Family Nurse Practitioner Certification

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification

Will need minimum of 300 words, APA Style, double spaced, times new roman, font 12, and Include: (3 references within years 2015-2018) with intext citations.

 

Topic: Why You Need to be Nationally Certified (I am in Florida).

Discuss the significance of national certification.

How does being certified affect your scope of practice?

What is the purpose of being certified?

Can you practice without being certified?

Discuss the similarities and differences of a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification versus Adult Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) certification (Difference is mainly age range of population, AGNP only sees adult patients).

Describe the process and required documents, applications, payment, and preparation for the exam.

Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Communications Continued

Maintain intense eye contact between intimates, but avoid eye contact with superiors and elders
Expressive gesturing
Balance in temporality
Clock time is meaningless, even with appointments unless well acculturated
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Communications Continued

Formality in addressing each other unless close friends
More traditional men do not mention their wives’ names in public
Man should wait for woman to extend her hand for a greeting
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Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Name Format

Order of the name is the same as the Western method with the given name followed by the surname.
Traditional women do not take their husband’s last name although some in the United States and elsewhere may upon immigration.
Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 4th Edition

Family Roles

Society is patriarchal and hierarchical
Oldest son takes over if father is not present or unable to carry out decision-making
Male children are more desirable than female children—true in other cultures as well
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Family Nurse Practitioner Certification