ARNP

An advanced practice nurse (ARNP) is an advanced registered nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who completes a graduate-level educational program. An ARNP can have primary responsibility for patient care. Additional ARNP roles include certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives.

Advanced practice nursing defines a level of nursing practice that utilizes extended and expanded skills, experience and knowledge in assessment, planning, implementation, diagnosis and evaluation of the care required. Nurses practicing at this level are educationally prepared at the post-graduate level and may work in either a specialist or generalist capacity. However, the basis of advanced practice is the high degree of knowledge, skill and experience that is applied within the nurse-patient/client relationship to achieve optimal outcomes through critical analysis, problem solving and evidence-based decision making.

FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner, who may also be referred to by the acronym FNP, is a registered nurse with specialized educational and clinical training in family practice. Nurse practitioners have a higher degree of training, in both the classroom and clinical setting, than Registered Nurses do, although becoming an RN is a prerequisite.

Family Nurse Practitioners in particular are trained to work with both children and adults, most often in the context of a family practice or clinical setting. FNPs work with patients on maintaining health and wellness over the long term with a particular focus on preventative care. Many FNPs also choose to work in underserved populations and communities.

Minerva Perez ARNP FNP began her nursing career after graduating from Julio Trigo Lopez School of Nursing in Santa Clara, Cuba, and promptly began work as an intensive care and medical surgical nurse in a very busy community hospital in Santa Clara. She honed her skills and gained more than 10 years of invaluable experience there. 

Migrating two decades ago and working in the medical field she graduated with a BSN and a Masters of Nursing from Kaplan University and also earned a Family Nurse Practice Diploma from Purdue University; she gained more than 10 years of additional experience in busy South Florida hospitals including labor and delivery. Her commitment to patient care is evident in the care she has rendered to her patients. She resides in Miami where she enjoys family time and reading.

• ARNP-BC
  
• Nurse Educator
• Julio Trigo Lopez School of Nursing in Santa Clara, Cuba
  
• BSN and a Masters of Nursing from Kaplan University
  
• Family Nurse Practice Diploma from Purdue University

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