role development final exam UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Advanced practice registered nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - the patient-focused application of an
expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations in a specialized
clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing
Direct clinical practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the central competency of any APN role and
informs all the other competencies
Four roles of an APRN - CORRECT ANSWER - Certified nurse practitioner, certified registered
nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist
Licensure - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Complete
BSN or other appropriate baccalaureate degree, hold current licensure as an RN, complete 1 year of
critical care as an RN, graduate with a minimum of a master's degree from an accredited nurse anesthesia
program, successfully complete national certification exam offered by the NBCRNA for CRNAs
Clinical nurse specialist educational requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - role was created to
provide direct care to patients with complex diseases or conditions, to improve patient outcomes by
developing the clinical skills and judgement of staff nurses, and to retain nurses who were experts in
clinical practice, particularly in emerging specialty areas. CNS graduate preparation has not been
standardized. Certification is available through the American nurses credentialing center and the AACN
certification corporation. the consensus model for aprn regulation requires, at a minimum, advanced
pharmacology, and advanced physiology and patho physiology.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Advanced practice registered nurse - CORRECT ANSWER - the patient-focused application of an
expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations in a specialized
clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing
Direct clinical practice - CORRECT ANSWER - the central competency of any APN role and
informs all the other competencies
Four roles of an APRN - CORRECT ANSWER - Certified nurse practitioner, certified registered
nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist
Licensure - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Complete
BSN or other appropriate baccalaureate degree, hold current licensure as an RN, complete 1 year of
critical care as an RN, graduate with a minimum of a master's degree from an accredited nurse anesthesia
program, successfully complete national certification exam offered by the NBCRNA for CRNAs
Clinical nurse specialist educational requirements - CORRECT ANSWER - role was created to
provide direct care to patients with complex diseases or conditions, to improve patient outcomes by
developing the clinical skills and judgement of staff nurses, and to retain nurses who were experts in
clinical practice, particularly in emerging specialty areas. CNS graduate preparation has not been
standardized. Certification is available through the American nurses credentialing center and the AACN
certification corporation. the consensus model for aprn regulation requires, at a minimum, advanced
pharmacology, and advanced physiology and patho physiology.
