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Question 1

Answer the following:

• Coaching and mentoring should be a core competency of nurses prepared at the graduate level. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Defend your response.
• Based on your graduate specialization, identify one coaching activity that you can do in this advanced practice role. What strategies would you employ for this activity?
• Describe one mentoring activity you might complete with a mentor that would help you to acclimate to your new advance practice role. Should this activity be structured or unstructured?

Question 2

Consultation is a core competency of graduate nursing. Answer the following:

• Differentiate consultation from supervision?
• Are consultation and collaboration synonymous? Defend your response.
• Give an example on how you have seen the consultation competency practiced in your current nursing area. Explain if the practice followed the graduate competency criteria.