Personal SWOT Analysis In the nature of business, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a planning and analyzing tool that helps people evaluate an idea or project for a business or formulate a business plan (Coman & Ronen, 2009). This method is used to understand a business's internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats (Coman & Ronen, 2009). This analysis can provide people with ideas about how to improve a business, or it can help them determine how a new business will perform (Coman & Ronen, 2009). SWOT was originally designed for use in other industries, but it is gaining increased use in healthcare system as well. Strengths Strength is considered as a positive internal …show more content…
Numerous physicians are choosing specialty practice rather than general practice, and this is creating a shortage of primary care providers (Hamric et al., 2014). This shortage is magnified by the rapidly increase aged population, Nurse Practitioner (NP) will be invaluable in filling the gap in providing primary care (Hamric et al., 2014). This shift in care from physicians to nurse practitioners in the provision of primary care is a goal of the Affordable Care Act; nurse practitioners can provide care that is more accessible and cost effective to patients (Hamric et al., 2014). Opportunity of grow in the nursing profession is endless; all I had to do is invest time and effort to achieve …show more content…
Becoming an NP is full of advantages like increased autonomy, prescriptive authority, competitive compensation, and endless opportunities (Hamric et al., 2014). “While the path to board certification is challenging, it is also exciting; as a nurse practitioner, I will join an elite group of revolutionaries that are becoming the face of modern medicine. Taking the backseat can cause unnecessary obstacles and challenges for nurses striving to provide high quality care” (Falk & House, 2014, p. 133). References Coman, A., & Ronen, B. (2009, October). Focused SWOT: diagnosing critical strengths and weaknesses. International Journal of production Research, 47(20), 5677-5689. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540802146130 Falk, N. L., & House, M. (2014, October). Don’t come late to the party: Step up and lead. Contemporary Nurse, 48(133-134), 133-134. Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & O’Grady, E. T. (2014). Conceptualization of Advanced Practice Nursing. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach (5 ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier