Roles Synthesis: Advanced Practice Role
Roles Synthesis: Advanced Practice Role
In recent years, health care has experienced an endless struggle between patient care and economic viability. Advanced practice nurses play a vital role in successfully achieving and carrying out hospital patient care missions (Cathcart, Greenspan, & Quin, 2010). Additionally, advanced practice nurse roles are sometimes poorly defined making responsibilities unclear with unrealistic expectations (Spence Laschinger, Wong, Grau, Read, & Pineau Stam, 2011). Undoubtedly, advanced practice nurses are quickly becoming more educated, vision driven, and influential in response to the advanced nursing practice demands of current healthcare demands. In this paper I use the Appreciative Inquiry model to explore my future as a nurse in an advanced practice role.
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On the path to an advanced nursing role, I have learned about the qualities that make exceptional advanced nursing role nurses. In my present Registered Nurse role I have found that I cherish values important to the success of my envisioned career. I have experienced what lack of effective leadership can entail for a nursing unit. During the progression of this class I have found that one of the best things I am doing as an RN is using persuasion as a form of starting change. In the class we learned that historically nurses have been in positions to advocate for change, however they have not been as influential as previously believed (Sullivan, 2004). At the core of effective leadership lies influence (Sullivan, 2004). According to Mintzer (2005), influencing people requires some degree of persuasion. In addition to my ability to persuade I have learned how to ...
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Newly graduated nurses lack clinical skills necessary to evolve professionally and carefully from academics to bedside practice (Kim, Lee, Eudey, Lounsbury & Wede, 2015). How scary is that not only for the patient but also for the new nurse himself or herself? While being faced with new challenges, an increasing amount of newly graduated RNs felt overcome and unqualified. Twibell and Pierre explain how new nurses express “disillusionment” about practice, scheduling, and being rewarded. Frustration and anger between employees play a huge part in NGNs resigning because of the lack of experience and knowledge of what to do in high stress situations (2012). Nursing residency programs have proven to directly improve patient care, develop critical
Transitioning from academic nursing student to Registered Nurse/New Graduate Nurse (NGN) within the healthcare environment is a challenging task for many NGNs. They may encounter a number of challenges, such as the following: transition shock, professional isolation, lack of clinical experience, stress, lack of a support network and cultural incompetence. At the end, this essay will discuss the rationale for developing my two most important goals for the next twelve months.
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The authors in this article aimed to discover nurse manager leadership styles and their outcomes. Nurses from hospitals in the Northeastern part of the United States were asked questions. The data was collected in a locked room, alone, so no one would influence the answers of someone else. The results were put into a software program and displayed for analysis. Results showed when choosing a nurse for a managerial leadership role, one should choose someone if they have the basic components of transformational leadership, not transactional leadership. The authors show that transformational leadership had revealed positive patient outcomes, retention, and satisfaction in the nursing staff. Those nurse leaders who have qualities of transformational leadership are encouraged to build on those skills constantly.
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The transition from student to a qualified nurse can be a stressful and overwhelming ex-perience for many newly qualified nurses. This opinion is widely upheld throughout the literature with Higgins et al (2010) maintaining that many of the problems experienced are due to lack of support during this initial transition and a period of preceptorship would be invaluable.
The purpose of this paper is to describe how I visualize my future role as a mastered prepared nurse professional. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that by 2015 the nation will face a shortage of 62,100 physicians, 33,100 primary care practitioners and 29,000 other specialist. The nursing shortage evaporated during the recession, because many nurses returned to the workforce, but nurse practitioners remain a scarce resource in many areas (Expanding the Role of ANP Risk and reward). American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), a supporter of transforming health care to meet the challenges of an aging population and a shortage of primary care providers, agrees that advance practice registered nurses (APRNs), could provide seamless, accessible, affordable, and equitable quality care if they are utilized to the full extent of their education and training (AARP). In 2010, the Institute of Medicine published The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, a report which offered an intensive examination of what the nursing profession is now and should become. It states that nursing is at the heart of patient care and is therefore crucial to changing the way health care is delivered so that patients receive care at a cost they can afford. Nurses are a linchpin for health reform and will be vital to implementing systemic changes in the delivery of care (AARP).
