Response – The Purpose of Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing

Response – The Purpose of Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing

Response to Bethan

Great post! I am not surprised that both the nurses and lay individuals provided almost similar responses. Under normal circumstances, nurses are viewed as helping doctors and patients. They carry out duties that are critical to primary care, such as administering medication, admitting patients, and assisting with grooming, among others. The roles of nurses vary and are critical to healthcare services’ efficiency. The purpose of nursing is to complete the cycle of healthcare. The impact that these activities yield is formidable and contributes to the improvement of patients’ health. When asking a patient the purpose of nursing, they are likely to give a different perspective from the nurse. Regardless of varying perspectives, the purpose of nursing has a positive impact on the patient’s health, the nurse, and the other healthcare providers, especially when positive outcomes are realized (American Nurses Association, 2012).

Reference

American Nurses Association. (2012). What is Nursing

Response to Tiffany

Great work with your post! I am impressed by the distinctions you have provided for registered and advanced practice nurses. As the name suggests, APNs occupy a higher ranking than registered nurses. As you have stated, both nursing positions are intended to ensure that patients receive quality and safe care. However, there are different limitations for each position. Allowing both to act with minimal physician supervision is important in ensuring that patients can easily access care even when a shortage of physicians occurs. The two positions stretch the healthcare fabric, allowing the sector to cater to more patients safely (Nsiah, Siakwa, & Ninnoni, 2019). King’s Conceptual system highlights critical aspects that both nursing positions need to address for efficiency.

Reference

Nsiah, C., Siakwa, M., & Ninnoni, J. P. (2019). Registered Nurses’ description of patient advocacy in the clinical setting. Nursing Open, 6(3), 1124-1132.

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Response – The Purpose of Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing

Week 7 A – Initial Discussion Prompt:

Ask five nurses the following question. Ask the question without explanation or expansion. Tell them you are doing a class project and need the following question answered. There are no right or wrong answers. “What is the purpose of nursing?” Ask five laypersons the exact same question in the exact same manner. Summarize your findings and report to the class. When you complete this project, you will have just completed your first qualitative research project. Although it is an abbreviated one, it is nonetheless a qualitative study.

 

Peer response

What is the purpose of nursing By Bethan?

The purpose of nursing is a definition that cannot be established by a set of words and is constantly evolving, just as the profession of nursing is constantly evolving.  Nightingale (1969) describes the art of nursing as being clearly established to unmake what God had made disease to be, or in other words, a reparative process.  This is a very abstract principle of nursing, but one that is so general that it encompasses the entire spectrum of nursing.

To identify what modern individuals felt the purpose of nursing was, a brief survey was conducted. Two groups of individuals, five nurses and five lay individuals, were asked the question, “What is the purpose of nursing?”.  The responses received from both groups had some similarities but also some vast differences as well.

The responses to this question from the nurses were surprisingly briefer than that from the lay individuals.  This may be attributed to the understanding that nurses know their purpose and have trouble defining the purpose for the vast roles that nurses play.  The responses from the nurses were also geared more toward specific indications such as prevention, healing, education, catching mistakes, and assessment.

The responses from the lay individuals were more generalized but more elaborate as well.  These responses were geared towards addressing what the patient needed.  Words such as caring, advocating, loving, and educating about the patient were brought up.

The differences in responses were interesting. The lay individuals were likely thinking about the purpose of the nurse as a patient and what to expect a nurse to provide.  The nurses’ responses were related to what the purpose of their job is in terms of their patients and duties.  The similarities in the responses were that no one indicated the nurse’s purpose to be anything other than positive.

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 Week 7 B – Initial Discussion Prompt:

Using any resources that you can find, identify the difference between nursing practice and advanced practice nursing. Support advanced practice nursing by identifying nursing theories that can be applied to advanced practice nursing.

Peer response

What is Advanced Practice Nursing? By Tiffany

Registered Nursing (RN) and Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) have many differences. Both are originated from the same goal, safe and efficient patient care for all. Registered Nursing became a growing career over time from the need to manage wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and the Civil War (Nursing School Hub, 2021). This was the start of the growing career that many have flocked to over the years. As the career has continued to evolve, nurses again sprung into action when a physician shortage became apparent in the mid-20^th century. “Advanced nursing practice began in the United States in the 1960s, following the passage of health care legislation (Medicare and Medicaid) that guaranteed citizens over age 65 and low-income citizens access to health care services” (Britannica, n.d., para. 1). This provided Registered Nurses with the ability to obtain more training to expand their knowledge and ability to manage patients on their own. As an RN, we have a great amount of autonomy in most of our roles. When you look at the responsibility of APNs, their autonomy is at a higher level than RNs as they “practice independently in most states with limited physician supervision” (Feeney, 2020, 4 sections). APNs can also provide a diagnosis to their patients and order a treatment course where RNs cannot.

When reviewing nursing theories that support APNs, I was intrigued by King’s Conceptual System and Theories. This theory “focuses on the continuing ability of individuals to meet their basic needs so that they may function in their socially defined roles, as well as on individuals’ interactions within three open, dynamic, interacting systems” (King, 2018, para. 1). This theory focuses on three interacting systems: a personal system, an interpersonal system, and a social system. Within the personal system, self-growth and development speak to the career of an APN. Under the interpersonal system concepts, interactions and communication are also right in line with nursing. Both of these concepts are vital to their daily interactions with patients. The last concept of King’s theory is social system concepts. This concept encompasses authority, decision-making, and organization. Again, when considering an APN and their role, these are valuable concepts when managing patient care.

References

Britannica. (n.d.). Nursing – advanced nursing practice. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 16, 2021, from https://www.britannica.com/science/nursing/Advanced-nursing-practice

Feeney, A. (2020, June 3). Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (aprn) overview. NurseJournal. Retrieved June 16, 2021, from https://nursejournal.org/careers/advanced-practice-nursing/

King, I. (2018, August 27). King’s conceptual system. Nursology. Retrieved June 16, 2021, from https://nursology.net/nurse-theorists-and-their-work/kings-conceptual-system/

Nursing School Hub. (2021). The history of nursing. Nursingschoolhub.com. Retrieved June 16, 2021, from https://www.nursingschoolhub.com/history-nursing/