My interest in Advanced Nursing Practice
I love nursing because it is known to promote wellness in people. I have a passion for taking care of sick and physically disabled people. As a nurse, I am supposed to care for healthy people the same way I provide care to sick people. Nurses are required to develop a relationship with their clients. This is to enable trust and connection between clients and nurses. A client needs to trust a nurse during the process of care so as to improve the quality and outcome of care. Nursing does not only come into practice during curative care. Preventive and therapeutic situations also require nursing practice.
My personal philosophy of nursing therefore focuses on four important areas in the field of nursing. This includes the clients, society, the environment, and the relationship between these three areas. According to me, society is the hospital and its entirety. It includes nurses, doctors, patients, and the various roles they play in the provision of care. The environment is the surrounding in which the hospital is located. It involves the different homes and structures where the patients, doctors, and nurses live. Clients, who are also the recipients of care, belong to a family with relatives and friends. Their family has a supportive role to play in ensuring optimal care. Therefore the nurse doe not only provides care only to a patient but also equips the patient’s entire family to provide a supportive role that helps to increase the outcome of health care. Hence the client, the society, and the environment interact in a synergic manner in order to increase care outcome.
Background and experience
I have worked as a volunteer nurse on several occasions. This experience has proved to be fulfilling. It has helped me realize my interests and areas of passion. I am also currently pursuing a course in nursing that will enable me to further develop this interest. A graduate degree may offer all the required knowledge for practice however it is not sufficient for advanced nursing practice. There is the need to combine the knowledge learned in theory with clinical experience to enable nurses to be competitive enough for advanced nursing practice. Advance practice nurses have to be committed to learning as they practice. This learning is also expected to be extended to others and not only the individual practicing nurses. They have to offer leadership to other nurses in terms of the promotion of learning.
In order to become a nurse, one has to undergo intensive training just like any other profession. During this formal training, nurses obtain a lot of information that can be used in the promotion of health. The training that nurses receive puts them in a better position to provide preventive care to both sick and healthy people. To healthy people, nurses play a role in primary disease prevention (Johantgen and Newhouse 127). They are involved in initiating education programs that inform people about the risk factors contributing to diseases. For instance, nurses would advise people on the dangers of smoking and alcohol use or abuse as well as informing them about healthy diets. As facilitators of primary prevention care, nurses can also identify patients with risk factors such as high blood pressure and help them reduce the risk through healthy living. In addition to primary prevention, nurses play an important role in secondary and tertiary prevention of diseases where disease detection has been done.
The major components of advanced practice nursing
Expert clinician
Clinical expertise is the most important aspect that forms the foundation of advanced nursing. It is considered to be a cornerstone that supports the advanced nursing practice. It involves specialization within a specific area or field in nursing. In order for the nurse to provide comprehensive care to the recipient of care, there is a need for integration and partnership in terms of approach to the delivery of care.
Nurse researcher
Generating, synthesizing, and utilizing evidence from research is an important component of advanced nursing practice. Advanced practicing nurses have to be able to come up with ways based on research that is innovative in improving the quality of care given to the client and improving the organization of the health care system.
Nurse educator
The other component is education and leadership. Advanced practicing nurses are leaders and educators in various capacities within the location where they are. Wherever place they work from they have to bear in mind that they are supposed to initiate and implement change. They have to come up with new and improved ways of effective and efficient delivery of care such that health systems, the public, the community, and health policies are influenced (Lee and Manley 437).
Consulting nurses
Consulting nurses use effective communication and collaboration with the clients and other stakeholders in the field in order to improve practice. The nurses have the ability to collaborate and consult with their colleagues and other practitioners at all levels. This includes national level, regional levels, local levels, and international level.
Works Cited
Johantgen, Meg and Robin Newhouse. “Advanced Practice Nurse Outcomes: 1990-2008: A Systematic Review.” Nursing Economic 29.5 (2011): 123-129. Print.
Lee, Susan and Bessie Manley. “Nurse Director Rounds to Ensure Service Quality.” Journal of Nursing Administration 12.3 (2008): 435-444. Print.