Who Am I?
I offer only a few services to a very narrow range of patients.
What is a nurse anesthetist?
Where does the authority of state BON's originate?
What are state governments?
The goal of this organization is to align APRN regulation across all states.
What is the NCBSN?
Name 4 services offered by an NP.
What are take medical histories, Physical examination, Order and interpret lab tests/X-rays, Prescribe medications and treatments, Provide preventative health care options, Provide health education and counseling, Coordination of care?
True or false. A nurse from another state who doesn't have a Georgia nursing license must always get a Georgia license before practicing as an NP.
What is False? Nurses licensed in other compact states can practice under their other state license.
I'm involved in the treatment plan, but I don't treat.
What is a Clinical Nurse Specialist?
How many states allow NPs to practice without collaborative agreements with a physician?
What is 26?
These are created by state legislature to guide nursing law.
What are statutes?
Name the four recognized roles of APRN's.
What are CRNA, CNS, CNM, and NP?
True or false. The average annual salary of a nurse practitioner is less than that of a physician assistant.
What is False?
What do the initials CPNP-AC stand for?
What is certified pediatric nurse practitioner, acute care?
What two routes can be utilized to change nursing regulations?
What are State legislatures or nursing regulatory bodies (state agency- BON)?
What differentiates a regulation from a statute?
What is, regulations provide more detail under a statute, are created by state agencies, and can be changed through legislature or state agency?
Term sometimes used by Physician's associations to describe NP's/APRN's.
What is Physician Extender?
What agency controls NP regulations in Georgia?
What is the state Board of Nursing?
We are not the same as MD's, but we use their education model.
What are Physician Assistants?
This is created by the state BON to detail nursing regulations.
What is the Nurse practice act?
What was created in 2008 to promote regulatory uniformity amongst states?
What is the APRN Consensus Model?
True or false. Compared to NP's, physician assistant education, licensure, and regulations are universal to all states.
What is False?
Why and in what decade was the NP role created?
What is the 1970's to address physician shortages?
I offer a wide range of services to a broad population.
What is a Nurse practitioner?
In some states, what other state agency may play a role in regulating nurse practitioners?
What is the Board of Medicine?
Name four possible areas of nursing practice regulated by the statutes and regulations of a state.
What are Licensure Requirements, Scope of Practice, Prescriptive Authority, Collaboration or supervision, Abuse reporting, Patient Privacy, License suspension or loss, Reimbursement, Educational program requirements, Standards of Practice?
Name the 6 population foci NP's can choose from to get certified in.
What are family, adult-gero, women's health, pediatrics, neonatal, and psychiatric?
How often do physician assistants have to sit for recertification?
What is every 10 years?