Assignment: Three regulatory bodies that specify certification, license requirements for your specialty.

Assignment: Three regulatory bodies that specify certification, license requirements for your specialty.

NUR-513 Topic 2 DQ 1

Three regulatory bodies that specify certification Description:

Determine at least three regulatory bodies or industry regulations that specify certification, licensure, or scope of practice requirements for your specialty. Discuss how these organizations or regulations affect the educational requirements and experiences required for your specialty. In their response, advanced practice registered nurses must use the APRN consensus model.

Topic 2: Scope of Practice

Description

Objectives:

1. Identify regulatory bodies and industry regulations that specify certification and licensure requirements and scope of practice for advanced registered nurses.
2. Relate ethical guidelines to the scope of practice of the advanced registered nurse.

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Nursing Regulatory Bodies

Every country has nursing regulatory bodies that control the nursing profession. Nursing regulatory bodies are always formed to enhance healthcare practices through establishing standards and overseeing nurses’ individual practices. Through the regulatory and professional organizations, nursing professionals are able to promote professional developments, determine practice standards, and advance nursing practice to ensure quality treatment outcomes. Nursing regulatory bodies often support quality practice environments through the identification of different attributes of safe nursing practices. These bodies also ensure public safety by establishing entry-to-practice competencies and the required practice standards.

The three major nursing regulators in the field of health informatics include the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), the American Nurses Association (ANA), and the Alliance of Nursing Informatics. These regulatory bodies often engage in specifying certifications, licensure requirements, and the scope of practice for the nursing informatics specialty (Rutherford-Hemming et al., 2016). National Council of State Boards (NCSBN) protects public healthcare delivery by ensuring that licensed nurses provide safe and competent nursing services. The organization is always involved in the provision of certifications and licenses to only qualified nurses capable of delivering quality care to the patients.

American Nurses Association (ANA) is always involved in the regulatory activities in ensuring the delivery of quality care to the patients. For individuals with qualifications in nursing informatics, ANA often provides certifications that ensure quality healthcare practices (Camicia et al., 2018). Finally, the Alliance of Nursing Informatics advances nursing informatics education, leadership, policy, and research through the nursing informatics organization’s unified voice. The organization ensures that there are qualified, certified, and licensed nursing informaticists capable of managing current issues that involve the application of technology in the healthcare processes (Sensmeier, 2019).

References

Camicia, M., Chamberlain, B., Finnie, R. R., Nalle, M., Lindeke, L. L., Lorenz, L., … & McMenamin, P. (2018). The value of nursing care coordination: A white paper of the American Nurses Association. Nursing Outlook, 61(6), 490-501.  https://www.nursingoutlook.org/article/S0029-6554(13)00188-7/abstract

Rutherford-Hemming, T., Lioce, L., Jeffries, P. R., & Sittner, B. (2016). After the national council of state boards of nursing simulation study—Recommendations and next steps. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 12(1), 2-7.  https://S1876139915000900

Sensmeier, J. (2019). The Value and Impact of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 37(12), 612-614.  https://journals.lww.com/cinjournal/Citation/2019/12000/The_Value_and_Impact_of_the_Alliance_for_Nursing.2.asp

Re: Topic 2 DQ 1

According to Denisco and Barker (2016) “Health professions regulation provides for ongoing monitoring and maintenance of an acceptable standard of practice for the professions, with the goal of protecting the interests of public welfare and safety. Regulation is needed as a mechanism to protect the public because of the complexity of the healthcare system”. Regulatory bodies include the Board of Nursing (BON) for each state. There are sixty BON’s and they are all members of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Each states BON establishes licensing criteria, approved courses for nursing education, and licensure examination (Denisco & Barker, 2016). All nursing schools that are certified base their programs content on what is approved by the BON. When it comes to the nursing licensure exam, although each states BON sets the criteria for passing, it is the National League for Nursing (NLN) through its established State Board Test Pool Examination (SBPTE) that makes sure the licensing exam is standardized (Denisco & Barker, 2016).

National specialty nursing organizations play a role in the regulation of advanced practice registered nurses. They do so by developing practice standards and examinations. I am currently working toward a career in health care management. I am hopeful that I can complete my MBA and MSN in Leadership in Health Care Systems. A regulatory body that will be relevant to my chosen career field is the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL). Through their credentialing center, the AONL offers certifications for nurses depending on their level of management; the Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML) for managers, and Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) administrators (American Organization for Nursing Leadership, 2021).

Advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) was born out of the anticipated shortage of primary care providers following the birth of Medicare and Medicaid programs in the 1960s (Denisco & Barker, 2016). In an effort to make it easier for APRNs to practice across state lines, the NCSBN published the Consensus Model in 2008. “The Consensus Model provides guidance for states to adopt uniformity in the regulation of APRN roles, licensure, accreditation, certification and education (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc., 2021).

American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) (2021). AONL Credentialing Center Certification Programs. Retrieved from      https://www.aonl.org/initiatives/certification

Denisco, S.M. and Barker, A.M. (2016). Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession. Jones and Bartlett Learning.  https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/jones-and-bartlett/2016/advanced-practice-nursing_essential-knowledge-for-the-profession_3e.php

National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (2021). APRN Consensus Model: The Consensus Model for APRN Regulation, Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education. Retrieved from https://www.ncsbn.org/aprn-consensus.htm

RESPOND TO KELLY HERE (150 WORDS, 2 REFERENCES)

Hello Kelly,

I do agree with you that the regulation and licensure of the healthcare professionals is a crucial regulatory measure that is meant to standardize the nurse practice, promote quality care and improved safety of the patients. Each state in the US has a state mandated board of nursing which works as a regulatory authority. It is the one that governs the licensure, the accreditation, certification and educational courses for the nurses (The Nursing Licensure Compact and Its Disciplinary Provisions: What Nurses Should Know, n.d.). The current guideline by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends the nurse practitioner to offer primary care, acute care and emergency care for the patients (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017). It is imperative for state legislature to carefully check in the APRN restrictions and allow these special unit of nurses to work with some level of autonomy given that the number of physicians. This is meant to reduce the acute shortage of primary care providers

References

Salmond, S. W., & Echevarria, M. (2017). Healthcare Transformation and Changing Roles for Nursing. Orthopaedic Nursing, 36(1), 12–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/nor.0000000000000308

The Nursing Licensure Compact and Its Disciplinary Provisions: What Nurses Should Know. (n.d.). Ojin.nursingworld.org. https://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-24-2019/No2-May-2019/Articles-Previous-Topics/What-Nurses-Should-Know.html

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