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Discussion1 week1

peer post

DISCUSSION 1

Worth 3 points

Dear students:
Please introduce yourself to the class and tell us what you would like to share about your family, your personal interests. Also, please tell us whatever else you would like to share with us at FNU!
Also, discuss a professional practice issue of the nurse practitioner as a prescriber. Also for part of this discussion it is required a reply to one classmate.
Support answers with two cited peer reviewed journals. Please see Rubric in Course Syllabus.

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Grading Rubric for Discussion Questions

The objective of this question is to prepare the student to analyze and discuss the application of the discussion as stated in the discussion board for each week.

Support answers with two cited peer reviewed journals. Students need to state they acknowledge having read the course syllabus in the initial post.

The first initial discussion is a personal post. The student will have to submit their required initial question response before they can see the answers of their other classmates. Once the student have submitted their first post, they can see the other students’ posts and they can reply to one required post. It is advised that the student writes their initial discussion board thread in a Microsoft Word, and then “cut and paste‟ it into the discussion text box within the Discussion Board to avoid any technical problems that might end up with the entire assignment disappearing.

The initial post MUST include the main concepts in this rubric. The discussion should have two references within past 5 years in APA 6th Format. May use one book as a reference source and a minimum of two references. The initial post should be posted no later than Tuesday of the discussion week with a minimum of 2 paragraphs. Late submission of the initial post will be deducted 5% of the grade for each day late.

In the reply post, the student will respond with a significantly important reflection to advance nursing practice related to the topic. If the student disagrees with the response of the classmate the response should be addressed in a respectful manner. The student should reply to the classmate on what or on what basis they disagree with their reply. The reply post should be a minimum of two paragraphs with cited reference in each paragraph.

The discussion questions reply post should be posted by the due date, as the question will not be available after the deadline. Support the statements addressed in this discussion with research evidence.

Proficient

Novice

Introduction and quality of discussion’s Argument

1 point
It is consistent with application in research related to its context. Clarity of ideas.

0.5 point
The topic has a partially weak association to clarity of ideas and research topic.

Objectivity of Tone, overall quality & Review of Literature in APA 6th format within past 7 years

1 point
Tone is consistent addressed professionally and objectively.
Evidence in literature supports arguments.

0.5 point
The tone is not consistently objective. Partially poor evidence in review of literature.

Quality of Reply posts

1 point
Consistent clarity and supported by research evidence.

0.5 point
Partially lack of clarity or lack of support with research evidence.

Discussion Week 1 – Introduction.

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        My name is Raul Rodriguez, I am a Cuban immigrant who came to the states when I was eleven (11) years old in 1995. I grew up in the midst of Miami and graduated from Felix Varela Senior High; to further my education, I completed my AS Degree here at FNU and have moved myself forward throughout the years. I am currently a STEMI nurse for Mount Sinai Medical Center where I’ve been for almost two years, but have almost 4 years of ICU experience working for the Bellevue Hospital in New York City. 

    I’d like to continue pursuing my goal of becoming an ARNP to take care of those that need us most. I would like to focus on Cardiology since that is the specialty I love the most and where most of my experience is in, feel that with my given background/knowledge I can provide the best practice care possible. 

As a nurse practitioner and provider various interrelated factors have contributed to changes in how nurses deliver care today. The unobtainability of adequate health care services in rural or even underserved areas, a reducing number of medical providers, and even economic circumstances have all led to the introduction of nurse practitioners (NP) as part of the solution to the issues that plague care delivery. The implementation of the NPs, by and large, ensures that there is improved access to treatment, provision of cost-effective care and outreach services, and that clinical expertise to other health professionals and mentorship is made possible. Most importantly, however, NPs have the authority to prescribe medications that are related to their scope of practice (Fong, Buckley, & Cashin, 2015).

As prescribers, NPs must gather information, make clinical decisions, communicate and evaluate before they initiate, continue, or cease the prescription of drugs. NPs in the United States are vital as they reduce physician workloads and address the needs of patients in remote areas. As part of their mandate, they have prescriptive privileges that have continually superseded the original arrangement that required they collaborate with other medical practitioners, and they are now able to independently prescribe medication that can also include controlled drugs in some 21 states (AANP, 2017). For NPs to obtain licensure, they must possess a master’s degree, a post-master’s certificate, or a doctoral degree in nursing from a recognized or endorsed program. Indeed, there is even a move that NPs be required to hold a doctorate as an entry level qualification. In general terms, however, the Board of Nursing for the state in which NPs practice is charged with licensing nurse practitioners, and as is the case in such circumstances, each state has its own regulations (Fong, Buckley, & Cashin, 2015). 

References

[AANP] American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2017). 2018 nurse practitioner state practice environment. State Nurse State Practice Acts and Administration Rules, 2017. Available from:

http://www.aanp.org/images/documents/state-leg-reg/stateregulatorymap

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Fong, J., Buckley, T., & Cashin, A. (2015). Nurse practitioner prescribing: An international perspective. Nursing: Research and Reviews, 2015(5), 99-108. doi: 10.2147/NRR.S56188

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