Organization and Its Clients
The organization I would like to work at as a Family Nurse Practitioner is Holtz Children’s Hospital, a department of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami (“Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017). The hospital offers a variety of pediatric services such as neonatology, neurosurgery, nephrology, dermatology, otolaryngology, intensive care, radiology, pulmonology, urology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, oncology, and palliative care.
There are also departments of rehabilitation and transplant, and the children’s heart center (“Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017). Since the hospital’s patients are children, the need for family nurse practitioners here is high. These specialists help both the patients and their families to cope with health conditions and return to a normal lifestyle.
The core component of the hospital is 224 beds. With the inclusion of trauma center, the number of beds equals 400 (Cohen, 2011). Nearly 700 employees work at Holtz Children’s Hospital; 160 of them are specialists (Cohen, 2011). The clients of the hospital are children with diverse backgrounds. Apart from providing help to children from local families, the hospital also takes care of critically ill young patients from the US as well as international communities’ members (“About Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017).
Such diversity presents many challenges to the specialists who engage all possible resources to come up with the best medical solutions. The hospital’s employees do everything possible to provide little patients and their families with sufficient support at all stages of hospital admission.
Holtz Children’s Hospital takes pride in its projects, some of which are unique in the US and even in the world. The New Born Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Holtz Children’s Hospital has some of the most successful outcomes and best survival rates in the US (“About Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017). The hospital’s Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program designed in cooperation with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is the only accredited program on pediatric cell stem transplant project in South Florida.
Holtz Children’s Hospital was the first in the state and eighth in the US to be certified by The Healthcare Colloquium as an Accredited Pediatric Heart Failure Institute (“About Holtz children’s hospital,” 2017). In some pediatric medical specialties such as endocrinology, cardiology, nephrology, and others, the hospital holds national leadership.
Professional Fit for the Role of a Family Nurse Practitioner
The responsibilities of a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) are diverse, and it is necessary to make sure that I can cope with all of them prior to starting my practice. FNPs are advanced practice nurses who may work either autonomously or in cooperation with other healthcare specialists with the aim of delivering a high-quality family-focused care (“Family nurse practitioner,” 2017). The scope of FNPs’ practice is rather large, varying from disease prevention to direct care and instructing.
Personally, I consider myself fit for the role of a Family Nurse Practitioner. I have received sufficient preparation and education. I am ready to work in diverse settings and help all patient groups. Although the major focus of FNPs’ work is disease prevention, they are also qualified to provide treatment for patients (“Family nurse practitioner,” 2017). I feel capable of fulfilling any of the following duties: creating a plan of treatment, teaching patients on disease prevention, performing tests and assessing the screenings, prescribing medicine.
Implementing My New Nursing Role in the Organization
At Holtz Children’s Hospital, I will implement my role as a Family Nurse Practitioner in pediatric department. I will put emphasis on disease prevention measures, but I will not limit my duties to them. If necessary, I will take part in designing patient teaching or treatment plans. I will also communicate with families to help them understand the health issues of their children and explain how to manage these problems.
Identifying the Board of Nursing in the State
The role implementation is supported by the Nurse Practice Act issued by Florida Board of Nursing (Florida Board of Nursing, n.d.). The Act defines the requirements for nursing practitioners and outlines the legislative norms that make it possible to consider practitioners competent or incompetent at their job. In case a nursing practitioner fails to follow the requirements of the Nurse Practice Act, such a person will be prohibited from practicing in the state of Florida (Florida Board of Nursing, n.d.).
According to the Nurse Practice Act, nurse specialist practice is defined as the delivery of advanced practice nursing and its management at the highest level (Florida Board of Nursing, n.d.). As well as other practitioners, a family nurse practitioner is expected to fulfill the following duties:
- evaluate people’s health status employing the methods that are most suitable for the area of practice and the population;
- diagnose patients’ reaction to existing and potential health issues;
- create a plan for health improvement, illness prevention, and curative interventions in cooperation with patients and their families;
- implement therapeutic projects grounded on the nursing practitioner’s sphere of expertise and within the extent of advanced nursing practice such as counseling, direct nursing care, instructing, and cooperation with other licensed practitioners (Florida Board of Nursing, n.d.). Thus, by Florida Board of Nursing outlines the requirements to nursing practitioners and supports the implementation of their roles.
References
About Holtz children’s hospital. (2017). Web.
Cohen, H. (2011). Children’s hospitals are recognized nationally. Web.
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Florida Board of Nursing. (n.d.). Nurse Practice Act. Web.
Holtz children’s hospital. (2017). Web.