Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B9 - Board of Nursing › Chapter 64B9-4 - ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES PERTAINING TO CERTIFICATION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES › Section 64B9-4.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
				("APRN") - a Registered Nurse licensed under Section
				464.008 or
				464.009, F.S., pursuant to
				Section 464.012(1)(a),
				F.S.
(2) Alter - adjusting of
				dosages pursuant to an established protocol.
(3) Appropriate Specialty Board - a
				professional or national organization recognized by the Board which certifies
				or issues credentials to an advanced practice nurse in a specialty
				area.
(4) Basic Nursing Education -
				a nursing program preparing a person for initial licensure to practice
				professional nursing.
(5) Board -
				unless otherwise clearly indicated, is used in this chapter to mean Florida
				Board of Nursing.
(6) Clinical
				Experience - practice under the supervision of a qualified preceptor in the
				actual care of a consumer of health services.
(7) Condition - states of being or
				circumstance that may require remediation. A condition may be construed to
				include, but is not limited to, a chronic disease, a temporary state of health
				such as pregnancy, or a symptom complex.
(8) Initiate - to implement that which has
				been prescribed by a practitioner licensed under Chapter 458, 459, or 466,
				F.S., where adherence to established protocol is required.
(9) Monitor - periodic assessment of a
				patient's condition through follow-up procedures commonly held to be acceptable
				by the profession. Monitoring may include collection of data and interpretation
				of lab tests and the formulation of a nursing diagnosis based on a patient's
				history, physical findings and lab results.
(10) One Academic Year - shall be construed
				to mean a program of at least 45 quarter-hour units, 30 semester-hour units, or
				32 trimester-hour units or the equivalent thereof. One hour of didactic or 2
				hours of clinical instruction shall equal one unit.
(11) Preceptorship/supervised clinical
				experience - clinical experience and practice under the supervision of a
				qualified preceptor for a specified length of time in the actual care and
				management of a consumer of health care services.
(12) Primary care practice - includes
				physical and mental health promotion, assessment, evaluation, disease
				prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and
				treatment of acute and chronic illnesses, inclusive of behavioral and mental
				health conditions.
(13) Qualified
				Preceptor - a certified practicing advanced practice registered nurse, or a
				duly licensed medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy, or doctor of dental
				medicine who is responsible for the supervision, teaching and evaluation in the
				clinical setting of a student enrolled in a nurse practitioner educational
				program. If the clinical setting is in Florida, the qualified preceptor must be
				licensed in this state under Chapter 458, 459, 464, or 466, F.S., and the
				student must be a Registered Nurse licensed under Chapter 464, F.S.
(14) General Supervision - supervision
				whereby a practitioner currently licensed under Chapter 458, 459, or 466, F.S.,
				authorizes procedures being carried out but need not be present when such
				procedures are performed. The APRN must be able to contact the practitioner
				when needed for consultation and advice either in person or by communication
				devices.
(15) Therapy - a treatment
				regimen or remedy.
Rulemaking Authority
					 464.006,
					 464.012,
					 464.0123 FS. Law Implemented
					 464.003(3),
					 464.012,
					 464.0123
					 FS.
New 8-31-80, Amended 3-16-81, 6-18-85, Formerly 21O-11.20,
					 21O-11.020, 61F7-4.001, Amended 5-29-96, Formerly 59S-4.001, Amended 4-5-00,
					 3-10-20, 2-25-21.