Family Nurse Practitioner

A family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) is an advanced registered nurse who works in collaboration with other healthcare professionals or independently to deliver family-focused care. As an FNP, my services revolve around the family unit, which includes disease prevention and health promotion. It also involves providing direct care and offering counseling services throughout the patient’s lifespan (Collins, et.al, 2017) Family Nurse Practitioner

As a Family Nurse Practitioner, my role is mainly clinical. I provide direct care to patients such as direct diagnosis, treatment, and generally caring for the patient. My role involves face-to-face contact with the patient in most cases while sometimes I can work behind the scene for instance when I am performing laboratory tests. To perform my duties, I need to be certified and licensed. One needs to have a post-graduate level education to work as an FNP. Clinical training in family medicine is also important.

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As an FNP my main role is to support better patient outcomes. I place a lot of emphasis on wellness and disease prevention but in the scenario that there is already the presence of a disease or condition, I offer the best treatment options available. I carefully develop different treatment plans for chronic and acute conditions. I educate and guide the patients on how they can prevent diseases and maintain healthy lifestyles. I also have profound knowledge of the aging process and how it influences health and this makes me understand the changes that occur and help my patients manage them accordingly.

The Advanced Nursing Practice Concept that I can apply to my role as an FNP is autonomy in clinical practice. Clinical autonomy can be defined as the authority, freedom, and discretion of nurses to make judgments about patient care and have full control over practice (Yingling, Cotler, & Hughes, 2017)Family Nurse Practitioner. Advance Nursing requires a lot of competence for one to gain autonomy. I have learned that one needs to have enough courage to be able to take charge in situations and be responsible. This is all for the benefit of the patient. As an FNP, I have been able to gain my clinical autonomy by keeping myself updated on new knowledge and furthering my studies. Being knowledgeable makes me confident and able to stand for the decisions I make in my practice.

The clinician that I have chosen to interview is DR. Norah Hakone. Dr. Hakore has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and is also a registered nurse. She also has a Masters in Nursing and Organizational Leadership. Our planned date for the interview is 10th February 2021. The following are the questions that I intend to ask DR. Hakone.

Ten Interview Questions

1. Why did you choose this profession?

2. What would you consider to be your greatest professional achievement?

3. What role have you played in policy-making from the time you got into this career?4. If you had to change one thing in the healthcare sector today, what would it be?

5. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the performance of the healthcare sector in the United States?

6. What is your worst fear when it comes to handling patients? Family Nurse Practitioner

7. How do you evaluate success in your position?

8. What do you think is the most challenging aspect of being a nursing practitioner?

9. When is the time when you went the extra mile in the name of patient care?

10. In a situation where a patient becomes uncooperative, what steps do you take to handle the situation?

REFERENCES

Collins, A., Broeseker, A., Cunningham, J., Cortes, C., Beall, J., Bigham, A., & Chang, J. (2017). A longitudinal online interprofessional education experience involving family nurse practitioner students and pharmacy students. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 31(2), 218-225.

Yingling, C. T., Cotler, K., & Hughes, T. L. (2017). Building nurses’ capacity to address health inequities: incorporating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health content in a family nurse practitioner program. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(17-18), 2807-2817Family Nurse Practitioner.