Week 5 Project – Final Paper Outline (300 points)

1. Introduction
2. Distinguish between Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) and the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). (25 points)
3. Briefly define advance nursing practice and the roles in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and health information. (25 points)
4. Describe the advance nursing practice role you aspire and briefly share the experiences and/or qualities you have that have influenced your decision. (25 points)
5. Describe your personal nursing philosophy and the model that helped you describe it.(25 points)
6. Examine regulatory and legal requirements for the state in which you plan to practice/work. (20 points)
7. Identify the required competencies (domains) and certification requirements for your selected role. (20 points)
8. Describe what is required to obtain certification in your selected role. (20 points)
9. Define Transformational Leadership and as it relates to your identified leadership attributes that you possess or need to develop. (20 points)
10. Apply the leadership style you will embrace as an APN in primary care. (20 points)
11. Describe the current policy or trends related to your APN role in primary care and determine if policy or trend needs to change–if opposed to change state why. (20 points)
12. If determine above policies or trends requires change, proposes how APN can lead changes. (20 points)
13. Conclusion: Summarize your role paper by highlighting key points made in your paper. (25 points)
14. Paper was written in a clear, concise, and organized manner, demonstrating ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Proper APA format was used. (35 points)