Identify strength and weaknesses in practice.
As an entry-level new Family Nurse Practitioner, it is a valuable activity to perform and evaluate a self-assessment with the goal of recognizing both strengths and weaknesses. Upon completion of the Risk Control Self-Assessment Checklist for Nurse Practitioners, strength and weaknesses in practice became more clearly identified (CNA, & Nurses Service Organization, 2012). Limits to the self-risk assessments tool include that completion was by a student Family Nurse Practitioner, not a licensed practicing practitioner, who may not be actively working within the organization that she will be working with once she is licensed.
Three Identified Strengths.
Knowledge of the nurse practice act in the state where you hold a license is a fundamental strength; one of the laws and rules regarding a nurse practitioner is the cope of practice (Buppert, 2018). In Illinois, the Nurse Practitioner are called an Advanced Practice Nurse, in Wisconsin, they are known as a Nurse Practitioner (Buppert, 2018). The scope of practice differs slightly from state to state just like the names that the profession (Buppert, 2018).
Strict compliance with the individual states nurse practice act is identified as a strength because it is necessary to follow both state and federal regulations in practice (Buppert, 2018).
The author if this paper has held Registered Nurse licenses in several states: Nevada, California, Illinois, and Wisconsin, and is well aware of the diverse languages affecting the nurse practice act in each area.
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