Role Paper: Primary Medicine

Abstract

Introduction. Primary medicine is a fulfilling and exciting area for a nurse to work in. the role provides a nurse with the opportunity to develop a long-term nurse-patient relationship, thus, helping people manage their health within their communities. Nevertheless, working as a primary medicine nurse can also be very challenging; for instance, for one to be an excellent primary medicine nurse, he must be well organized and have excellent communication skills.

Analysis. Primary medicine nurses always take the responsibility of performing the very beginning patient physical consultation before examination by the physician. Thus, involving things like recording and measuring things such as vital signs, weight, and Hight. With the passage of the affordable care act, primary medicine has seen substantial changes in the delivery of primary care and nursing roles. The changes have put more focus on more team involvement and participation and expansion of functions of each team with registered nurses included. Primary medicine nurse also has to listen and record symptoms of injury or illness carefully. Whenever appropriate, the nurses also collect blood or mucus samples which can then be taken to the laboratory for studies to assist in infection and illness diagnosis.

Conclusion. Through the affordable care act, primary medicine nurses have been offered opportunities to improve direct patient care, restructure healthcare, provide political advocacy, and create innovative programmatic developments.

A. Introduction

Primary medicine is considered the first level of medical care. It is the care that patients get from minor injuries and illnesses and preventive medical procedures. In most instances, patients use the same nurses for primary health issues (Smolowitz et al., 2015). These nurses are known as primary medicine or care nurses. Subsequently, a primary medicine nurse is professional nursing working in a primary medicine setting. Primary medicine nurses must have appropriate skills in the daily basic nursing procedures. The nurse may face multiple ranges of medical challenges during working hours. Such problems may include minor illnesses like allergic reactions and colds (Maier et al., 2017). Nonetheless, the nurse can also decide to specialize in particular areas of medicine as a primary medicine nurse, thus, enabling the nurse to treat specific illnesses.

Consequently, specialized primary medicine nurses would be able to encounter patients depending on the nurses specialty. For instance, primary medicine nurses specializing in general family medicine can see patients of all ages. Besides, pediatric primary medicine nurses attend to children only, while primary medicine nurses specializing in geriatrics can only listen to elderly patients. Primary medicine nurses are more likely to interact with the patients regularly, get to know their patients quite well, and usually have a closer personal relationship (Maier et al., 2017). Consequently, working as a primary medicine nurse can sometimes be less stressful than other nursing professionals. For example, a primary medicine nurse rarely handles emergencies and typically has a predictable timetable with particular office hours (Smolowitz et al., 2015). Nevertheless, working as a primary medicine nurse can also be very challenging; for instance, for one to be an excellent primary medicine nurse, he must be well organized and have excellent communication skills.

Primary medicine is a fulfilling and exciting area for a nurse to work in. the role provides a nurse with the opportunity to develop a long-term nurse-patient relationship, thus, helping people manage their health within their communities. Furthermore, primary medicine is constantly improving, providing opportunities for one to work in several diverse settings. A nurse also gets a chance to collaborate with a host of other care and health providers. In addition, this role enables the nurse to directly get involved in peoples lives apart from their illnesses (Smolowitz et al., 2015).

Primary medicine is the first level of personalized healthcare in the community that ensures continual, accessible, and whole-person care for health requirements throughout an individuals lifespan. In practice, primary medicine nurses work together with patients and their families to attend to their long-term and immediate health needs. In addressing such health needs, a nurse sets an approach that cares for the fundamental determinants of health and other related aspects that determines ones mental, physical, and social well-being, other than a set of particular diseases only (Wilson et al., 2002). Nurses have a critical role to play in primary medicine in connecting, expanding, and coordinating care. Nurses work and training are better placed and have demonstrated effective and safe care in disease diagnosis, prevention, management, rehabilitation, and treatment.

There has been a dramatic shift of nurses away from primary medicine into the hospital setting in the recent past. The revitalization of primary treatment and the introduction of the patient-centered medical home across the United States have recognized multidisciplinary primary medicines importance (Smolowitz et al., 2015). Everyone is involved in activities that utilize their skills and knowledge entirely. The interest in teams has shifted attention on the roles carried out by all primary medicine team members, plus a renewed attitude in practice of nurses capable of using their training and clinical skills and working with a greater confidence level (Maier et al. 2017). Studies in exemplary primary medicine have started to establish critical domains of nurses practice in primary medicine, including management of chronic illnesses, preventive care, transition care, care management, and practice operation.

