TPAPN
The agency that may be informed that you have been discharged from TPAPN for non-adherence with the Participation Agreement.
What is the Texas Board of Nursing?
Conduct by a nurse that may be a violation of the NPA but does not indicate the nurse's continued practice poses a risk or harm to a patient or another person.
What is a minor incident?
The three ways that a person can study to become a registered nurse
What are a baccalaureate degree, an associate degree or a diploma?
An individual, not licensed as a health care provider who is monetarily compensated to provide certain health related tasks and functions in a complementary or assistive role to the RN in providing direct client care or carrying out common nursing functions
What is an Unlicensed Assistive Person?
The year the initial Texas Nurse Practice Act was passed.
What is 1909?
The usual length of participation for a nurse with substance use/co-occurring mental health diagnoses or related incidents
What is one to three years?
Any conduct by a nurse that likely exposes a patient or other person to an unnecessary risk of harm; unprofessional conduct by a nurse; failure of a nurse to adequately care for a patient; failure of a nurse to conform to minimum standards of acceptable nursing practice; or impairment or likely impairment of nurse's practice by chemical dependency
What is reportable conduct?
How often does a license for a registered nurse need to be renewed?
What is every 2 years?
Authorizing an unlicensed person to provide nursing services while retaining accountability for how the unlicensed person performs the task
What is Delegation?
To protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely
What is the mission of the Texas Board of Nursing?
To safeguard patients by providing early identification, support, monitoring, accountability, and earned advocacy for nurses in the state of Texas who have an identified substance use and/or mental health condition or related incident, so the individual may return to safe nursing practice.
What is the mission of TPAPN?
The process that a nurse may initiate when asked to engage in an assignment or conduct that the nurse believes, in good faith, would potentially result in a violation of the Nursing Practice Act (NPA) or Board rules
What is Safe Harbor?
The continuing nursing education requirements for a nurse to renew a license within the defined licensing period
What is 20 contact hours (CNE)?
The right task; the right person to whom the delegation is made; the right circumstances; the right direction and communication by the RN; and the right supervision.
What are the five rights of delegation?
The licensure model that allows registered nurses (RNs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) to have one multistate license, with the privilege to practice in the home state and in other eNLC states physically, electronically, and/or telephonically
What is the enhanced licensure compact, or eNLC?