Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

• •  Discuss how advanced practice nurses use population health competencies to identify and address the needs of their client population.
  • Describe how advanced practice nurses can collaborate with other healthcare professionals and community stakeholders to address the needs of populations.
  • Discuss challenges advanced practice nurses face when integrating population health competencies into their practice, including strategies to overcome these barriers.
  • Discuss how organizations and healthcare systems can support advanced practice nurses in implementing population health strategies and initiatives.

Answer

Advanced practice nurses (APRN) utilize population health competencies to assess and identify the needs of the community. Providers must be self-aware of the population that they serve and the community their patients reside in to provide quality, patient centered care. It is essential for the APRN to identify barriers to health and provide patients with resources and education on healthy options available to them. APRNs can network with others in the community to develop a framework of health for their patients, which will open the door to other resources within the community (Public Health Foundation, n.d.). …………….

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