You remember the day you passed your boards and became a
licensed nurse practitioner (NP) like it was yesterday. It was exciting to
think about the impact you could have on your patients’ health and how you
could improve their quality of life with your expanded role working in the
office of Dr. Martin, your collaborating physician. You felt confident in your
ability to diagnose and to prescribe medications and treatments, and you felt
especially comforted by the rapport you built with Dr. Martin over many years
of practicing as a registered nurse (RN).
Your comfort level
waned when Dr. Martin announced her intention to retire in 2 months. Dr.
Martin’s practice was part of a large physician network, and the practice
administrator informed you that your new collaborating physician is at another
location, and that you will be absorbing most of Dr. Martin’s caseload. The
thought of single-handedly managing such a large caseload feels overwhelming to
you, even though the practice administrator notes that many of your questions
about your changing role will be answered in the coming months.
Case Questions
1. How might change in the healthcare system, insurance, and
technology present challenges to your own self-care?
2. Feeling overwhelmed in your new role, you ask an NP from
one of the other practices about the methods they use for self-care. The
colleague suggested that you start by doing a self-assessment and then set some
goals. How might this help you?
3. What are some of the physical signs and symptoms that
indicate increased stressors that you should note?
Specific Details: Develop at least a 1000- word APA format
document that will address the case questions.
Cite at least 3 sources within the last 5 years in APA format
The similarity index (plagiarism percentage) should be less
than 25%
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