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.
