Yearly Archives: 2022

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   Reply to at least two of your […]

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 NP, can begin to help clients […]

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 be practicing in multiple states, do the regulations in those states differ? If you are in a clinical […]

Measuring and assessing quality provides a foundation for identifying needs for improvement, developing effective interventions, and then monitoring progress toward desired results.   In the Sadeghi, Barzi, Mikhail, and Shabot text, the authors assert that an effort to improve quality “calls for setting outcome and performance targets (goals and expectations) beginning with the end in […]

Role-Specific Nurse Practitioner Competencies   Initial Post   In your initial post, you should locate your role-specific nurse practitioner (NP) competency in the Required Resources. You should review this before completing your initial post. Please note this is an introduction to the role-specific competencies and, at the end of your program, you will have an […]

In your initial post, using the NONPF core competency you chose in Week 2 Choice: Core Competencies, discuss ways you as a student have or can begin to exemplify this competency. These exemplars can be from clinical experiences over the past year, course work or assignments completed in other classes, and internal (employment) and external […]

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. […]

Numerous recent and past mass casualty events and disasters have taught us – often painfully – that children truly are a special needs population. From the size of their bodies, to the emotional dependence on others, children present challenges for planners and responders.   Weekly Objectives:   Discuss unique aspects of emergency preparedness in children. […]

If the product from an upstream process produced using E. coli is intracellularly aggregated, describe what type of technologies and equipment would you use to harvest and recover the product for purification? Provide operating parameters for the selected equipment and answer questions:   How is this parameter being controlled? i.e. what variables caused this parameter […]

Individual Professional Practice Document: Prescriptive Authority   Instructions   After passing your certification exam, the next step is to obtain your Nurse Practitioner license. Then you should apply for prescriptive authority in the state in which you plan to practice. In some states, this requires a collaborating/ supervising physician; in some states, there are restrictions […]