Remediation Mastery Assignment
South University
NSG 6006: Pre- Specialty Evaluation
, Remediation Mastery Assignment 2
Identify 5 subject areas from The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse that you have
identified as a weakness in your learning.
1.Knowing the 2.Remembering 3.Hamric's 4.Difference 5.Core
differences in Practice Models Integrative between AACN competencies of
Role Concepts for APNs Model One & AANP practice
Provide an analysis of your readings which demonstrates an understanding of the areas
you have identified as a weakness.
1. Differences between Role Concepts:
• Role Ambiguity: unclear expectations, diffuse responsibilities, uncertainty about sub roles
• Role Incongruity: a role with incompatibility between skills and abilities and role
obligations or between personal values, self- concept and role obligations.
• Role Conflict: occurs when role expectations are perceived to be mutually exclusive
• Interprofessional Role Conflict: conflicts between physicians and APNs constitute the
most common situations of interprofessional conflict.
• Role Transition: a dynamic process of change over time as new roles are acquired.
• Role Stress: a situation of increased role performance demand
• Role Strain: subjective feeling of frustration, tension, or anxiety in response to role stress.
• Role stressors: factors that produce role stress.
• Role Insufficiency: feeling inadequate to meet role demands
• Role Supplementation: anticipatory socialization
References:
Brown, J., Lewis, L., Ellis, K., Stewart, M., Freeman, T., & Kasperki, M. (2011). Conflict on
interprofessional primary health care teams – can it be resolved? Retrieved January 27, 2018,
from http://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-website/manual
Hamric, A., Hanson, C., Tracy, M & O'Grady, E. (2013). Advanced Practice Nursing: An
Integrative Approach, 5th Edition. Saunders, Vitalbook file.
2. Practice Models for APNs:
• AACN Synergy Model: "is that the needs or characteristics of patients and families
influence and drive the characteristics or competencies of nurses. Synergy results
when the needs and characteristics of a patient, clinical unit or system are matched
with a nurse's competencies." (AACN, n.d.) The Synergy Model identifies the
continuum that