Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 137 - Trauma Education and Training › Rule 641-137.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions
				shall apply:
"Advanced registered nurse practitioner"
or
"ARNP"
means a nurse pursuant to
				655-7.1 (152) with
				current licensure as a registered nurse in Iowa who is registered in Iowa to
				practice in an advanced role. The ARNP is prepared for an advanced role by
				virtue of additional knowledge and skills gained through a formal advanced
				practice education program of nursing in a specialty area approved by the
				board. In the advanced role, the nurse practices nursing assessment,
				intervention, and management within the boundaries of the nurse-client
				relationship. Advanced nursing practice occurs in a variety of settings within
				an interdisciplinary health care team, which provide for consultation,
				collaborative management, or referral. The ARNP may perform selected medically
				delegated functions when a collaborative practice agreement exists.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Formal education"
means education in
				standardized educational settings with a curriculum.
"Licensed practical nurse"
or
"LPN"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code
				chapter 152.
"Physician"
means an individual licensed under
				Iowa Code chapter 148, 150 or 150A.
"Physician assistant"
or
"PA"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Practitioner"
means a person who practices
				medicine or one of the associated health care professions.
"Registered nurse"
or
"RN"
means an individual licensed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Trauma"
means a single or multisystem
				life-threatening or limb-threatening injury, or an injury requiring immediate
				medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or
				disability.
"Trauma care facility"
means a hospital or
				emergency care facility which provides trauma care and has been verified by the
				department as having Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV care capabilities
				and has been issued a certificate of verification pursuant to Iowa Code section
				147A.23(2)
"c."
"Trauma nursing course objectives"
means the
				trauma nursing course objectives recommended to the department by the trauma
				system advisory council and adopted by reference in these rules.
"Traumapatient"
means a victim of an external
				cause of injury that results in major or minor tissue damage or destruction
				caused by intentional or unintentional exposure to thermal, mechanical,
				electrical or chemical energy, or by the absence of heat or oxygen.
"Trauma system advisory council"
or
"TSAC"
means the council established by the department
				pursuant to Iowa Code section
				147A.24.
"Trauma team"
means a team of
				multidisciplinary health care providers established and defined by a trauma
				care facility that provides trauma care commensurate with the level of trauma
				care facility verification.
"Verification"
means a process by which the
				department certifies a trauma care facility's capacity to provide trauma care
				in accordance with criteria established for Level I, Level II, Level III or
				Level IV trauma care facilities and these rules.