Discussion 1
As a novice in a new role, you may be confronted with difficult scenarios. Imagine you have accepted your first job as a family nurse practitioner.
1. Which tools or strategies will you use to understand your legal scope of practice?
2. Explain what steps you will take to stay within your scope while providing quality care.
3. Visit Arizona Board of Nursing and pull one advisory opinion to support your answer (not all states have advisory opinions, Arizona is an exemplar).
Discussion 2
Imagine you are with a patient on your first day. The patient is unfamiliar with the family nurse practitioner role. Using the scope of practice for the state (Arizona) in which you plan to practice,
1. How would you explain and describe your role as a family nurse practitioner?
2. How would you put the patient’s concerns at ease, and instill trust, with your abilities to appropriately treat her?