Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing

The paper is to be based on standards of practice, core competencies, and certification bodies for your chosen role.

Please make sure to cover all the criteria.

Criteria:  

• Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing:
  • Briefly define advance nursing practice and the roles in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and health information. Distinguish between ANP and the APN.
  • Describe Family Nurse Practitioner and briefly share the experiences and/or qualities you have that have influenced your decision. Include your personal philosophy.

• Selected Advanced Practice Role:
  • Identify the AP you interviewed (Attached) and summarize the interview, which should/may include (if not in the interview, please address):
  • Examine regulatory and legal requirements for the state of Florida, where I plan to practice/work.
  • Describe the professional organizations available for membership for the Family Nurse Practitioner.
  • Identify required competencies (domains), including certification requirements for the FNP
  • Describe the organization and setting, population, and colleagues with whom you plan to work.

• Leadership Attributes of the Advanced Practice Role:
  • Determine your leadership style- Democratic Style
  • Define Transformational Leadership and as it relates to your identified leadership attributes that you possess or need to develop
  • Apply the leadership style you will embrace in AP to one of the domains

• Health Policy and the Advanced Practice Role

Address the following:

• FNP/AGNP: Medicare reimbursement for NPs is 85%for the same health care that MDs receive at 100% reimbursement? Please address questions below and state your position on this mandate.

For the above, address the following:

• Describe the current policy or trends and determine if it needs to change; if opposed to change state why
• Provide the process required to make the change with key players and parties of interest; support opposition
• Explain how you could lead the effort to make or influence the change in policy or keep the policy the same and the impact in healthcare quality.

• Conclusion-Summarize your role paper by highlighting key points made in your paper.