The home and community are increasing in importance as the recommended point of care delivery.  Identify a recent news article that supports this assertion. Summarize the article and discuss how this information will influence and support the patient and family in achieving the best possible outcomes while remaining in the community. Provide a link to the article you have chosen for this discussion post.

Your initial posting should be 250 to 350 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook.

 Purpose 

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to explore the roles and competencies of the advanced practice nurse (APN). 

Activity Learning Outcomes 

Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to: 

1. Examine roles and competencies of advanced practice nurses essential to performing as leaders and advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care. (CO1) 
2. Explore the process of scholarship engagement to improve health and healthcare outcomes in various settings.

Requirements: 

1. The  Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice paper is worth 150 points and will be graded on the quality of the content, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric. 
2. Submit the paper as a Microsoft Word Document, which is the required format at Chamberlain University. You are encouraged to use the APA Academic Writer and Grammarly tools when creating your assignment. 
3. Follow the directions below and the grading criteria located in the rubric closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum or emailed to your faculty. 
4. The length of the paper should be 3-6 pages, excluding title page and reference page(s). 
5. Support ideas with a minimum of 2 scholarly resources. Scholarly resources do not include your textbook. You may need to use more than 2 scholarly resources to fully support your ideas. 
6. You may use first person voice when describing your rationale for choosing the CNP role and your plans for clinical practice.  
7. Current APA format is required with both a title page and reference page(s). Use the following as Level 1 headings to denote the sections of your paper (Level 1 headings use upper- and lower-case letters and are bold and centered): 
   • Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing (This is the paper introduction. In APA format, a restatement of the paper title, centered and not bold serves as the heading of the introduction section) 
   • Four APN Roles 
   • Rationale for Choosing CNP Role 
   • Plans for Clinical Practice 
   • Role Transition 
   • Conclusion 

Directions: 

1. Introduction: Provide an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should include general statements on advanced practice nursing roles, general statements on the role transition from RN to APN, and identification of the purpose of the paper. 
2. Four APN Roles: Describe the role, educational preparation, and work environment for the four APN roles (CNP, CNS, CRNA & CNM). Provide support from at least one scholarly source. 
3. Rationale for Choosing CNP Role: Describe your rationale for choosing the CNP advanced practice role versus one of the other roles. 
4. Plans for Clinical Practice: Discuss your plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explain how your understanding of NP practice has changed after researching the four ANP roles. 
5. Role Transition: Discuss your transition from the RN role to the NP role. Describe two factors that may impact your transition. Discuss two strategies you will use to support a successful transition from the RN to your NP role. Provide reference support from at least one scholarly source. The textbook is not a scholarly source. 
6. Conclusion: Provide a conclusion, including a brief summary of what you discussed in the paper. 

INtroduction-  

Provides an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should include:  

1. general statements on advanced practice nursing roles 
2. general statements on the role transition from RN to APN 
3. identification of the purpose of the paper. 

Four APN roles-  

Describes the role, educational preparation, and work environment for the four APN roles  

1. CNP 
2. CNS 
3. CRNA 
4. CNM 

Provides support from at least one scholarly source. 

Rationale for choosing CNP role-  Describes the student’s rationale for choosing the CNP advanced practice role versus one of the other roles.  

Plans for clinical practice-  Discusses the student’s plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explains how student’s understanding of NP practice has changed after researching ANP roles. 

Role transition- 

Discusses the student’s transition from the RN role to the NP role.  

1. Describes two factors that may impact the transition.  
2. Discusses two strategies student will use to support a successful transition from the RN to your NP role.  Provides reference support from at least one scholarly source. The textbook is not a scholarly source. 

Conclusion-  Provides a conclusion, including a brief summary of what was discussed in the paper. 

Discuss two areas of difficulty you encountered or two new nursing interventions you learned this week at your clinical site. You may also choose to share one of each. Please remember to respond to two of your peers.

Discuss characteristic findings of immune dysfunction for either hypersensitivity reactions or AIDS. Explain what symptomology the patient would exhibit and how these symptoms may complicate daily living and relationships.

 Please reply to this student post 3 small paragraphs. APA. less than 20 % similarity. 

Week Discussion

An open question is a question which can just be responded to with an individual statement or thought in someone’s very own words. Compared with a closed question, it can’t be clarified in a word, both by yes/no, or even by many choice (Lee, & Lutz, 2016). People are encouraged by open-ended questions to integrate their very own perspectives and information more.

For much stronger connections, much better suggestions and much more business, specialists suggest a chat application foremost and first in the demonstration or maybe finding phase: open issues. Profile writers added them all of the time period to provoke anecdotes and thoughts from the subjects of theirs. Sensible entrepreneurs additionally work with them to optimize the genuine engagement of theirs with fresh and existing company clients (Lee, & Lutz, 2016). Nevertheless, there’s the technique as well as abilities required to question open part and questions… of that’s realizing as well as get advantage of the various other just as great advantages of asking shut inquiries.

Individuals who would like to maintain an exchange of info and also the flow of thoughts moves with who they’re finding will often remain with open issues. Respondents are encouraged by these questions to enjoy the “why” of theirs and also provide context around the decisions of theirs. They shed light on the reason behind opinions and decisions (Lee, & Lutz, 2016). In interview, the writer/producer is helped by them to find out as well as understand a subject… and after that pass which perspective onto the people.

Reference

Lee, W. C., & Lutz, B. D. (2016). An anchored open-ended survey approach in multiple case study analysis. In ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. New Orleans: Louisiana.