Discussion Questions
GCU offers a variety of nursing programs to students who want to pursue nursing or advance in their studies. Personally, I want to study Master of Science in nursing specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. In GCU, this program is offered on both evening classes and online ones. A master in family nurse partitioning is an advanced program that will enable me to provide primary health care to families, communities, and other people through making basic judgments. As a Family nurse practitioner, I will provide health care services to patients to prevent chronic illness, manage health records, diagnose chronic diseases and provide other necessary family health care services. In this paper am going to discuss on a clear comparison existing between competencies in this program and AACN’s Essentials for Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nursing.
While studying this program, focus on diagnosis of acute disease, educating my clients, counselling, referral as well as customer follow-up activities, and public health care management. As family nurse practitioners, I will conduct comprehensive health care assessments to families; diagnose various diseases by prescribing both simple and complicated treatments in order to manage severe health problems. I will also provide consulting services and collaborate with other clinical officers to make vital decisions concerning family health care. In addition, this program will enable me have good ethics, manage health finances and care systems, conduct health care research in physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology.
AACN’s Essentials for Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nursing
While the competences of my program are as above, essentials on the other hand are elements that I will incorporate in the program to provide a well coverage to my profession. AACN’s essentials address the competencies providing a firm foundation to guidance in nursing informatics roles. These roles will assist me to understand nursing professionalism, prepare for full responsibilities in leadership and policy health care. American association of nursing essentials therefore, legalizes my standards professionalism. These essentials will regulate my standards and quality of nursing. The rationale of being a family nurse therefore, will enable me to provide relevant health care information, and understand standard health care, as well as manage patients and be an exemplary nurse.
Essentials of Advanced Practicing Nursing
Essentials of masters of education of advanced practicing nursing as outlined by AACN include the following: scientific underpinnings for Nursing informatics and organizational leadership for quality improvement and systematic thinking. The essentials broaden to clinical scholarships provision eliminating disparities in nursing studies, analytical methodology for evidence of best nursing practices, and information systems to improve healthcare translations. They also entail healthcare policy and advocacy in creating standards of work framework and interpersonal collaboration for improving patients’ healthcare. Lastly, these essentials also include increased knowledge and sophisticated healthcare to improve national health.
References
Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/pdf/MasEssentials96.pdfhttp://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Mission-and-Vision.php
