The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) has determined core competencies that apply to all nurse practitioners, regardless of specialty or patient population focus. NONPF has represented them within nine broad areas of core competence. NONPF created the first set of Nurse Practitioner Competencies in 1990; the most recent updates were incorporated in 2017. This synthesis course has had the overarching objective of preparing you to be able to synthesize knowledge gained throughout the program and be prepared to apply each of the nine core competencies within your selected areas of practice and your representative communities.
The nine broad areas of competency are:
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required ReadingsLeik, M. T. C. (2021). Adult-gerontology nurse practitioner certification: Intensive review (4th ed.). Springer Publishing Company.Chapter 27, “Ethical Guidelines, Advanced Practice Law, and Reimbursement”Ford, L. C. (2015). Reflections on 50 years of changeLinks to an external site.. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 27(6), 294–295.
https://doi.org/10.1002/2327-6924.12271
Kooienga, S. A., & Carryer, J. B. (2015). Globalization and advancing primary care health care nurse practitioner practiceLinks to an external site.. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 11(8), 804–811.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2015.06.012
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2017). Nurse practitioner core competencies contentLinks to an external site..
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmg…
To Prepare:
The Assignment
For each of the nine NONPF competencies, write one paragraph explaining how the program has prepared you to meet it (for a total of at least nine paragraphs). Then, propose and explain how you plan to engage in social change in your community as a nurse practitioner. Be specific and provide examples.