post 1 NR510 Week 2
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE (APN)
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE (APN) MASSACHUSETTS
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MASSACHUSETTS
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NURSE PRACTITIONER (CNP) | CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFE (CNM) | CERTIFIED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA) | CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (CNS) |
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WORK ENVIRONMENT
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Private offices, home, nursing facilities, clinics, hospitals** | Private offices, home, birth centers, clinics, hospitals** | Private offices, home, nursing facilities, clinics, hospitals** | Private offices, home, nursing facilities, clinics, hospitals** |
| LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY | Independent, highest level accountability, accountable for advanced, assessment,referrals, diagnosis, treatment, and consultations for individuals to communities**
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Independent, highest level accountability, accountable for advanced, assessment,referrals, diagnosis, treatment, and consultations for individuals to communities, gynecologic care, postpartum and prenatal care, family planning **
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Independent, highest level accountability, accountable for advanced, assessment,referrals, diagnosis, treatment, and consultations for individuals to communities**
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Highest level accountability, accountable for advanced, assessment,referrals, diagnosis, treatment, and consultations for individuals to communities**
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| PATIENT POPULATION | Everyone over their life span from birth to death, wide range of care settings including the home, clinics, and hospital ** | Women over their life span from birth to death, their partners reproductive health, their partner’s sexually transmitted diseases, and newborns** | Everyone over their life span from birth to death** | Everyone over their life span from birth to death** |
| SALARY | Approximately $117,000****,********
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Approximately $126,000******
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Approximately $208,000*****
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Approximately $119,000******* |
| SCOPE OF PRACTICE | Health promotion, counseling, disease prevention, referrals,**
Restricted Practice,* Requires practice agreement with a currently licensed physician Can order treatments, medications and therapeutics** |
Gynecologic care, newborn, Can order treatments, medications and therapeutics, health promotion, counseling, disease prevention, referrals,** | Persons in immediate to life-threatening circumstances, can order treatments, medications and therapeutics, health promotion, counseling, disease prevention, referrals,** | Health promotion, counseling, education, disease prevention, disease management, referrals, direct and indirect client care, No prescriptive authority** |
| POSITIVES | Expanded nursing role, able to work in a variety of settings | Independent service, does not need prescriptive authority requirements | Able to work with a wide range of clients | More similar than other APRN roles to the current register nurse role, therefore more familiar in that the CNS works according to the orders of another licensed professional |
| NEGATIVES | Need prescriptive authority requirement, must consult with a physician for certain prescriptions and/ or therapies | Narrow client base
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Need prescriptive authority requirement, job consists of safely anesthetizing people and waking them up | Not authorized for prescriptive authority |
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