For a person to become a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), they must have advanced academic qualifications. For instance, one must attain a bachelor’s degree first to be considered for a master’s degree program. Some tertiary nursing training institutions usually provide bridge programs, which can facilitate the process of attaining a master’s degree without necessarily having a bachelor’s degree program. FNPs can consider going for a terminal degree, which is the Doctor of Nursing Practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2019). Although the master’s degree allows nurses to practice as FNPs, the doctoral qualification equips them with the skills that enable them to provide high-quality, holistic, and patient-centered health services.

            The Coalition for Patients’ Rights determines the scope of practice of FNPs. American Nurses Association (n.d) indicates that this body was formed primarily to address the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) scope of practice. This scope of practice limited that of other licensed healthcare providers, including FNPs. Although this was a positive move aimed at improving the reputation of physicians, it contributed to restricting access to health services for healthcare consumers. ANA defines the scope of practice of NPs and outlines services that must be provided as per any given qualifications. Professional organizations consider the competencies of nurses before making their inputs in the scope of practice, but political organizations are concerned with access to healthcare services.

            Advanced Practice Nurses (APRNs) face significant restrictions when it comes to delivering patient care. For instance, APRNs must practice under the supervision of physicians (Florida Board of Nursing, 2020). They are also not allowed to prescribe medications without the permission of physicians. Furthermore, they must get two separate licenses. The prescriptive authority can be changed to facilitate independent practice among APRNs. This goal can be achieved by collecting evidence on the efficacy of the practice of APRNs, justifying it to the legislator, and then allowing the legislator to draft a bill to support it.

                                                                                            References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2019). DNP fact sheet. Retrieved from https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/DNP-Fact-Sheet

American Nurses Association. (n.d). Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN). Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/aprn/

Florida Board of Nursing. (2020). Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN). Retrieved from https://floridasnursing.gov/nursing-faqs/advanced-practice-registered-nurse-aprn/

 

“Professional Roles and Responsibilities”

Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are graduate-educated, nationally-certified and state licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who care for medically stable patients across the lifespan, from infants to geriatric patients.

Share your thoughts

1. What are the educational requirements to practice as a FNP?
2. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), what is the recommended terminal degree to prepare nurse practitioners.
3. Who determines the scope of practice for FNPs?
4. Who defines it? Who Credentials and what is the role of a Professional and Political Organization in defining the role?
5. Review the following website:

https://floridasnursing.gov/nursing-faqs/advanced-practice-registered-nurse-aprn/

Discuss at least 3 regulations impose in APRN in the state of Florida and would you like to change and what process will you use to do it?.

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(Wk # 5: February 2 to February 9 – Main post under Assignment by Wed, February 5 at 11:59 PM EST). 

Chapter 9 – Safe Medication Use. 

Chapter 10 – Nutrition.

Question(s): The gerontological nurse working in a long-term care facility is responsible to administer psychoactive medications for older adults for conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or psychosis. After reading your textbook, select one class of drug or 1 medication used for the treatment of the mentioned conditions and discuss important nursing considerations (at least three) when given this medication due to its side effects, drug interaction or food interaction. 

Guidelines: The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. 

Grading Criteria: Mention one class of drug or one medication used for the treatment of conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder or psychosis mentioned in the textbook (30%). Discuss important nursing considerations (at least 3) when given this medication due to its side effects, drug interaction or food interaction (70%). APA FORMAT. 

 

Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.

To Prepare:

• Review the steps of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and reflect on the scenario presented.
• Consider the benefits and challenges associated with involving a nurse leader on an implementation team for health information technology.

The Assignment: (2-3 pages)

In preparation of filling this role, develop a 2- to 3-page role description for a graduate-level nurse to guide his/her participation on the implementation team. The role description should be based on the SDLC stages and tasks and should clearly define how this individual will participate in and impact each of the following steps:

• Planning and requirements definition
• Analysis
• Design of the new system
• Implementation
• Post-implementation support

zero plagiarism

5 references not more than five years

 

1) **********minimum 4 full pages ( not words)**************************** (cover or reference page not included) 

2)¨**********APA norms 

3)********** It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign 

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Read well. Paper should be 1 page, and done differently 4 times (copy and paste is not accepted) you must answer the question four times on different pages in the same document (Word)

 

Go to the following website by clicking on the provided link, http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/ , and select a county and a state (this may be the county/state in which you reside, attend school, or plan to live and work):

1-Maryland

2- California 

3-New York 

4-Florida 

After reviewing the website and the health outcomes in the County Health Rankings for the area, answer the following questions:

1. Select one area in need of improvement and list the general statistics pertaining to the specific problem.
2. How does the creation of the community health center program help to address this public health problem and what can you as a nurse practitioner and/or nurse leader do to influence policy innovation to resolve the problem?