If a selected issue or concern is significant to the professional area of Family Nurse Practitioner, it must be clearly identified as such. It is necessary to provide a thorough but succinct presentation of the issue or concern by responding to each of the following questions. Each and every question must be addressed.

• What exactly is the specific issue or concern that is being raised?

The nursing profession should be concerned about this issue or concern for a variety of reasons.

I’m curious what the nursing literature has to say about this issue or concern, as well as how frequently it occurs.

†Who are the stakeholders, or the people who are impacted by the issue or concern, and what are their perspectives? It is necessary to provide references from nursing literature.