Full Description
Brimming with essential, step-by-step guidance, this user-friendly manual walks newly graduated NPs through a logical and systematic process for transitioning into practice. From attaining national certification to finding a job to seeing patients and billing for services, the resource helps readers to gain confidence and solid footing as they embark on their careers.
Filled with practical information and strategies difficult to find in professional literature, the resource delves into the intricate processes of licensure, credentialing, legal compliance, and professional development. In-depth chapters cover certification exams, interviewing and negotiating for a job, obtaining a nursing license, securing National Provider Identifier and DEA numbers, state and federal laws and regulations, continuing education, core nursing values, advocacy, professional obligations, and attending to one's own health and wellness. Chapters include references and links to federal and state web resources and digital features reinforce key information. Detailed checklists ensure that no steps are missed. Invaluable to graduating NPs, the book is also helpful to NP faculty seeking to assist students in a successful transition to practice.
Key Features:
Delivers a strategic roadmap to help NP graduates transition with confidence
Presents comprehensive and vital information that is difficult to access from other sources
Provides in depth knowledge on all topics relevant to beginning practitioners from certification exams to licensure to job seeking to state/national regulations and more
Includes references and links to federal and state web resources in each chapter
Filled with strategies and tips from experienced NP educators and clinicians
Contents
Contributors
Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Certification
Chapter 2. Interviewing and Negotiating for a Job
Chapter 3. Getting a License
Chapter 4. Obtaining a National Provider Identifier (NPI) Number
Chapter 5. Obtaining a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Number
Chapter 6. Understanding the Credentialing and Privileging Processes as Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) in Healthcare
Chapter 7. Malpractice Insurance
Chapter 8. APRN Scope of Practice: Know Your State Laws and Regulations
Chapter 9. Know Your Federal Laws and Regulations
Chapter 10. Keeping Track of Continuing Education
Chapter 11. Finding Your Professional Home
Chapter 12. Professional Advocacy
Chapter 13. Professional Obligations
Chapter 14. Staying Healthy and Well
Chapter 15. Conclusion
Appendix A: State Practice Links
Appendix B: Licensure Regulatory Boards/CEU
Appendix C: CEU Tracker
Appendix D: Professional Associations Link
Appendix E: Post-Graduation Checklist
Appendix F: Documents Checklist
