The document provides guidance for an assignment exploring advanced practice nursing roles. Students are instructed to write a 3-6 page paper examining the four roles of advanced practice nurses, their rationale for choosing a particular role, their plans for clinical practice, and how they will transition from an RN to an advanced practice role. The paper should include an introduction providing an overview, sections on the four roles of CNP, CNS, CRNA, and CNM along with educational preparation and work environments. Additional sections will discuss the student's rationale for their chosen role and their plans for practice, along with how they will transition from an RN and strategies to support that transition.

1. Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing
Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to explore
the roles and competencies of the advanced practice nurse (APN). Activity Learning
Outcomes Through this assignment, the student will demonstrate the ability to: Examine
roles and competencies of advanced practice nurses essential to performing as leaders and
advocates of holistic, safe, and quality care. (CO1) Explore the process of scholarship
engagement to improve health and healthcare outcomes in various
settings.Requirements: The Roles in Advanced Nursing Practice paper is worth 150 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 3-6 pages, excluding title page
and reference page(s). Support ideas with a minimum of 2 scholarly resources. Scholarly
resources do not include your textbook. You may need to use more than 2 scholarly
resources to fully support your ideas. You may use first person voice when describing your
rationale for choosing the CNP role and your plans for clinical practice. Current 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): Roles in Advanced Practice Nursing (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) Four APN Roles Rationale for Choosing
CNP Role Plans for Clinical Practice Role
Transition Conclusion Directions: Introduction: Provide an overview of what will be
covered in the paper. Introduction should include general statements on advanced practice
nursing roles, general statements on the role transition from RN to APN, and identification
of the purpose of the paper. Four APN Roles: Describe the role, educational preparation, and
work environment for the four APN roles (CNP, CNS, CRNA & CNM). Provide support from
at least one scholarly source. Rationale for Choosing CNP Role: Describe your rationale for
choosing the CNP advanced practice role versus one of the other roles. Plans for Clinical
Practice: Discuss your plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explain

2. how your understanding of NP practice has changed after researching the four
ANP roles. Role Transition: Discuss your transition from the RN role to the NP role. Describe
two factors that may impact your transition. Discuss two strategies you will use to support a
successful transition from the RN to your NP role. Provide reference support from at
least one scholarly source. The textbook is not a scholarly source. Conclusion: Provide a
conclusion, including a brief summary of what you discussed in the paper. INtroduction-
Provides an overview of what will be covered in the paper. Introduction should
include: general statements on advanced practice nursing roles general statements on the
role transition from RN to APN identification of the purpose of the paper. Four APN roles-
Describes the role, educational preparation, and work environment for the four APN
roles CNP CNS CRNA CNM Provides support from at least one scholarly source. Rationale
for choosing CNP role- Describes the student’s rationale for choosing the CNP advanced
practice role versus one of the other roles. Plans for clinical practice- Discusses the
student’s plans for clinical practice after graduation. Explains how student’s understanding
of NP practice has changed after researching ANP roles. Role transition- Discusses the
student’s transition from the RN role to the NP role. Describes two factors that may impact
the transition. Discusses two strategies student will use to support a successful transition
from the RN to your NP role. Provides reference support from at least one scholarly source.
The textbook is not a scholarly source. Conclusion- Provides a conclusion, including a brief
summary of what was discussed in the paper.