Yearly Archives: 2022

Use this area to create a 2- to 3-minute video showing your face and using your voice to introduce yourself to the group. In the video, please make sure to complete the following items:   Your specialty track (Pediatric, Family, Psych/Mental Health, Women’s Health, Adult Geriatric-Primary, or Adult Geriatric-Acute) and why you chose this track. […]

After reviewing the 2012 QSEN Graduate Competencies (PDF), identify a quality/safety issue that you have seen in your practice or clinical setting.   Explain to your classmates the issue you have identified and the reasons why it is an issue. Include the potential negative outcomes that can arise if the issue is not resolved.   […]

Using the NP Association links in the Nurse Practitioner Interactive Map, identify your state NP association and the current political action initiatives they are currently working on. State professional organizations will have an advocacy team working on the state initiatives determined by the organization, so look for an advocacy tab, political action coalition (PAC) tab, […]

After completing this week’s reading and learning materials, identify four concerns or questions you have regarding the following:   Job search process   Interviewing   Negotiation   Identify one concern/ question for each of the three categories; the fourth concern can be a second item from any category.   Reply Posts   Reply to two […]

APRNs and Malpractice   Initial Post   Review Tables 29.1 and 29.2 in the Joel textbook (2022) and compare APRN adverse events and malpractice claims to MDs in your state of practice. Identify the differences, explain why you think there is a difference, and discuss how malpractice suits affect patient access.   Reply Posts   […]

Opioid Epidemic   Initial Post   In your initial post, please identify the current trends of opioid addiction in your state and region. Provide demographic data for incidence and occurrence and list what community resources are available to you.   Reply Posts   Reply to one of your classmates, identifying strategies that they, as an […]

Prescriptive Authority: State Regulations   Initial Post   To get started, review the Nurse Practitioner Interactive Map.   In your initial post, please identify the prescriptive authority regulations in the state where you are going to practice. Are there any restrictions, supervision, or collaboration required from a physician? If so, please explain. If you will […]

For this assignment, you are paired with a classmate and will conduct a mock interview video recording. Each of you plays the role of the interviewer and the interviewee, asking the Interview Questions (PDF) provided for this assignment. This interview should be recorded with your face visible and your voice heard and uploaded into Moodle […]

Cover Letter Development   Instructions   Create a professional cover letter that you would use in your employment search as a nurse practitioner. Please follow the helpful tips presented in the graduate career offices presentation when developing this letter. Professionalism is key; remember that you are selling yourself here in a very succinct way so […]

Curriculum Vitae (CV) Development   Instructions   Using the material provided in required readings and resources, develop a professional CV that you will use in your employment search as a nurse practitioner. Please follow the helpful tips provided by the career office, because future employers will be looking at your CV before they meet you. […]