Transcript File - WFHS Industry Certification

By: Summer’e Andary
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In the mid-1960s there wasn’t enough healthcare
services.
The University of Colorado’s School of Nursing gave
the idea of a program for nurse practitioners. It was
developed into a Master’s degree curriculum.
Loretta Ford who was currently an RN co-founded this
program. It’s first specialty fields was a pediatrician.
Later the other fields were added.
In 1917 the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
started to support the Nurse Practitioner programs and
started giving money to the programs.
It started out to where all you needed was a certificate
but then it moved to a master’s degree and now it is
moving toward a doctorate degree.
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Advanced RN
Helps with all patients’ care and needs.
May work inpatient or outpatient situations.
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Physicians’ offices
Schools
Clinics
Hospitals
Special care facilities
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NPs who work in schools or physicians’ offices
tend to work normal hours. The NPs that work
in hospitals or specialty facilities could have to
work 12 hour shift and sometimes 24 hour shift
because some patients need extensive care or
around the clock care. NPs work all the time,
nights, weekends, holidays, and can even be on
call.
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Beginning Salary:$82,542
Average National Salary: $98,817
Average Georgia Salary: $106,000
Average Savannah Salary: $100,000
Top Salary: $125,450
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How much education: You would have to be a
licensed registered nurse (RN) before moving up
to a practitioner. Most programs that you would
enter to become a NP would want you have at
least a bachelors degree in nursing.
License/Certificates: Licensed registered nurse,
degree from accredited program, pass a national
certification exam, earn a second license specific to
the APRN field that you want to go into.
Experience: you don’t need any previous work or
experience or internships
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Anatomy and Physiology I and II
Sociology
Humanities
Chemistry
Philosophy
Nutrition
Psychology
Developmental psychology
Abnormal psychology
Statistics
Epidemiology
Community health
Nursing theory
Research
Evidence based practice
Pharmacology
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Fundamentals of nursing practice and 9 more nursing
courses including medical, surgical, pediatric, geriatric, etc.
Ethics
Microbiology
Health assessment
Hundreds of hours of clinical time in nursing homes,
hospitals and community clinics for BSN
Professional roles for advanced practice nursing
Advanced pathophysiology
Advanced health assessment
Advanced practice procedures (suturing, etc.)
Pharmacotherapeutics
Primary care of adults (use the same Harrison text as MD
students)
Primary care of children
Advanced primary care of families
Thesis
Over 600 hours clinical practice
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Armstrong Atlantic State University
Albany State University
Georgia State University
Valdosta State University
Kennesaw State University
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The job outlook from 2012-2022 is 31%
Over 151,400 nurse practitioners are hired
every year and it is expected to increase 37,100
by that in the next few years.
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You stand a lot which can cause back pain.
Also you have to be physically fit because you
have to move patients.
You also have to make very important
decisions which can cause you to have stress
and can be emotionally draining with all the
stuff you see throughout the day.
NP can easily get too because they surrounded
by sick people.
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Educate the patients about how to prevent
illness and they prescribe treatments.
Conduct physicals.
Perform or order lab tests on the patient.
Prescribe medications.
Do check ups.
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Thermometer
Stethoscope
Otoscope
Wristwatch
Blood pressure cuff
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Communication skills
Critical thinking
Compassion
Ability to observe
Ability to work with other people
Leadership skills
Ability to use all the resources given to them
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When you are an Np that is already an
advancement from an RN but you can go get a
doctorate and create your own business and
practices.
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http://data.bls.gov/search/query/results?cx=
013738036195919377644%3A6ih0hfrgl50&q=nu
rse+practitioner+inurl%3Abls.gov%2Fooh%2F
http://www1.salary.com/Nurse-PractitionerSalary.html
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=
Nurse_Practitioner_(NP)/Salary
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/