NURS 5350 Roles Final Study Guide
(Latest 2026/2027 Update) Advanced
Pathophysiology Questions with
Verified Answers | 100% Correct – UTA.
Question:
1d) Physician Alternate Site?
Answer:
*No longer in effect.
Question:
2. The FOUR Approved Categories of APN in TX??
Answer:
*CRNA, NP, CNS, and CNM
Question:
3. NP requirements by BON for approval of license/ AP recognition each
biennium.?
Answer:
*Current valid RN licensure.
,*400 hours of current clinical practice.
*20 hours of CEs.
*8 hours of continuing education in pharmacotherapeutics.
*Current board certification.
*Separate application for dual roles.
Question:
4. New NP graduate requirements when applying for the board??
Answer:
*Must take and pass national certification exam.
Question:
5. What is the NP's scope of practice based on??
Answer:
*Nurse practice acts define legal scope of practice for licensed practitioners.
*Includes privileges for diagnosis, treatment, prescriptive authority and
reimbursement.
Question:
11. What are clinical privileges and how are they obtained??
,Answer:
*autonomy to perform expanded role functions based on the individuals
licensure, educational preparation, clinical experience, and credentials.
*Via contractual agreement with hospitals or long term care facilities.
Question:
12. Define Malpractice?
Answer:
*Any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill, or infidelity in
professional or fiduciary duties, or illegal or immoral conduct.
*Negligence is the failure of an individual to do something that a
reasonable person would do, that results in injury to another.
*The alleged failure on the part of a professional to render services with the
degree of care, diligence, and precaution that another member of the same
profession in similar circumstances would render to prevent injury to some
one else.
Question:
13. FOUR Elements of Malpractice?
Answer:
1. Duty: provide some level of care, had some contact.
2. Dereliction: reasonable, ordinary care, skill and diligence as NP's in good
standing in similar practice.
, 3. Damage: Must have an injury or no malpractice even if violated standard
of care; cap "pain and suffering" $250,000 to $500, 000.
4. Causation of Injury: For malpractice to have occurred, a breach of the
standard of care must have caused an injury to the patient.
Question:
15. National Practitioner Data Bank?
Answer:
*Receives and discloses the reports on medical malpractice.
Question:
Who is credited to be the first advanced practice nurse role??
Answer:
Nurse Anesthesia in 1800's- perhaps the oldest advanced nursing specialty,
Sister Mary Bernard at St. Vincent's Hospital was the first anesthetist
Question:
Who is credited to be the founder of the first nurse practitioner role??
Answer:
Loretta Ford-1965- Colorado
(Latest 2026/2027 Update) Advanced
Pathophysiology Questions with
Verified Answers | 100% Correct – UTA.
Question:
1d) Physician Alternate Site?
Answer:
*No longer in effect.
Question:
2. The FOUR Approved Categories of APN in TX??
Answer:
*CRNA, NP, CNS, and CNM
Question:
3. NP requirements by BON for approval of license/ AP recognition each
biennium.?
Answer:
*Current valid RN licensure.
,*400 hours of current clinical practice.
*20 hours of CEs.
*8 hours of continuing education in pharmacotherapeutics.
*Current board certification.
*Separate application for dual roles.
Question:
4. New NP graduate requirements when applying for the board??
Answer:
*Must take and pass national certification exam.
Question:
5. What is the NP's scope of practice based on??
Answer:
*Nurse practice acts define legal scope of practice for licensed practitioners.
*Includes privileges for diagnosis, treatment, prescriptive authority and
reimbursement.
Question:
11. What are clinical privileges and how are they obtained??
,Answer:
*autonomy to perform expanded role functions based on the individuals
licensure, educational preparation, clinical experience, and credentials.
*Via contractual agreement with hospitals or long term care facilities.
Question:
12. Define Malpractice?
Answer:
*Any professional misconduct, unreasonable lack of skill, or infidelity in
professional or fiduciary duties, or illegal or immoral conduct.
*Negligence is the failure of an individual to do something that a
reasonable person would do, that results in injury to another.
*The alleged failure on the part of a professional to render services with the
degree of care, diligence, and precaution that another member of the same
profession in similar circumstances would render to prevent injury to some
one else.
Question:
13. FOUR Elements of Malpractice?
Answer:
1. Duty: provide some level of care, had some contact.
2. Dereliction: reasonable, ordinary care, skill and diligence as NP's in good
standing in similar practice.
, 3. Damage: Must have an injury or no malpractice even if violated standard
of care; cap "pain and suffering" $250,000 to $500, 000.
4. Causation of Injury: For malpractice to have occurred, a breach of the
standard of care must have caused an injury to the patient.
Question:
15. National Practitioner Data Bank?
Answer:
*Receives and discloses the reports on medical malpractice.
Question:
Who is credited to be the first advanced practice nurse role??
Answer:
Nurse Anesthesia in 1800's- perhaps the oldest advanced nursing specialty,
Sister Mary Bernard at St. Vincent's Hospital was the first anesthetist
Question:
Who is credited to be the founder of the first nurse practitioner role??
Answer:
Loretta Ford-1965- Colorado
