“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 7 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

               Part 1: Minimum 1 page

              Part 2: minimum 1 page

              Part 3: minimum 1 page

              Part 4: minimum 1 page 

              Part 5: Minimum 1 page

              Part 6: minimum 1 page

              Part 7: minimum 1 page

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms, please use headers

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

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Part 1:

1. Explain the planning process of community health improvement. 

2. Choose one of the models / tools for community health planning discussed in your book and explain it. (Please, mention which model / tool you chose).  (See chapter 1 and 2).

Part 2:  

1. Mention at least three benefits of massage physical level and explain them

2. Mention at least 3 contraindications of massage and explain them

2. Have you ever had a massage? 

a. What type of massage? Please, tell about your experience. 

 Part 3:  

1. To best understand the concepts of ethics, define the following terms:

• Utilitarianism
• Egoism
• Relativism
• Absolutism

2.List two of the functions of a gerontological nurse regardless of practice setting.

 Part 4:  

1. Complete the following Quiz:

http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml

and check this page:

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/certop/vignettes.html

2.  How does your learning style compare to your teaching style? 

 Part 5:  

Using the hierarchical order of Bloom’s taxonomy for the cognitive domain, 

1. develop a learning objective related to a selected nursing course for each of the six categories of cognitive skills: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. 

Part 6:  

Research topic: Nursing professional care in the prevention of infections associated with health care in intensive care units.

Problem question: What is the nursing professional’s care in preventing infections associated with health care in an adult Intensive Care Unit, according to the scientific literature review?

Appropriate data collection is a critical component in obtaining useful data for your research. Using your proposed research topic and research questions, 

1. Explain your plan for data collection (See image data collection ). 

2. Discuss potential issues in your data collection plan and your plans to overcome these challenges. 

Part 7:  

Watch the interactive video on ethical research from the nurse’s perspective using the directions below. Conducting research with strong ethical principles is a critical component of being an effective nurse researcher. 

1. What did you learn from participating in the interactive lessons on ethical principles in research? 

2. Are ethics in research clear cut, or do you think there are some gray areas? Explain your answer. 

3. How will you ensure that your research is conducted in an ethical manner? What potential challenges might you face?

Part 7:  

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an important topic in healthcare organizations. 

1. How do you think you could apply EBP in your current nursing practice? Please provide 2 examples.

Week 5: Small Group Discussion

Research online and find a recent medical error that made the news. Answer the following questions.

1. What happened in the incident?
2. Who was involved?
3. What were the ramifications for the patient and/or staff?
4. Reflect on the incident and think about some causes and possible interventions that could have prevented the error.

iii. Uses relevant experience as examples 

iv. Applies new knowledge to demonstrate an understanding of content 

b. Clarity of writing (5 points/25%) 

ii. Response mus be well organized. 

iii. Information is easy to read and understand. 

c. Ability to convey an informed opinion (5 points/25%)

 i. Provides current, scholarly evidence to support statements.

 ii. Identifies personal biases, setting them aside based on facts. 

For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the APA Citation and Writing page in the online library.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

“Bipolar and Related Disorders”

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 23, “Emergency Psychiatric Medicine” (pp. 785–790)
Chapter 31, “Child Psychiatry” (pp. 1226–1253)

Stahl, S. M. (2014). Prescriber’s Guide: Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology (5th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Note: All Stahl resources can be accessed through the Walden Library using the link. This link will take you to a login page for the Walden Library. Once you log in to the library, the Stahl website will appear.

To access information on the following medications, click on The Prescriber’s Guide, 5th Ed. tab on the Stahl Online website and select the appropriate medication.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Compare treatment of adult psychiatric emergency clients to child or adolescent psychiatric emergency clients
• Analyze legal and ethical issues concerning treatment of child or adolescent psychiatric emergency clients

To Prepare:

• Review the Learning Resources concerning emergency psychiatric medicine.
• Consider a case where an adult client had a psychiatric emergency. If you have not had a personal experience with an adult client who had a psychiatric emergency, you can conduct an internet or library search to identify one. 

Post:

• Briefly describe the case you selected.

• Explain how you would treat the client differently if he or she were a child or adolescent.

• Explain any legal or ethical issues you would have to consider when working with a child or adolescent emergency case.

Provide a minimum of three academic references no more than five years old . 

Support your approach with evidence-based literature in APA Format and proper citation, including introduction and conclusion.