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Author:   Nadine Aktan, PhD, APN-BC
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780826130426

ISBN 10:   0826130429
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   09 March 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Contents Foreword Kathleen A. Connolly, MEd, RN, APRN-BC Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Making the Decision 1. Why Become a Nurse Practitioner? 2. How to Begin Part II: Selecting an Educational Program 3. Types of Programs 4. Scholarships, Resources, and More Part III: Finding the Right Clinical Preceptor 5. Important Things to Consider 6. Balancing It All Part IV: Searching for a Mentor 7. What to Look For 8. You as a Mentor Part V: Attaining Your Certification and Licensure 9. Who? What? Where? 10. Passing 11. What Comes Next? Part VI: Surviving and Thriving: Your First Year in Practice 12. First Job 13. Role Transition 14. Friends and Enemies Part VII: Administrative Issues 15. Bureaucracy 16. Discrimination 17. Institutional Violence Part VIII: Understanding Legal Issues 18. Contracts 19. Malpractice 20. Avoiding Lawsuits 21. Dos and the Don’ts: Electronic Health Records Part IX: Collaboration 22. The Collaborative Agreement 23. Selecting a Collaborating Physician 24. Collaborative Practice: Harmonious or Burdensome? Part X: You’re in Charge 25. Prescriptive Authority 26. Diagnostics 27. Referrals 28. Marketing the Role to Nurses, Employers, and the Public Part XI: Economics, Policy, and Future Practice 29. Surviving Health Care Reform Today and Tomorrow 30. The Terminal Degree in Nursing: PhD, EdD, or DNP References Index

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Nadine M. Aktan, PhD, APN-BC, served as the chairperson of nursing at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Aktan is currently professor of nursing focusing on teaching community health to future nurses and adult health and family practice to nurse practitioner students. She also practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Immedicenter, a primary care/urgent care/family practice with locations in Clifton, Bloomfield, and Totowa, New Jersey, and as a maternal–child and adult community health nurse for Valley Home Care in Paramus, New Jersey.

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