ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING IN THE
CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION VERIFIED
⩥ What are the characteristics of nursing specialties?
Answer: They intersect with another body of knowledge, impact nursing
practice, and support direct care rendered by other registered nurses.
⩥ Name a former classic nursing specialty.
Answer: Pediatrics, Psychiatric/mental health, Obstetrics,
Community/public health, or Medical-surgical nursing.
⩥ What does advanced practice nursing involve?
Answer: It includes specialization and expansion of knowledge,
legitimizing role autonomy, and integrating a broad range of theoretical,
research-based, and practical knowledge.
⩥ What is subspecialization in advanced practice nursing?
Answer: Further expansion of knowledge and skill in a delimited clinical
area.
, ⩥ What are the four stages in the evolution of advanced practice
nursing?
Answer: Stage I: Innovative practice opportunities, Stage II: Specialties
in transition, Stage III: Emerging APN roles, Stage IV: Established APN
roles.
⩥ What characterizes Stage I of advanced practice nursing evolution?
Answer: The development of a specialty focus, with nurses expanding
practice to meet specialty care needs.
⩥ What is hospitalist practice?
Answer: A model where inpatient management is transferred from
primary care physicians to hospitalists.
⩥ What is the role of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)?
Answer: To support a collaborative practice model and define the roles
of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine.
⩥ Why is hospitalist practice considered a Stage I specialty?
Answer: It is not yet a nursing specialty, and unique distinctions between
APN hospitalists and physician hospitalists have not been made.
⩥ What are the issues facing hospitalist practice?
CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE UPDATED
SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION VERIFIED
⩥ What are the characteristics of nursing specialties?
Answer: They intersect with another body of knowledge, impact nursing
practice, and support direct care rendered by other registered nurses.
⩥ Name a former classic nursing specialty.
Answer: Pediatrics, Psychiatric/mental health, Obstetrics,
Community/public health, or Medical-surgical nursing.
⩥ What does advanced practice nursing involve?
Answer: It includes specialization and expansion of knowledge,
legitimizing role autonomy, and integrating a broad range of theoretical,
research-based, and practical knowledge.
⩥ What is subspecialization in advanced practice nursing?
Answer: Further expansion of knowledge and skill in a delimited clinical
area.
, ⩥ What are the four stages in the evolution of advanced practice
nursing?
Answer: Stage I: Innovative practice opportunities, Stage II: Specialties
in transition, Stage III: Emerging APN roles, Stage IV: Established APN
roles.
⩥ What characterizes Stage I of advanced practice nursing evolution?
Answer: The development of a specialty focus, with nurses expanding
practice to meet specialty care needs.
⩥ What is hospitalist practice?
Answer: A model where inpatient management is transferred from
primary care physicians to hospitalists.
⩥ What is the role of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)?
Answer: To support a collaborative practice model and define the roles
of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine.
⩥ Why is hospitalist practice considered a Stage I specialty?
Answer: It is not yet a nursing specialty, and unique distinctions between
APN hospitalists and physician hospitalists have not been made.
⩥ What are the issues facing hospitalist practice?
