Advanced Nursing Practitioners (ANP) are academically prepared for diverse career opportunities. Although such opportunities are usually appealing to a greater number of ANPs, they normally present diverse challenges that nursing practitioners must consider to ensure effective career development. For instance, the majority of ANPs expresses concerns indicating the lack of adequate time to engage in self-development activities because of the competing demands of the nursing practice. As a result, a strategic career plan must involve a vision covering the diverse factors influencing personal and professional development in the nursing practice. Personal development is considered a necessary component toward enhancing professional development (Dowling, Beauchesne, Farrelly, & Murphy, 2013). To realize the desired level of professional development in the nursing practice, the work environment must be one that provides enriching experiences for career growth.
Short-term career goals include engaging in talent development projects within a functional clinical setting. The talent development goals will be attained within six months and they will include an exploration of a wide range of issues and challenges. For instance, based on an accurate identification of the challenges existing in clinical settings and the experiences obtained from service delivery to clients, relevant learning needs will be identified and incorporated into a talent development program. The talent development goal is geared toward enhancing the capacity to address the diverse needs of patients from different sociocultural backgrounds. Moreover, with the talent development program, the employees and staff working in the independent clinical settings will be empowered and encouraged to undergo necessary career development aimed at improving their skills to ensure proper attendance to the clients (Lowe, Plummer, O’Brien, & Boyd, 2012).
The long-term career development goals involve opening several clinical branches aimed at providing health care services to a specific group of clients. The targeted client group involves individuals aged 60 years and above. Once the several clinical settings are opened, adequate support staff and qualified nursing personnel will be employed to ensure effective service delivery to customers. The targeted client base of individuals aged 60 years and above is geared toward creating a niche that offers differentiated services to patients with chronic illnesses. For instance, patients aged 60 and above usually face a myriad of illnesses and health challenges, including diabetes and chronic heart failure (Dowling et al., 2013). As a result, specializing in this group of patients will be critical toward offering relevant care services with the view of attaining better health outcomes.
Promoting the capacity for disease management among the elderly has adequate financial benefits considering the large population of the clients needing specialized services. For instance, although the population of older people suffering from diabetes and heart disease is on the rise, the health care facilities specializing in delivering unique care services to such population have not grown over the years. Therefore, by increasing the number of clinical facilities intended for the identified client base, significant success will be attained in relation to improving health outcomes for the elderly population (Kilpatrick, Lavoie-Tremblay, Ritchie, & Lamothe, 2014).
Based on the information provided above, the ideal work situation is an independent clinic. A clinic serves the primary role of providing necessary health care services to outpatients. The target outpatients who will be covered in the ideal clinical settings will be older patients of 60 years and above. The core schedule to be used involves admitting them for extensive diagnosis with the intention of developing an appropriate treatment plan based on the needs of each patient. The treatment plan will be especially useful toward ensuring the effective management of the older patients’ ailments. Additionally, considering that the target population is mainly outpatient, telecare strategies, including the use of cell phones, will be implemented to ensure effective follow-ups for proper disease management (Lowe et al., 2012). The priorities in career development involves expanding the clinical facilities throughout major suburban centers. By the end of five years, the clinical facilities will have developed the capacity to support and sustain mobile clinics to access patients in the rural areas.
The search for opportunities involves identifying the resources that can be used to increase the targeted population’s access to the services provided by the independent clinic. As a result, once the clinic has been set up within a suburban area, several strategic methods, including the web, social media, and online professional communities will be used to identify the available opportunities for care delivery to patients aged 60 years and above. The networking ideas encompass collaborating with other health care professionals to develop comprehensive treatment plans and disease management programs for the target population. As a result, networking will be attained through online professional communities, including LinkedIn and social networks (Kilpatrick et al., 2014).
References
Dowling, M., Beauchesne, M., Farrelly, F., & Murphy, K. (2013). Advanced practice nursing: a concept analysis. International journal of nursing practice, 19(2), 131-140.
Kilpatrick, K., Lavoie-Tremblay, M., Ritchie, J. A., & Lamothe, L. (2014). Advanced practice nursing, health care teams, and perceptions of team effectiveness. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 21(6), 291-299.
Lowe, G., Plummer, V., O’Brien, A. P., & Boyd, L. (2012). Time to clarify–the value of advanced practice nursing roles in health care. Journal of advanced nursing, 68(3), 677-685.
