Letter to the editor

Topic: Letter to the editor Order Description A two page Letter to the Editor in" rel="nofollow">in response to concerns/reservations regardin" rel="nofollow">ing nurse practitioner practice and participation in" rel="nofollow">in Patient Centered-Medical Home (PCMH) Programs expressed in" rel="nofollow">in a White Paper by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The White Paper is entitled, “Ensurin" rel="nofollow">ing a Quality, Physician-Led Team for Every Patient,” published in" rel="nofollow">in 2012 and is posted in" rel="nofollow">in Canvas under Content. This new approach to primary care is likely to be a major way that primary care is provided in" rel="nofollow">in the future; thus it is important that nurse practitioners be seen as major players in" rel="nofollow">in the PCMH movement. The format for a Busin" rel="nofollow">iness Letter should be followed such as one might use when writin" rel="nofollow">ing a letter applyin" rel="nofollow">ing for a nurse practitioner job or for entry in" rel="nofollow">into graduate school. Grammar/syntax must be appropriate (Merriam Webster onlin" rel="nofollow">ine dictionary defin" rel="nofollow">ines syntax as “the way in" rel="nofollow">in which words are put together to form phrases or sentences.” This must be no more than two pages, and sin" rel="nofollow">ingle spaced as appropriate for a busin" rel="nofollow">iness letter. Assignment Guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for Letter to the Editor After surveyin" rel="nofollow">ing the scholarly literature so that your letter can contain" rel="nofollow">in at least a couple of citations supportin" rel="nofollow">ing your poin" rel="nofollow">int of view, and from your learnin" rel="nofollow">ing from this course, write a two page sin" rel="nofollow">ingle spaced Letter to the Editor of AAFP White Paper in" rel="nofollow">in standard busin" rel="nofollow">iness letter format regardin" rel="nofollow">ing the concerns/reservations raised in" rel="nofollow">in the White Paper assigned to you. Include a Reference List of your citations though in" rel="nofollow">in practice one would not in" rel="nofollow">include a list of references in" rel="nofollow">in a Letter to the Editor. Note: This is an in" rel="nofollow">individual assignment, not a group assignment. All MSN standards for scholarly writin" rel="nofollow">ing must be applied to this paper. APA format is NOT needed for this paper except for the Reference List and the letter should be written in" rel="nofollow">in the first person. This is the white paper the letter is respondin" rel="nofollow">ing to https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/about_us/in" rel="nofollow">initiatives/AAFP-PCMHWhitePaper.pdf Other references https://www.nursin" rel="nofollow">ingworld.org/Main" rel="nofollow">inMenuCategories/Policy-Advocacy/Positions-and-Resolutions/Issue-Briefs/APRNs-as-PCPs.pdf https://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/federal-legislation/medicare/68-articles/349-the-medical-home The goal of this letter is to advocate to the editor of this white paper why nurse practitioners are important to primary care and that we can take care of patients as well as doctors. The paper is again" rel="nofollow">inst nurse practitioners practicin" rel="nofollow">ing on their own and thin" rel="nofollow">inks there should be a doctor workin" rel="nofollow">ing with and above them. Yes, we don't have the same amount of school, but we are advance practice nurses who take a holistic approach when treatin" rel="nofollow">ing patients and have been doin" rel="nofollow">ing this for years.