APRN Employment Contract Critique(in California for Nurse practitoner)
Students will locate a sample FNP employment contract (may not use the example in the course text) and will review and analyze the contract according to the outline criteria:
- Scope of services to be performed and population (pediatrics, geriatrics, family, etc.)
- Compensation
- Travel compensation
- Gas/mileage
- Cancellations
- On call time
- Bonuses
- Duration of employment
- How the agreement can be altered or updated
- Responsibility for maintaining and paying for credentials
- Benefits
- Time off and expenses for continuing education
- Vacation time
- Paid conferences or CME
- Restriction on competition
- Reasons for termination
- Extent of support service to be offered to the NP
- Expectations regarding the number of patients seen per day
- Expectations regarding non-clinical work to be done by NP
- Release to the NP of the NPs quality performance as measured by health plan auditors
This should be an APA formatted paper, and the above items should be listed as section headings where the student or group will give a brief critique under each section of the contract, using the weekly readings as guidance for the critique. As with any scholarly paper, there should be an introduction and conclusion. There should be evidence of analysis (not simply reporting the facts about the contract) by means of comparing some items (i.e. salary) to national or regional norms. Some of the sections may be combined. If the contract is missing a section, note this in the critique. Include the sample contract in the Appendix, and please remove all identifiers if using a real contract from a colleague or preceptor.
Expectations
- Due: Monday, 11:59 pm PT
- Length: Approximately 1000-1500 words; maximum 8 pages, double-spaced, not counting the Appendices
- Appendix: Attach the sample contract as an Appendix
- Style Format: APA format with title page and references
- When you submit your assignment it goes through Turnitin to check how much of your work is duplicated from other sources. When you see the Turnitin report, take the time to correct any quotation, paraphrase, summary, or citation errors. Your goal is to get the lowest “originality” score you can (as close to 0% as you can). Your instructor will make the final determination about acceptable matches in Turnitin.