Nurse profession involves a wide variety of responsibilities that are important towards providing the best possible care. Thus, the nurse’s willingness to take actions especially in critical situations will increase the competitiveness in terms of employing the best practical solutions in addressing a problem. This discussion will emphasize the impact of being an action-oriented towards the advanced professional nurse’s effectiveness as a health care provider. Although such behavior may challenge the nurse’s professional decision-making capability, it will increase the nurse’s effectiveness in addressing the current and future challenges in advanced nursing profession.
Being an action-oriented is included in the joint initiative of Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) recommendation to increase the nurses’ opportunity in demonstrating leadership (Adeniran, Bhattacharya, and Adeniran, 2012). Therefore, an action-oriented nurse will have the chance to show different traits that will also positively impact both their effectiveness and professionalism. Action-oriented behavior will enable the advanced professional nurse (APN) in increasing her multi-disciplinary collaboration. This will not only focus on attending to the APN’s primary tasks, as there will be an effective approach to address critical issues revolving around the profession. In this case, he or she can become an example of a practitioner that holds professional excellence. Additionally, it will help the APN to become an effective professional.
This behavior creates various positive outcomes. One of which is the provision of an enhanced care to the patients, which is one of the major effects of being an action-oriented APN. Thus, it will enhance the nurse’s ability to provide effective solutions to challenging issues that will both directly and indirectly affect the APN’s roles as professionals.
References
Adeniran, R. K., Bhattacharya, A., & Adeniran, A. A. (2012). Professional Excellence and Career Advancement in Nursing. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 36(1), 41-51.
