“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. See rubric

Please answer each question by separated.

Posting should be a minimum of one short paragraph and a maximum of two paragraphs.  Word totals for each post should be in the 300 words range.  Whether you agree or disagree explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience.  Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate. APA 6th edition format for references as well as in-text citations is expected.

 

1) **********minimum 3 full pages ( not words)**************************** (cover or reference page not included)

2)¨**********APA norms  (All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs)

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

4)  Minimum 4 references not older than 5 years  (Only scholarly papers and research or pages from official sources such as CDC, WHO, etc. are accepted)

5) Each answer must be identified according to the question number. Check the list of questions. 

Your answer should start objectively answering the question

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Directions

1) Review the clinician provider guidelines and recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force A and B Recommendations. 

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/uspstf-a-and-b-recommendations/

2) Consider you are working in a clinic and need to order a preventive screening on a patient for one of the conditions listed below. (While this is a preventative measure, it also can be a diagnostic tool in other circumstances. 

3) For this Assignment the screening is a secondary prevention measure.

4) Your screening methodology must come from the United States Preventive Services Task Force guidelines.

5) You will demonstrate understanding and correct interpretations of preventive screening guidelines.

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Topic: Colon Cancer

Scheme

1 )Find the Final Recommendation Summary for the screening you are evaluating. 

2) Explain the guideline, the correct application of the screening, and the epidemiology behind the guidance. 

3) Content  should include epidemiologic data such as statistical information as available ex. morbidity, mortality, incidence and prevalence of condition. 

4)Identify the methodology and measures for screening. 

5)Include the risk factors, risk assessment, testing interval, description of the patient population,screening test recommendations and other factors relative to the guideline. 

6) Discuss the guideline’s support in a critical analysis, based on the outcomes of studies used in the screening guidance publication. 

7) What key factors are supported by evidence, such as age, methods, measures and intervals? 

8) Consider using the rubric sections as level one headings within the paper.

 

Management of Influence, Power, Conflict, and Decision Making

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As the nurse executive at SLMC, you are trying to increase communication and empower decision making among your team members. In the past, it has been difficult for some of the various shift workers to attend scheduled, mandatory meetings that involve Magnet™ designation preparation. Share your specific strategies (examples) for enhancing communication and empowering all members of your team.

Hi, i need one page paper in APA format and reference , this is the instruction:

Please in the one page paper exactly answer these questions:

In this discussion, you will discuss your scientific and creative process in searching for the best available evidence.

1- What is your primary prevention topic that you teaching? 

2-Which key words did you use for your search? 

3-Which data base did you use? 

4-Did you use Boolean operators?
5-What was your highest level of evidence found? Provide Reference
6-Did you use the help of the research librarian? How will you incorporate your evidence in your health promotion project?

Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal.

Include the following:

1. Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs.
2. Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.
3. Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the course materials or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.
4. Discuss steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.
5. Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement.
6. Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.