Nureseanomics
Nurseanomics
Capstone Research Paper
Ms. Dyson, Arinah
Ms. Valdes, Marta
5 March 2013
Thames 1
Capstone Research Paper
Ms. Dyson-Arinah/Ms. Marta Valdes
11 March 2013
Nurseanomics
When Loretta Ford, RN, and Henry Silver, MD, started the first nurse practitioner (NPs) program in 1965, at the University of Colorado, no one was certain what the outcome would be. Physicians were quick to suggest that NPs were practicing medicine, while nursing leaders claimed that NPs had left nursing to become handmaidens to physicians. Since that time, no other group of healthcare providers has been so carefully evaluated and researched as the NP. Literally thousands of studies looking at quality of care, patient acceptance, patient satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness of NPs have been conducted. The potential for NPs has become clearer over the years, and NPs are now accepted into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Some nursing leaders have gone so far as to suggest that the NP role has done much to invigorate nursing as a whole (Medscape).
Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training. They usually work closely with doctors and can perform many high-level primary care tasks. They often specialize in specific types of practice such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics. Some establish private practices; however, most work in doctors' offices, hospitals, or neighborhood health centers. Their duties often include taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams, providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans, treating common medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries, prescribing limited medications, and counseling patients and families. They also care for patients
Thames 2 with chronic diseases, order and interpret lab tests and x-rays as needed, and provide health maintenance, health education and prevention for children and adults, and provide prenatal care and
Capstone Research Paper
Ms. Dyson, Arinah
Ms. Valdes, Marta
5 March 2013
Thames 1
Capstone Research Paper
Ms. Dyson-Arinah/Ms. Marta Valdes
11 March 2013
Nurseanomics
When Loretta Ford, RN, and Henry Silver, MD, started the first nurse practitioner (NPs) program in 1965, at the University of Colorado, no one was certain what the outcome would be. Physicians were quick to suggest that NPs were practicing medicine, while nursing leaders claimed that NPs had left nursing to become handmaidens to physicians. Since that time, no other group of healthcare providers has been so carefully evaluated and researched as the NP. Literally thousands of studies looking at quality of care, patient acceptance, patient satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness of NPs have been conducted. The potential for NPs has become clearer over the years, and NPs are now accepted into the mainstream of healthcare delivery. Some nursing leaders have gone so far as to suggest that the NP role has done much to invigorate nursing as a whole (Medscape).
Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses who have received special courses and training. They usually work closely with doctors and can perform many high-level primary care tasks. They often specialize in specific types of practice such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics. Some establish private practices; however, most work in doctors' offices, hospitals, or neighborhood health centers. Their duties often include taking detailed medical histories and performing complete physical exams, providing diagnoses and recommending treatment plans, treating common medical conditions, illnesses, and injuries, prescribing limited medications, and counseling patients and families. They also care for patients
Thames 2 with chronic diseases, order and interpret lab tests and x-rays as needed, and provide health maintenance, health education and prevention for children and adults, and provide prenatal care and