing attention to the underlying philosophy of palliative care, this included offering the patient social, emotional and spiritual support as well as managing symptoms medically at the stage of end of life. Clark (2007) 'Palliative Care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems physical, psychosocial and spiritual.' This is the definition given by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Palliative Care in 2002.
According to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) research is essential to nursing field to enhance evidence based practice. Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt (2005,p339) define evidence based practice as a problem solving approach that integrates a systematic search for and critical appraisal of the most relevant evidence to answer burning clinical questions while maximizing quality care and limiting cost. However, evidence based practice in nursing is more challenging than its use in the medical profession because of the multiple sources of nursing knowledge (Carrier andBrassey2006,p40). For this reason, it is important for researchers to understand how to figure out research techniques appropriate for them coming up with the best evidence on various issues being handled. Clearly-holdforth( 2008, p43) advocates the use of PICO question framing format while researching for it is a standardized criteria for determining a research question for all methodologies although different methodologies tackle the research
At the beginning of the 1980’s a collective view was created on the aspects which were key to nursing being: the person, the environment, health and nursing, also known as ”the metaparadigm of nursing”. This is the basis for all current nursing theories (Verberk and Kuiper, 2006). A theory is constantly subject to changes in the environment to which the theory is applied and to the vision of the professionals who work with the theory (Smith, 1994). Theories are developed to make people work according to an underlying structure and specific approach so that they will work towards the same goals with the same vision in mind (Aggleton and Chalmers, 1986). A theory, however useful it might be as a support for the development of care approaches, should never become an unbreakable code.