Requirements The  APN Professional Development Plan  paper is worth 200 points and will be graded on the quality of the content, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.  Submit the paper as a Microsoft Word Document, which is the required format at Chamberlain University. You are encouraged to use the APA Academic Writer and Grammarly tools when creating your assignment.  Follow the directions below and the grading criteria located in the rubric closely. Any questions about this paper may be posted under the Q & A Forum or emailed to your faculty.  The length of the paper should be 5-8 pages, excluding title page and reference page(s).  Support ideas with a minimum of 3 scholarly resources. Scholarly resources do not include your textbook. You may need to use more than 3 scholarly resources to fully support your ideas.  You may use first person voice when discussing information specific to your personal practice or skills.   Current edition APA format is required with both a title page and reference page(s). Use the following as Level 1 headings to denote the sections of your paper (Level 1 headings use upper- and lower-case letters and are bold and centered):  APN Professional Development Plan (This is the paper introduction. In APA format, a restatement of the paper title, centered and not bold serves as the heading of the introduction section)  APN Scope of Practice  Nurse Practitioner (NONPF) Core Competencies   Leadership Skills  Conclusion  Directions Introduction : Provide an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should include general statements on scope of practice, competencies, and leadership, and identification of the purpose of the paper.  APN Scope of Practice : Research the Nurse Practice Act and APN scope of practice guidelines for the state in which you intend to practice after graduation. Describe the educational, licensure, and regulatory requirements for that state in your own words. Identify whether your state allows full, limited, or restricted NP practice. Discuss NP prescriptive authority in your state. Provide support from at least one scholarly source. Source may be the regulatory body that governs nursing practice in your state.  Nurse Practitioner (NONPF) Core Competencies : Review the NONPF Core Competencies. Describe two competency areas you believe to be personal strengths and two competency areas in which you have opportunities for growth. Discuss two scholarly activities you could do during the master’s program to help yourself achieve NP competencies. Provide support from at least one scholarly source. Source may be NONPF Core Competencies document provided via the link in the week 2 readings.  Leadership Skills : Analyze three leadership skills required to lead as an NP within complex systems. Describe two strate.

1. Requirements
The
APN Professional Development Plan
paper is worth 200 points and will be graded on the quality
of the content, use of citations, use of Standard English
grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on
the required components as summarized in the directions and
grading criteria/rubric.
Submit the paper as a Microsoft Word Document, which is the
required format at Chamberlain University. You are encouraged
to use the APA Academic Writer and Grammarly tools when
creating your assignment.
Follow the directions below and the grading criteria located in
the rubric closely. Any questions about this paper may be
posted under the Q & A Forum or emailed to your faculty.
The length of the paper should be 5-8 pages, excluding title
page and reference page(s).
Support ideas with a minimum of 3 scholarly resources.
Scholarly resources do not include your textbook. You may
need to use more than 3 scholarly resources to fully support
your ideas.
You may use first person voice when discussing information
specific to your personal practice or skills.
Current edition APA format is required with both a title page
and reference page(s). Use the following as Level 1 headings to

2. denote the sections of your paper (Level 1 headings use upper-
and lower-case letters and are bold and centered):
APN Professional Development Plan (This is the paper
introduction. In APA format, a restatement of the paper title,
centered and not bold serves as the heading of the
introduction section)
APN Scope of Practice
Nurse Practitioner (NONPF) Core Competencies
Leadership Skills
Conclusion
Directions
Introduction
: Provide an overview of what will be covered in the paper.
Introduction should include general statements on scope of
practice, competencies, and leadership, and identification of the
purpose of the paper.
APN Scope of Practice
: Research the Nurse Practice Act and APN scope of practice
guidelines for the state in which you intend to practice after
graduation. Describe the educational, licensure, and regulatory
requirements for that state in your own words. Identify whether
your state allows full, limited, or restricted NP practice. Discuss
NP prescriptive authority in your state. Provide support from at

3. least one scholarly source. Source may be the regulatory body
that governs nursing practice in your state.
Nurse Practitioner (NONPF) Core Competencies
: Review the NONPF Core Competencies. Describe two
competency areas you believe to be personal strengths and two
competency areas in which you have opportunities for
growth. Discuss two scholarly activities you could do during the
master’s program to help yourself achieve NP competencies.
Provide support from at least one scholarly source. Source may
be NONPF Core Competencies document provided via the link
in the week 2 readings.
Leadership Skills
: Analyze three leadership skills required to lead as an NP
within complex systems. Describe two strategies you could use
to help you develop NP leadership skills. Provide support from
at least one scholarly source. Textbooks are not considered
scholarly sources.
Conclusion
: Provide a conclusion, including a brief summary of what you
discussed in the paper.
Introduction
16
8%

4. Provides an overview of what will be covered in the paper.
Introduction should include:
general statements on scope of practice.
general statements on NP competencies.
general statements on leadership.
identification of the purpose of the paper.
APN Scope of Practice
72
36%
Identify the intended state of practice after graduation.
Describe the educational, licensure, and regulatory requirements
for state.
Identify whether the state allows full, limited, or restricted NP
practice.

5. Discuss NP prescriptive authority in the state.
Provides support from at least one scholarly source. Source may
be the regulatory body that governs nursing practice in the
state.
Nurse Practitioner (NONPF) Core Competencies
38
19%
Describe two competency areas believed to be student’s
personal strengths.
Describes two competency areas in which student has
opportunities for growth.
Discuss two scholarly activities to do during the master’s
program to help student achieve NP competencies.
Provide support from at least one scholarly source. Source may
be NONPF Core Competencies document provided via the link
in the week 2 readings.
Leadership Skills

6. 38
19%
Analyze three leadership skills required to lead as an NP within
complex systems.
Describe two strategies student could use to help develop NP
leadership skills.
Provide support from at least one scholarly source.
Conclusion
16
8%
Provide a conclusion, including a brief summary of what was
discussed in the paper.
180
90%

7. Total CONTENT Points= 180 points
ASSIGNMENT FORMAT
Category
Points
%
Description
APA Formatting
10
5%
Formatting follows current edition APA Manual guidelines for
title page
body of paper (including citations and headings)
reference page

8. Writing Mechanics
10
5%
Writing mechanics follow the rules of grammar, spelling, word
usage, punctuation, and other aspects of formal written work as
found in the current edition of the APA manual. The length of
the paper is at least 5 pages but no more than 8 pages.
20
10%
Total FORMAT Points= 20 points
200
100%
ASSIGNMENT TOTAL=200 points