Share insights after comparing state processes, roles, and limitations.

  Respond to at least two of your colleagues on 2 different days in one or more of the ways listed below. Share an insight from having viewed your colleagues’ posts. Suggest additional actions or perspectives. Share insights after comparing state processes, roles, and limitations. Suggest a way to advocate for the profession. Share resources with those who are in your state. Colleague 1 • Review practice agreements in your state. • Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, and if so, what those requirements are. • How do you get certified and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in your state? Policies for Nurse Practitioners differ from state and shockingly in states which are right next to each other. Most times those polices are changed but it requires a lot of lobbying for change to make that happen. In the state of Georgia a nurse practitioner cannot practice independently but requires a supervising physician, and a written protocol agreement between both parties for the nurse practitioner to practice. The written protocol agreement outlines what parameters of practice the physician delegates to the nurse practitioner including appropriate drugs, diagnostic studies, medical devices, and medical treatments. This form is then submitted to the Georgia Composite Medical Board (GCMB) for review and approval (Georgia Composite Medical Board, 2023). • What is the application process for certification in your state? Once a nursing national license is obtained after passing the licensing exam either with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), a state license can be applied for through the Georgia Board of Nursing under the Secretary of State for Georgia for review and approval (Georgia Board of Nursing, 2023). • What is your state’s board of nursing website? The state board of nursing website for Georgia state is Georgia Board of Nursing which can be accessed via www.sos.ga.gov/georgia-board-nursingLinks to an external site. • How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner? In the state of Georgia the scope of practice for nurse practitioners includes practice authority, prescriptive authority, Nurse practitioners identified as primary care providers, and authority to sign providers orders for life-sustaining treatment or POLST forms. In Georgia state a nurse practitioner can practice autonomously but not independently meaning that they need a