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My name is Makamah; I go by Kamah. I am currently working as an LPN; I've been an LPN for three years; I currently work in a long-term care facility. Before that, I worked on the Family Medicine and Pediatric floors in a Clinic setting; I love everything I do; I'm very grateful for the opportunity and experiences I've had in all departments and locations as they all provide different learning abilities. After this program, I plan on working as an RN for a while, but later, my dream is to become a Family Nurse Practitioner. This year is my last semester as a BSN student at Herzing. I will be graduating in Fall; fingers crossed. I love traveling and enjoy spending time with families and friends. I also love listening to music and outdoor activities. I try to work out when I'm able to in my free time.

       I look forward to all the acknowledge and experience shared and learned in this Class. With my future career goal in mind, I understand that writing and researching new articles and keeping up with new medical content will be required; therefore, I believe this Class will help me understand the need for and importance of doing research. I also see myself applying the knowledge learned from this course to interact with my peer's professionality. This Class will help me gain the in-depth knowledge needed to improve patient-centered care.

        One best practice related to a Family nurse practitioner is the focus of care on the patient and the family's involvement. This best practice recommendation allows the FNP to use the nursing process, current evidence, and the national standard of care to provide a holistic approach to patient-centered care to foster professional practice (American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2019). This process emphasizes the use of the nursing process, assessment, diagnosis, planning, and evaluation of the patient and family care. The best practice also recommends that FNPs, provide health and wellness education to patients and or the family through the utilization of community resources and facilitating patient and family participation in health decision and goal planning.

        As a future FNP, I envision myself using this best practice to care for my patients and their families. Providing holistic care includes looking at and treating the patient as a whole. This means caring for all aspects of their health as much as possible while also encouraging their participation. FNP deals with various diseases that include patient treatment and family and patient education (Lynch,2019). The safe healthcare practice allows them to maintain their certifications. Certification allows the nurse or provider to demonstrate professional care and provide evidence-based practice care to the patient. The application of these best practices helps providers understand their role, allowing them to stay certified and demonstrate competency. Certified nurses and providers are responsible for all care provided to their patients (American Nurses Association,2015). They are also held accountable for their actions and the outcome of the care supplied as they practice under a particular scope of care.

· #2 My name is Jacey Hebert and I am currently employed at the University of Florida Proton Center in Jacksonville. Here I am a radiation oncology nursing case manager for adults. I see patients going through radiation treatment once a week and work with a doctor to address symptoms and concerns from the patient.

· I see myself applying knowledge from this course by always changing my practice because evidence based practice is always changing. I hope this course helps me reach my most current skills and how to stay up to date with my skills. 

· The article I chose for evidence-based practice has given me more insight to something that had happened to me at work today. Today the doctor I work with had ordered a PEG tube placement on a patient I had felt was not quite in need of a PEG tube placement at this visit today. This article I had read was about PEG tube placement in head and neck cancer patients (my primary site at work) and discussed the results of placing a feeding tube at treatment initiation against patients who do not. The article conclusion states, " Patients who have a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placed at treatment initiation experience less overall weight loss and fewer hospitalizations and toxicity-related treatment interruptions"  (Cady 2007).

· This will influence my treatment as a necessary reminder that anticipating patient needs is more effective than reacting in many cases. As a PMHNP I will not do oncology, but I will keep this in mind.

· Best practices facilitate certification success by making sure that test takers understand that evidence based practice is the correct practice. It is important that we stay on top of the changes in practice in our work and keep adapting. 

 

Cady, Jormain, ARNP,M.S., A.O.C.N. (2007). Nutritional support during radiotherapy for head and neck cancer: The role of prophylactic feeding tube placement. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 11(6), 875-80. Retrieved from https://prx-herzing.lirn.net/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/nutritional-support-during-radiotherapy-head-neck/docview/222744146/se-2?accountid=167104