Staffing at an Organizational Level
Staffing at an Organizational Level There are typically three categories of staff in nursing units or outpatient clinics: 1. Licensed practical or vocational nurses (LPN/LVN). The scope of the LPN/LVN…
Professional Nursing Practice Models
Professional Nursing Practice Models A professional nursing practice model (PNPM) provides the overall philosophy of how nursing in a healthcare organization upholds its role in achieving positive patient and staff…
Workforce, Safety, and Quality Considerations
Workforce, Safety, and Quality Considerations Workforce Management Issues A nationwide nursing shortage has been projected since the late 1990s. An aging population, including the nursing workforce, will increase the strain…
Historical and Political Context of Nurse Staffing
Historical and Political Context of Nurse Staffing Historical Perspectives The evolution of nurse staffing within hospitals is closely linked with the evolution of health care in the United States. Florence…
Nurse Staffing: A Framework for Safe, Quality Care
Nurse Staffing: A Framework for Safe, Quality Care ANA’s Principles for Nurse Staffing The ANA Principles for Nurse Staffing, updated in 2012, were developed to support optimal nurse staffing that…
Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance
Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance Standards of care and measures of performance are interrelated. Measures of performance are used to determine the extent to which standards of care are met. Measuring…
Strategies for NPs
Strategies for NPs The difference between making do and advancing is the difference between eating all of what is put on one’s plate and deciding what to have for dinner….
Childhood Immunizations
Childhood Immunizations There are a multitude of ethical questions that come up in daily practice, including: Whether or not to disclose to a patient that the nurse practitioner or someone…
Standards of Care for Nurse Practitioner Practice
Standards of Care for Nurse Practitioner Practice The traditional definition of standard of care has been, “such reasonable, ordinary care, skill, and diligence as used by practitioners in good standing…
Promoting the Profession to the Public
Promoting the Profession to the Public According to studies of patient satisfaction, patients who have seen NPs like NPs. But not everyone has seen an NP. People who are healthy…
