Being Prepared

Topic: Be Prepared

Being prepared as a Nurse Practitioner when entering the clinic setting is a win-win for the student, the preceptor and most of all the patient. Safe, effective delivery of patient care requires that the nurse practitioner student understand the complexity of healthcare systems, the limits of human factors, safety design principles, characteristics of high reliability organizations, and patient safety resources. These components are critical to the preparation of safe clinicians and essential for 21^st Century healthcare delivery.

Discuss how you met the Unit Two Objectives as well as barriers to safe practice that can occur if you come to the clinic setting unprepared. Support your discussion with evidence based practice and recommendations for improvement of safe patient care in the primary care setting.

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 Nurses are obligated with the works of taking care of patients with the kindest heart possible. Not all times we find this achievable due to the unresponsive nature of some patients. Putting this in mind, therefore, is important for us nurses to become prepared psychological and physically to face the complex tasks that a nurse is expected to do…

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