Female Health Nursing Practice

Female Health Nursing Practice

The purpose of this assignment is to gain insight into the roles and responsibilities of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. (WHNP). This assignment will help you to reflect and learn from the experiences of your colleagues. Hopefully, it will allow you to envision your future as a WHNP that fulfills your long-term professional nursing goals. This assignment meets these course objectives:

• Identify the legal and ethical scope of practice while incorporating current health policies and evidenced based practice for the Advanced Practice Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner
• Describe lifelong learning and mentoring for the nurse practitioner

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Conduct a brief interview with a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in OB/GYN to gain insight into the topics outlined below.

Here are some sample questions to ask:

1. Describe their role(s) as a Nurse Practitioner
2. How do they advocate for lifelong learning
3. Are they involved in nursing organizations
4. Do they hold leadership positions in the profession/community

Female Health Nursing Practice

Write a 5 page critique (not including cover page or reference page) of this meeting using APA format for any cited resources and create a document that covers all the below content:

• Introduction
• Comprehensive overview of the interview with the nurse practitioner
• Describe the role(s) that you observed: provider, advocate, consultant, educator, administrator, researcher
• Describe how you would see yourself in the role(s) observed
• Identify the NP role(s) that could be implemented in the setting that you observed
• Describe the organizations content for billing and how it relates to the practice of a NP
• Utilize Dr. Jean Watson’s theory of human caring science in how you would consult and counsel patients. Give an example of counseling or consultation that you may have observed the NP use in the clinical site
• Discuss how they handle ethical decision making as a NP
• Describe the observed NPs involvement in their profession/community. Do they hold leadership positions?
• Discuss how they advocate for lifelong learning
• Articulate a plan for your lifelong learning as a WHNP
• Develop a Personal Philosophy that you will use as a WHNP
• Conclusion

I met with a women’s health nurse practitioner who is a member of AANP.u This should be written based off the duties of an WHNP.