Student 1
The scope of practice of nurse practitioners is taking care of the customers in a hospital environment. Nurse educators are responsible for instructing their students about the best application methods of their knowledge. Nurse leaders’ duties involve careful management of a hospital or any other health care institution which can ensure the most beneficial outcomes for the customers. All these health care professionals need to integrate to bring out the best achievements of the health care system (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011).
In her theory, King delineated the following goals of nursing: to ensure that patients are the central focus of the nursing process, to provide the nurses’ and patients’ interaction during the nursing process, to allow patients to become active participants in the nursing process, and others (Meleis, 2012). Current nursing goals are essentially the same. They also put patients in the center of attention and emphasize the importance of interaction at all stages of the nursing process.
The dimensions of nursing practice that have been keeping the system in unity for many decades are nursing practice, professional leadership, collaboration, and research (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). Each of these aspects separately and all of them together are crucial for the achievement of health care goals.
Among the most vital skills of masters prepared nurses, the skill of translating research into practice is the core one (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). In a modern health care environment, which presents major policy changes impacting the quality and accessibility of medical care, nurses have to be able to defend the right of their customers and provide them with the best options possible.
Student 2
Nurse practitioners, educators, and leaders have a great variety of duties outlined by their scope of practice. Practitioners’ primary aim is to provide patients with the most qualified care. Educators’ duties involve making sure that nursing students are acquainted with the latest techniques and teaching them to apply these techniques in their practice. Leaders’ task is to maintain the balance within the health care environment, make sure that patients are taken care of at the highest level, and provide the best working conditions for health care professionals (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011).
King’s theory suggested four factors taking part in formulating nursing goals: health, interpersonal relations, social systems, and perception (Masters, 2015). These factors helped her to outline the basic nursing goals which put a patient in the focus of the health care system’s attention, but at the same time did not neglect the need for communication between patients and nurses. Nursing goals in the modern health care system are the same. Patients are the most crucial element, but their interaction with other elements of the health care process is vital.
A unifying focus over time in the field of nursing has been provided by the following dimensions: research, professional leadership, cooperation, and nursing practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). Proper health care would be impossible without these constituents. The integration of these dimensions makes a versatile approach to the nursing profession possible.
Under the conditions of major policy changes in the health care system, it is imperative for masters prepared nurses to be able to translate research into practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). Such knowledge will enable them to improve the current nursing practice and make the treatment process more accessible and beneficial for customers.
References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2011). The essentials of Master’s education in nursing. Web.
Masters, K. (2015). Nursing theories: A framework for professional practice (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Meleis, A. I. (2012). Theoretical nursing: Development and progress (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott and Williams.