Advance Practice Nurses
The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in a Changing Health Care Environment
Description
Analyze the role of the advanced practice nurse in the changing health care environment. How will this role augment physicians’ practice? What implications will the Affordable Care Act have on this new delivery system?
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Introduction
Advance Practice Nurses are professionals who have been registered to offer medical services. They have been essential in ensuring that the demand that is currently present for medical care services is catered for. The current paper seeks to examine the roles of the APN’s in the changing medical environment, how they have been influenced by the Affordable Care Act and how their new roles have impacted physicians.
The role that advanced practice nurse are obligated to perform
According to the American Nurses Association (2010), the roles APRN involved the performance of physical examination as well as the provision of health care on a routine basis. In case of chronic problems, they would be called upon to conduct a diagnosis and even to provide treatment………………………WORDS 526