The APRN roles which are the advanced roles include; certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), certified nurse midwife (CNM), clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and certified nurse practitioner CNP). The advanced nurse roles have been traditionally entailing focus on the clinical procedures, advocating for better patient care, being case managers (Hu & Forgeron, 2018). Additionally, ADP is also expected to work in consultation and collaboration with other healthcare professionals. The roles entail a wide scope of practice and ideally, the learning is meant for advancement on the already available information. However, in the current situation the healthcare industry is approaching a new era as emphasized in the affordable care act which we still don’t know what will happen. The affordable care act insists on offering medical care that built on patient centeredness and care that is preventive rather than curative (Courtemanche et al., 2018). This is meant to tackle the rising number of the elderly population that is battling serious chronic illnesses that are associated with old age
References
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Hu, J., & Forgeron, P. (2018). Thinking, educating, acting: Developing advanced practice nursing. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 5(2), 99–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.04.006