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Running head: NURSING ROLES AND PRACTICE
Nursing Roles and Practice
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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NURSING ROLES AND PRACTICE
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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NURSING ROLES AND PRACTICE
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