Assignment: Week 9 Practicum Journal: State Practice Agreements

 In many states, nurse practitioners are completely autonomous professionals. In other states, however, NPs have a wide range of “restrictive” practice ranging from requirements for a “supervising” physician to requirements for a “collaborative” agreement with a physician.

In this Practicum Journal Assignment, you will examine the requirements of your own( ILLINOIS) state in order to prepare yourself for the realities of practice upon graduation.

• Briefly describe the practice agreements for PMHNPs in your state(ILLINOIS)
• Explain the two physician collaboration issues that you identified.
• Explain what you think are the barriers to PMHNPs practicing independently in your state(ILLINOIS)
• Outline a plan for how you might address PMHNP practice issues in your state.(ILLINOIS)

Rubric:

 Quality of Work Submitted:
The extent of which work meets the assigned criteria and work reflects graduate level critical and analytic thinking.--

Quality of Work Submitted:
The purpose of the paper is clear.--

Written Expression and Formatting

Paragraph and Sentence Structure: Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are clearly structured and carefully focused--neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance.--