Module 1 Readings

 Module #1: AG-ACNP Role and Scope of Practice and the Essentials of AG-ACNP practice

Required Reading:

  1. NP vs CNP http://nurse.org/articles/cns-vs-cnp-which-career-path-is-right-for-you/ Links to an external site.
  2. Comparison CNS vs NP Download advancedpracticenursingrolescnsvsnp.pdf
  3. Comparison NP and PA http://nursejournal.org/nurse-practitioner/np-vs-physician-assistants/ Links to an external site.
  4. Comparison NP vs CRNA https://www.nursepractitionerschools.com/faq/np-vs-nurse-anesthetist Links to an external site.
  5. Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education (LACE),  Download Consensus_Model_for_APRN_Regulation_July_2008.pdf
  6. Now specialty certifications stem from this model. Before the Consensus model there were certifications without first having certification in one of the model's population foci. Emergency NPs now have a specialty certification Download AANPCB Press Release ENP Accreditation by NCCA.pdf They have had a long history of trying to reach this goal.  For a year or so they fell within the ACNP but then not ACNP but must do FNP certification since life span. Then they tried Emergency NP certification by way of a portfolio. Now they have a written exam and now have officially an accreditated certification.
  7. VA proposed Rule give full authority to VA employee NP, CNS, certified nurse midwives but not CRNA http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nurse-leaders/va-grants-aprns-full-practice-authority-almost# Links to an external site.
  8. Gaining Full Authority Download Update Full Authority JNP 2018.pdf
  9. Bell, L. (ed) (2012). Scope and Standards of Practice for Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Practice, (Advanced Practice Work Group). Pages 1-36.  Download acnp-scope-and-standards.pdf
  10. National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies. Washington, DC: NONPF; 2016 Download NP_Adult_Geri_competencies_4.pdf
  11. ACNP Practice: Results of a 5-year Longitudinal study Am J Crit Care May 2005 vol 14 no 3 pp 211-219 http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/14/3/211.full Links to an external site. Important to know some history of the field.
  12. NONPF Statement on Acute and Primary Care Certified Nurse Practitioner Practice (2012). http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/imported/acpcstatementfinaljune2012.pdf Links to an external site.
  13. NONPF Employer Letter  Download Employer letter- acpcstatementfinaljune2012.pdf http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/docs/acpcnpstatementfinal2013.pdf Links to an external site.
  14. KY BON Acute vs Primary care Download Acute or Primary care-1.pdf
  15. FTC Download Penn Fed Trace Commission support independent practice.docx
  16. AACN Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing, Download Consensus_Model_for_APRN_Regulation_July_2008-1.pdf
  17. The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice,  http://www.dnpnursingsolutions.com/dnp-nursing-program-overview/dnp-program-essentials/ Links to an external site.
  18. DNP fact sheet Download DNP-Factsheet-2017.pdf
  19. Leading DNP Professionals: Practice Competencies for organizational excellence and advancement Nurs Admin Q 2017:41(1), 29-38 Download Leading_DNP_Professionals__Practice_Competencies.6.pdf
  20. Kentucky Scope of Nursing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62WemS-5XIc Links to an external site.
  21. Using APRN Credentials Correctly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab0w-TZjJQ4 Links to an external site.
  22. National Certification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svis4ttSiEY&feature=youtu.be Links to an external site.
  23. Where is Kentucky’s practice environment relative to the rest of the USA: https://www.aanp.org/images/documents/state-leg-reg/stateregulatorymap.pdf Links to an external site.

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  1. NP Facts https://www.aanp.org/images/documents/about-nps/npfacts.pdf Links to an external site.
  2. http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2017/08/5-jobs-grow-30-percent Links to an external site.
  3. The American Nurses Credential Center offers the AG-ACNP exam.

Review Apply for Certification – Initial certification application http://www.nursecredentialing.org/AcuteCareNP Links to an external site.

Review Test Content http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Documents/Certification/TestContentOutlines/AcuteCareNPTCOMar2010.aspx Links to an external site.

  1. AACN also offers the AG-ACNP exam http://www.aacn.org/wd/certifications/docs/acnpc-ag-exam-handbook.pdf Links to an external site.

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Exam 1 Template 2018  

22 Scope, Standard, Competency

12 Kentucky law and regulations

5 Consensus Model

 3 Education

 4 Certification

 3 Legal

1 History