¶ … Np Loretta Ford was a revolutionary in her time. She took a chaotic period of social and political unrest and used it in order to spearhead new directions for modern nursing. She helped recreate the role of the NP in a much more clinical context. The clinical emphasis of the clinical field was opened up for a new generation of nurses to expand their roles and become much more powerful within the operation of the health care system. The 1960s also saw some uniquely difficult challenges in the health care industry. During the time, the needs of the system were changing. There were more people in greater need. Physician shortage in an era that was demanding greater levels of care and opening up the "opportunity to advance nursing through education and an expanded role in healthcare" (American Academy of NPs, 2005). This increase in clinical emphasis helped empower the modern nurse in a more realistic role. Turmoil creates opportunity and "risk the currency of tumultuous times" (American Academy of NPs, 2005). Health...

Thanks to risk takers like the pioneer Dr. Ford, the modern nurse now cares and about people. The early researched personality traits of nurse practitioners revealed they were risk takers who question traditional methods and create change through a more clinical education. Dr. Ford believes that additional knowledge helps nurses to make more efficient to serve modern healthcare demands. Knowledge through a more clinical education empowers them to make innovative and effective decisions in the field. Thus, modern NPs help change "an illness oriented system to a wellness oriented system" (American Academy of NPs, 2005). Today, the primary role of the nurse practitioner is to care for and about people "and in order to do that you have to make some very sophisticated clinical decisions" (American Academy of NPs, 2005).
Part II

There are a number of points…