,Hamric & Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing (7th Edition)
Part I: Historical and Developmental Aspects of Advanced Practice Nursing
1. History and Evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing
2. Conceptualizations of Advanced Practice Nursing
3. A Definition of Advanced Practice Nursing
4. Role Development of the Advanced Practice Nurse
5. International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing
Part II: Competencies of Advanced Practice Nursing
1. Direct Clinical Practice
2. Guidance and Coaching
3. Evidence-Based Practice
4. Leadership
5. Collaboration
6. Ethical Practice
Part III: Advanced Practice Roles – Operational Definitions
1. The Clinical Nurse Specialist
2. The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
3. The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
4. The Certified Nurse-Midwife
5. The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Part IV: Managing Advanced Practice Nursing Environments
1. Maximizing APRN Power and Influencing Policy
2. Marketing Yourself as an APRN: Contracting and Negotiation
3. Health System Structures and Reimbursement Mechanisms
4. Understanding Regulatory, Legal, and Credentialing Requirements
5. An Integrative Review of APRN Outcomes and Performance Improvement Research
6. Future Technologies Influencing APRN Practice
Part V: Specialty-Focused and Emerging Topics
1. Culturally Competent Care in Advanced Practice Nursing
2. Interprofessional Education and Practice
3. Global Health and the APRN
4. The DNP and the Future of Advanced Practice Nursing
,Mastery Test Bank: Hamric & Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing – 7th Edition"
Comprehensive Assessment Resource for Chapters 1–26
MULTIPLE Answers
1. Which of the following is the best explanation for
the creation of theDoctorate of Nursing Practice
(DNP) degree?
a. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
b. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
c. To compete against master’s degree programs
d. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
ANS: B
Although all answers are influenced by the DNP core competencies, the DNP
program creation in 2004 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN) was designed to address curriculum requirements of master’s degree
programs.
2. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
a. Clinical Nurse Specialist
b. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
c. Family Nurse practitioner
d. Pediatric Nurse practitioner
, ANS: B
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939
to the AmericanAssociation of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first recognized
group promoting advanced nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at
Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
3. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the
APNs over the last 25years?
a. Societal forces
b. Lack of access to health care providers
c. Payment for services
d. Standardized curriculum development
ANS: D
As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs
are identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these roles
have solidified the APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
4. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of the following
increased demand for access to health care?
a. War
b. Poverty
c. Rural access to care
d. Availability of training
ANS: A
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war
when numbers ofphysicians were inadequate. The earliest records date back to
the American Civil War with the administration of chloroform. During World
War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trainedanesthetists, traveled into
battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the
validation and need for APNs.
5. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester,
NY. He is known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of
nurses in which of the followingroles?