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This article discusses the overview of the master's-prepared nurse's career, usefulness of graduate education for present role, and present position of a critical care nurse practitioner. It also includes personal reflection and interview questions.

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Nursing Roles and Practice
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the master's-prepared nurse's career......................................................................3
Usefulness of graduate education for present role.....................................................................4
Present Position: pearls of wisdom............................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
Personal Reflection....................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7
Interview Questions...................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
A master's degree in nursing under the certification of American Association of
Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is core nursing education that enables advanced practice nurses
to work as register nurse practitioners, certified clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse
midwives, and certified nurse anesthetists. I have selected nurse practitioner as a career
option of my interviewee. This is because; nurse practitioner is designated as the general
career under the advanced practice nurse specialties. However, this general approach in their
job role enables them to work in close association with a diverse group of population and
these include mental health, pediatrics, geriatrics, women's health care and adult acute care
(AACN, 2017). This assignment will mainly focus on the experience and the job role of the
critical care nurse practitioner. Since they focus on the general health and well-being of the
person along with proper patient education, I consider them as the main pillar of maintaining
healthy lifestyles among the gross population.
Overview of the master's-prepared nurse's career
As per the interview transcripts, it is evident that the career role my interview, Miss X
(named changed of the interviewee) is mostly centered on the assessment, diagnosis and
treatment of the individuals and their family of careers who are suffering from mental and
physical disorders. This description helps to provide a brief insight about her role as nurse
practitioner in health. Moreover, the description also goes in harmony with the information
highlighted by (Rosedale, Knight & Standard, 2015). According to Rosedale, Knight and
Standard (2015) APRN are providers of comprehensive health services. This utilization of
APRN in mental health regulation is of high quality and cost-effective. This results in the
reduction of the clinical symptoms along with sustained improvement in the domain of
clinical care. Miss X also informed that her career path also entails proved perception for the

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quality of care followed by improved quality of life, reduction in medication errors, increased
level of patient satisfaction.
Usefulness of graduate education for present role
My interviewee is of the opinion that her graduation course helped her to refine
numerous skills and this includes leadership in nursing practice and man management. The
graduate discipline also helped her to get a detailed insight about the prevailing healthcare
policies of America and associated government norms and position. Miss X also stated that in
the final year of the nursing program they were taught about the academia in practice-based
nursing programs, which mainly involved community based practice. According to Wong,
Cummings and Ducharme (2013), there exists a direct relation between the leadership style of
the nurses and the patients’ outcomes. It has been seen that the nurses who abide by the
relational or transformational leadership models are extremely compatible with the patients
which highest possible health outcomes (Wong, Cummings & Ducharme, 2013). According
to Patel and Rushefsky (2014), an accurate policymaking should initiate via asking people
what they need to sustain the live in a way they want and what kind of support they get in
availing special facilities that are designed for them. So knowing the health care policies at
the graduate level helps the aspiring nurses to take meaningful roles under the community
settings via overcoming mental and physical health challenges. Moreover, working in
community settings can be regarded as one of the most useful trajectory of graduate course of
nursing because according to Goldberg and Huxley (2012), community care helps to improve
patient education and thereby helping to increase disease awareness and quality of care.
Present Position: pearls of wisdom
Miss X generally highlighted that the two main virtues that are highlight significant in
her present position include organizational and systems leadership and quality improvement

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and safety. These are indeed are critical for upholding the nursing practice because according
to AACN (2017), organizational and systems leaderships are critical towards the promotion
of the high quality yet safe patients care. Here the skills of leadership are important for
undertaking ethical and critical decision-making. AACN (2011) further opined that the
knowledge of master's-prepared nurse in these domains are relevant with healthcare and
nursing goals in order to reduce the discrepancies in health while promoting excellence in
practice. Miss X is of the opinion that the master's-level practice encompass not only direct
care to the patients but also aims on the system that provide care while serving the needs of
the panel patients, community or a defined population. She thinks to be effect the nurse is
required to demonstrate leadership via maintaining effective workplace relationship via using
respectful collaboration and communication within interprofessional teams.
In the domain of quality improvement, Miss X opined that continuous quality
improvement is based on the implementation of the evidence-based plans along with compare
and contrast of several quality improvement models. She further opined that during the
course of her job, she has understood that the continuous quality improvement encompass
every level of healthcare organizations. It is the duty of the master's-prepared nurse to be
articulate in the tools, methods, performance measures and cultural safety principles within
the organization and community. She told that main module used for quality improvement
include brainstorming, flow chart, fishbone cause and effect along with associated factors like
Find, Select-plan, Do, Check (AACN, 2011).
Conclusion
Thus from the above discussion it can be concluded that graduation degree is an
important step in the academic ground for the master's prepared nurse under the AACN
settings. Moreover, this interview also helped me to get a detailed insight regarding the

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importance of the organizational and systems leadership and quality improvement and safety
in the master's prepared nurse (general nurse practitioners) under AACN settings.
Personal Reflection
Conducting this interview, helped me to gain a detailed overview about the journey of
a nurse from the graduate course to master level course and finally venturing into the work-
field. Initially I used to think that the profession of nursing is like working as a subordinate to
doctors with no significant contribution in the care plan. However, my interview with the
Miss X helped me change my view altogether. I understood that the as a nurse practitioner, I
am required to take active participation in the quality improvement plans in the healthcare
while exercising leadership skills in order to improve excellence in practice.

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References
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)., (2011). The Essentials of Master’s
Education in Nursing. Accessed on: 5th April. Retrieved from:
http://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/MastersEssentials11.pdf
American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]., (2017). Master’s Education.
Accessed on: 5th April. Retrieved from: http://www.aacnnursing.org/Nursing-
Education-Programs/Masters-Education
Goldberg, D., & Huxley, P. (2012). Mental illness in the community: the pathway to
psychiatric care. Routledge.
Patel, K., & Rushefsky, M. E. (2014). Healthcare politics and policy in America. Public
Integrity, 17(1), 94-96.
Rosedale, M., Knight, C., & Standard, J. (2015). The Role of the Psychiatric Mental Health:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the Scope of Psychiatric Practice. The journal
of ECT, 31(4), 205-206.
Wong, C. A., Cummings, G. G., & Ducharme, L. (2013). The relationship between nursing
leadership and patient outcomes: a systematic review update. Journal of nursing
management, 21(5), 709-724. https://doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12116

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Interview Questions
1. What is your name?
2. What is your area of specialization in master-level nursing education?
3. How graduation course have helped you to refine your knowledge of nursing?
4. What are the special aspects of master level nursing in American Association of
Colleges of Nursing (AACN)?