Career Goals – Strengths and Challenges Related to Nursing Practice Competencies

Career Goals – Strengths and Challenges Related to Nursing Practice Competencies

Nursing practice competencies significantly promote the quality-of-care nurse practitioners provide and enhance patient safety and satisfaction. According to the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (2012), the key advanced nursing practice competencies are classified into practice inquiry, scientific foundation, policy, quality, leadership, ethics, health delivery system, independent practice, and technology and information literacy competencies. These competencies ensure nurse practitioners deliver effective, safe patient care across multiple age groups. One of my strengths related to these competencies is technology and information technology literacy. For example, I am competent in using modern healthcare technologies such as electronic health records, health monitoring systems, and wearable devices. I also have healthcare delivery competencies due to my understanding of healthcare services that should be offered to maintain health and prevent health problems. However, I have a limited understanding of collaborative practice, limiting my scientific foundation and policy competencies. Buttaro et al. (2021) argue that collaborative practice includes empowering patients to collaborate in healthcare delivery and promoting coordinated care. Therefore, I need to develop policy competencies, including demonstrating an understanding of the link between practice and policy and how to offer evidence-based care to patients with different healthcare needs.

The nurse practitioner course will help me acquire the knowledge I need to offer quality care. For example, the course provides a foundation in scientific principles applied in nursing practice, including health assessment, pharmacology, and advanced pathophysiology, leading to improved quality of care. The course will also help me attain my career goal of becoming an adult care nurse practitioner who can offer nursing care to adults with diverse healthcare needs. The course will additionally equip me with knowledge of modern patient management, diagnosis, and assessment approaches, thus enabling me to attain my goal of improving patient outcomes in healthcare settings. According to Seidel et al. (2011), nurses can apply their knowledge in real-world settings under the supervision of experienced healthcare providers. Therefore, I can use the knowledge gathered in the nursing practitioners’ course to practice as an advanced practice nurse thus contributing to my career advancement into adult acute care.

 References

Buttaro, T. M., Polgar-Bailey, P., Sandberg-Cook, J., Dick, K., & Montgomery, J. B. (2021). Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice. Elsevier.

National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2012). Nurse practitioner core competencies. PNCB. https://www.pncb.org/sites/default/files/2017-02/NONPF_Core_Competencies

Seidel, H. M., Stewart, R. W., Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., & Solomon, B. S. (2011). Mosby’s guide to physical examination. Elsevier Health Sciences.

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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.

• 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.

Learning 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. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926845
  Note: To access this resource, click on the resource link and use your Medscape log in credentials to access the article. If you do not have Medscape log in credentials, register for a free account and create login credentials on the medscape.com site.
• Cora, V. L (2020). Coding and reimbursement update for NPs in ambulatory and long-term care settings. https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/493662
  Note: To access this resource, click on the resource link and use your Medscape log in credentials to access the article. If you do not have Medscape log in credentials, register for a free account and create login credentials on the Medscape.com site.
• Eramo, L. (2019). Level of care coding tips to boost revenue, mitigate risk. Medical Economics, 96(10), 17–20.
• Nicoletti, B. (2019). Coding changes for 2020: Don’t miss outLinks to an external site... https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/922212
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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. https://www.ncsbn.org/aprn-consensus.htm
• 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.
  • 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. Download Nurse practitioner core competencies.https://www.pncb.org/sites/default/files/2017-02/NONPF_Core_Competencies.pdf
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2010). Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies. Download Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies.https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/adult-geropccomps2010.pdf?hhSearchTerms=Adult-GeroPCComps2010+and+pdfLinks to an external site.
• National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. (2018). Family across the lifespan:  Download  Family across the lifespan: The viability of taking pediatric and adult-gerontology certification examinations to attain CNS population certification in family across the lifespan. http://www.nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Report-FINAL-4-3-18.pdf
• The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner FacultiesLinks to an external site.. (n.d.). https://www.nonpf.org/
• iHuman Patients. (2014b). i-Human Patients case player student manual Download i-Human Patients case player student manual. (PDF)

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: https://ih2.i-human.com/home/graduate_programsLinks to an external site.