This advance practice nurse is an expert in a specialized area of nursing; a specific population, type of care, or disease specialty.
What is a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)?
100
This type of degree in nursing will qualify a person for advanced clinical practice, leadership positions, and advanced nursing for research.
What is a doctoral degree?
100
A survey, meta-analysis and experimental study are all examples of which type of study method?
What is quantitative research?
100
This organization involves nurses of all educational levels, whether they might be nurse educators or nurses looking to keep themselves up to date and informed about the changes in nursing and health care.
What is the NLN (National League for Nursing)?
200
This advance practice nurse is an RN who is certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
What is a certified nurse-midwife (CNM)?
200
A nurse with this type of certification is qualified to perform basic technical care, primarily in institutions.
What is an associates RN?
200
Nurses of all educational levels should be critically reading these types of reports.
What are research journal articles or research summary articles?
200
This nursing organization is for student nurses who might be concerned with education or career issues.
What is the NSNA (National Student Nurses Association)?
300
This type of advance practice nurse educates students to become nurses and may hold a doctorate or other advanced degrees in education or administration.
What is a nurse educator?
300
This degree enables an RN to move into management positions and prepares them for graduate school.
What is a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN)?
300
After researching a problem and finding evidence based responses, this type of thinking is necessary to determine whether or not the evidence is relevant and appropriate to your client and their situation.
What is critical thinking?
300
This nurses organization creates and administers the NCLEX.
What is the NSCBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing)?
400
This type of advance practice nurse attend to clients with complex problems and try to provide them with a more holistic approach than a physician.
What is a nurse practitioner?
400
The majority of practicing RNs have this degree.
What is an associates degree in nursing?
400
This is the first of five steps to obtaining research based evidence.
What is asking a clinical question?
400
This nursing organization is a subsidiary of the NLN that determines the standards and criteria for accrediting all schools of nursing.
What is the NLNAC (NLN Accreditation Commission)?
500
This type of advance practice nurse is certified to provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance of a physician.
What is a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA)?
500
The AACN has recommended that all advance practice education programs move from the master's degree to the doctoral degree by this year.
What is 2015?
500
These are the three best or most widely known databases of scientific knowledge.
What is CINAHL, MEDLINE and National Guidelines Clearinghouse.
500
This major nursing organization is concerned with many issues in nursing including ethics, legal issues, and scope of practice.