State Practice Agreements

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STATE: MARYLAND

In many states, nurse practitioners are completely autonomous professionals. In other states, however, NPs have a wide range of restrictive practice ranging from requirements for a supervising physician to requirements for a collaborative agreement with a physician.

In this Practicum Journal Assignment, you will examine the requirements of your own state in order to prepare yourself for the realities of practice upon graduation.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyze state PMHNP practice agreements
  • Analyze physician collaboration issues
  • Analyze barriers to PMHNP independent practice
  • Create plans for addressing state PMHNP practice issues

**Assigned in Week 9 and submitted in Week 10

To Prepare for this Practicum Journal:

  • Review practice agreements in your state.
  • Identify at least two physician collaboration issues in your state.

For this Practicum Journal:

  • Briefly describe the practice agreements for PMHNPs in your state.
  • Explain the two physician collaboration issues that you identified.
  • Explain what you think are the barriers to PMHNPs practicing independently in your state.
  • Outline a plan for how you might address PMHNP practice issues in your state.

No Assignment due this week.