Advanced Practice, Role Development, Current Trends, and Health Policy
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MSN 612
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MSN 612
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - correct answer- Completion of accredited graduate level education
- Passed national certification examination
- Acquired advanced clinical knowledge and skills to provide direct care
- Practice and skills build upon the competencies of a Registered Nur...
Advanced Practice, Role Development,
Current Trends, and Health Policy
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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - correct answer- Completion of accredited graduate level
education
- Passed national certification examination
- Acquired advanced clinical knowledge and skills to provide direct care
- Practice and skills build upon the competencies of a Registered Nurse (greater synthesis of data, increased
complexity of skills and greater role autonomy)
- Educationally prepared to assume responsibility and accountability for direct and indirect patient care
(assessment, diagnosis, management, and prescriptive authority)
- Clinical experience reflects licensure
- Obtained licensure in one of the four APRN roles: CRNA, CNM, CNS, CNP
IOM Report on the Future of Nursing highlights... - correct answer1) Nurses should PRACTICE TO THE FULL
EXTENT of their education and training
2) Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that
promotes SEAMLESS ACADEMIC PROGRESSION
3) Nurses should be FULL PARTNERS WITH PHYSICIANS and other healthcare professionals, in redesigning
health care in the U.S.
4) Effective workforce planning and policy require better data collection and an improved information
infrastructure
Standards of Practice - correct answer- Authoritative statements which measure quality of practice, service, or
education
- Establishes minimum levels of acceptable performance
- Provides a means to measure quality of care received
- Can be used to provide legal expectations of practice, but were not designed to define standards of practice
for clinical or legal purposes
Scope of Practice - correct answer- Based on what is legally allowable in each state under its Nurse Practice
Act
- Provides guidelines vs. specific mandates for nursing practice
- Is NOT mandated
- Varies widely from state to state
Prescriptive Authority - correct answerNPs have authority to write pharmacological prescriptions, and also for
medical devices - independent of a physician's signature
Nursing Practice Acts - correct answer- Establish statutory authority for licensure of a Registered Nurse
- Includes use of title, authorization for scope of practice, and disciplinary grounds
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