- Develop a personal philosophy and framework acknowledging professional and accrediting agency competencies relating to the role and scope of practice of the family nurse practitioner. Identify a nurse theorist that you align your current/ planned practice and how they provide the foundation for this philosophy development.
- Describe the type of educational courses and professional requirements required for APRN professional certification and licensing within the state that you will practice.
- Identify the precise application process for your certification exam, your state regulations for application for prescriptive authority/practice, and issues related to APRN practice within your state.
- Evaluate and discuss APRN roles and prescriptive privileges and impact on client safety and care
- Compare the differences between prescriptive authority, credentialing, and clinical privileges and how each of these impact client safety and care
- Evaluate the development of the advanced practice nurse role from a global perspective.
Assignment Guidelines:
- 1200 – 1500 word paper (not including the cover page and references)
- Required APA 7th edition for references and citations
- Include a minimum of 6 scholarly references (does not include text or websites) and the majority of references must not be older than 5 years
- Demonstrate analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information (see the rubric for specifics)
I am attaching Chapter 22 of Hamric and Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach. With its citation, and Chapters 3-6, & 14 of Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide (6th ed.) with its citation of our textbooks.
Following other suggested websites:
American Nurses Credentialing Center. (2019). Credentialing Definitions (Links to an external site.).
Stokowski, L., (2018, January 04). APRN prescribing law: A state-by-state summary. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/440315
