Instructions

Overview/Description of Final Paper: The final written assignment will synthesize what you have discovered about the different advanced practice roles and scope of practice found in the master of nursing curriculum: APRNs, nurse educator, nurse informaticist, and nurse administrator/executive. You will review all roles and then examine the specialty for which you were admitted, focusing on the scope of practice, core competencies, certification requirements, and legal aspects of practice for that specific role. You will also identify the practice environment and population you will be working with, as well as peers and colleagues. In addition, you will discuss your future leadership role and participation in professional organizations.

Your paper is to be based on current literature, standards of practice, core competencies, and certification bodies for your chosen role. The paper should be 8-10 pages excluding the title and reference pages, and APA format is required.

Criteria:  

• Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing:
  • Briefly define advance nursing practice and the roles in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and health information. Distinguish between ANP and the APN.
  • Describe the advance nursing practice role you aspire and briefly share the experiences and/or qualities you have that have influenced your decision. Include your personal philosophy.
• Selected Advanced Practice Role:
  • Identify the AP you interviewed and summarize the interview, which should/may include (if not in the interview, please address):
  • Examine regulatory and legal requirements for the state in which you plan to practice/work.
  • Describe the professional organizations available for membership based on your selected role.
  • Identify required competencies (domains), including certification requirements for your selected role.
  • Describe the organization and setting, population, and colleagues with whom you plan to work.
• Leadership Attributes of the Advanced Practice Role:
  • Determine your leadership style
  • Define Transformational Leadership and as it relates to your identified leadership attributes that you possess or need to develop
  • Apply the leadership style you will embrace in AP to one of the domains
• Health Policy and the Advanced Practice Role

Based on your program of study, review the literature and address the following:

• FNP/AGNP:Medicare reimbursement for NPs is 85%for the same health care that MDs receive at 100% reimbursement? Please address questions below and state your position on this mandate.
• FNP/AGNP:What states have NP Full Practice Authority and which states have limitations or restrictions? How does this apply to your state? Please address questions below and state your position on this regulation.
• Nurse Executive: What is value based care and how will it impact decisions made at the executive level relative to nursing and AP nursing? Please address and state your position on the regulation.
• Nurse Informaticists:What law(s) was enacted to regulate health information? Please address questions below and state your position on this regulation. 
• Nurse Educator:What agency regulates nursing education?  Explain in detail.

For the above category chosen, address the following:

• Describe the current policy or trends and determine if it needs to change; if opposed to change state why
• Provide the process required to make the change with key players and parties of interest; support opposition
• Explain how you could lead the effort to make or influence the change in policy or keep the policy the same and the impact in healthcare quality.
• Conclusion-Summarize your role paper by highlighting key points made in your paper.

Submission Details:

• Support your responses with examples.
• Cite any sources in APA format.
• Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Write a short article about the history and future trends of the nurse educator role. The article will run in a newsletter for nurses and nurse educators, and should be approximately 2 pages long.

In your article, be sure to do the following:

• Explain five key historical influences on nursing and nursing education today. Be sure to address why these influences are important and how they have had an impact.
• Analyze three trends you believe will impact nursing and nursing education in the future. Explain how those trends relate to what you understand about nursing history.
• Support your assertions with credible sources. You can use the Resources in this assessment and conduct additional research in the Capella library.

Additional Requirements

Your article should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of grammar and spelling errors that distract from the content.
• APA format: Use correct APA format for all citations and references (if used).
• Format: Submit your assessment as a Word document.
• Length: Approximately two double-spaced pages, not including the title page and references page.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point.

 Read the instructions for the final paper to determine the kinds of  articles you will need to use as references. Also read the Example  Research Proposal provided in the course materials to help you visualize  your final paper. Search the Ashford University Library’s databases and  the Research Methods research guide to find appropriate peer-reviewed  sources for your proposal. Read the selected articles and reread  relevant sections of the textbook and the full text of the study you  have been working with throughout the course. Using the Sample Annotated  Bibliography information and example from the Writing Center as a  guide, create an annotated bibliography of the sources you will use in  your final research proposal.

The references in the annotated bibliography must be listed in  alphabetical order, formatted in APA style, and published within the  past 10 years. All selected sources other than the textbook must be  available in full text in the Ashford University Library. After each  reference, insert two paragraphs. The first paragraph should summarize  the main points of the source, in your own words. Do not use any  quotations or verbatim wording from the source for this assignment. In  the second paragraph, explain how you will use the source to support  your research proposal.

For this assignment, a title page in APA format is required but it is  not necessary to include a separate reference page, because the paper  itself is the reference page with additional information inserted. If  you do include a separate page of references, be aware that it will not  be counted towards the required page count. Your paper must be a minimum  of four pages (excluding title page) and formatted according to APA  style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

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