PRIMARY CARE ART AND SCIENCE OF
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Direct clinical practice
Answer: the central competency of any APN role and informs all the
other competencies
●● Four roles of an APRN
Answer: Certified nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse
anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist
●● Licensure
Answer: the process whereby an agency of state government grants
authorization to an individual to engage in a given profession. For
nursing, licensure is usually based on 2 criteria; the application attaining
the essential education and degree of competency necessary to perform a
unique scope of practice and passing a national exam.
●● Credentialing
,Answer: an umbrella term that refers to the regulatory mechanisms that
can be applied to individuals, programs, or organizations .
Institutional level--the process an individual institution, or health
system, uses to permit an APRN to practice in an APRN position within
the institution.
State level--The requirements that a state uses to assess minimum
standards of competency for APRNs to be authorized to practice in an
APRN role. Purpose is to protect the health and safety standards of the
public.
●● Regulation
Answer: The rules and policies that operationalize the laws and policies
that recognize APRNs and credential them for practice in an APRN role
and population focus
●● Certification
Answer: A formal process (usually an examination) used by a certifying
agency to validate, based on predetermined standards, an individual's
knowledge, skills, and abilities.
●● Primary care
Answer: Addresses most health needs across the lifespan, in sickness
and in health.
Key tasks: first contact with care, longitudinal care, comprehensiveness
of care, and coordination of services.
, ●● Primary care NP
Answer: Educated to provide the full spectrum of health care services to
previously diagnosed and undiagnosed primary care patients and
families, including health promotion, disease prevention, health
protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, and
palliative and end-of-life care. "Preventative care"
●● Primary Care
Answer: Medical services are divided into primary, secondary, and
tertiary care. Primary focuses on general care for overall patient
education and wellness, secondary and tertiary care treat more severe
conditions that require specialized knowledge and more intensive health
monitoring.
●● Certified nurse midwife educational requirements
Answer: Midwifery education has been more broadly based than
nursing, Evan at master's level, degrees may come from nursing,
midwifery, public health or allied health schools. to earn AMCB
certification as either a CNM or a CM must complete a graduate degree
program that has been accredited by the accreditation commission for
midwifery education (ACME)
Regulated on a state-by-state basis; regulated by boards of nursing in 38
states, recognized as APRNs in 42 states.
●● Certified registered nurse anesthetist educational requirements
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED STUDY
RESOURCE
●● Direct clinical practice
Answer: the central competency of any APN role and informs all the
other competencies
●● Four roles of an APRN
Answer: Certified nurse practitioner, certified registered nurse
anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist
●● Licensure
Answer: the process whereby an agency of state government grants
authorization to an individual to engage in a given profession. For
nursing, licensure is usually based on 2 criteria; the application attaining
the essential education and degree of competency necessary to perform a
unique scope of practice and passing a national exam.
●● Credentialing
,Answer: an umbrella term that refers to the regulatory mechanisms that
can be applied to individuals, programs, or organizations .
Institutional level--the process an individual institution, or health
system, uses to permit an APRN to practice in an APRN position within
the institution.
State level--The requirements that a state uses to assess minimum
standards of competency for APRNs to be authorized to practice in an
APRN role. Purpose is to protect the health and safety standards of the
public.
●● Regulation
Answer: The rules and policies that operationalize the laws and policies
that recognize APRNs and credential them for practice in an APRN role
and population focus
●● Certification
Answer: A formal process (usually an examination) used by a certifying
agency to validate, based on predetermined standards, an individual's
knowledge, skills, and abilities.
●● Primary care
Answer: Addresses most health needs across the lifespan, in sickness
and in health.
Key tasks: first contact with care, longitudinal care, comprehensiveness
of care, and coordination of services.
, ●● Primary care NP
Answer: Educated to provide the full spectrum of health care services to
previously diagnosed and undiagnosed primary care patients and
families, including health promotion, disease prevention, health
protection, anticipatory guidance, counseling, disease management, and
palliative and end-of-life care. "Preventative care"
●● Primary Care
Answer: Medical services are divided into primary, secondary, and
tertiary care. Primary focuses on general care for overall patient
education and wellness, secondary and tertiary care treat more severe
conditions that require specialized knowledge and more intensive health
monitoring.
●● Certified nurse midwife educational requirements
Answer: Midwifery education has been more broadly based than
nursing, Evan at master's level, degrees may come from nursing,
midwifery, public health or allied health schools. to earn AMCB
certification as either a CNM or a CM must complete a graduate degree
program that has been accredited by the accreditation commission for
midwifery education (ACME)
Regulated on a state-by-state basis; regulated by boards of nursing in 38
states, recognized as APRNs in 42 states.
●● Certified registered nurse anesthetist educational requirements
