18 Oct What is the difference between a model, theory, framework, and philosophy?

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Nursing Knowledge It is important for nursing scholars and practitioners to apply the right types of theories to their practices in order to gain greater insight into understanding why human beings do what they do. The components of nursing knowledge, the metaparadigm, conceptual frameworks, models, and...

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18 Oct Nurses recognize there is more to nursing than skill performance. What nurses know – the knowledge base that underlies performance, formulates a holistic approach to health and well-being. What are the assumptions that color/shape your approach to care?

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Nurses recognize there is more to nursing than skill performance. What nurses know - the knowledge base that underlies performance, formulates a holistic approach to health and well-being. What are the assumptions that color/shape your approach to care?...

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18 Oct Discuss the significance of national certification. How does being certified affect your scope of practice?

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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 certification versus AGNP...

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18 Oct Differentiate the Major Regulatory Restrictions on NP Practice

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Differentiate the Major Regulatory Restrictions on NP Practice Purpose   NPs have scopes of practice that are regulated by state laws, boards of nursing, boards of medicine and reimbursement that may differ depending on your location. There are several sources of restrictions to NP practice such as state...

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18 Oct Professional Advocacy through Association Membership

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Professional Advocacy through Association Membership   Professional advocacy is about supporting the interests of one’s profession. Professional associations advocate for their members by uniting as a single voice and taking action to advance or remove barriers to the profession. Nurse practitioners (NPs) unite in member-created associations and...

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18 Oct Identify and provide the listing for a hypothetical professional job opportunity for which you would like to apply.

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Your First Job Identify and provide the listing for a hypothetical professional job opportunity for which you would like to apply. You may copy and paste the listing directly from an employment site such as Indeed, Simply Hired, or other types of job boards. Discuss in...

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18 Oct Preparing a Strategic Career Plan

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Preparing a Strategic Career Plan Graduation and certification are the beginning of your career as an NP. Whether you are looking for that dream job or you have decided to open your own practice as an independent NP, you need a plan to get there. Before...

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18 Oct A conceptual framework is “a set of relatively abstract and general concepts that address the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, the propositions that broadly describe those concepts, and the propositions that state relatively abstract and general relations between two or more of the concepts

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What is a conceptual framework? A conceptual framework is “a set of relatively abstract and general concepts that address the phenomena of central interest to a discipline, the propositions that broadly describe those concepts, and the propositions that state relatively abstract and general relations between two...

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18 Oct The purpose of this assignment is for you to put it all together now that you have explored conceptual frameworks, models, and theories that guide advanced practice nursing.

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The purpose of this assignment is for you to put it all together now that you have explored conceptual frameworks, models, and theories that guide advanced practice nursing. Directions   In this Assignment, you will create a presentation using any form of presentation software (e.g., PowerPoint®, Prezi™, Powtoons™,...

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18 Oct Where Did Theory Come From

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Where Did Theory Come From The purpose of this Assignment is to explore how a theorist explicates his or her philosophy and thoughts behind a theoretical field. As in other fields of study, nursing has a plethora of theorists and theories. These theorists have developed their...

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