Assignment

Practicum Journal: Checkpoint for Certification Plan

Psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners currently have only one choice for certification, which is through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The ANCC offers the "psychiatric/mental-health nurse practitioner (across the lifespan)" board certification (PMHNP-BC). In many states, board certification is needed as a prerequisite to being granted an NP license. Even if board certification is not a requirement for state licensure, it may be a requirement to receive privileges in various hospitals and other health care facilities. It may also be required by malpractice insurance providers prior to issuing coverage to NPs.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Evaluate progress on certification plans

Report your progress on the Certification Plan you completed in Week 4 (SEE ATTACHED WEEK 4 CERTIFICATION PLAN DONE)

Task

Write a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:

1) What have you done to prepare for your certification?

2) Have you completed the scheduled tasks assigned on your timeline as you noted in week 4? If not, what are your plans to stay on schedule? (SEE ATTACHED WEEK 4 CERTIFICATION PLAN DONE)

INSTRUCTION

NB: for this Assignment (Journal Entries)

• Include references immediately following the content.
• Use APA style for your journal entry and references less than 5 years old.

PLEASE INCLUDE INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION AND REFERENCES LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD

Learning Resources
Required Readings

Barton Associates. (2017). Nurse practitioner scope of practice laws.

American Psychiatric Association. (2016). Practice guidelines for the psychiatric evaluation of adults.