Final Exam NU 664 Set 1 Questions and Answers Study Guide
ARRN
Clear expectations for licensures accreditation certification and education for all APRNs
Standards/scope of practice
Licensed and independent practitioners, assess, diagnosis and treat and manage acute episodic and
chronic illnesses.
Statutory Law
States have a duty to protect those who receive nursing care
,Role of NONPF
the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. This is the only organization specifically
dedicated to promoting and supporting high quality nurse practitioner education. The NONPF
provides ongoing support to NP educators through establishing competencies, methods of
evaluation, and strategic partnerships.
The NONPF primarily concentrates
on the development of standards necessary to foster optimum graduate educational programs. This
network continually collects data and utilizes expert knowledge of its membership to seminally
publish updated curricular frameworks
Clinical interview terms, techniques, and goals
CC, HPI, PMH, Assessment, diagnosis, structured and unstructured. MMSE, active listening.
Case formulation
Theoretically based explanation or conceptualization of the information obtained from a clinical
assessment which offers a hypothesis and provides a framework of treatment.
Grief process and treatment
Kubler Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and
acceptance. Instrumental: problem solving
Intuitive emotional
Risk assessment (suicide, self-harm, homicide, etc.) - protective and risks factors
Highest risk group- white, middle-aged males
Next highest- aged 85 and older
, Screening tool- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)
made of 4 questions to ask youth in medical settings
Common screening tools
PHQ-9 for depression
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
SAFE-T (Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage)
Highest risk for self-injury
socioeconomic disadvantage, depression, substance abuse, and anxiety
Self-injury increases
risk of later suicide
Primary prevention
concerned with the prevention of the onset of disease; goal is to reduce the incidence of disease;
e.g. vaccinations
Secondary prevention
concerned with trying to detect a disease early and prevent it from getting worse; e.g. regular
exams and screening tests