Subsequently, The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nurses fronted the establishment of position papers on nurses role in ambulatory care with primary medicine included. Ambulatory care nursing was a complex, multifaceted specialty providing collaborative and independent practice (Maier et al., 2017). Likewise, nurses advance wellness, help the patients manage the effects of chronic diseases, give support in end-of-life care, and participate in acute illness management.

Also, there is a need to collaborate between primary medicine and public health to improve primary medicine (Wilson et al., 2002). The public health system is generally driven to administer the management of infectious diseases, monitor the environment, and help in health promotion. While primary medicine is usually the first point to healthcare access, availing general healthcare throughout from infancy to adulthood. Collaboration between public health and primary medicine systems can be valuable when management and care delivery are complex (Maier et al., 2017). Examples of the care areas that would benefit from primary medicine and public health care include management of infectious diseases like influenza, chronic disease care like asthma, diabetes, child/maternal healthcare, and care of the vulnerable population undergoing social and health inequalities.

Nonetheless, primary medicine and public health collaboration can be strained by the fragmentation of healthcare. In this case, collaboration refers to healthcare professionals helping one another in complementary roles work towards a common goal to enhance patient care. According to workforce analysis, nurses are the most significant health professionals collaborating in the two systems (Smolowitz et al., 2015). Due to their vast numbers, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses play a critical role in strengthening primary medicine and public health collaboration. Primary health care nurses scope of...

…nursing, and the fiscal constraints hinder the nurses roles. Furthermore, minus proper consideration in role development, nurses roles in primary medicine may disintegrate into activities and roles that focus only on acute care delivered to groups missing out on essential health promotion and prevention activities. In the performance of collaborative roles, nurses are more engaged by the public health than nurses working in primary medical practice; due to particular public health nurses expertise like community outreach, collaboration, relationship building, and a minimal number of primary medicine nurses in North America primary medicine setting. Furthermore, structural issues like fees for service remuneration and the fact that primary medicine is and public health are separate entities also contribute to nurses employment barriers in primary medicine (Smolowitz et al., 2015).

To ensure that nurses are properly working in their respective roles, awareness of the primary care nurses scope of practice by health authorities, government, and primary medicine authorities are vital (Maier et al., 2017). The inclusion of clinical practice and primary health medicine content into the pre-licensure has equipped nurses with skills in primary medicine and cross-sector collaboration. Besides, nursing educators have gained experience in primary medicine, enabling the development of practice and theory of unique skills in nursing education (Wilson et al., 2002). Thus, opening new opportunities contributes to registered nurses in new models of primary medicine and enhances nurses role establishment and support in primary medicine.

Nevertheless, strengthening primary medicine and public health collaboration supports the health well-being of the populations. Primary medicine nurses roles in public health-primary care collaboration in terms of the population served and activities performed strengthens the cross-sector works, thus enhancing the effectiveness of the primary medicine systems in taking care of the populations healthcare needs. This collaborative role is relevant to the vulnerable groups whose social needs and health are met optimally through team reliance, patient-centered approach (Maier et al., 2017). Nurses activities and roles in primary medicine can support a more extensive continuity of health promotion and care organizational, systemic, and individual-level interventions.

On the other hand, nurses are the binding force between public health and primary medicine for providers, patients, health systems, and organizations. Hence, carrying out an essential role in minimizing gaps in improving health outcomes and care, particularly for the vulnerable groups. To optimize the role of nurses in primary medicine and public health collaboration, health authorities and the government have improved their scope of practice and understanding of the competencies (Maier et al., 2017). Therefore, resources should be availed to support the nurses professional development in emerging and new roles. In designing effective primary care teams, policymakers consider the nurses diverse and varying activities and positions to flourish in responsive and flexible primary healthcare with enhanced health outcomes.

C. Conclusion.

Primary medicine nurses must have appropriate skills in the daily basic nursing procedures. This is because they may face multiple ranges of medical challenges during working hours. Such problems may include minor illnesses like allergic reactions and colds. Also, contrary to theoretical expectations, as a primary medicine nurse, you will always be directly responsible for patient care (Wilson et al., 2002). This includes activities like administering treatment to the patient once the diagnosis has been made. Based on the injury or illness, it might involve changing a dressing or administering medication. Besides, through the affordabe care act, primary medicine nurses have been offered opportunities to improve direct patient care, restructure healthcare, provide political advocacy, and…