WEEK 3 NURS 6565N BOARD VITALS EXAM

1) A nurse practitioner enters a contract with a physician. What type of law governs this type of interaction? a. Administrative law b. Civil law c. Rules and regulations d. Criminal law 2) A young nursing student is interviewing a nurse practitioner about her profession. Which of the following is true? a. The first nurse practitioners were family practitioners b. The first nurse practitioner program was started in 2001 c. A nurse practitioner derives the legal right to practice from federal law d. NP practice is not regulated by the Department of Health and Human Services 3) A nurse practitioner enters a contract with a physician. What branch of law governs this type of transaction? a. Administrative law b. Civil law c. Rules and regulations d. Criminal law 4) What was the major impetus for the creation of the nurse practitioner role? a. Need for expert nurse clinician b. Shortage of primary care physicians c. Trend for specialized nurses to diagnose and manage unstable acute and chronic conditions d. Movement of graduate nursing education to diagnosis and treatment of major illnesses 5) Who started the first nurse practitioner program? a. Hildegard Peplau b. Mary Breckenridge c. Agnes Mcgee d. Loretta Ford 6) When the NP is paid directly by the patient’s payer who agrees to pay the NP for providing care for a specific population, this is called a: a. Contracted service system b. Second party system c. Third party system d. Fee for service system 7) Which of the following practices constitutes a barrier to safe and effective healthcare a. Input from multiple team members b. Raising an objection about quality of care to a team member with a higher level of health profession education c. Use of informatics to inform team discussion d. Inadequate disclosure of errors to patients and families