Developing Your Own Practice Style and Independence

This was recorded as part of the Urogynecology for the Advanced Practice Provider in Nashville, TN on June 13-15, 2021. The speaker, Melanie Schlittenhardt, NP, has 18 years of clinical practice with the pelvic floor. She is the co-owner and operator of a nurse practitioner pelvic health clinic. .

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Learning Objectives:

Describe the traditional meaning of APP scope of practice
Formulate a contemporary definition of scope of practice
Assess current work functions and their opportunities to create and adopt a modified practice style

Melanie Schlittenhardt is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a Doctorate of Nursing Practice. She has 18 years of clinical practice with the pelvic floor. She is the co-owner and operator of a nurse practitioner pelvic health clinic. Melanie's expertise involves diagnosing and treating urinary and fecal incontinence and includes urodynamic testing, biofeedback, InterStim therapy, and pessary management. Melanie is an active member of the Society of Urologic Nursing, American Urogynecologic Society, and North Dakota Nurse Practitioner Association. She speaks in areas of her expertise on a local and regional level. She is the recipient of the 2020 AANP State Award for Nurse Practitioner Excellence. In her leisure time, she loves to indulge in self-help books, go for walks with her husband, and soak in fleeting moments with her three soul-stirring teenagers.