Assignment 2: Week 1 Practicum Journal Entry: Certification Plan (Due in Week 4) (2)

To prepare for this Practicum Journal:

· Review the interactive nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice law guide in your Learning Resources.

· Review your state regulations and a neighboring state or state in which you would like to practice.

· Reflect on how to approach relocating licensure from one state to another.

· Review certification exam requirements for PMHNPs.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:

· Describe the PMHNP practice environment for your home state (MARYLAND), highlighting restrictions or limitations for practice.

· Compare the PMHNP practice environment in your home state with a neighboring state or a state in which you would like to practice.

· Describe a professional and/or clinical practice issue a new PMHNP will need to consider and address with the certification, licensure, credentialing, or relocation process.

· Develop a checklist for passing the national certification exam, including a detailed timeline that includes academic preparation (study plan), registration, financial preparation, etc.

· Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources less than five years In APA Format.

Based on the requested outline, you should first ALWAYS provide some type of introduction based on the presenting issue using research.  Ex: According to the American Psychiatric Association (2015), depression has increased by……

Introduction….tell briefly about depression

Students you should BOLD the headings!!!! The instructor should be able to immediately identify the pertinent information.

Now the RUBRIC…the guide to for a grade!!!  The rubric is graded as EXCELLENT, GOOD, FAIR, AND POOR.  You choose where you want to be

1.  Analytical thinking…..comes from research,  This should be covered with the introduction

2. Purpose Statement….The purpose of this assignment is to discuss a client with depression, treatment options, and appropriate interventions to properly care for Mr. J (This is simple) Can be included at the end of the introduction.

3. Key concepts….did you address what the assignment ask you to do

4. Are you using the required resources to back up the data

5. Is the paper flowing

6. Grammar…..GRADUATE STUDENTS…ESPECIALLY THOSE OF YOU WANTING TO OBTAIN A DOCTORATE try to avoid USING HE, SHE, THEY, US, I.  You can use the client, the daughter of the patient stated, the team, as a provider; etc.  The pronouns take away from the professional/scholarly writing within the paper....In my opinion.  See the examples above. However, it’s not against APA standards at this time…it’s now a preference for the avoidance of the pronoun use.