NURS6670 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role II

Week 9 Assignment 2

Practicum
Journal: State Practice Agreements

In many
states, nurse practitioners are completely autonomous professionals. In other states,
however, NPs have a wide range of “restrictive” practice ranging from
requirements for a “supervising” physician to requirements for a
“collaborative” agreement with a physician.

In this
Practicum Journal Assignment, you will examine the requirements of your own
state in order to prepare yourself for the realities of practice upon
graduation.

Learning
Objectives

Students
will:

• Analyze state PMHNP practice
agreements

• Analyze physician collaboration
issues

• Analyze barriers to PMHNP
independent practice

• Create plans for addressing state
PMHNP practice issues

**Assigned
in Week 9 and submitted in Week 10

To Prepare
for this Practicum Journal:

• Review practice agreements in your
state.

• Identify at least two physician
collaboration issues in your state.

For this
Practicum Journal:

• Briefly describe the practice
agreements for PMHNPs in your state.

• Explain the two physician
collaboration issues that you identified.

• Explain what you think are the
barriers to PMHNPs practicing independently in your state.

• Outline a plan for how you might
address PMHNP practice issues in your state.

By Day 7 of
Week 10

Submit your
Practicum Journal.