Advanced Practice, Role Development, Current Trends, and Health Policy Top Predicted Questions and CORRECT Answers 2024

Advanced Practice, Role Development, Current Trends, and Health Policy Top Predicted Questions and CORRECT Answers 2024 Advanced Practice Regist ered Nurse (APRN) - ✔✔- 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 auth ority) - 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... - ✔✔1) 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 c are in the U.S. 4) Effective workforce planning and policy require better data collection and an improved information infrastructure Standards of Practice - ✔✔- Authoritative statements which measure quality of practice, service, or education - Establis hes 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 Pr actice - ✔✔- 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 - ✔✔NPs have author ity to write pharmacological prescriptions, and also for medical devices - independent of a physician's signature Nursing Practice Acts - ✔✔- Establish statutory authority for licensure of a Registered Nurse - Includes use of title, authorization for scop e of practice, and disciplinary grounds Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols - ✔✔Systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient about appropriate care for specific clinical outcomes The Consensus Model for Future Regulation of APRN practice describes four essential components - ✔✔LACE: 1) Licensure 2) Accreditation 3) Certification 4) Education