Comparison of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners and Acute Care Nurse Practitioners Advanced practice nurses are nurses who have a masters or doctorate level education Buppert‚ 2009). They can be divided into four groups: nurse midwives‚ nurse anesthetists‚ clinical nurse specialists‚ and nurse practitioners (Buppert‚ 2009). Nurse practitioners can be further divided into two more specific groups‚ primary care nurse practitioners and acute care nurse practitioners (Arizona State Board of Nursing‚ 2009b)
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The article I chose is “Nurse-led detox in primary care. In my paper I will be discussing how alcohol detoxification works in London in a primary care setting. In the case of this article the primary care setting is considered working together with a nurse specialist in a community detox center. In most cases a referral is made by the primary care physician to the nurse specialist. There are two different referral categories’ that are used in London. The first referral is for patients with
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Unit 054 Principles for implementing duty of care in health and social care or children’s and young people settings Outcome 1 Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice Part One Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. The key points as outlined in the text book‚ surrounding my duty of care at work include helping children as they develop: * The ability to foresee and cope with potential dangers. * More robust immune systems. * Empathy. * Communication
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Many employers are now requiring mandatory drug testing for applicants and current employees. Drug use has risen sharply over the past years and employers now need to take further precautions in order to maintain a reputable work environment. I believe this extra precaution will improve the workplace by creating a safer atmosphere‚ keep integrity and honesty in the staff‚ and eliminate many illegalities that go along with drug use in the workplace. These qualities would be further infused if drug
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Health Care Interview Justin Sanders May 28‚ 2014 Instructor: Kathleeen Mais HCS/235 Health Care Interview For this paper I am interviewing my friend’s mother who lives down the street from me. Her name is Kimberly Addison and she is a registered nurse in the State Of California‚ who acquired her registered nursing license August 31st 1987. She has experience as a hospice nurse‚ Charge nurse‚ trauma nurse‚ Head nurse of the ER and Director of Nursing. One of the first questions I asked
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Direction of Health Care 1 Future Direction of Health Care Caroline Walker HCA: 421 Health Care Planning & Evaluation Instructor: Debra Storlie October 8‚ 2012 Direction of Health Care 2 For the past 30 years‚ health care spending has risen at a faster rate than
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Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain‚ process‚ and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Low health literacy has a negative impact on a patients health status and use of the health care system. Patients with low health literacy levels cannot make decisions regarding their health care or follow instructions on medications and health maintenance behaviors. This can affect health care in a variety of
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Indians and people with low income are likely to be uninsured. They not only lack the healthcare coverage‚ but also do not get the quality of care and experience worse health outcomes. Disparities in health and healthcare are persistent problem in the U.S. As a prospective student pharmacist and future healthcare professional‚ it is a significant issue to me. Health disparities cause disability‚
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coming decade. The Institute of Medicine (IOM‚ 2012) report focuses on the nurses as the largest group of health care professionals and identifies nurses as key leaders in health care reform. The nursing profession is the largest group of healthcare professionals‚ consisting of over 3 million members (Battie‚ 2013). As the cornerstone of the medical system and essential in providing patient care‚ nurses are the key stakeholders in any change in the structure of the medical field. As the healthcare
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Health Care Costs Health Care Costs By: Katrina Robinson Health Services Organizations Pica-Branco‚ Denise Provide a discussion that demonstrates you have an understanding of the impact the cost of health care has on the economy. Be sure to discuss the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Health Care spending is on a raised emotional and physical. Health care spending is concerning the United States economy is healthcare system. The majority countries the healthcare system in the United States
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