Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 98 - ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE LICENSURE › Section 172-98-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Definitions are set out in the Certified Nurse Midwifery
				  Practice Act, the Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Act, the Certified
				  Registered Nurse Anesthetist Practice Act, the Nurse Practitioner Act, the
				  Uniform Credentialing Act, 172 Nebraska Administration Code (NAC) 10, and this
				  chapter.
002.01
ADVANCED
				PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE (APRN).
A registered nurse who holds a
				current advanced practice registered nurse license as a certified nurse
				midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist, or
				nurse practitioner.
002.02
ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE - CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIFE
				(APRN-CNM).
A registered nurse who holds a current advanced
				practice registered nurse license as a certified nurse midwife and as defined
				in Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §
									38-606.
002.03
ADVANCED PRACTICE
				REGISTERED NURSE - CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST (APRN-CNS).
A
				registered nurse who holds a current advanced practice registered nurse license
				as a clinical nurse specialist and as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									38-905.
002.04
ADVANCED PRACTICE
				REGISTERED NURSE - CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST
				(APRN-CRNA).
A registered nurse who holds a current advanced
				practice registered nurse license as a certified registered nurse anesthetist
				and as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									38-704.
002.05
ADVANCED PRACTICE
				REGISTERED NURSE - NURSE PRACTITIONER (APRN-NP).
A registered
				nurse who holds a current advanced practice registered nurse license as a nurse
				practitioner and as defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									38-2312.
002.06
APPROVED ADVANCED PRACTICE
				REGISTERED NURSE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
A graduate-level program for
				advanced practice nursing accredited by a national accrediting body recognized
				by the United States Department of Education.
002.07
APPROVED CERTIFYING
				BODY.
An approved certifying body is a national certification
				organization which certifies qualified registered nurses in advanced practice
				for a role with 1 or more population foci which determines and sets
				certification requirements and provides testing.
002.08
CERTIFICATION.
A status granted, initially by
				examination, by an approved certifying body for an advanced practice registered
				nurse role with 1 or more population foci.
002.09
NURSYSTT.
The
				national database for verification of nurse licensure, discipline and practice
				privileges for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses licensed in
				participating jurisdictions, including all states in the Nurse Licensure
				Compact.
002.10
REENTRY
				PROGRAM.
A board approved program that provides an organized
				approach to learning that results in current knowledge applicable to an
				advanced practice nursing role. The program must include a didactic component
				with education in pharmacotherapeutics and advanced assessments, as well as
				supervised clinical practice.