• Determine your states practice environment color – green, yellow, or red.
• Discuss how your states is an independent practice or practice restricted state.
• Describe the prescriptive authority for your state.
• (For California Students) Review the CA Standardize Procedures requirement of NPs and discussion the meaning of Standardize Procedures (California BRN – Standardized Procedures Guideline) .
• (For States other than California Students) Identify one (1) barrier to practice and a strategy to address the removal of the identified barrier.

Review the American Association for Nurse Practitioners ‘State Practice Environment’ Map and determine your states color – green, yellow, or red.

Review a second time the Nurse Practice Act in your State for Advanced Practice to assist you in answering the questions in the discussion.

Expectations

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