Transition to Practice Topic: Why You Need to be Nationally Certified Discuss the significance of national certification. How does being certified affect your scope of practice? What is the purpose of being certified? Can you practice without being certified? Discuss the similarities and differences of a FNP...
NPI and DEA Numbers Discuss the significance as well as the process of obtaining both a National Provider Identification (NPI) Number and a DEA Number....
Health Care Reform: Is it Beneficial to NPs? Discuss and debate with your classmates your views on health care reform and how it will affect NPs. How will NPs be reimbursed under this plan? Include rationales for your assertions. Share any personal experience you may have...
Utilizing Evidence Practice Guidelines One of the ways that the NP can manage risk of being successfully sued for malpractice or negligence is by utilizing evidence practice guidelines. Explain how these guidelines affect the "standard of care" and discuss with your classmates how utilizing this guideline...
Professional Social Networking One of the best ways to keep informed about what is going on in your profession is social networking. Whether it is a blog or LinkedIn, there are numerous opportunities to make contact with your colleagues and keep informed of what opportunities are...
Strategies for Transitioning to the NP Role This week you will focus on identifying and sharing various strategies that can be used to assist you in your role transition from where you are to where you want to be as a NP. Please include at least...
Access to Primary Care for All? To what extent is primary care accessible to all populations in this country? Answer the following in your discussion: What are the main barriers to accessing primary care? What is being done to solve this problem? What else can be done? How are NPs making...
Nursing and Non-Nursing Theory The future of healthcare is focused upon improving patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. Through the application of research studies and theory, evidence based practice development will lead the profession of nursing into the future whereby knowledge and skills support...
Cultural Model Application Many different definitions exist for culturally related terms. Models such as the Campinha-Bacote model, Giger and Davidhizar model, Papadopoulos, Tilki, and Taylor model, Leininger’s Cultural Care Diversity and Universality theory and model, and the Purnell model identify the importance of understanding the patient’s...
Nursing Model Application Nursing models provide various perspectives for thinking critically and making nursing decisions. Choose a nursing model and identify the concepts, values, and beliefs as they apply to contemporary nursing practice....