PMHNP Review
1. NP Core Competencies: scientific
foundations leadership
quality
practice inquiry
tech and info
literacy policy
health delivery
system ethics
independent practice
2. Loretta Ford and Henry Silver: introduced NP role at U of C in 1965
3. LACE consensus model: license, accreditation, certification, and
education
4. state legislative statutes: Grants legal authority for NP practice, are
the nurse practice act of every state and define scope of practice.
Provides title protection, set credentialing requirements, place
restrictions on practice, set grounds for disciplinary actions and may
require collaborative agreement.
5. licensure: process by which a government agency authorizes
individuals to work in a given occupation
,6. credentialing: process used to protect the public by ensuring
minimum level of professional competence
7. certification: process by which nurses are recognized for advanced
education and competence
a credential that provides title protection
8. Standards of Practice: provide a way to judge the nature of care
provided minimum levels of acceptable performance
9. professional role responsibilities:
confidentiality, HIPAA
HITECH
telehealth
exceptions to
confidentiality informed
consent
ethics
10.HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
guarantees the right to--
be educated about HIPAA
have access to personal medical records
,request amendment of personal health
info require permission for disclosure of
personal info
11.HITECH Act of 2009: -Incentives to providers for adopting
meaningful use of EHR technology
-Meaningful use: criteria in quality, safety, efficiency, etc.
12.Exceptions to confidentiality: Client is danger to self or others,
Client re- quests release of info, Court orders a release of info,
Counselor engaged in supervision, Clerical assistant processes
client info,
Legal/clinical consultations, Malpractice suit, Client less than 18 yrs old,
Elderly abuse, Insurance co. requests diagnosis, Tarasoff principle
13.informed consent: nature and purpose of treatment/
procedure risks vs benefits of doing vs not doing
alternative
treatments diagnosis
and prognosis
14.ethics:
justice
beneficence
nonmaleficenc
e fidelity
autono
my
, veracity
respect
15.deontological theory: An action is judged as good or bad based on
the act itself regardless of the consequences
16.teleological theory: an action is judged as good or bad based on the
conse- quence or outcome (Machiavelli)
17.virtue ethics: actions are chosen based on moral virtues of the
person making the decision
18.disclosure of disability regarding employment: pros and cons to
disclosure has to do with the ADA
19.Malpractice Insurance: claims based (need a
tail) occurrence based
20.four elements of negligence to prove malpractice:
duty breach of duty
proximate
cause
damages
1. NP Core Competencies: scientific
foundations leadership
quality
practice inquiry
tech and info
literacy policy
health delivery
system ethics
independent practice
2. Loretta Ford and Henry Silver: introduced NP role at U of C in 1965
3. LACE consensus model: license, accreditation, certification, and
education
4. state legislative statutes: Grants legal authority for NP practice, are
the nurse practice act of every state and define scope of practice.
Provides title protection, set credentialing requirements, place
restrictions on practice, set grounds for disciplinary actions and may
require collaborative agreement.
5. licensure: process by which a government agency authorizes
individuals to work in a given occupation
,6. credentialing: process used to protect the public by ensuring
minimum level of professional competence
7. certification: process by which nurses are recognized for advanced
education and competence
a credential that provides title protection
8. Standards of Practice: provide a way to judge the nature of care
provided minimum levels of acceptable performance
9. professional role responsibilities:
confidentiality, HIPAA
HITECH
telehealth
exceptions to
confidentiality informed
consent
ethics
10.HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
guarantees the right to--
be educated about HIPAA
have access to personal medical records
,request amendment of personal health
info require permission for disclosure of
personal info
11.HITECH Act of 2009: -Incentives to providers for adopting
meaningful use of EHR technology
-Meaningful use: criteria in quality, safety, efficiency, etc.
12.Exceptions to confidentiality: Client is danger to self or others,
Client re- quests release of info, Court orders a release of info,
Counselor engaged in supervision, Clerical assistant processes
client info,
Legal/clinical consultations, Malpractice suit, Client less than 18 yrs old,
Elderly abuse, Insurance co. requests diagnosis, Tarasoff principle
13.informed consent: nature and purpose of treatment/
procedure risks vs benefits of doing vs not doing
alternative
treatments diagnosis
and prognosis
14.ethics:
justice
beneficence
nonmaleficenc
e fidelity
autono
my
, veracity
respect
15.deontological theory: An action is judged as good or bad based on
the act itself regardless of the consequences
16.teleological theory: an action is judged as good or bad based on the
conse- quence or outcome (Machiavelli)
17.virtue ethics: actions are chosen based on moral virtues of the
person making the decision
18.disclosure of disability regarding employment: pros and cons to
disclosure has to do with the ADA
19.Malpractice Insurance: claims based (need a
tail) occurrence based
20.four elements of negligence to prove malpractice:
duty breach of duty
proximate
cause
damages
