Examining Nursing Specialties Discussion

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Examining Nursing Specialties

Choose among the following to review your specialization’s Scope and Standards of Practice or Competencies:

Nursing Informatics

E-book: Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice 

• American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author. 
• “The Scope of Nursing Informatics Practice: Functional Areas of Nursing Informatics” (pp. 18–39)

Nursing Education 

Website: Competencies for the Academic Nurse Educator 

• National League for Nursing. (2022). Nurse educator core competency. Retrieved from https://www.nln.org/education/nursing-education[1]… 

Note: The competencies for the Academic Nurse Educator do not encompass the competencies or scope and standards of practice for the Nursing Professional Developer. The set of competencies associated with that specific role within the Nurse Education specialization will be examined in future competencies throughout your specialization program of study

Nurse Executive 

Website: Nurse Executive Competencies 

• American Organization for Nursing Leadership. (2015). AONL Nurse Executive competencies. Retrieved from https://www.aonl.org/resources/nurse-leader-competencies

Public Health Nursing 

Website: Public Health Nurse Competencies 

• Quad Council Coalition. (2018). Community/Public Health Nursing [C/PHN] competencies. Retrieved from https://www.cphno.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Q…

E-book: Public Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 

American Nurses Association. (2013). Public health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author.

APRN 

Website: APRN Consensus Model 

• APRN Consensus Work Group & the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee. (2008). Consensus model for APRN regulation: Licensure, accreditation, certification & education. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4aa7d9/globalassets/certificatio n/aprn_consensus_model_report_7-7-08.pdf

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care and Primary Care NP Competencies 

Website: AGAC and ACPC NP Competencies 

• Adult-Gerontology NP Competencies Work Group. (2016). Adult-gerontology acute care and primary care NP competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/comp etencies/NP_Adult_Geri_competencies_4.pdf

Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies 

Website: Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies

• The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2012). Nurse Practitioner core competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmg… etencies/npcorecompetenciesfinal2012.pdf 

Nurse Practitioner Programs 

Website: Nurse Practitioner Programs

• National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education. (2016). Criteria for evaluation of Nurse Practitioner programs (5th ed.). https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmg… EvalCriteria2016Final.pdf

Population-Focused NP Competencies 

Website: Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies 

• Population-Focused Competencies Task Force. (2013). 

Population-focused Nurse Practitioner competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/Comp etencies/CompilationPopFocusComps2013.pdf

Examining Nursing Specialties 

Post an explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program. Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming a member.