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2025/2026
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WHNP Boards: Professional Issues Students also studied Science Medicine Public Health Save WHNP board study 163 terms Lrx5524 Preview NCC WHNP Review Questions 13 terms jessica_bourbeau Preview NCC WHNP Board Prep (Primary Ca ... 202 terms klgoodwin8 Preview WHNP 212 term Kat How often do you renew WHNP certification and through who? - every 3 yrs Through National Certification Corporation (NCC) How can you renew WHNP certification? Must be renewed through ONE of the following ways: - Professional development certification maintenance program: take NCC specialty assessment evaluation, which covers topics that reflect major content areas tested on certification exam; results determine topics and mount of continuing education required (15 - 50 hrs, including 5 hrs for taking assessment) - Complete 50 continuing education hours covering all core certification knowledge competency areas - Retake the certification examination What is Integrated primary care? - comprehensive, coordinated care, focused on particular needs of patient, clinician continuity, patient record continuity, effective communication of information What is Accessible primary care? - eliminiation of geographic, cultural, language, reimbursement barriers to care What is Accountable primary care? - clinician and system accountability for services provided What is majority of personal healthcare needs for primary care? - competency to manage most healthcare needs, use consultation and referral as needed, sustained relationship between clinician and patient over time what is context of family and community for primary care? - understanding of circumstances of the pt that affect health and healthcare outcomes, awareness of community health trends, use of specific health promotion/disease prevention strategies within this context

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What is the purpose of healthy people 2020? - provide science-based, 10 yr national objectives for improving the health of all Americans - establish benchmarks and monitor progress 4 overarching goals of Healthy People 2020 1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. 2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups. 3. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. 4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages. What is the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative? - Launched by WHO and UNICEF in 1991 - Purpose: encourage and recognize birthing hospitals and centers that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding and mother-baby bonding Qualifications to receive Baby-Friendly designation? - implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding - Compliance with the International Code on Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding - Have written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all heatlhcare staff - Train all staff in skills necessary to implement this policy - inform all pregnant women about benefits and management of breastfeeding - help moms initiate breastfeeding within one hour of birth - show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from infant - give infants no food or drink other than breastmilk, unless medically indicated - practice rooming in: allow mothers and infants to remain together 24hrs/day - encourage breastfeeding on demand - give no pacifiers or artificial nipples to breastfeeding infants - foster establishment of breastfeeding support groups and refer mothers to them on dischrage from hospital

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International code on marketing breastmilk substitute - no advertising of breastmilk substitutes to families - no free samples or supplies in healthcare system - no promotion of products through healthcare facilities, including no free or low- cost formula - no contact between marketing personnel and mothers - no gifts or personal samples to health workers - no words or pictures idealizing artificial feeding, including pictures of infants, on the labels or product - information to healthcare workers should be scientific and factual only - all info on artificial feeding, including labels, should explain benefits of breastfeeding and costs and hazards associated with artificial feeding - unsuitable products should not be promoted for babies - all products should be of high quality and take account of climate and storage conditions of the country where they are used What is the Consensus model? - developmetn of a national regulatory model for APRNs with relevant definitions, roles, and titles to be used and population foci What are the 4 components of the Consensus Model? - Licensure: granting of authority to practice - Accreditation: review and approval by a recognized agency of educational degree programs in nursing - Certification: recognition of knowledge, skills, and experience demonstrated by the achievement of standards identified by the profession - Education: formal preparation of APRNs in graduate-degree granting or postgrad certificate programs What are the 4 APRN roles? - Nurse anesthetist, nurse-midwife, clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner What are the 6 population focuses for APRNs? - family/individual across lifespan - adult-gero - neonatal - peds - WH - Psych-mental health Can APRNs specialize? - APRNS can specialize (ex. palliative care, critical care) but can't be certified or licensed solely within a specialty area Who is responsible for licensing APRNs? State boards of nursing What are the Nurse Practice Acts? - legislative enactments that define practice of nursing, give guidance within scope of practice issues, and set standards for practice - passage through state legislatures makes these the law under which nursing is practiced who are the Nurse Practice Acts regulated by? regulated state by state

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