The Role of APRNs in Inter-professional Collaborative Practice and Addressing Healthcare Disparities Introduction: Inter-professional collaborative practice (IPCP) refers to the collaboration and coordination among healthcare professionals from different disciplines to provide comprehensive and coordinated care

Discuss inter-professional collaborative practice and the APRN role in today’s healthcare environment 
Discuss the role of the APRN with health care literacy, health care disparities, and culturally responsive health care 
Describe state and federal regulations that impact APRN practice 
Identify professional organizations that are integral to ARPN practice 
Compare the effect of research and evidence-based practice in APRN practice 
Examine reimbursement components relevant to APRNs 
Choose one module objective (state at beginning of initial post) and after completing learning activities for this module post a brief discussion regarding the module objective topic, application to individual practice, and its impact on advanced practice nursing as a whole. This is to be in your OWN words, no quotes or cutting and pasting from websites – SUMMARIZE these resources.  
See syllabus for posting instructions and discussion rubric for grading criteria
Due Date: 
Initial Post: Sunday of week 1 of the module by 11:59 p.m. (EST)
Response Posts: Sunday of week 2 of the module by 11:59 p.m. (EST)