Texas is home to nearly 10,000 nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners (NPs) in Texas do not have as many freedoms as NP 's in many other states. In fact, Texas falls at the lower end of the spectrum regarding the freedoms it offers nurse practitioners. House Bill 1885 would grant full practice authority in Texas to all advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), including nurse practitioners (NPs). It would authorize APRNs to evaluate and diagnose patients; order and interpret diagnostic tests; and initiate and manage treatments; prescribing of medications, these are currently job descriptions of APRNs and NPs that they are already doing, however, it would move these items under the exclusive licensure authority of the Texas Board of Nursing.
Jean Russell of Michigan Insurance Company referred this file for medical case management. Instructions were given to meet with Flavia Tocco and assist with coordination of appropriate and related medical care, and identify needs to facilitate recovery. INTERVIEW SETTING I met Ms. Tocco at the St. John’s physical therapy department. Ms. Tocco was open to providing me information on her current and prior medical history.
This supplement is a record of my actions in cases 16-125169 (April10, 2016) and 16-125698 (April 12, 2016). On April 12, 2016 I was assigned case 16-125169 which involves Ms. Mya Navia a fourteen year old Francis Hammond School Student. On April 13, 2016, I was assigned a second case which was 16-125698 involving the same juvenile. On April 13, 2016 I touched base with Arrosa Kanwai (mother) who had previously denied me access to her daughter (16-119375).
I selected Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) specialty track so that I could make a change in healthcare and the community. I want to be able to educate and care for others the way that patients would like to be cared for. Opening to the patients and educating in preventative care can be the key to some of the positive changes that our community needs. Since medicine is an evolving profession healthcare providers should keep up with the most up to date information on how to care for their patients. Family nurse practitioners are a key component in our healthcare today.
Title of Paper Your Name Class Name October 24, 2014 Your Professor’s Name South University Title of Your Paper The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is an organization associated to my desired role.
Minimum coverage allowed in your state of residence. Under state law, a patient may pursue a civil claim against physicians or other health care providers, called medical liability or medical malpractice, if the health care provider causes injury or death to the patient through a negligent act or omission (Malloy, 2015). In North Carolina, The Nurse Practitioner has different risks and premiums. The recommendations are to obtain as much coverage as the provider can afford, but no less than one million (Krauss, 2004). Some employers will carry the liability insurance but they strongly recommend obtaining one 's own policy for additional coverage.
A family nurse practitioner (FNP) is a member of the health care team who provides quality and cost-effective care to patients across the lifespan, from newborn to old age. They provide care in various healthcare settings such as outpatient clinics, hospitals, community health centers and public health departments. They focus on disease prevention, health and wellness promotion. The FNP empowers patients through patient education and partnerships in clinical treatment decisions (Hamric, 2014; “Nurse Practitioner,” 2014). How does one become an effective Family Nurse Practitioner?
Week One Response Powell Based on the Institute of Medicine recommendations regarding the improvement of quality and safety in health care in the United States, the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) was developed by the Association of Colleges of Nursing and introduced in 2003, making it a comparatively new role in nursing (Webb & McKeon, 2014). However, as you noted there is confusion regarding the role of the CNL and how they integrate into the acute care team. It is important to understand that the CNL focus is on care coordination, quality, and safety.
Nursing has become a very dynamic role as it is constantly changing and evolving. The number of people entering the nursing field continues to increase. The responsibilities nurses are held accountable for are very diverse and demanding. Mental health nursing is one of the many diverse fields a nurse must be educated in. A nurse must be competent in attending to a patient’s mental health as it is something that pertains to all patients regardless of race, origin, or religion.
Najla Morshidi NURS 301 Case Study Health History and Analysis of Finding A 75 year old female patient alert and oriented X 3, weigh 115 Lbs, her height 5?8?? , has a hearing aid and wear glasses for reading. The presented Patient has a history of hypertension diagnosed with CHF on 2013, positive for Hepatitis B due to contaminated blood transfusion. Had a cervical dysplasia on 1994 resolved by a total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy the following year.
Having grown up in a community underserved in mental health care, my beliefs are commensurate with the National Health Service Corps’ in that access to health care is a basic human right. As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I will strive to increase access to mental health care for individuals in underserved communities as a nurse in a community-based practice. National Health Service Corps’ mission to increase accessibility of quality health care will benefit from my commitment to serving individuals without health insurance and those living in rural and urban areas where mental health care services are limited. Through the incorporation of the principles of psychology, psychiatry and social work, I will provide my patients
Making appropriate health decisions depend on the patient’s degree of understanding of the basic health information and the strategies used by health care providers to assist patients with low health literacy levels. In the article “Experiences of nursing students in caring for patients with behaviors suggestive of low health literacy: a qualitative analysis”, written by Carol Shieh, Anne E. Belcher, Barbara Habermann in 2012, the authors describe the main topics that might affect how patients understand health information from the nursing students ' perspective. Shieh, Belcher, and Habermann (2012) stated “as the population with chronic illness grows, preparing health workers with the knowledge and skills to help patients with low health
Introduction Nursing is known as professional discipline (Donaldson & Crowley, 1978). Nurses shortage is one of the significant issues in current nursing in Singapore and also in other countries. According to Buchan et al 2008, nurses shortage has a significant connection with a country’s historical staffing levels, country 's resources and it also estimates the demands for healthcare. Nursing shortages are unmeasureble, and they may be defined as professional capacity standards from an economical view.
What are your current or past experiences collaborating with nurse practitioners? My experience working with a nurse practitioner was when I worked in a hospital and the nurse practitioner was the hospitalist on the night shift This nurse practitioner did an excellent job of acting as a team leader and delivering holistic care the patients. They were always rounding on the floors and would often come by and just visit to get to know the staff and educate whenever he had any time. He would often visit with the patients to discuss sensitive things such as code status in the middle of the night to make sure what was on record was what the patient wanted.
The Institute of Medicine (2004) defines health literacy as “the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (para. 2). This implies that individual skills, including reading, speaking and math skills, come into play anytime people make health decisions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010). The Institute of Medicine (2004) indicates that health literacy is also a health systems problem, because health information is often complex to understand and health systems difficult to navigate. This paper describes the individual and system causes of low health literacy.
