WHNP BOARDS - ROLE DVMT, TRENDS, ISSUES (PURPLE BOOK)

APRN is a nurse who has accomplished the following: - Answer- 1. Completed an accreditted graduate level program preparing for one of the 4 ARNP roles 2. Passed a national certification exam. 3. Educationally prepared to assume responsibility and accountability for health promotion/management, assessment, diagnosis, w/ Rx and non-Rx interventions 4. Obtained clinical experience of sufficient depth and breadth to reflect the intended license. 4 ARNP roles - Answer- Nurse practitioner, CNM, CRNA, CNS What does the ARNP do? - Answer- Primary and/or speciality care providers who practice in ambulatory, acute, and long-term care settings, providing nursing and medical services to individuals, families and groups (AANP, 2007) Where was the first NP program developed? - Answer- 1964 at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, prompted by a shortage of physicians in the area, PNPs (pediatric nurse practitioners) became the care model for development of NPs in other specialty areas. Professional organizations that provide guidelines for Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Practice - Answer- AWHONN - Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses NPWH - National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Certification is provided by - Answer- National Certification Corporation (NCC) WHNP certification must be renewed every how many years and how. - Answer- Renewed Q3 years, through reexamination or achievement of specified hours of continuing education. Healthy 2010 initiatives - Answer- Prevention agenda for the nation to increase years of healthy life while reducing health disparities. Objectives significant as leading national health indicators Origin is the 1979 Surgeon General's report on health promotion and disease prevention entitled "Healthy People". Primary Care and Healthcare Reform has 4 critical issues - Answer- Access, quality, cost,