PMHNP Domain 5 STUDY GUIDE
NP Core Competencies
1. Scientific Foundations
2. Leadership
3. Quality
4. Practice Inquiry
5. Technology and Information Literacy
6. Policy
7. Health Delivery System
8. Ethics
9. Independent Practice
Who developed NP Role?
1965 by Loretta Ford and Henry Silver at the U of Colorado
When did PMHNP across the lifespan certification begin?
2015
Credentialing
Process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence
Certification
Determines scope of practice
A credential that provides title protection
Licensure
-Process by which an agency of state government grants permission to persons to engage in the
practice of that profession
-Prohibits all others from legally doing protected practice
Scope of Practice
-Defines NP roles and actions
-Varies broadly from state to state
Standards of Practice
, -Authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice that should be provided
-Can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met by a provider
HIPAA - Guarantees clients 4 fundamental rights
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, and
4. To require their permission for disclosure of their personal information.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009
1. Incentive payments for sharing specific electronic health record (EHR) data
2. Meaningful use incentives
3. EHRs can improve both individual and population-based health outcomes.
4. EHRs can improve quality, safety, efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes
Tarasoff Principle
Duty to warn potential victim of imminent danger from homicidal clients
Justice
Doing what is fair; fairness in all aspects of care
Beneficence
Promoting well-being and doing good
Nonmaleficence
Doing no harm
Fidelity
Being true and loyal
Autonomy
Doing for self
Respect
Treating everyone with equal respect/dignity
Deontological Theory
NP Core Competencies
1. Scientific Foundations
2. Leadership
3. Quality
4. Practice Inquiry
5. Technology and Information Literacy
6. Policy
7. Health Delivery System
8. Ethics
9. Independent Practice
Who developed NP Role?
1965 by Loretta Ford and Henry Silver at the U of Colorado
When did PMHNP across the lifespan certification begin?
2015
Credentialing
Process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence
Certification
Determines scope of practice
A credential that provides title protection
Licensure
-Process by which an agency of state government grants permission to persons to engage in the
practice of that profession
-Prohibits all others from legally doing protected practice
Scope of Practice
-Defines NP roles and actions
-Varies broadly from state to state
Standards of Practice
, -Authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice that should be provided
-Can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met by a provider
HIPAA - Guarantees clients 4 fundamental rights
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, and
4. To require their permission for disclosure of their personal information.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) of 2009
1. Incentive payments for sharing specific electronic health record (EHR) data
2. Meaningful use incentives
3. EHRs can improve both individual and population-based health outcomes.
4. EHRs can improve quality, safety, efficiency, effectiveness and outcomes
Tarasoff Principle
Duty to warn potential victim of imminent danger from homicidal clients
Justice
Doing what is fair; fairness in all aspects of care
Beneficence
Promoting well-being and doing good
Nonmaleficence
Doing no harm
Fidelity
Being true and loyal
Autonomy
Doing for self
Respect
Treating everyone with equal respect/dignity
Deontological Theory
