Work Based Learning

Work Based Learning

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(1) Define the role of the licensed practitioner and differentiate this role from licensed to practice roles...

Role of licensed practitioner

Nurse practitioners are also licensed practitioners. Nurse Practitioners begin as registered nurses and obtain additional education and certifications. Nurse Practitioners must first gain experience as a registered nurse, while working with patients alongside an experienced Nursing Practitioner or physician. They may then apply to nursing schools that offer advanced practice programs (Friedman & Thomas, 2005).

A Nursing Practitioner is allowed to exercise a great deal of autonomy and independent judgment in her practice. Most provide basic care focused on common illnesses and injuries and in many states are authorized to write prescriptions. Nursing Practitioners offer greater access to primary health care at reduced costs.

Some Nurse Practitioners specialize in treating patients long-term with common chronic conditions including, high blood pressure, diabetes, and asthma. A Nurse Practitioner has a strong focus on disease prevention and patient education.

Medical field is full of professionals who are directly or indirectly responsible for making people healthy, curing their diseases, cheering them up and accelerating the healing process (Malone & Thomas, 2004).

There are countless hospitals in the world, millions will be here in our country, but we know about very few of them. In these hospitals, thousands of patients are admitted and some of them lose their life too. Today we have doctors who are specialists of different body parts; similarly we have pharmacists, pharmaceutical companies then medical school, research organizations, lab technicians and their institute, nurses, nursing assistants etc. These all are contributing towards the betterment of human beings by improving their lifestyle and making medical field easily accessible (Peters & Thomas J, 2006).

Coming directly on the role of a nurse and significance of this profession, we have to look first that what training processes are involved into this. Becoming a nurse requires nurse training without which you cannot become a trained nursing professional. A nurse has the most interaction with the patients, their families and general visitors. Primary responsibilities of assistant nurses revolve around taking the vital signs including respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature and pulse rate of the patients. Moreover a nurse is responsible for taking care of the wounds, taking blood samples, sending them to the lab for different tests and taking responsibilities for the patient medicines. Any wrong information or a minor mistake may cause losing a life that is why a great emphasis is made on the training and education of nurses. They have to control their anger and stress in order to keep things going in a normal condition. Nurse training is therefore important that teaches them how to react in any inconvenient situation.

Moreover, some of the specialized nursing areas and their particular roles are given below:

Other areas of advanced practice nursing available in Nurse Practitioner jobs:

Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) - provide prenatal care, deliver babies, and provide post-partum care to normal healthy women. A CNM must graduate from a state-approved school of nursing and ...