Our course, Transition to Professional Nursing, is barely two weeks old and already I am being enlightened and challenged to expand my experience of nursing. I will attempt to explain my personal journey and experience thus far including how and why I got here, my beliefs about nursing and related values, and my visions for the future.
I incorporate Erickson’s Modeling and Role-Modeling Theory in my daily nursing practice. The most recent advances in health care would not be possible without nurses, who strive to make continual improvements and advancements in health care. By successfully completing my journey of becoming a nurse practitioner, I am working toward better opportunities and advancements in health care. I plan to use the advancements and new developments that I learn during my nurse practitioner journey to give back to my community.
As you can see registered nurses are an important part of the health care system today. Risking their health and well-being for that of other people. Just remember how much they’ve helped you over time, whether it be curing a simple illness or mending a broken bone. Next time you see a nurse why not thank them for everything they have done. After doing research on this career I have decided that I am still interested and would like to pursue a career in this field.
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In healthcare it is very important to have strong leaders, especially in the nursing profession. A nurse leader typically uses several styles of leadership depending on the situation presented; this is known as situational leadership. It is important that the professional nurse choose the right style of leadership for any given situation to ensure their employees are performing at their highest potential. Depending on which leadership style a nurse leader uses, it can affect staff retention and the morale of the employees as well as nurse job satisfaction (Azaare & Gross, 2011.) “Nursing leaders have the responsibility to create and maintain a work environment which not only promotes positive patient outcomes but also positively influences teams and individual nurses” (Malloy & Penprase, 2010.) Let’s explore two different leadership styles and discuss how they can enhance or diminish the nursing process.
Nurses are uniquely qualified to fill a demand for change through leadership. Unlike business minded individuals whose primary outcome concern is monetary, a nurses’ primary concern is organic: a living, breathing, tangible being. In a leadership role, a nurse might consider an organization as if it were a grouping of patients, or perhaps an individual patient, each limb with its own characteristics and distinct concerns. They can effectively categorize and prioritize important personal and professional matters and are therefore ideally positioned to lead change efforts. Perhaps most importantly, effective nurse leaders can provide clarity to the common goal and empower others to see their self-interests served by a better common good (Yancer, 2012).
In today’s society, leadership is a common yet useful trait used in every aspect of life and how we use this trait depends on our role. What defines leadership is when someone has the capability to lead an organization or a group of people. There are many examples that display a great sense of leadership such being an educator in health, a parent to their child, or even a nurse. In the medical field, leadership is highly used among nurses, doctors, nurse managers, director of nursing, and even the vice president of patient care services. Among the many positions in the nursing field, one who is a nurse manager shows great leadership. The reason why nurse manager plays an important role in patient care is because it is known to be the most difficult position. As a nurse manager, one must deal with many patient care issues, relationships with medical staff, staff concerns, supplies, as well as maintaining work-life balance. Also, a nurse manager represents leadership by being accountable for the many responsibilities he or she holds. Furthermore, this position is a collaborative yet vital role because they provide the connection between nursing staff and higher level superiors, as well as giving direction and organization to accomplish tasks and goals. In addition, nurse managers provide nurse-patient ratios and the amount of workload nursing staff has. It is their responsibility to make sure that nursing staff is productive and well balanced between their work and personal lives.
...ransformation. However, the power to improve the current regulatory, business, and organizational conditions does not rest solely with nurses; government, businesses, health care organizations, professional associations, and the insurance industry all must play a role. Working together, these many diverse parties can help ensure that the health care system provides seamless, affordable, quality care that is accessible to all and leads to improved health outcomes. Also, the Nurse leader provides the link between management and the frontline staff who personally interact with the public and patients. They are the interface between management and care delivery, and can only be effective if they have the support, time, authority, and respect necessary to competently and visibly lead their teams on the delivery of high-quality care. (Dawes, M., Davies, P., T., 2006).