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NP 600 - The Advanced Practice Nurse as Provider

This course is designed for students who anticipate delivering patient care in the advanced practice nurse practitioner role. Students will investigate issues that are pertinent to the nurse practitioner role to include: licensure, certification, scope of practice and prescriptive authority. Ethical and legislative issues affecting prescriptive authority for the nurse practitioner will be addressed including controlled substances. Statutory authority for prescription writing protocols are examined within the course.

Prerequisites & Notes
All MSN core courses.

Assignment Overview
  • Assignments: Varied throughout the term
  • Interactivity: Discussion Boards
  • Final Assessment: None


Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

  • Analyze the legal and ethical challenges of the advanced practice role and prescribing.
  • Analyze the intricacies of billing and coding.
  • Analyze legal challenges of collaboration in regards to advanced practice nurses.
  • Analyze the need for professional development in the search for employment.
  • Demonstrate appropriate and effective oral and written communication with patients, their families, and other health care professionals.
  • Analyze the role and responsibility of the advanced practice nurse as a healthcare provider in providing culturally humble care.
  • Understand the role and responsibility of the advanced practice nurse in prescribing and managing pharmacological therapy as a part of safe clinical practice.
  • Discuss state regulation as it applies to advanced practice nurses and prescriptive authority.
  • Analyze state licensure requirements and national certification as a part of safe clinical practice.
  • Recognize and address issues of substance abuse into safe clinical practice.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the components of a prescription as it relates to safe practice.


Credits: 3


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