NRNP 6552 Week 1 Discussion: Different Roles of the Nurse Practitioner (2 Versions)

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There are several specialized roles an Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN) can select in a clinical practice. In regard to women’s health, there are three roles to choose which include a Certified Professional Mid-Wife (CPM), Certified Nurse Mid-Wife (CNM), or … Mid- Wife. Each of these roles can provide holistic women’s services to a patient (Winter et al., 2020). The scope of practice for each discipline is … in the APRN’s practicing state (Yang, 2020).

The role of the Certified Professional Mid-Wife (CPM) is unique because the APRN must have experience in the field. In addition, the nurse is certified by a midwifery credentialing agency (Marzalik, Feltham, Jefferson, & Pekin, 2018). If I worked as a CPM, I could … in the position of providing services to my patients in their homes until the child is born.

A Certified Nurse Mid-Wife (CNM) is also an APRN’s who graduates with at least a master’s level degree from a school with an approved Nurse-Midwife nursing program (Marzalik, Feltham, Jefferson, & Pekin, 2018). The nurse must pass the national Certified Nurse- Midwife Examination and maintain continuing education credits required by his/her State Licensure Organization. As a CNM, I could work in various venues such as hospitals, birth centers, OB/GYN practices and/or health clinics while providing care throughout the patient’s lifespan.
The credentials to become a … Mid-Wives are distinctive due to the fact that the certification can be achieved by a person who does not have a nursing background. The candidate will need a graduate level degree which is certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board. With this delegation, I could provide services to patients from adolescent to menopause in either a hospital, health clinics, OB/GYN office, homes and/or a birth center (Marzalik, Feltham, Jefferson, & Pekin, 2018)……….. Continue