If you were planning to open an independent practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, think about the financial and other resources that you would need to run your practice. How would you determine who could best assist you during your first year in private practice? Also, describe the specific resources you would need to […]
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Explore and research retail care clinics, including clinics in your geographic location, if they are available. Discuss the pros and cons of the existence of these clinics and the increasing expansion of the services provided by providers of these clinics. Lastly, discuss regulatory and/or reimbursement barriers for APRNs working in retail care clinics. Explore and
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Do you believe primary care must be the foundation to any viable health care system? Why or why not? Provide examples of where this is true (in other countries). Furthermore, why do you think the U.S. has struggled with this concept for so many years? Include reliable and recent references. Do you believe primary care
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Read and reflect on one of the references cited in Table 11-1 regarding leadership. Apply the content of the article to a leadership concern or dilemma that you are experiencing or have experienced at your place of employment. For example, has your facility implemented CPOE or an EMR? If so, how could you use Massoud
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Identify two reliable and credible electronic sources (i.e. websites) for relevant evidence-based practice guidelines on a topic of your choice. For example, you may be interested in the management of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, to name a few. Once you identify two sources, compare and contrast the differences in grading
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In your reading this week, the authors highlighted the importance of identifying various perspectives and worldviews in regards to the care and management of patients across the lifespan. For example, both the medical and nursing perspectives have something unique to contribute to health care and the achievement of positive patient outcomes. That said, examine components
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Talk to an APRN about their role transition experience and the role development phases that they have experienced. A tip for conducting your role transition interview with an APRN is to ask for descriptions of specific situations at different points in their practice. For example, ask for a situation when they first began practicing in
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Conduct a literature search and review on advanced practice nursing (or a specific APRN role) and locate articles or research that describes advanced practice nursing in other countries. What are the similarities and differences between conceptualizations of advanced practice nursing in other countries (i.e., Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Spain, China) compared with the United
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The efforts of national professional organizations (i.e. American Association of Nurse Practitioners), national certification (i.e. American Nurses Credentialing Center), and the move toward graduate education as a requirement for advanced practice have been critical to enhancing the credibility of advanced practice nursing. Examine and describe the barriers and challenges that have slowed the progress of
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As indicated in the Mason et al. (2016) textbook, “determinants of health are factors in the sociocultural and political environments that contribute to or detract from the health of individuals and communities” (p. 646). As a future certified nurse practitioner, you will have the opportunity to examine determinants of health in your particular community and
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