PMHNP BOARDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
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PMHNP BOARDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
State legislative statues do what two things
1. grant legal authority for NP practice
2. Provides nurse practice act specific to state
What does the Nurse Practice Act do
1. provides title protection
2. defines advanced practice...
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PMHNP BOARDS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
State legislative statues do what two things
1. grant legal authority for NP practice
2. Provides nurse practice act specific to state
What does the Nurse Practice Act do
1. provides title protection
2. defines advanced practice
3. prevailing state laws that define scope of practice
4. places restriction on practice
5. disciplinary action
6. regulate NP development of collaborative agreement with MD
7. guides statutory law
8. oversees license
9. credentialing
10. certification
11 defines scope of practice
12. defines standards of practice
what are state grounds for disciplinary action
- practicing with out licesne
- falsification of records
- medicare fraud
- failure to use appropriate nursing judgement
-failure to follow accepted nursing standards
- failure to complete accurate nursing documentation
what is a collaborative aggrement
also known as a protocol that describes whaty types of durgs might be prescribed and
difines some form of oversight for NP practice
what is statutory law
-rules and regulations difer for each state
-may further define scope of practice and practice requirements
-may provide restrictions in practice unique to specific state
what is licensure
- a process by which an agency of state gov. grants permission to persons to engate in
the practice of that profession
-also progibits all others from legally doing protectedpractice
what is credentialing
process used to protect the public y ensureing a minimum level of professional
competence
What is certification?
-a credential that provides title protection
-determines scope of practice
-the process by which a professional organization or association certifies that a person
licensed to practic as a professional has met certain predetermed standsrds specified
, by that profession for specialty practice
-assuuers the public that a person has mastery of specified body of knowledge
-assures that the person has acquired the skils necessary to function in a particular
specialty
define scope of practice
-defines the NP roles and actions
-identifies the competencies assumed to be held by all nps who function in a particluar
role
-varies broadly from state to state
-
what are standards of practice.
authoritative statements regarding the quality and type of practice that should be
provided
-provide a way to judge the nature of care provided
-reflect professional agreement focused on the minimum levels of acceptable
performance
-reflect the expectation for the care that should be provided to clients with vaious
illnesses
-can be used to legally describe the standard of care that must be met by a provider
-may be precise protocols thta must be followed o more general guidelines that
recommend actions.
what is confidentiality
-the clients right to assume that information given to the healthcare provider will not be
discoled
-protected under federal statute through the medical record confidentiality act of 1995
-pretains to verbal and written client information
-requires that the provider discuss confidentiality issues with clients establish consent
and clarify andy questions about disclosure of information
-requires that provider obtain a signed medical authorization and consent form to
reease medical records and information when requested by the client o another
healthcare provider
What is HIPPA
-the first nathional comprehensive rivacy protection act
-guarantees clients four fundamental rights to:
-to be educated about HIPAA privacy protection
-to have access to their own medi al records,
-to request amendment of their health inforamtion to which they object
-to require their permission for disclosure of their prsonal information
What is the HITECH Act?
incentive payments for sharing specific electronic health record data
meaningful use incentives
electronic heal reconds can improve both individual and population based health
outcomes
electronic health records can improve quality safety efficiency effectiveness and
outcome
what does HITECH include
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