Job Communications Report

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a report on the communications aspects of an advanced practice nurse (APN). It suggests different case scenarios that reinforce the fact that APNs play a large part in formulating and implementing patient care plans, evaluating their outcomes and continuously improving the quality of care

Outline:
Introduction
Profile and Scenarios
Conclusion

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"Information problem. Teaching and coaching people utilizing both verbal and written communication in almost every media format is used interchangeably. From patients, peers or students, the APN must be able to convey complex ideas and concepts in order to be an effective team member or mentor. Collaboration is also an essential information exchange role the APN must be comfortable with. This may even include formulating new clinical queries relevant to her specialty. Being a researcher is also constant challenge, as S.M. found out when she had to adapt a novel approach to meet one particular patient's needs as hospital guidelines did not cover the specific situation. She applied evidence-based practice, the process of arriving at a clinically relevant research question(s), attempting to gather evidence that answered these questions, determining the applicability of evidence in practice by determining its benefits, risks, cost-effectiveness, etc. and putting the answers to practice. The evaluation of the new practice (compression stockings for patients without bathroom privileges for an extended period after becoming ambulatory) went hand in hand with implementation in order to determine effectiveness in the target population, make changes for quality improvement based on established benchmarks and assess whether the research was implemented properly (DePalma, 2004)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Nurses Association (ANA). (2001). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. NursingWorld.com. Retrieved July 22, 2007 from http://www.nursingworld.org/ethics/code/protected_nwcoe303.htm#prov4
• DePalma, JN. (2004). Advanced Practice Nurses' research competencies: competency II--evaluating practice. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 16(4), 293-295. Retrieved July 22, 2007 from http://hhc.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/16/4/293.pdf

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