Core Competencies correct answer: Management of Health Status
Maintenance of Nurse-Patient Relationship
Teaching/Coaching
Professional Role
Managing
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Monitoring Quality of Care
Providing Culturally Sensitive Care
When was NP role introduced and by whom correct answer: 1965
Loretta Ford
University of Colorado
State Legislative Statutes correct answer: Grant legal authority for NP practice
Are the Nurse Practice Act of every state
Provide title protection
Define advanced practice
Are prevailing state laws that define scope of practice
Place restrictions on practice
Sets NP credentialing requirements
State grounds for disciplinary actions
May decide about collaborative agreements
Collaborative agreement correct answer: Protocol that describes what types of drugs might be prescribed and defines some form of oversight board for NP practice
Statutory Law correct answer: Rules and regulations differ for each state
May further define scope of practice and practice requirements
May provide restrictions in practice unique to specific state
Licensure correct answer: A process by which an agency of state government grants permission to individuals accountable for the practice of a profession to engage in the practice of that profession
Credentialing correct answer: Process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence
Certification correct answer: Credential that provides title protection
Determines scope of practice
Is the process by which a professional organization/association certifies that an individual licensed to practice as a professional has met certain predetermined standards
Assures the public that an individual has mastery of a body of knowledge
Assures that the individual has acquired the skills necessary to function in a particular specialty
ANCC only one for psych
Scope of practice correct answer: Defines NP roles and actions
Identifies competencies assumed to be held by all NPs who function in a particular role
Has broad variations from state to state
Standards of Practice correct answer: Gives authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice that should be provided
Provides a way to judge the nature of care provided
Reflects the expectation for the care that should be provided to patients with various illnesses
Reflects professional agreement focused on the minimum levels of acceptable performance
Can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met by a provider
May be precise protocols that must be followed or more general guidelines that recommend actions
Four Rights of HIPAA correct answer: 1. To be educated about HIPAA privacy protection
2. To have access to their own medical records
3. To request amendment of their health information to which they object
4. To require their permission for disclosure of their personal information
HITECH correct answer: Incentive payments for sharing specific EHR data
Meaningful use incentives
Improves outcomes
Exceptions to confidentiality correct answer: Intent to harm self or others
Attorneys involved in litigation
When records are released to insurance companies
Answering court orders, subpoenas, summons
Mandatory reporting of disease and conditions
Tarasoff principle: Duty to warn potential victims of imminent danger of homicidal patients
Child/elder abuse
Justice correct answer: Doing what is fair, fairness in all aspects of care
Beneficience correct answer: Promoting well being and doing good
Nonmalfeasance correct answer: Doing no harm
Fidelity correct answer: Being true and loyal
Autonomy correct answer: Doing for self
Veracity correct answer: Telling the truth
Respect correct answer: Treating everyone with equal respect
Deontological Theory correct answer: An action is judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the consequences
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