NSG5000 M3A2.docx NSG5000 Professional Practice University NSG5000/ Role of the APN

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NSG5000 M3A2.docx NSG5000 Professional Practice University NSG5000/ Role of the APN Professional Practice Professional practice in nursing describes the setting, population and role of a given ... nurse and the nurse™s position(Poitras et al., 2016). Every role of nursing has a professional practice. A pediatric floor nurse in a low economic community hospital has a professional practice. The pediatric nurse cares for patients under the age of 18. They care for patients within a hospital setting designed for those patients under the age of 18. The patients come from a lower economic community and would possibly have social issues due to that. A Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who works for a large health care system™s Urgent Care Center (UCC) but in their satellite clinic in a rural community, has yet a different professional practice. The descriptions of a professional practice can vary almost to infinitum. Nurse Practitioner Interview Dr. Edith Roe, PhD, AGPCNP, is an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner who also hold a Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership. Dr. Roe has a small private practice office in the small rural community of Homedale, Idaho. Dr. Roe graduated from a BSN program in 1981. She worked as a critical care nurse in both the ICU and ED while raising her family. Dr. Roe actually has two master™s degrees. Initially she received her master™s Psychiatric Mental Health and then returned to receive an Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner degree. Per Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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