NURS8024 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
national organizations that provide guidelines for WHNP practice and education? ✅✅correct
answ-american association of colleges of nursing (AACN)
national organization of NP faculties (NONPF)
Process for certification maintenance for an NP ✅✅correct answ--cert is valid for 3 years
-complete continuing competency assessment at the beginning of your maintenance cycle
-continuing education earned is based on your education plan after the assessment is completed
maintain current/active, unencumbered licensure, update and upload licensure
main provisions of patient protection and affordable care act? ✅✅correct answ-increase access
to insurance
decrease cost
consumer protection
wellness/prevention
increase quality of healthcare
expand workforce
what is the scope of practice of a WHNP ✅✅correct answ-providing gynecologic, sexual, obstetric,
and reproductive care, mgmt, family planning, STI dx/tx, menopause mgmt, postmenopausal care,
and primary care to women.
Who Governs the scope of practice of WHNP? ✅✅correct answ-**established by the nurse
practice act in the STATE which they are licensed/practice in
what is prescriptive authority? ✅✅correct answ-The ability and extent of NP's ability to prescribe
medication; is dependent on state nurse practice act
what are the 4 levels of management of care? ✅✅correct answ-independent
,consultation
referral
collaboration
example of independent level management of care ✅✅correct answ-functioning as a lone
provider that manages previously and undiagnosed patients.
example of consultation level management of care ✅✅correct answ-request for direction or help
on a dx/tx plan from another provider
example of referral level management of care ✅✅correct answ-another provider accepting the
ongoing treatment/care for a problem
example of collaboration level management of care ✅✅correct answ-joint communication and
decision-making between healthcare professionals that are working towards mutual goals of patient
care
this is the process by which an NP will receive the authority of bill insurance companies for the
services they provide; this is usually completed by the practice manager.
Involves a provider obtaining authorization to practice ✅✅correct answ-credentialing/privileging
process
who is the certifying body we take the WHNP boards through? ✅✅correct answ-NCC (National
Certification Corporation)
this is a nurse who has graduate level of education; passed national certification, built on
competencies of an RN, is educationally prepared to take on the responsibility/accountability of
patient issues ✅✅correct answ-Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN)
What are the four APRN roles? ✅✅correct answ-NP
CNM
CNS
CRNA
,The national organization of nurse practitioner faculties (NONPF) describes NINE core
competencies...what are they ✅✅correct answ-scientific foundation
leadership
quality
practice inquiry
technology/information literacy
policy
health delivery system
ethics
independent practice
these are considered "practice guidelines"; the "how to" of a discipline or specialty. they clarify
scope and authority r/t a specific activity by defining who can do what activity, with what level of
supervision, and when (stated at the state board/institution level) ✅✅correct answ-standards of
practice
provision of services in a manner consistent with care as a another professional with similar training
and experience faced with a similar situation would provide; sets minimum criteria for job
proficiency (stated by medicare, joint commission) ✅✅correct answ-standards of care
independence; capacity for making decisions, judgement, knowledge, and self-determination.
ex: clinical decision making ✅✅correct answ-autonomy
Obligation to promote patient's well being, or an act of kindness/charity.
ex: holding a dying patients hand; "do good" ✅✅correct answ-Beneficence
the obligation not to harm or cause injury
ex: stopping a medication that is causing harmful SE's ✅✅correct answ-nonmalifience
remaining TRUTHFUL w/ the patients regardless of any circumstances
, ex: telling the patient the truth, never lying, even if it may cause distress ✅✅correct answ-
veracity
moral and ethics of a provider; keeping your promise
ex: telling a patient you will come back and check on their pain, and actually doing so ✅✅correct
answ-fidelity
unity and mutuality; FAIR distribution of resources and care in healthcare
ex: providing the same treatment options to two different patients ✅✅correct answ-justice
integration of clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from research; is the
"conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of theory-derived, research-based information in making
decisions about care delivery to patients and in consideration of individual needs and preferences.
