NUR601 - Test 1 Questions with Complete Solutions

Define APN and explain how it is currently expanding and evolving Correct Answer-As clinicians that blend clinical expertise in diagnosing and treating health conditions with an added emphasis on disease prevention and health management, NPs bring a comprehensive perspective to health care. Education-MSN or higher degree, 3 Ps, advanced practice nursing focus in a clinical concentration (6 population foci) Clinical knowledge Assessment skills Nursing care now reflects a patient-centered approach based on nursing theory and shaped by a nursing process of reasoning Nurses are now accountable to a definition of practice that recognizes and codifies practice in accordance with current nursing knowledge and clinical practice standards Dunphy says changes in nurse practice precede educational and regulations Articulate the history, similarities, and differences of each of the traditional roles categorized as APN. Correct Answer-Similar: 1. They are "new permutations of longstanding nursing commitments." 2. They currently all need graduate degrees, certification, licensing, and credentialing 3. They are all professional positions see individual slides