Consider Florida’s practice act related to NP practice as you reviewed it in the previous module and on the AANP map, as well as your state’s nursing board.
Explain how your state’s (Florida) practice act encourages or discourages quality and effective patient care for a patient with comorbid conditions.
Consider this case:
A 35-year-old African American male reports trouble with sleep for over 3 months. He has trouble both falling and staying asleep. He has increased his drinking habits at night to try and increase his sleepiness before bed. He states he is drinking 1–2 beers every night before bed. He also states he has a history of depression that was successfully treated with Prozac for 4 years. He has not been on medication for the last 24 months and states that his depression has been somewhere from a 1–2 on a 0–10 scale with 10 being the worst. He denies SI/HI, and A/VH. However, he does state an increase in anxiety when he does not sleep. He states he feels fidgety and out of it during the day. His vitals for today’s visit are:
• HR: 72
• BP:147/82
• R: 20
• Wt: 192
• Ht: 5’9”
• BMI: 28
Your paper should include:
• Title page (APA)
• Introduction to your state’s NP practice
• Discussion of how the NP practice laws in your state affect patient care
• Specific case and how it is affected by your state’s practice act
• Conclusion
Include at least three scholarly articles, in addition to your textbooks. Must be in APA format including reference page, cover page, in-text citations, and overall paper format.

Grading Rubric

Rubric Title: MN667 PMHNP Writing Assignment Grading Rubric (Units 2 and 4)

Assignment Criteria Level III Level II Level I Not Present
Criteria 1 Level III Max
Points: 15 Level II Max
Points: 13 Level I Max
Points: 9 Not Present
0 Points
Content of Paper ● Demonstrates a well-articulated understanding of the subject matter in a clear, complex, and informative manner
● Develops content and theories are well
● Links content to the paper requirements and practical experience
● Includes relevant material that fulfills all objectives of the paper
● Uses scholarly resources that were not provided in the course materials
● Completes all instruction requirements ● Demonstrates an understanding of the subject matter
● Explains and applies knowledge of evidence-based practice, ethics, theory, and/or role
● Uses a variety of scholarly resources from the course material and some that were not provided in the course materials
● Includes relevant material that fulfills all objectives of the paper.
● Completes all instruction requirements
● Demonstrates a moderate understanding of the subject matter
● Summarizes content with minimal application to evidence-based practice, theory, or role-development
● Presents content but is missing depth and or development
● Uses only scholarly resources that were provided in the course materials
Completes most instruction requirements ● Does not meet the criteria
Criteria 2 Level III Max
Points: 15 Level II Max
Points: 13 Level I Max
Points: 9 Not Present
0 Points
Analysis and Synthesis of Paper Content and Meaning ● Provides critical analysis in an accurate, clear, concise, and complete presentation of the required content
● Synthesizes information from scholarly resources
● Provides new information or insight related to the context of the assignment with both supportive and alternative information or viewpoints
● Completes all instruction requirements
● Provides evidence of further synthesis of course content via scholarly resources
● Synthesizes information to help fulfill paper requirements
● Supports content with at least one viewpoint.
● Completes all instruction requirements ● Lacks clarification or new information
● Supports content with scholarly reference without adding any new information or insight
● Provides content that may be confusing or unclear, and the summary may be incomplete
● Completes most instruction requirements ● Does not meet the criteria
Criteria 3 Level III Max
Points: 10 Level II Max
Points: 8 Level I Max
Points: 6 Not Present
0 Points
Application of Knowledge ● Offers a multidisciplinary approach via scholarly resources
● Applies practice that is accurate and plausible
● Supports practice with additional scholarly resources
● Answers all questions posed within the assignment in a well-developed manner with citations for validation
● Completes all instruction requirements ● Presents a summary of the paper’s content, findings, and knowledge gained
● Indicates how the information will be used within their professional practice
● Completes all instruction requirements ● Lacks objective criteria
● Applies superficial bridge between the assignment and the broader course content
● Indicates how they will apply this new knowledge to their clinical practice in a vague manner
● Completes most instruction requirements ● Does not meet the criteria
Criteria 4 Level III Max
Points: 5 Level II Max
Points: 4 Level I Max
Points: 3 Not Present
0 Points
Organization ● Provides well-organized content with a clear and complex purpose statement and content argument
● Provides concise writing with a logical flow of ideas
● Provides organized content with an informative purpose statement and supportive content and summary statement
● Provides argument content with minimal issues in content flow ● Provides poor organization, and flow of ideas distract from content
● Provides a purpose statement
● Provides narrative that is difficult to follow and frequently causes reader to reread work ● Does not meet the criteria
Criteria 5
Level III Max
Points: 5 Level II Max
Points: 4 Level I Max
Points: 3 Not Present
0 Points
College-level academic writing ● Includes no more than three grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors that do not interfere with the readability
● Meets the assignment length requirements
● Includes no more than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors that do not interfere with the readability
● Meets the length requirements
● Includes five or more grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors makes understanding parts of assignment difficult, but does not interfere with readability
● Meets the length requirements ● Does not meet the criteria
Maximum Total Points 50 42 30 0
Minimum Total Points 43 points minimum 31 points minimum 1 point minimum 0