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APN's
According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is a professional nurse with "specialized knowledge and skills that are applied within a broad range of patient populations in a variety of practice settings" (American Association, 2005).
According to Jennifer Keller an APN who works in the OB/Gyn department, specialized skills include a number of options such as; managing a wide range of health problems using diagnosis after a physical examination. Jennifer sees patients that are normally pregnant, or who are attempting to become pregnant who wish to know or learn the safeguards and practices needed for a successful pregnancy. Keller's expertise has been developed over a number of years and with a constant emphasis on education. She has completed a Masters as required of an Advanced Practice Nurse and continues to attend additional courses and clinics in order to acquire gain further knowledge and sharpen her nursing skills.
A recent study determined that "of all health professionals, nurses spend most of their time with patients and their families" (Dickinson, Clark, Sque, 2008, p. 64) and Jennifer states that is even more true of an APN. Keller states that as an APN her job has even more requirements than those that apply for nurses at other levels.
One of those requirements is to extensively interact with the families as they go through the pregnancy process. Jennifer says that she oftentimes provides assessments for the patients while at the same time she is required to teach the patients how to understand...
74). The study determined that APN's not only need to know about their particular nursing specialty, but must also have condition-specific knowledge about different patient problems, and must also know concerning negotiating systems, communicating and other information about costs, health care programs and how to successfully help the patient complete paperwork and traverse the trail of regulations in today's modern healthcare system.
The current trend in healthcare seems to bode well for APN's, especially in employment and upward mobility. APN's with their advanced educational knowledge and degrees are often counted on to provide more extensive care than other nursing professionals. With the trend in healthcare towards cutting costs and expenses, many times patients will likely seek the services of the APN over the more expensive services of the doctor or physician. Additionally, APN's assist the doctor(s) when the doctors are busy or otherwise occupied.
Another area where APN's are especially important is in the documentation and intervention modes. Many times APN's are required to document…
References
AABH (2011) AABH code of ethics, accessed at website: http://www.aabh.org/node/1, on February 5, 2011
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2005) Certification and Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurse, accessed at website: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/positions/cerreg.htm on February 5, 2011
Brooten, D.; Youngblut, J.M.; Deatrick, J.; Naylor, M.; York, R.; (2003) Patient problems, Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) interventions, time and contacts among five patient groups, Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Vol. 35, Issue 1, pp. 73-79
Dickinson, G.; Clark, D.; Sque, M.; (2008) Palliative care and end of life issues in UK preregistration, undergraduate nursing programs, Nursing Education Today, Vol. 28, pp. 63-170
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