Career Goals: Strengths and Challenges Related to Nursing Practice Competencies
An advanced practice nurse collaborates and communicates with patients, families, doctors, nurses, and specialists to ensure patients receive the care they need. As they diagnose, treat, manage, and educate patients, they are responsible for ensuring patient safety and maintaining ethical behavior. Competencies have been developed to help the advanced practice nurse to understand the practice knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to be successful.
For this Discussion, you will examine advanced nursing practice competencies and reflect on your strengths and challenges related to the competencies. In light of your reflection, you will consider how this course may help you attain your career goals or objectives.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2021).
Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice (6th ed.). Elsevier.
· Part 1, “Introduction” (pp. 1–60)
· Chapter 1, “Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Where We Are Today”
· Chapter 2, “Translating Research into Clinical Practice”
· Chapter 3, “Empowering Patients as Collaborative partners: A New Model for Primary Care”
· Chapter 4, “Coordinated Chronic Care”
· Chapter 5, “An Introduction to Health Care Disparities and Culturally Responsive Primary Care”
· Chapter 6, “Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy”
· Chapter 7, “Genetic Considerations in Primary Care”
· Chapter 8, “Risk Management”
· Buppert, C. (2020).
How to bill for nurse practitioner services: The basics
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· Cora, V. L (2020).
Coding and reimbursement update for NPs in ambulatory and long-term care settings
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· Eramo, L. (2019).
Level of care coding tips to boost revenue, mitigate risk
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96(10), 17–20.
· Nicoletti, B. (2019).
Coding changes for 2020: Don’t miss outLinks to an external site.
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· National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (n.d.).
APRN Consensus Model: The Consensus Model for APRN regulation, licensure, accreditation, certification and education
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· Seidel, H. M., Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. (2011).
Mosby’s guide to physical examination (7th ed.). Mosby.
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Chapter 26, “Recording Information” (pp. 792–813)
Download Chapter 26, “Recording Information” (pp. 792–813)
Credit Line: Mosby’s Guide to Physical Examination, 7th Edition by Seidel, H. M., Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. Copyright 2011 by Elsevier. Reprinted by permission of Elsevier via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies
· The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2012).
Nurse practitioner core competencies
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Download Nurse practitioner core competencies.
· American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2010).
Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies
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Download Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies.
to an external site.
· National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. (2018).
Family across the lifespan:
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The viability of taking pediatric and adult-gerontology certification examinations to attain CNS population certification in family across the lifespan.
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The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner FacultiesLinks to an external site.
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· iHuman Patients. (2014b).
i-Human Patients case player student manual
Download i-Human Patients case player student manual
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Throughout this course, you will be required to complete case study assignments with i-Human Patients. This manual provides guidance on accessing and using these simulations. It is
highly recommended that you explore the manual’s various training resources in preparation for the upcoming Assignments. You many also access the online training resources at this link:
To prepare:
· Review the Learning Resources for this week, specifically the advanced nursing practice competencies. As you review the competencies, reflect on your own strengths and challenges when working with adults across the lifespan.
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By Day 3
Post a summary of your expectations of this course. Also, include a brief explanation of your strengths and challenges as they relate to nursing practice competencies when working with adults. Describe any career goals or objectives this course may help you accomplish in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) role and explain why. Use your research to support your explanations by providing credible and scholarly sources. Provide at least 3 credible and current scholarly sources.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ responses.
By Day 6
Respond to
at least two of your colleagues on
two different days by offering a suggestion or resources to help your colleagues in addressing their personal strengths or challenges, or their career goals. Use your research to support your suggestions.
