Serving as a Witness in the Court: Trials, Testimony and Truth I often hear forensic nurses say that one of the biggest fears in practice is being called to court to testify. Yet, forensic nurses have clearly described competencies, expertise and skills in multidimensional areas of practice that are highly recognized and sought after in the intersection with the law. Forensic nurses are well respected as experts in evidence collection and preservation, injury identification, interviewing, photo documentation
Advancement of the Nurse Practitioner Role The role of the nurse practitioner has drastically changed over the years. An advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) is a nurse who has chosen to further her education and go on to a masters or doctorate program. The year 1967 was when the first female nurse practitioners program was established (Fontenot & Hawkins, 2011). Since then, various things have changed and are still changing to be able to maintain a great standard of care for all patients
The Family Nurse Practitioners Role and Settings Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) are Registered Nurses who work directly under physicians to provide health care. The Practitioner is much like a family doctor, FNP’s work with patients throughout lives to diagnose illnesses, prescribe therapy and medication, conduct routine check-ups, order patient laboratory tests, assist in minor surgical procedures, and focus on disease prevention. Edelman, Kudama and Mandle (2014) suggested that the modern movement
Describe the various routes to becoming a registered nurse (RN). What are the pros/cons of each? What do you believe the entry level should be and why? There are three major pathways that one may follow to obtain training in order to be eligible for National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurse (NCLEX-RN) testing. They include Diploma of Nursing, Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN). Training occurs in hospital based programs to four year colleges
evolves from each nurses beliefs.” The simplicity of this definition provides me latitude to define my personal nursing philosophy using my own set of beliefs. The focus of my philosophy is on benevolent care that respects the dignity of patients and their families,
knew that being a doctor was in my blood. Being a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner has long been something that I have had a passion for. I will work every bit to reach that goal in life knowing that I can help some little kid that has so much in life to fulfill . Pediatric Nurse Practitioners are the 5th ranked job in America for nursing according to the best nursing professions of America Association. Nurse Practitioners
a Registered Nurse Bethany Dyer B17004326 2/11/18 A Registered Nurse (RN) is an individual who has graduated from a school/college nursing program and has passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). “The RN assumes responsibility for the care of the sick, injured, disabled, and the dying. Registered nurses work both independently and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals” (Buhler-Wilkerson 2017). RN’s supervise the work of licensed practical nurses (LPN) and certified
Nursing 3312: Health Assessment Nursing 3312 was an introduction on the process of assessing the body in terms of illness and wellness. The instructors in this course were knowledgeable and experts in their field which enabled them to teach the basic skills needed to assess different systems of the bodies during time of health or infirmity. This course gave me the tools to increase my assessment and interviewing skills in order to have more confidence when assessing patients in the healthcare environment
values associated with the nurse profession. This piece of data functioned as a starting point for the next round of analysis, where we tried to make sense of what we found so salient. Hence, this stage also lead us to formulate our second research question treating the aspect of how the nurse managers construct themselves in their managerial position, and what it imply for their experiences of their professional-managerial hybrid role. As our aim is to make sense of how nurse managers experience and
Embracing Your Purpose: A Profile of Christy Kern “On a dark cool rainy night in the wee hours of the morning after attending a Tim McGraw concert at Tin Hall, I was accompanied by a volunteer fire fighter as we rolled up upon the scene of a gruesome car accident involving two cars,” Christy recalls. As a bystander, she could sense the horror and yet felt the excitement at the same time. The event flashed before her eyes as she watched various uniformed personnel hurrying, carrying medical supplies