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Correct Answers
ARRN
Clear expectations for licensures accreditation certification and education for all APRNs
Standards/scope of practice
Licensed and independent practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute
episodic and chronic illnesses.
Statutory Law
States have a duty to protect those who receive nursing care
Role of NONPF
the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. This is the only organization
specifically dedicated to promoting and supporting high quality nurse practitioner education.
The NONPF provides ongoing support to NP educators through establishing competencies,
methods of evaluation, and strategic partnerships.
The NONPF primarily concentrates
on the development of standards necessary to foster optimum graduate educational programs.
This network continually collects data and utilizes expert knowledge of its membership to
seminally publish updated curricular frameworks
Clinical interview terms, techniques, and goals
CC, HPI, PMH, Assessment, diagnosis, structured and unstructured. MMSE, active listening.
Case formulation
,Theoretically based explanation or conceptualization of the information obtained from a
clinical assessment which offers a hypothesis and provides a framework of treatment.
Grief process and treatment
Kubler Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Instrumental: problem solving
Intuitive emotional
Risk assessment (suicide, self-harm, homicide, etc.) - protective and risks factors
Highest risk group- white, middle-aged males
Next highest- aged 85 and older
Screening tool- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
made of 4 questions to ask youth in medical settings
Common screening tools
PHQ-9 for depression
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
Highest risk for self-injury
socioeconomic disadvantage, depression, substance abuse, and anxiety
Self-injury increases
risk of later suicide
Primary prevention
, concerned with the prevention of the onset of disease; goal is to reduce the incidence of
disease; e.g. vaccinations
Secondary prevention
concerned with trying to detect a disease early and prevent it from getting worse; e.g. regular
exams and screening tests
Tertiary prevention
concerned with reducing the impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects;
e.g. cardiac or stroke rehab programs, support groups
Levels of prevention
primary, secondary, tertiary - this is important for public patient
education/screening/epidemiological measures, and promoting health.
Neuroanatomy
neurotransmitters, brain plasticity, epigenetics, major areas of the brain such as the amygdala,
prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus
Dopamine
responsible for drive, motivation, and reward, inhibition of prolactin, controls motor
(imbalance causes Parkinson's, extapyramidal symptoms)
Serotonin
satisfaction, sociality, lowers anxiety and impulsivity, decreases sex drive, 90% serotonin in
GI tract
-Too much- bleeding, GI motility, nausea
- Zofran blocks serotonin
Correct Answers
ARRN
Clear expectations for licensures accreditation certification and education for all APRNs
Standards/scope of practice
Licensed and independent practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute
episodic and chronic illnesses.
Statutory Law
States have a duty to protect those who receive nursing care
Role of NONPF
the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. This is the only organization
specifically dedicated to promoting and supporting high quality nurse practitioner education.
The NONPF provides ongoing support to NP educators through establishing competencies,
methods of evaluation, and strategic partnerships.
The NONPF primarily concentrates
on the development of standards necessary to foster optimum graduate educational programs.
This network continually collects data and utilizes expert knowledge of its membership to
seminally publish updated curricular frameworks
Clinical interview terms, techniques, and goals
CC, HPI, PMH, Assessment, diagnosis, structured and unstructured. MMSE, active listening.
Case formulation
,Theoretically based explanation or conceptualization of the information obtained from a
clinical assessment which offers a hypothesis and provides a framework of treatment.
Grief process and treatment
Kubler Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
Instrumental: problem solving
Intuitive emotional
Risk assessment (suicide, self-harm, homicide, etc.) - protective and risks factors
Highest risk group- white, middle-aged males
Next highest- aged 85 and older
Screening tool- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
made of 4 questions to ask youth in medical settings
Common screening tools
PHQ-9 for depression
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
Highest risk for self-injury
socioeconomic disadvantage, depression, substance abuse, and anxiety
Self-injury increases
risk of later suicide
Primary prevention
, concerned with the prevention of the onset of disease; goal is to reduce the incidence of
disease; e.g. vaccinations
Secondary prevention
concerned with trying to detect a disease early and prevent it from getting worse; e.g. regular
exams and screening tests
Tertiary prevention
concerned with reducing the impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects;
e.g. cardiac or stroke rehab programs, support groups
Levels of prevention
primary, secondary, tertiary - this is important for public patient
education/screening/epidemiological measures, and promoting health.
Neuroanatomy
neurotransmitters, brain plasticity, epigenetics, major areas of the brain such as the amygdala,
prefrontal cortex, hypothalamus
Dopamine
responsible for drive, motivation, and reward, inhibition of prolactin, controls motor
(imbalance causes Parkinson's, extapyramidal symptoms)
Serotonin
satisfaction, sociality, lowers anxiety and impulsivity, decreases sex drive, 90% serotonin in
GI tract
-Too much- bleeding, GI motility, nausea
- Zofran blocks serotonin
