Professional Practice Paper

South University

October 26, 2019

Advanced Nursing Practice Role

For this assignment, I will choose Family Nursing Practitioners (FNPs), as an advanced nursing practice role. I was admitted to South University to pursue a Master of Health in Nursing, with a specialization in FNP. I will use the FNPs role to summarize my findings. The degree program in FNP equips the learner with the knowledge to practice preventive care, in-depth clinical experiences, diagnose and treat various diagnoses, and promote acceptable health behaviors at all stages of development. The classroom experiences offer an in-depth theory in nursing with practice concepts that highly advance the end of the course in Family Nurse Practitioner. A learner is assisted to strengthen their communication, critical thinking, clinical judgment and leadership skills (Stokowski, 2015). This marks the beginning of a career as a family nurse practitioner.

FNP as a Clinical role and its contribution to the patient's outcome

Family Nurse Practitioner is clinical because it is concerned with the provision of direct service care to the patients. Search services include the following;

· Diagnosing sicknesses

· Issuing orders and interpreting diagnostic tests

· Conducting examinations for various conditions

· Providing counseling to the patients

· Sometimes Prescribing medications

There has been a big change within the career of the FNPs. Unlike there before when they were seen as assistants to physicians and could only take instructions from the doctors, today things have changed. FNPs have proved to be competent enough to offer High-quality patient care, that is also affordable. With a nursing background, FNPs can be seen to bear clinical proficiencies required in administering extended health practice and the ability to make healthy decisions concerning a patient. FNPs are Registered Nurses (RNs), who are exposed to advanced training. They are only excepted from performing or directing surgeries but are mandated by the state laws to administer an extended number of services that are similar to those administered by medical doctors.

These roles that were formerly performed by medical doctors but are now done by the FNPs include the following;

· Diagnosis and treatment of various illnesses

· Diagnosis of minor trauma in patients

· Conducting splinting and suturing in patients

· Administering pre-delivery performance

· Supervising healthcare checks in children and adult care

· Prescription of medication for patients

· Educating patients on matters on health

· Promoting health

In every state in the United States, FNPs are expected to perform healthy activities like the diagnosis of illnesses, prescribe and treat patients. This, however, varies from one state to another, because different states have initiated different scopes concerning FNPs, as far as service delivery and treatment is concerned. Some states authorize FNPs to prescribe any given kind of medications, with controlled drugs included, while Others prevent FNPs from giving prescriptions on controlled drugs (Jaspen, 2017). Level FNP in Some states advocates for professional independence for FNPs without necessarily the doctor's supervision.

The ever-scaling number of patients and other expected physicians dearth in primary care has contributed to reviewing how FNPs together with other physician assistants may fulfill the requirements of healthcare in the US. As a result, FNPs have reacted by proving that they have the ability and competency to offer health care services just like the traditional doctors.

Questions to an Advanced Practice Clinician

An advanced practice Clinician is a group term that used to refer to Advanced Practice Nurse and physician Assistants. These are the nurses who have pursued a post-graduate degree in nursing, either a master's degree or a doctorate in nursing. The APCs are trained and authorized to practice nursing in four main areas

· Certified Nurse Practitioners

· Certified Nurse-Midwives

· Clinical Nurse Specialists

· Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetics

In this case, my interviewee is Robert T. Smithing

Credential-First honors (1979) and an in-depth 40experience (40 years) as a Certified Nurse Practitioner.

Position. A Nurse Practitioner Specialist based in Kent, Washington.

Questions

1. Who is an advance Practice Clinician (APC)?

2. Why did you decide to pursue advanced studies in nursing?

3. What kind of health care is provided to patients by APCs?

4. What can you say is the most challenging aspect of being an experienced nurse practitioner?

5. What is your contribution to the patient's experience?

6. What do you usually do in a situation whereby a patient demands healthcare that is not necessary?

7. Tell me an incidence whereby you experienced an ethical behavior. How did you respond to such?

8. What would you do if you notice that a patient is not responding accordingly to pain medication and asks for an allowable amount that exceeds the expectation?

9. Is there a scenario when you went beyond to provide a patient with exceptional healthcare? What was the scenario about?

10. Have you ever developed a disagreement with a nurse over a patient's treatment? How did you contain the situation?

References

Jaspen, B. (2017). More States Lift Patient Hurdles to Nurse Practitioners. Pharma and

Healthcare: Medicine, Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Stokowski, R. M. (2015). APRN Prescribing Law: A State-by-State Summary. Medscape,

Retrieved November 2015.

"Nurse Practitioner State Practice Environment". American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

February 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-06.

"Historical Perspectives on an Expanded Role for Nursing". www.nursingworld.org. Retrieved

2017-05-10.