questions and answers graded A+
What are the requirements of initial certification and licensure to practice as a APRN in FL -
correct answer ✔✔1. active RN license
2. Certification exam
3. Malpractice insurance (or intent to obtain if your future employer offers to pay for this as
many do)
4. Payment
5.Application for license (payment/fingerpriting/background check)
Primary goal of nurses being full partners with physicians and other health professionals is to
improve: (3) - correct answer ✔✔1 .Safety
2. Patient outcomes
3. High Quality Care
Collaborative Agreement (protocol) - correct answer ✔✔A document that gives an APRN broad
guidelines of delegated medical care with physician
Credentialing - correct answer ✔✔The granting of privileges for a nurse to practice in the
hospital setting
Why was the role of Nurse Practitioner initiated? - correct answer ✔✔To address the physician
shortage and to improve access to primary medical care
Professional Standards - correct answer ✔✔guidelines of acceptable behavior and performance
established by professional associations to reflect current nursing abilities.
, Prescriptive authority - correct answer ✔✔legal authority granted to advanced practice nurses
to prescribe medication. Varies state by state
Who establishes and maintains the scope of practice and standards of professional nursing
performance? - correct answer ✔✔National professional nursing associations
The correct title (credentials for Nurse Practitioners in Florida - correct answer ✔✔APRN
Compared to a vocation this has a distinct body of knowledge as a foundation - correct answer
✔✔A Profession
Nursing Program Accreditation - correct answer ✔✔The process of assessing a nursing
educational program to verify it meets the standards set by the professional organization
role strain - correct answer ✔✔conflicts that someone feels within a role when they work
autonomously with little support
role stress - correct answer ✔✔The anxiety produced by being unable to meet all role
requirements at the same time.
APRN's prescriptive authority is regulated and monitored by - correct answer ✔✔The State and
their board of Nursing
policy - correct answer ✔✔development rules an regulations of a new law
International council of Nursing - correct answer ✔✔Professional organization that represents
nurses in countries around the world.