NONPF POSITION STATEMENT ON CLINICAL PRACTICE PCNPs focus

NONPF POSITION STATEMENT ON CLINICAL PRACTICE • “PCNPs focus on comprehensive, continuous care characterized by a long term relationship between the patient and PCNP. The PCNP provides care for most health needs and coordinates additional health care services beyond the PCNP’s area of expertise. NPs should be regulated according to the services they perform and population served and not where they provide services. ” • “Scope of practice must be tied to formal APRN education and not pre-APRN education or onthe-job training” • “Patient safety is jeopardized when clinicians practice outside their scope of practice. Regardless of the willingness of some employers to credential the NP to practice beyond his/her educational preparation and certification, the NP is obligated to adhere to his/her scope of practice, as determined by educational preparation and the state in which they practice” NONPF (2021). . Statement on acute care and primary care nursing practitioner practice. Retrieved from www. nonpf. org/resource/resmgr/imported/NPPrimary. Care. Acute. Care. Practice. FINAL. pdf

FNP CLINICAL SITES AND PRECEPTORS Course Hours Ages Sites Preceptor NURS 6421 Advanced Health Assessment 45 Patients of all ages (must cross the lifespan) PC; Internal Medicine MD/DO, FNP, PA NURS 6422 Primary Care of Adults I 135 18 to 59 PC; Urgent care, Internal Medicine MD/DO, FNP, PA NURS 6423 Primary Care of Adults II 135 Divided 50% elderly and 50% women 61 and older for elderly 19 and older for women PC, Internal medicine, gerontologist PC, Internal medicine, GYN, MD/DO, FNP, WHNP, Nurse Midwife, PA NURS 6424 Primary Care of OB & Pediatrics 45 OB 135 Pediatrics 18 and older for OB Birth to 18 OB, Birthing centers, Mid-wives, L&D PC, Pediatrician, Pediatric UC MD/DO, FNP, WHNP, Nurse Midwife, PNP, PA NURS 6425 Nurse Practitioner Practicum 270 (200 in primary care; 70 as elective) All ages across the lifespan PC or internal medicine; then specialty MD/DO, FNP, PA

FNP CLINICAL SITES AND PRECEPTORS • Site not acceptable • Hospitals (may round with provider from office but cannot have hospital for clinical site except for L&D for OB) • Emergency room to include Fast Tracks (stand alone fast tracks or urgent cares are acceptable) • Places of employment unless at a different clinic or location • Preceptors not acceptable • Less than 1 year experience • Not credentialed in patient population setting