Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-137.1
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.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-137.1