Nurse Practitioner Board EXAM 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED
Terms in this set (909) QUESTIONS Original ANSWERS
1) Scope of Practice Based on legal allowances in
each state, individual state nurse
practice acts providing
guidelines for nursing practice
2) Key elements of the NP role include integration of care across the
acute illness continuum with
collaboration and coordination
of care; research based clinical
practices, clinical leadership,
family assessment, and
discharge planning
3) Standards of Advanced Practice are delineated American Nurses Association
by... which measure quality of
practice, service, or education
,4) State Practice Acts Authorize Boards of Nursing in
each state to establish statutory
authority for licensure of RNs
5) State Practice Acts - authority includes: use of title, authorization for
scope of practice including
prescriptive authority, and
disciplinary grounds
6) States vary in practice requirements, such as certification
7) Prescriptive authority Ability and extent of NPs ability
to prescribe meds
8) DEA has ruled that nurses in advanced registration numbers, state
practice may obtain.. practice acts dictate level of
prescriptive authority allowed
9) Credentials encompass... required education, licensure
and certification to practice as
an NP
10) Credentials establish... minimal levels of acceptable
performance
11) Credentialing is necessary to: ensure that safe healthcare is
provided by qualified
individuals; comply with federal
and state laws r/t APN
12) Credentials also... acknowledges the scope of
, practice of NP, mandates
accountability, enforces
professional standards for
practice
13) Licensure establishes that a person is
qualified to perform in a
particular professional role
14) Licensure is granted as defined by rules and a governmental regulatory body
regulations set forth by (ie. state board of nursing)
15) Certification Person has met certain standards
that signify mastery of
specialized knowledge
16) Certification is granted by nongovernmental ANCC, AANP
agencies such as
17) Admitting privileges to hospitals (non 1983 by JC
physican) were granted
18) Credentialing and privileging process which an NP is granted
permission to practice in an inpt
setting
19) Credentialing with hospital privileges is Hospital Credentialing
granted by a Committee
20) Pt Medical Abandoment When caregiver-pt relationship
is terminated w/o making
, reasonable arrangements w an
appropriate person so that care
can be continued
21) Determination of pt abandonment depends on Whether NP accepted pt
factors such as: assignment, whether NP
provided reasonable notice
before termination, whether
reasonable arrangements could
have been made
22) Following do not constitute pt abandonment NP refuses to accept
responsibility for pt assignment
when NP has given reasonable
notice to proper authority that
NP lacks competence to carry
out assignment; NP refuses
assignment of a double shift or
addtl hrs beyond posted work
schedule when proper
notification has been
given..latter phrase can be
controversial
23) Risk Mgmt Systematic effort to reduce risk
begins w formal written risk