PMHNP: Role, Scope of Practice,
Regulatory Practice
PMHNP Role addresses.. - ✔✔need to providence holistic holistic nursing care that doesn't artificially
separate mind and body
Who was the NP Role introduced by? - ✔✔1. NP role was introduced in by Loretta C. Ford and Henry K.
Silver
2. The first nurse practitioners were pediatric NPs.
What did June Mellow and Hildegard Peplau do? - ✔✔June Mellow and Hildegard Peplau helped make
psychiatric nursing a well-established, well-recognized, sub-specialty of nursing.
Independent Practice Competencies - ✔✔1. Identifies the role of PMHNP in risk mitigation strategies in
areas of opiate use and substance abuse
2. Applies principles of self-efficacy, empowerment, and others to effect change
3. Considers motivation and readiness to improve self-care
Accreditation - ✔✔NP programs are either accredited by one or two organizations to achieve
standardization and control over quality:
1. Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
2. Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
Regulatory and Statutory Dimensions of the NP Role - ✔✔1. State Legislative Statutes
(Legal Authority & Nurse Practice Act)
, 2. Nurse Practice Act
(laws that define scope of practice)
3. Statutory Law
(further defines scope of practice & requirements)
4. Licensure
(government grants permission to practice)
5. Credentialing
(minimum level of professional competence)
State Legislative Statutes - ✔✔1. Grant legal authority for NP practice
2. The Nurse Practice Act of every state
The Nurse Practice Act of every state - ✔✔prevailing state laws that define scope of practice (what NPs
may do)
Collaborative Agreement - ✔✔also known as protocol that describes what types of drugs might be
prescribed and defines some from of oversight for NP practice
Licensure - ✔✔process by which an agency or state government grants permission to persons to
engage in the practice of that profession
Credentialing - ✔✔process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional
competence
Regulatory Practice
PMHNP Role addresses.. - ✔✔need to providence holistic holistic nursing care that doesn't artificially
separate mind and body
Who was the NP Role introduced by? - ✔✔1. NP role was introduced in by Loretta C. Ford and Henry K.
Silver
2. The first nurse practitioners were pediatric NPs.
What did June Mellow and Hildegard Peplau do? - ✔✔June Mellow and Hildegard Peplau helped make
psychiatric nursing a well-established, well-recognized, sub-specialty of nursing.
Independent Practice Competencies - ✔✔1. Identifies the role of PMHNP in risk mitigation strategies in
areas of opiate use and substance abuse
2. Applies principles of self-efficacy, empowerment, and others to effect change
3. Considers motivation and readiness to improve self-care
Accreditation - ✔✔NP programs are either accredited by one or two organizations to achieve
standardization and control over quality:
1. Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
2. Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
Regulatory and Statutory Dimensions of the NP Role - ✔✔1. State Legislative Statutes
(Legal Authority & Nurse Practice Act)
, 2. Nurse Practice Act
(laws that define scope of practice)
3. Statutory Law
(further defines scope of practice & requirements)
4. Licensure
(government grants permission to practice)
5. Credentialing
(minimum level of professional competence)
State Legislative Statutes - ✔✔1. Grant legal authority for NP practice
2. The Nurse Practice Act of every state
The Nurse Practice Act of every state - ✔✔prevailing state laws that define scope of practice (what NPs
may do)
Collaborative Agreement - ✔✔also known as protocol that describes what types of drugs might be
prescribed and defines some from of oversight for NP practice
Licensure - ✔✔process by which an agency or state government grants permission to persons to
engage in the practice of that profession
Credentialing - ✔✔process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional
competence
