Nurse Practice Act Comparison PowerPoint
Budget: $10 – $30 USD
Nurse Practice Act Power Point Presentation Assignment and Grading Rubric
Power Point Format ExpectationsIt is important that students understand that the legal parameters of APRN practice vary tremendously across the United States. Each state has its own laws regarding the scope of practice for APRNs. This assignment is to compare the nurse practice acts (or whatever the name of the statute that controls APRN practice) −and the accompanying rules for administration for those acts−in two states: the one
where you live/work now and another state to be assigned by course faculty shortly after the semester has begun. You are to develop a detailed and scholarly PowerPoint presentation that adheres to APA format for any references, as well as the standard rules of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Bullet point format should be used for most slides; in other words, few slides should have full paragraphs. However, there should be enough detail in the entire presentation that anyone reading the slides would have the answers to the questions below—but copying lengthy sections of a statute should be avoided. Excellent summarizing and paraphrasing—rather than just copying and
pasting whole sections of a statute—is actually encouraged. Side-by-side comparison of information can be effective, assuming the slide is not too “busy.”Background Information about State RegulationsPlease note that you must actually read the practice acts and the accompanying rules of the states assigned. But the good news is that the language about APRN practice is usually located in a single, identifiable section of each act; therefore, you may focus on only the part of the acts specific to advanced practice nurses. I have noted elsewhere that you should not rely on the summaries done by Carolyn Buppert in our textbook simply because in any given year a state may change its act. The Nurse
Practitioner Journal article, annual legislative update: Advancements continue for APRN practice can be helpful, although again any statute might have been revised since that article was published. The article can be found on the course home page under articles, videos and power-points for weekly assignments.Finally, there is yet another resource for this assignment, which is provided by Barton Associates, which is a locum tenens staffing company. This site was discovered by one of our students who took NURS 610 previously. Below is the link for a very interesting color-coded diagram indicating the various
elements of practice acts for all of the states and Washington, D.C. This may not be up to date.
http://www.bartonassociates.com/nurse-practitioners/nurse-practitioner-scope-of-practice-laws/
The presentation must compare and contrast how each state addresses the following issues:
1. What is the exact title that is used to identify advanced practice nurses as a whole? Which specialties of APRNs that we have discussed in this course are included in whatever APRN title(s) each state uses? Are these titles “protected”? If not all specialties are specifically noted in the nurse practice act (NPA), in what other statute are these other specialties licensed and which state agency regulates their practice? (5 points)
2. How is licensure addressed; that is, must APRNs have separate RN and APRN licenses? (5 points)
3. What are the requirements for education and certification of each type of APRN? (10 points)
4. Compare and contrast how APRN oversight is addressed in each state: Is there physician oversight? If so, is it: Supervision (written or unwritten agreements) or collaboration (written or unwritten agreements)? Or is there independent/autonomous authority? If independent authority, are there specific requirements before an APRN is eligible for this autonomy? Are other limitations to this autonomy (e.g., must submit a formulary of medications that the APRN will prescribe, etc.)? (15 points)
Power Point Format ExpectationsIt is important that students understand that the legal parameters of APRN practice vary tremendously across the United States. Each state has its own laws regarding the scope of practice for APRNs. This assignment is to compare the nurse practice acts (or whatever the name of the statute that controls APRN practice) −and the accompanying rules for administration for those acts−in two states: the one
where you live/work now and another state to be assigned by course faculty shortly after the semester has begun. You are to develop a detailed and scholarly PowerPoint presentation that adheres to APA format for any references, as well as the standard rules of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. Bullet point format should be used for most slides; in other words, few slides should have full paragraphs. However, there should be enough detail in the entire presentation that anyone reading the slides would have the answers to the questions below—but copying lengthy sections of a statute should be avoided. Excellent summarizing and paraphrasing—rather than just copying and
pasting whole sections of a statute—is actually encouraged. Side-by-side comparison of information can be effective, assuming the slide is not too “busy.”Background Information about State RegulationsPlease note that you must actually read the practice acts and the accompanying rules of the states assigned. But the good news is that the language about APRN practice is usually located in a single, identifiable section of each act; therefore, you may focus on only the part of the acts specific to advanced practice nurses. I have noted elsewhere that you should not rely on the summaries done by Carolyn Buppert in our textbook simply because in any given year a state may change its act. The Nurse
Practitioner Journal article, annual legislative update: Advancements continue for APRN practice can be helpful, although again any statute might have been revised since that article was published. The article can be found on the course home page under articles, videos and power-points for weekly assignments.Finally, there is yet another resource for this assignment, which is provided by Barton Associates, which is a locum tenens staffing company. This site was discovered by one of our students who took NURS 610 previously. Below is the link for a very interesting color-coded diagram indicating the various
elements of practice acts for all of the states and Washington, D.C. This may not be up to date.
http://www.bartonassociates.com/nurse-practitioners/nurse-practitioner-scope-of-practice-laws/
The presentation must compare and contrast how each state addresses the following issues:
1. What is the exact title that is used to identify advanced practice nurses as a whole? Which specialties of APRNs that we have discussed in this course are included in whatever APRN title(s) each state uses? Are these titles “protected”? If not all specialties are specifically noted in the nurse practice act (NPA), in what other statute are these other specialties licensed and which state agency regulates their practice? (5 points)
2. How is licensure addressed; that is, must APRNs have separate RN and APRN licenses? (5 points)
3. What are the requirements for education and certification of each type of APRN? (10 points)
4. Compare and contrast how APRN oversight is addressed in each state: Is there physician oversight? If so, is it: Supervision (written or unwritten agreements) or collaboration (written or unwritten agreements)? Or is there independent/autonomous authority? If independent authority, are there specific requirements before an APRN is eligible for this autonomy? Are other limitations to this autonomy (e.g., must submit a formulary of medications that the APRN will prescribe, etc.)? (15 points)