Which advanced practice role incorporates the subroles of expert clinician, consultant, educator, and researcher?
1. Nurse-midwife
2. Nurse practitioner
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Nurse anesthetists
Correct Answer: 3
Clinical nurse specialists are skilled in management of complex patient health care problems in various clinical specialty areas through direct care, consultation, research, and education. Certified Nurse-Midwives focus on well-women health care, management of pregnancy, childbirth, antepartum, and postpartum care, along with health promotion for childbearing women. Nurse practitioners manage a wide range of health problems through physical examination, diagnosis, treatment, and patient/family education and counseling; their priority areas of focus are primary care and health promotion. Nurse anesthetists are knowledgeable and skilled in taking care of individuals in all age-groups undergoing surgical procedures; their skill set includes, preoperative assessment, administration of anesthesia, and management of postanesthesia recovery.
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