HSEM 380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health System, Alternative Medicine, Nurse Practitioner
22 May 2018
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The licensure, certification, registration, and other credentialing systems designed to protect the public
-from incompetent or unethical practitioners
What ways are health care occupations regulated
-by state licensure, state or national certification, or state or national registration
State Licensure
-state defines the scope of practice to be regulated and the educational and testing requirements that
must be met in order to engage in practice
-the most restrictive of the three types of regulations
-most boards are composed of practitioners whose concern is for setting standards and assessing
competence for initial entrance into the field
-do very little in ensuring continuing education
-have the power to censure, warn members, and revoke licenses
State or National Certification
-regulating process under which a state or voluntary professional organization attest to education
achievements and performance abilities of person in a health care field of practice
-an individual has already obtained advanced or specialized training in that area of practice
State or National Registration
-began as mechanism to facilitate contacts and relationships among members of a professional and
potential employers of the public
-ex: person offering various services
What does CAM stand for
-complementary and alternative medicine
CAM
-a group of diverse medical and health care systems, pratices, and products that are not presently
considered to be part of conventional medicine
-ex: deep breathing
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Complementary Medicine
-used together with conventional medicine
Alternative Medicine
-used in place of conventional medicine
What did the ACA provisions to the new National Health Care Workforce Commission develop
-a comprehensive nationwide workforce plans, also provide numerous supports for increasing primary
care, public health and other community-based workers in underserved areas.
Needs of the growing aging population, the influx of newly insured populations, new emphases on
primary preventive care and population health and changing roles of hospitals will demand
-creativity, and flexibility in educating, training and deploying the healthcare workforce of the future.
States try to protect the public from receiving incompetent care by licensing certain health professions.
Certification differs from licensing, in that certification:
A. only recognizes special education or training.
B. does not assure continuing competency.
C. may not examine the important competencies.
D. allows people to engage in activities that would otherwise be illegal.
-only recognizes special education or training
At the outset of the nurse practitioner movement, educational requirements were often limited to
relatively short certificate programs. Today, it is generally accepted that nurse practitioners should be
registered nurses with:
A. an associate's degree.
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Document Summary
The licensure, certification, registration, and other credentialing systems designed to protect the public. By state licensure, state or national certification, or state or national registration. State defines the scope of practice to be regulated and the educational and testing requirements that must be met in order to engage in practice. The most restrictive of the three types of regulations. Most boards are composed of practitioners whose concern is for setting standards and assessing competence for initial entrance into the field. Have the power to censure, warn members, and revoke licenses. Regulating process under which a state or voluntary professional organization attest to education achievements and performance abilities of person in a health care field of practice. An individual has already obtained advanced or specialized training in that area of practice. Began as mechanism to facilitate contacts and relationships among members of a professional and potential employers of the public.
