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APN Professional Development Plan
Sheeba Memon
NR510 Leadership and Role of the APN
Chamberlain College of Nursing
July 2018
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APN Professional Development Plan
Advanced practice nurses (APN) are the forefront of the exciting changes happening in
healthcare. They are registered nurses who have continued their education with at least
a master’s, certifications, doctorate.
APN advances their education, they can discover
the different roles they can pursue. They can practice as nurse practitioners (NP),
certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA), certified nurse midwives (CNM), and
clinical nurse specialists (CNS). One of the requirements of practicing is to complete
their state's examination to receive their license to practice. Additionally, it is crucial for
each APRN to understand their state’s scope of practice as well as the American
Nursing Association’s scope and standards of practice.
An important self-analysis tool for an advanced practice registered nurse is a
professional development plan (PDP). PDP will be based on the information the APRN
gathers from researching their APRN role. It serves as an assessment of the APRN’s
journey into their new role, skillset and knowledge, and identification of future goals.
This paper seeks to describe the advanced practice scope of practice in Pennsylvania,
personal assessment, networking and marketing strategies, curriculum vitae, and
concluding statements.
APN Scope of Practice Pennsylvania
The scope of practice are the standards developed by American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP) that guide and specify activities allowed by their licensing and
certification. With the Advanced practice nurse’s scope of practice and guide, the
services they provide including qualifications process of care, environment,
collaborative responsibilities, documentation, patient advocacy, support, and research
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(AACN, 2016). The APN scope of practice varies from state to state and can be full,
reduced, or restricted practice.
Pennsylvania is a reduced practice state that is regulated by the Pennsylvania Board of
Nursing (AACN, 2016). The requirements to practice as an APN in Pennsylvania are
graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program, passing a national
certification examination in your specialty, active and unrestricted registered nurse
license, prescriptive authority, and proof of graduate coursework (AACN, 2016).
Additionally, the Board also recommends a level of professional liability coverage. The
application fee for certified registered nurse practitioner is $100 and $50 for prescriptive
authority. NPs must have a collaborative agreement in place with two licensed
physicians specifying the scope of practice allowed (AACN, 2016). It must also specify
the drug and therapeutic measures for prescribing as per the NP specialty. NPs in PA
are permitted to practice as primary care providers and may diagnose, develop and
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