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    Assignment: Credentialing 1.Find and form a group with any other students in your practice state. There is a MySignUp entitled "Group Sign Up By State," and you need to place your name under your appropriate state by the end of WEEK 1. If there is not another student in your state, this will be an independent assignment. 2.Review the "Advanced Practice Credentialing" Power Point Presentation in Module 2 carefully as it will be very helpful in completing the credentialing assignment. 3.Complete

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    Abstract This paper will discuss and provide information about the role of a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) in a physician’s clinic within a rural area. Due to the increased demand for primary care providers, it is important to discuss the FNP role within the healthcare system. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 46,000 primary care physicians by the year 2025 (AAMC, 2015). The increased provider shortage and gaps within the rural areas provide a promising future

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    Essay on Magnet Status in Hospitals

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    Introduction: For hospitals to reach their peak in the healthcare world they must work to achieve a prestigious credential by the American Nurse's Credentialing Center ( Truth about nursing). In order to receive such a credential, hospitals must fulfill a set of criteria that will take a lot of work and reform within the hospital itself. To receive magnet status hospitals have to express the fourteen forces of magnetism along with the strict list of requirements (Flores, 2007). Magnet status along

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    Nursing Standards

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    quality of care that delivered to them. These standards embrace the caring, professional, and legal aspect of nursing. According to American Nurses Association (2010), “The standards of practice describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.” Whenever these standards are subject to refine, American Nurses association leaders address “who”, “what”, “where”, “when”, “why”, and “how” of nursing practice in standards of practice and

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    Appropriate Nurse Staffing: Not Just About Numbers Elisha A. Vivier Mercyhurst University Nursing 300: Professional Advancement Abstract The purpose of this article is to discuss appropriate nurse staffing and staffing ratios and its impact on patient care. Although the issue is just not about numbers as we discuss staffing we begin to see how complex the issue has become over the years. Many factors can affect appropriate nurse staffing ratios. As we investigate nurse staffing ratios

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    The Core Competencies of Direct & Non-direct Provider The purpose of this paper is to discuss, compare and contrast the core competence within focus on a direct provider role of adult nurse practitioner and non-direct provider role of nurse administrator. What is the Core Competency? The core competency is a unique characteristic which cannot be easily replicated by competitors. It is defined as the main strengths or strategic advantages of a business. Core competencies are the combination of knowledge

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    significant nursing shortage and high turnover at hospitals. Research by the American Academy of Nursing recognized forty-one hospitals that attracted nurses to work at their location because of their more collaborative and supportive work environments. These hospitals were more effective with filling nursing job vacancies compared with similar hospitals. The American Nurse’s Credentialing Center (ANCC), an organization of American Nurses Association developed a voluntary recognition program to formally credential

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    The American Nurses Credentialing Center has one of its initiatives as recognizing health care organization for good and quality patient care through the use of evidence base practice (EBP). The magnet recognition is the of the world’s most ultimate credential that a health care organization can uphold. Consumers and their families always seek magnet recognized hospitals for their health care needs. This program was created in 1990 by the American Nurses Association board of directors with its emphasis

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    nursing is about more than bedside skills and clinical techniques. Higher education can help nurses develop critical thinking and better communication skills, as well as openness to new ideas and new models of care – resulting in the highest possible standard of patient care (Preparing for magnet status: finding a BSN program, 2011). Interdisciplinary teams involve many different specialist (physician, nurses, dietitian, social worker, physical and occupational therapist) working together for the

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    Roles and Ways of Knowing

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    Advanced Roles & Ways of Knowing An Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is described as a registered nurse with a graduate level education in nursing from an accredited college or university. Over the years, the APN has become a vital part of the healthcare team providing affordable, advanced care both in and out of the hospital setting. An APN has extended his/her nursing skills by not only past and present experiences but also by research. It is crucial for an APN to be grounded in research and

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