As NP we need to advocate for ourselves in everyday life as well as the political arena because politics is where our profession will achieve the most success. With supportive policy backing up our practice our future is limitless.

How to have a successful orientation to optimize transition into the inpatient setting. Focus is on Trauma NP in this article.

The orientation described in this article is something that sounds appealing to me as a new grad. It exposes practitioners to didactic and simulated experiences, focused peer support, formalized resources, and includes a preceptor.

This is a lengthy piece but has some great perspectives regarding policy for APRN's. Speaks about restrictive physician supervision and scope of practice.

This is a link to the American Nurses Credentialing Center on renewing your nursing certification

Prescriptive authority. Gives a list of all states.

This article explains the ten characteristics that make interdisciplinary teamwork effective and high functioning

This article discusses how the interdisciplinary team improves the care experience, specifically in the dying critically ill patient

These are the Adult Gero Acute Care NP competencies that were developed by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) in 2012. Interesting that these were only developed 3 years ago!

This article discusses how overall outcomes are better for patients when ACNP are members of a unit or service-based provider team. It also touches on how to hire ACNP for different patient populations.

This article describes feeling like a fraud once in a new role as an advanced practice nurse. It also speaks to how this is a normal feeling and suggests different ways to cope with these feelings to make the transition easier.

This article describes feeling like a fraud once in a new role as an advanced practice nurse. It also speaks to how this is a normal feeling and suggests different ways to cope with these feelings to make the transition easier.