South University: Nursing 5000 - Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Week Four Project.100% CORRECT
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Nursing 5000
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Nursing 5000
South University: Nursing 5000 - Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse Week Four Project
Advanced Practice Nurses are considered to be at the front line of patient care and are proving to be one of the most popular career paths for individuals to choose. An APN can decide to pursue four specialti...
Advanced Practice Nurses are considered to be at the front line of patient
care and are proving to be one of the most popular career paths for individuals to
choose. An APN can decide to pursue four specialties: a Nurse Practitioner, a
Clinical Nurse Specialist, A Nurse Anesthetists, and a Nurse Midwife. Additionally,
APNs play an invaluable role in promoting change and advancing the healthcare
field as we see it. In this paper, we will be discussing how APN practice
demonstrates cost-effectiveness, how APN practice can influence a reduction in
errors, and how APN practice affects misuse or overuse of services.
Nurse Practitioners have proven to be just as valuable as physicians in the
healthcare field. NPs provide direct care to patients in primary, urgent, and
specialty areas and have demonstrated their ability to enhance patient
experiences. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the profession
of Nurse Practitioners is projected to grow by forty-five percent from 2019-2029
(What’s the, n.d.).
Over the years, Nurse Practitioners have “proven to be cost-effective
providers of high- quality care, administering equivalent or improved medical care
at a lower total cost than physicians” (Nurse Practitioner, n.d.). As a result, NPs
are being integrated into primary care settings more and more, filling the gap in
physician shortages and improving the quality of care, and decreasing the cost of
care. According to a study, “evidence shows primary care practices that used
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