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Guide for final Exams Prep, with Solutions
Define APN
Advanced Practice Nurse - general name for nurses who have education and clinical
experience beyond the 2-4 years of basic nursing education.
Define NP
Nurse Practitioner - a nurse with graduate training who often works as a primary care
provider
Define CNSs
Clinical Nurse Specialists - Master's or Doctoral degree in a specialized area of nursing
practice
Usually work in hospital
Expertise may be in peds, geriatrics, women, critical care, ER, diabetes, oncology,
psychiatry, rehab, pain, wound, stress, etc.
Define CNMs
Certified Nurse-Midwife - nurse who has special training in delivering babies during
low-risk pregnancies
Define CRNAs
Certified Nurse Anesthetists - provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance and
supervision of an anesthesiologist
General name for nurses who have education and clinical experience beyond that
required of an RN
,Advanced Nurse Practitioners (APN)
A nurse with graduate training who often works as a primary care provider
Nurse Practitioner
RNs with either a Master's or Doctoral degree in a specialized area of nursing practice.
Expertise may be in peds, geriatrics, women, critical care, ER, diabetes, oncology,
psychiatry, rehab, pain, wound, stress, etc.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
RNs who have special training in delivering babies during low-risk pregnancies
Certified Nurse-Midwife
RNs that provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance and supervision of an
anesthesiologist
Certified Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Entrepreneurs
Identifies a need and creates a service to meet the identified need; Enjoy autonomy
Characteristics of a Profession (Flexner)
A. Intellectual and accompanied by a HIGH DEGREE OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBIITY.
B. Based on a BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE LEARNED and refined through
research
C. Can be taught through a process of highly professional education
D. Strong internal organization of members and well developed consciousness
E. Has practitioners who are motivated by ALTRUISM and who are responsive to PUBLIC
INTEREST
, Characteristics of a Profession (Hall)
1. Use of a professional organization as a primary point of reference
2. Belief in the VALUE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
3. Belief in SELF-REGULATION
4. Commitment to a profession that GOES BEYOND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
5. A sense of AUTONOMY in practice
Process of Professionalism
A. Practitioners performed full-time work in the discipline.
B. They determined work standards, identified a body of knowledge, and established
educational programs in institutions of higher learning.
C. They promoted organization into effective occupational associations, and then
worked to establish legal protection that LIMITED PRACTICE OF THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS BY
OUTSIDERS.
D. Finally, they established CODE OF ETHICS.
Occupation VS Profession
Occupation - task, manual labor, does not require extensive training or specialized
knowledge, material reward
Profession - requires principles, critical thinking, part of who you are, less supervision,
"calling"
Interprofessionality
Guide for final Exams Prep, with Solutions
Define APN
Advanced Practice Nurse - general name for nurses who have education and clinical
experience beyond the 2-4 years of basic nursing education.
Define NP
Nurse Practitioner - a nurse with graduate training who often works as a primary care
provider
Define CNSs
Clinical Nurse Specialists - Master's or Doctoral degree in a specialized area of nursing
practice
Usually work in hospital
Expertise may be in peds, geriatrics, women, critical care, ER, diabetes, oncology,
psychiatry, rehab, pain, wound, stress, etc.
Define CNMs
Certified Nurse-Midwife - nurse who has special training in delivering babies during
low-risk pregnancies
Define CRNAs
Certified Nurse Anesthetists - provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance and
supervision of an anesthesiologist
General name for nurses who have education and clinical experience beyond that
required of an RN
,Advanced Nurse Practitioners (APN)
A nurse with graduate training who often works as a primary care provider
Nurse Practitioner
RNs with either a Master's or Doctoral degree in a specialized area of nursing practice.
Expertise may be in peds, geriatrics, women, critical care, ER, diabetes, oncology,
psychiatry, rehab, pain, wound, stress, etc.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
RNs who have special training in delivering babies during low-risk pregnancies
Certified Nurse-Midwife
RNs that provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance and supervision of an
anesthesiologist
Certified Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Entrepreneurs
Identifies a need and creates a service to meet the identified need; Enjoy autonomy
Characteristics of a Profession (Flexner)
A. Intellectual and accompanied by a HIGH DEGREE OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBIITY.
B. Based on a BODY OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE LEARNED and refined through
research
C. Can be taught through a process of highly professional education
D. Strong internal organization of members and well developed consciousness
E. Has practitioners who are motivated by ALTRUISM and who are responsive to PUBLIC
INTEREST
, Characteristics of a Profession (Hall)
1. Use of a professional organization as a primary point of reference
2. Belief in the VALUE OF PUBLIC SERVICE
3. Belief in SELF-REGULATION
4. Commitment to a profession that GOES BEYOND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
5. A sense of AUTONOMY in practice
Process of Professionalism
A. Practitioners performed full-time work in the discipline.
B. They determined work standards, identified a body of knowledge, and established
educational programs in institutions of higher learning.
C. They promoted organization into effective occupational associations, and then
worked to establish legal protection that LIMITED PRACTICE OF THEIR UNIQUE SKILLS BY
OUTSIDERS.
D. Finally, they established CODE OF ETHICS.
Occupation VS Profession
Occupation - task, manual labor, does not require extensive training or specialized
knowledge, material reward
Profession - requires principles, critical thinking, part of who you are, less supervision,
"calling"
Interprofessionality
