NP 600 - The Advanced Practice Nurse as Provider

1. Analyze the legal and ethical challenges of the advanced practice role and prescribing. (AACN I, IX);
2. Analyze the intricacies of billing and coding. (AACN IX);
3. Analyze legal challenges of collaboration in regards to advanced practice nurses. (AACN II, IX);
4. Analyze the need for professional development in the search for employment (AACN IX);
5. Demonstrate appropriate and effective oral and written communication with  patients,  their families, and other health care professionals. (AACN VII);
6. Analyze the role and responsibility of the advanced practice nurse as a healthcare provider in providing culturally humble care. (AACN VIII);
7. Understand the role and responsibility of the advanced practice nurse in prescribing and managing pharmacological therapy as a part of safe clinical practice. (AACN IV);
8. Discuss state regulation as it applies to advanced practice nurses and prescriptive authority. (AACN VI, IX);
9. Analyze state licensure requirements and national certification as a part of safe clinical practice. (AACN III, VI);
10. Recognize and address issues of substance abuse into safe clinical practice. (AACN III, IX);
11. Demonstrate understanding of the components of a prescription as it relates to safe practice. (AACN III V, IX)