This week you will have an opportunity to evaluate state practice agreements in your state and examine issues related to NP practice.

To prepare:

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

To Complete:

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Post 1-2 pages on:

A brief description of the practice agreements for NPs in your state and the two physician collaboration issues that you identified.

Explain what you think are the barriers to NPs practicing independently in your state (Mississippi).

Finally, outline a plan for how you might address NP practice issues in your state.

References

Buppert, C. (2015). The Employed Nurse Practitioner. In Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide (5th ed.). (323-336). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.

Hamric, A. B., Hanson, C. M., Tracy, M. F., & O’Grady, E. T. (2014). Leadership. In Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach (5th ed.) (266-294). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.

Thomas, A.C., Crabtree, M.K., Delaney, K.R., Dumas, M.A., Kleinpell, R., Logsdon, C.,…Nativio, D.G. (2012). Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies. Retrieved from http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf

You may use other scholarly resources and websites as you see fit.