{"coupon":"","discount":"","doc_name":"Core Competency ","doc_id":66391,"editorId":"144","email":"branden85@hotmail.com","message":"<p><strong>APN Core Competency Exploration Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) Core Competency Exploration Assignment <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Choose one of the following options below to explore how the core competencies listed in Fig 3-3 on page 77 of your textbook are utilized within APN. Use a minimum of two APN core competencies when writing your exploration paper.&nbsp; This assignment <strong><em>must<\/em><\/strong> follow APA 6<sup>th<\/sup> Edition format with the inclusion of a title page, running head, proper headings, citations, references, and grammar.&nbsp; Papers with more than 10 APA errors will be returned to the student and will not be graded.&nbsp; Grading will follow the grading rubric posted in Module 3.&nbsp; This paper <strong>should be submitted as an attachment in the Module 3 assignment function<\/strong> by the <strong><em>due date of 3\/10\/16 by midnight.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; No late papers will be accepted.&nbsp; Make sure to use references, in addition to your textbook, to support your APN core competency exploration.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Visit a professional organization (e.g. Texas Nurse Practitioners) or a certifying body website (e.g. American Association of Nurse Practitioners) that applies to your specialty area.&nbsp; Navigate the website and provide the following information listed below:&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<li>Attend a professional APN organization meeting that applies to your specialty area.&nbsp; After attending the meeting, provide the following information listed below:<\/li>\r\n<li>Interview \/ shadow an APRN within your specialty area (e.g. Family, Woman&rsquo;s Health, etc.).&nbsp; <strong><em>Observations that require any clinical \/ organizational paperwork, such as hospital paperwork, to be filled out will not be allowed.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; Provide the following information listed below:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<li>Based on the option you chose, provide the following information:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Option A: Provide your own definition of APN, as well as the definition offered within the website you visited.&nbsp; Provide your general thoughts about APN.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Option B: Specify the organization, date, and location of the meeting you attended.&nbsp; Summarize the activities and discussions of the meeting.&nbsp; Provide your general thoughts about APN.<\/p>\r\n<p>Option C: Specify the type of practice and the actual position of the APRN (e.g. private family practice, an FNP).&nbsp; Submit a summary of the interview or observation (remember to do this in APA format, do not just list your interview questions but summarize in paragraph format). &nbsp;Provide your general thoughts about APN practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n<li>Based on the option you chose, explore your two chosen APN core competencies utilized in either the website, meeting, or by the interviewed\/observed APRN.&nbsp;<ol>\r\n<li>Provide examples of how your two competencies are utilized within the website, meeting, or daily functions of the APRN.&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<li>Using your two competencies, now provide further expansion, through detailed examples, of their importance within APN. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ol><\/li>\r\n<li>Based on the option you chose, describe something new that you learned about the APN core competencies through either your navigation of the website, your interaction and observation at the meeting, or through your interaction and observation of the APRN.&nbsp; Was the new information helpful to you?&nbsp; Will this new information affect your pursuit of an APN degree?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<table width=\"709\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"103\">\r\n<p>Component<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"558\">\r\n<p>Details<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"48\">\r\n<p>Points<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"103\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>1. Based on the option of your choice, address all points requested in the assignment instructions.<\/p>\r\n<p>The length of the paper should be a minimum of three pages, not counting the title page and reference page(s), in order to provide adequate substantive analysis and detailed information on the topic. No late papers will be accepted.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"558\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Grading of narrative elements:<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Your general thoughts regarding APN and information requested from the rubric (definitions, meeting details, observation details) are provided with: [<strong>Total possible points &ndash; 15<\/strong>]:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Substantive detail (15 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Some substantive detail provided; however, expansion on the topic is needed (10 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Little substantive detail is provided requiring significant expansion (5 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>No description of general thoughts (0 points)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n<li>Pick two (2) of Hamric&rsquo;s APN core competencies. Identify them with specific examples from the website, meeting, or interview\/observation. Information provided with: [<strong>Total points possible &ndash; 30 (15 for each listed competency)<\/strong>]:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Substantive detail (15 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Some substantive detail provided; however, expansion on the topic is needed (10 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Little substantive detail is provided requiring significant expansion (5 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>No description of general thoughts (0 points)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n<li>Using your two competencies above, provide detailed expansion in regards to their importance to APN and how they are employed within APN. Information provided with: [<strong>Total possible points &ndash; 30 (15 for each listed competency)<\/strong>]:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Substantive detail (15 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Some substantive detail provided; however, expansion on the topic is needed (10 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Little substantive detail is provided requiring significant expansion (5 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>No description of general thoughts (0 points)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n<li>Description of any new information learned regarding the APN core competencies through the website review, meeting, or observation, whether the information was helpful, and whether it would affect your pursuit of an APN degree is provided with: [<strong>Total possible points &ndash; 15<\/strong>]. &nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Substantive detail (15 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Some substantive detail provided; however, expansion on the topic is needed (10 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>Little substantive detail is provided requiring significant expansion (5 points)<\/li>\r\n<li>No description of general thoughts (0 points)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"48\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\/15<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\/30<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\/30<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\/15<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\/90<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"103\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp; Adherence to APA guidelines and grammar<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"558\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Grading of APA formatting and grammar:<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 &ndash; 3 Errors &ndash; Subtract 1 &ndash; 3 pt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4 &ndash; 6 Errors &ndash; Subtract 4 &ndash; 6 pts<\/p>\r\n<p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7 &ndash; 9 Errors &ndash; Subtract 7 &ndash; 9 pts<\/p>\r\n<p>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>&ge; <\/strong>10 Errors &ndash; Subtract 10 pts<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"48\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\/10<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"103\">\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"558\">\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>TOTAL:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"48\">\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p><strong>NURS 5002 &ndash; APN Core Competency Exploration Assignment Grading Rubric<\/strong><\/p>","price_select":"1","temp_doc_name":"upload_56dcf4d056c2c5.64979207.docx","word_count":"1409","subtotal":38.04,"total_amt":38.04,"firstName":"branden","lastName":"blanton","lastfour":"4863","exp":"0719","address":"708 Bentley Court","city":"Tyler","zip":"75703","state":"tx","country":"United States","transactionReference":"8047689084"}