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The terms nurse and registered nurse include registered nurses and/or nurses who are registered or licensed in extended roles, such as nurse practitioners.
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses who have additional education and nursing experience. NPs are advanced practice nurses with graduate education, which enables them to: autonomously diagnose and treat illnesses; order and interpret tests; prescribe medications; and perform medical procedures. NPs are health-care professionals who treat the whole person, an…
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Interventions intended to improve the health or the well-being of individuals that do not involve the use of any drugs or medicine. They aim to prevent, treat, or cure health problems.
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A not-for-profit organization independent from governmental organizations.
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An entry-level nursing education plan intended for admitting students and requiring preliminary approval status from NANB prior to enrolling students.
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A workplace where values are made clear and are shared, where these values direct ethical action and where individuals feel safe to be heard. Coherence between publicly professed values and the lived reality is necessary for there to be a genuine moral community.
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In health care, the implicit and explicit values that drive health-care delivery and shape the workplaces in which care is delivered.
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Process of reducing risk exposure and minimizing the likelihood of an incident.
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Mentoring is a supportive and collaborative relationship in which a more experienced nurse (mentor) provides guidance, counsel, and teaching to a less experienced nurse, nursing student, or other healthcare professional to facilitate professional growth and development.
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A registered nurse who guides, counsels and/or teaches nurse learners (mentees) in their adjustment to new environments, roles and/or responsibilities.
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Any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems, including prescribing; order communication; product labeling,…
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An indicator that must be fully met to receive an approved status.
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