✅✅correct answ-evidence-based practice
What does HIPAA stand for? ✅✅correct answ-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(1996)
what is the health insurance portability and accountability act? ✅✅correct answ-federal law that
required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from
being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge
The process of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; the MOVEMENT of drugs
within the body, what the BODY DOES to a drug ✅✅correct answ-pharmacokinetics
study of drug concentration and the patients response; the study of a drug's EFFECT, including the
duration and magnitude of the response in relation to the drug dosage, what the DRUG DOES to the
body ✅✅correct answ-pharmacodynamics
study of how different genes in the full genome determine drug behavior; identifies genes involved
in drug metabolism and drug response ✅✅correct answ-pharmacogenomics
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
national organizations that provide guidelines for WHNP practice and education? ✅✅correct
answ-american association of colleges of nursing (AACN)
national organization of NP faculties (NONPF)
Process for certification maintenance for an NP ✅✅correct answ--cert is valid for 3 years
-complete continuing competency assessment at the beginning of your maintenance cycle
-continuing education earned is based on your education plan after the assessment is completed
maintain current/active, unencumbered licensure, update and upload licensure
main provisions of patient protection and affordable care act? ✅✅correct answ-increase access
to insurance
decrease cost
consumer protection
wellness/prevention
increase quality of healthcare
expand workforce
what is the scope of practice of a WHNP ✅✅correct answ-providing gynecologic, sexual, obstetric,
and reproductive care, mgmt, family planning, STI dx/tx, menopause mgmt, postmenopausal care,
and primary care to women.
Who Governs the scope of practice of WHNP? ✅✅correct answ-**established by the nurse
practice act in the STATE which they are licensed/practice in
what is prescriptive authority? ✅✅correct answ-The ability and extent of NP's ability to prescribe
medication; is dependent on state nurse practice act
what are the 4 levels of management of care? ✅✅correct answ-independent
,consultation
referral
collaboration
example of independent level management of care ✅✅correct answ-functioning as a lone
provider that manages previously and undiagnosed patients.
example of consultation level management of care ✅✅correct answ-request for direction or help
on a dx/tx plan from another provider
example of referral level management of care ✅✅correct answ-another provider accepting the
ongoing treatment/care for a problem
example of collaboration level management of care ✅✅correct answ-joint communication and
decision-making between healthcare professionals that are working towards mutual goals of patient
care
this is the process by which an NP will receive the authority of bill insurance companies for the
services they provide; this is usually completed by the practice manager.
Involves a provider obtaining authorization to practice ✅✅correct answ-credentialing/privileging
process
who is the certifying body we take the WHNP boards through? ✅✅correct answ-NCC (National
Certification Corporation)
this is a nurse who has graduate level of education; passed national certification, built on
competencies of an RN, is educationally prepared to take on the responsibility/accountability of
patient issues ✅✅correct answ-Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN)
What are the four APRN roles? ✅✅correct answ-NP
CNM
CNS
CRNA
,The national organization of nurse practitioner faculties (NONPF) describes NINE core
competencies...what are they ✅✅correct answ-scientific foundation
leadership
quality
practice inquiry
technology/information literacy
policy
health delivery system
ethics
independent practice
these are considered "practice guidelines"; the "how to" of a discipline or specialty. they clarify
scope and authority r/t a specific activity by defining who can do what activity, with what level of
supervision, and when (stated at the state board/institution level) ✅✅correct answ-standards of
practice
provision of services in a manner consistent with care as a another professional with similar training
and experience faced with a similar situation would provide; sets minimum criteria for job
proficiency (stated by medicare, joint commission) ✅✅correct answ-standards of care
independence; capacity for making decisions, judgement, knowledge, and self-determination.
ex: clinical decision making ✅✅correct answ-autonomy
Obligation to promote patient's well being, or an act of kindness/charity.
ex: holding a dying patients hand; "do good" ✅✅correct answ-Beneficence
the obligation not to harm or cause injury
ex: stopping a medication that is causing harmful SE's ✅✅correct answ-nonmalifience
remaining TRUTHFUL w/ the patients regardless of any circumstances
, ex: telling the patient the truth, never lying, even if it may cause distress ✅✅correct answ-
veracity
moral and ethics of a provider; keeping your promise
ex: telling a patient you will come back and check on their pain, and actually doing so ✅✅correct
answ-fidelity
unity and mutuality; FAIR distribution of resources and care in healthcare
ex: providing the same treatment options to two different patients ✅✅correct answ-justice
integration of clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from research; is the
"conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of theory-derived, research-based information in making
decisions about care delivery to patients and in consideration of individual needs and preferences.
✅✅correct answ-evidence-based practice
What does HIPAA stand for? ✅✅correct answ-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(1996)
what is the health insurance portability and accountability act? ✅✅correct answ-federal law that
required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from
being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge
The process of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion; the MOVEMENT of drugs
within the body, what the BODY DOES to a drug ✅✅correct answ-pharmacokinetics
study of drug concentration and the patients response; the study of a drug's EFFECT, including the
duration and magnitude of the response in relation to the drug dosage, what the DRUG DOES to the
body ✅✅correct answ-pharmacodynamics
study of how different genes in the full genome determine drug behavior; identifies genes involved
in drug metabolism and drug response ✅✅correct answ-pharmacogenomics
