Critical Analysis of the Role of Nurse Practitioner

Critical analysis of the role
of the Nurse Practitioner or
Clinical Nurse Specialist

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Meaning of Nurse Practitioner.....................................................................................................1
Role of Nurse Practitioner...........................................................................................................2
Discussion on Registration Standard within Australia for Role of Nurse Practitioner................3
Practice domains of Nurse Practitioner........................................................................................4
Critical Analysis of role of Nurse Practitioner............................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Nurse is delineated to a person who looks after someone who is sick or injured. In other
words, nurse is a trained practitioner who conducts physical exam of patients, provide
counselling addition to healthcare education, check vital signs of patients, take detailed
healthcare histories, coordinate care or treatment with other medications and hence forth (Steege
and Et. Al., 2017) . There are multiple challenges that nurse faces such as ageing in population
along with increasing demand of citizens for social health care in Australia, Jamaica and other
nations. Aim of present assessment is to explore as well as gain theoretical role of Nurse
Practitioner. The selected workplace for the assessment is Westmead Hospital that is major
tertiary healthcare concern renowned for highly specialised, comprehensive together with
complex services that are provided to citizens of community, statewide as well as nationality.
The hospital is located at New South Wales in Australia for providing best possible care for
general public.
The assessment covers meaning of Nurse Practitioner, critical analysis of role of Nurse
Practitioner, registration standards for the role in Australia and practice domains.
MAIN BODY
Meaning of Nurse Practitioner
In accordance to Nurse Practitioners in Australia and The International Perspective
(2018), nurse practitioner is termed to a highly experienced senior clinical Registered Nurse that
have achieved Masters of Nursing from Nursing and Miswifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as
well as have met all other criteria of NMBA in order to endorse as Nurse Practitioner. In other
words,a nurse practitioner could be termed to a registered nurse that have additional education
addition to training in particular area that includes family practise, pediatrics, etc for providing
regular care to general people. While performing practices, it is mandatory for Nurse Practitioner
to follow or adhere rules and regulations associated to Nurse Practice Act of the state in which
they work. Moreover, when accredited through National Board Examination, Nurse Practitioner
have additional credential including Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (CPNP), Certified
Family Nurse Practitioner (CFNP) and many more. There are multiple activities, duties and
regulation which they are required to perform related to having expert knowledge, critical
problem solving potential, complex decision making and possessing competences on clinical
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