Assignment 3: Week 9 Practicum Journal: State Practice Agreements (Due in Week 10)

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

To Prepare for this Practicum Journal:

• Review practice agreements in your state. (STATE OF MARYLAND)
• Identify at least two physician collaboration issues in your state.

Assignment:

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.

Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources less than five years In APA Format Including Introduction and Conclusion