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what are your greatest hopes as an aprn
Greatest hopes as an APRN
APRN ( Advanced Practice Registered Nurse) , is a nurse who is having a Masters degree in Nursing. With their Post graduate education, they are prepared with advanced knowledge, teaching skills , clinical education and skills and a wide variety of scope of practice in Nursing. An APRN can work in either a generalist or specialist capacity.
APRNs , according to their preference they can choose the area of their talent and can work as a Nurse practitioner, Clinical nurse Specialist, Nurse - midwifes and Nurse anaesthetist . As an APRN (my ) Greatest hope is to become a Nurse Practitioner( NP). NP is a type of APRN and is a professional nursing designation recognized in some jurisdictions , denoting an individual who is fully qualified as a nurse and who has additional qualifications and authorization to provide diagnosis and treatments , including writing prescriptions .
( I )want to work as a Nurse practitioner in rural areas , where there is less availability of health care services and organisations. Many rural areas,especially where poor people are residing, there is a considerable gap in the availability of health services . Report shows that approximately 20 year gap in the life expectancy of American people are there between this urban ( 85years)and rural areas ( 67 years). The community people, who were reluctant to approach health care facilities may be more open to Nurse practitioners.
Older population also increasing rapidly in the Nation, so there will be high demand for APRN , especially for Nurse practitioners. By becoming a Nurse practitioner ,I can upgrade my professional status and earnings too.