NURS414 Week 8.1 Exam Study
Set @ 2024 -2025
What are the 4 categories of nurses in Canada? -Answer LPN, RPN, RN, NP
Where are LPNs registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need diploma
Where are RPNs (psych) registered and what is required? -Answer Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and need baccalaureate or diploma
Where are RN's registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need baccalaureate - Quebec has both bac. and diploma
Where are NP's registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need Masters
What exams are required for LPNs? -Answer Regulatory Exam - Practical Nurse
(REx-PN) and a jurisprudence exam
What exams are required for RPNs? -Answer Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada
Examination
What exams are required for RNs? -Answer NCLEX-RN, except in Quebec and
jurisprudence exam
What exams are required for NPs? -Answer - Primary Health Care/Family - 1 Canadian
Nurse; 2 American exams
- Pediatrics - 2 American exams
- Adult - 4 American exams
+ jurisprudence exam and prescribing controlled substances course
What is a jurisprudence exam? -Answer test knowledge and understanding of the laws,
regulations and practice standards - on line open book exam
What are the main roles of RPNs (psych)? -Answer BREADTH and DEPTH distinguish
them from RNs
Mental/Developmental Health, Mental Illness, Addictions
- Integrate physical health, bio-psycho-social, spiritual models for holistic care
- Educated, trained independently from RN classes
- There is some overlap but eventually diverges
, - General nursing knowledge is part of the RPN curriculum - emphasis more on MH,
addictions, therapeutic relationships, communication
- Placements in MH hospitals, community, institutions
What is an advanced practice nurse (APN)? -Answer RNs and NPs who have integrated
graduate nursing educational preparation within-depth specialized clinical nursing
knowledge and expertise in complex decision making
e.g., clinical nurse specialists
What do NPs have regulatory authority to autonomously do? -Answer NPs have
regulatory authority to autonomously diagnose, prescribe and order and interpret test
What are the competencies for APNs? -Answer - Build upon on and are in addition to RN
competencies (i.e. specialized knowledge)
- Grounded in values, knowledge, and theories of nursing practice
- Grounded in client-, family-centred, primary health care
- Applicable across diverse practice settings and different populations
What are the competency domains for APNs? -Answer Direct care
Optimizing health system
Educational
Research
Leadership
Consultation and collaboration
What are the general roles of an NP? -Answer Comprehensive health assessment
Dx/manage health and illness conditions
Order/interpret screening/diagnostics
Communicate diagnoses, test results to pts/healthcare team
Recommend/prescribe treatment - drugs, medical devices, therapies
Manage acute/chronic illness holistically
Perform specific procedures within expanded scope
What are unregulated health workers? -Answer Titles vary, but the main point is that
there is no legally defined scope of practice
Set @ 2024 -2025
What are the 4 categories of nurses in Canada? -Answer LPN, RPN, RN, NP
Where are LPNs registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need diploma
Where are RPNs (psych) registered and what is required? -Answer Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and need baccalaureate or diploma
Where are RN's registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need baccalaureate - Quebec has both bac. and diploma
Where are NP's registered and what is required? -Answer all provinces/territories and
need Masters
What exams are required for LPNs? -Answer Regulatory Exam - Practical Nurse
(REx-PN) and a jurisprudence exam
What exams are required for RPNs? -Answer Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada
Examination
What exams are required for RNs? -Answer NCLEX-RN, except in Quebec and
jurisprudence exam
What exams are required for NPs? -Answer - Primary Health Care/Family - 1 Canadian
Nurse; 2 American exams
- Pediatrics - 2 American exams
- Adult - 4 American exams
+ jurisprudence exam and prescribing controlled substances course
What is a jurisprudence exam? -Answer test knowledge and understanding of the laws,
regulations and practice standards - on line open book exam
What are the main roles of RPNs (psych)? -Answer BREADTH and DEPTH distinguish
them from RNs
Mental/Developmental Health, Mental Illness, Addictions
- Integrate physical health, bio-psycho-social, spiritual models for holistic care
- Educated, trained independently from RN classes
- There is some overlap but eventually diverges
, - General nursing knowledge is part of the RPN curriculum - emphasis more on MH,
addictions, therapeutic relationships, communication
- Placements in MH hospitals, community, institutions
What is an advanced practice nurse (APN)? -Answer RNs and NPs who have integrated
graduate nursing educational preparation within-depth specialized clinical nursing
knowledge and expertise in complex decision making
e.g., clinical nurse specialists
What do NPs have regulatory authority to autonomously do? -Answer NPs have
regulatory authority to autonomously diagnose, prescribe and order and interpret test
What are the competencies for APNs? -Answer - Build upon on and are in addition to RN
competencies (i.e. specialized knowledge)
- Grounded in values, knowledge, and theories of nursing practice
- Grounded in client-, family-centred, primary health care
- Applicable across diverse practice settings and different populations
What are the competency domains for APNs? -Answer Direct care
Optimizing health system
Educational
Research
Leadership
Consultation and collaboration
What are the general roles of an NP? -Answer Comprehensive health assessment
Dx/manage health and illness conditions
Order/interpret screening/diagnostics
Communicate diagnoses, test results to pts/healthcare team
Recommend/prescribe treatment - drugs, medical devices, therapies
Manage acute/chronic illness holistically
Perform specific procedures within expanded scope
What are unregulated health workers? -Answer Titles vary, but the main point is that
there is no legally defined scope of practice
