COURSE  

NR506NP Healthcare Policy and Leadership

Preparing the Discussion

Using the readings from this week as well as reliable outside resources to:

1. Identify and describe practice barriers for all four APNs’ roles in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. The four roles include the nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist.
2. Identify forms of competition on the state and national level that interfere with APNs’ ability to practice independently.
3. Identify the specific lawmakers by name at the state level (i.e., key members of the state’s legislative branch and executive branch of government)
4. Discuss interest groups that exist at the state and national levels that influence APN policy.
5. Discuss methods used to influence change in policy in forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government, and interest groups.
6. A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week

ANSWER  

There are several practice barriers for all four roles of the advanced practice nurse, which exist at the state and national levels. The four roles of an APN include nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist. All these roles have the same specifications when it comes to state practice in the state of Florida the ability to practice without supervision the NP must have at least 3,000 hours of supervision by a physician in the last five years this may include clinical hours during the master’s program (The Florida Legislator, 2022)

Nursing midwives have a few barriers that must be considered, and it is important to learn the national and state regulations. As nurse midwives, they have restrictions related to policies and insurance restrictions (Hastings‐Tolsm et al., 2018). …….please click the icon below to purchase full answer at $10