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NUR 1290 MIDTERM EXAM |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) |
LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+
4 frameworks of nursing Correct Answer: - valuing
- environment
- humanity
- health sub- concepts of nursing Correct Answer: - knowledge
- responsibility
- accountability
- leadership/ management
- research
- professional role humanity
Correct Answer: unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting bio- psycho- socio- spiritual- cultural dimensions environment Correct Answer: sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence human beings health Correct Answer: a dynamic state of bio- psycho- spiritual cultural wellbeing valuing Correct Answer: hold in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals knowledge Correct Answer: based on liberal arts and sciences and incorporates humanity/ environment health/ valuing responsibility/ accountability Correct Answer: held accountable to maintain standards of practice and adhere to code of ethics
- during GD nurses worked in hospitals for low wages and poor conditions Hill-Burton Act of 1946 Correct Answer: provided funds to construct hospitals which led to an increased need for nurses nursing has been criticized because... Correct Answer: there is not enough men and minorities in the profession the image of nursing Correct Answer: - may be based on personal experiences
- influences the ability to collaborate with other health care professionals
- it is the way a profession appears to others
- it impacts the ability to recruit students
- introduce oneself to other patients, families, colleagues
- NOT simple to explain
- important b/c it influences the attitudes of how others perceive nursing nurses voice is... Correct Answer: typically silent
ANA definition of nursing Correct Answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations Florence Nightingale definition of nursing Correct Answer: change of the personal health of somebody and what nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him Nursing Responsibilities Correct Answer: - perform physical exams and health histories
- provide health promotion and education
- administer medications
- interpret patient information and make critical decisions
- coordinate care with other professionals
- direct and supervise care delivered (delegate to LPN and CNA)
- conduct research
characteristics of a profession Correct Answer: - control of professional policy
- service to the public
- education within institutions of higher education
- possession of a body of knowledge
- a code of ethics difference between nursing and medicine Correct Answer: is the goals and purposes of each The nursing profession Correct Answer: is concerned with providing holistic care in a variety of health related situations Professionalism Correct Answer: related to attitude, dress, and conduct Diploma Nursing Program Correct Answer: - 2 - 3 yr. program taught in hospitals
- position provides basic RN care in hospitals & agencies
- More clinical hours than AD or BSN
- Based on Needs of Hospital Associate Degree in Nursing Correct Answer: - Created by Mildred Montag
- Focuses more on technical nursing with fewer liberal arts classes
- NCLEX to get title of RN Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Correct Answer: - a degree from a 4-year nursing program in a higher education institution
- generic
- accelerated
- LPN to RN
- RN to BSN
- has the greatest number of graduates
- one disadvantage is loss of connection to hospitals and negative impact on clinical experiences Graduate Education in Nursing Correct Answer: - APRN-advance practice registered nurse ex. nurse practitioner
Nurse Practice Act Correct Answer: - defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing
- ensures that patients are receiving quality care and promote patient safety
- define scope of practice
- must need license for work NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) Correct Answer: - primary purpose to protect licensed nurses
- nursing regulatory bodies act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting public health, safety, and welfare including the development of NCLEX NCLEX-RN Correct Answer: - Categorizes questions according to the steps of the nursing process
- must pass this exam to work in each state Licensure in Nursing Correct Answer: - RN have to take the NCLEX and get licensure in their state.
- nurses were first profession to require applicants across the US to take the same licensure examination
Certification in Nursing Correct Answer: validation of specific qualifications demonstrated by a registered nurse in a defined area of practice standard of care Correct Answer: written by legal or professional organizations so that patients are not exposed to unreasonable risk or harm. most working nurses Correct Answer: do not have a graduate degree Esther Lucille Brown Correct Answer: - a list of accredited schools should be published and distributed
- nursing programs should be operated by universities of higher learning
- programs should be periodically examined
- nursing programs should provide professional education
- nursing education should no longer be an apprenticship nursing today
social policy statement
- does not believe nurses should participate in assisted suicide Social Policy Statement (ANA) Correct Answer: - It is about the relationship the social contract between the nursing profession and society and their reciprocal expectations
- knowledge base for nursing practice
- scope of nursing practice regulation of nursing practice (ANA) Correct Answer: - professional regulation Legal regulation
- Institutional Policies and Procedures
- self- regulation American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Correct Answer: - Organization created by the ANA to provide certification for nurses in various specialties
- certification indicates expert knowledge in practice area
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Correct Answer: - National honor society for nursing
- goal of this organization is to foster nursing scholarship, leadership and research.
- 1922
- membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students as well as nurse leaders international council of nurses Correct Answer: - international voice of nurses and serves to bring nurses together world wide
- nurses who want to practice in a country not where they earned their license may contact ICN to learn requirements National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) Correct Answer: - This organization developed the on-going Image of Nursing program designed to improve and protect the image of nursing.
- for students, financed and ran by students
- act as public voice for all nursing students
- major project: recruit and maintain minorities
- provision of motivation
- sharing responsibility
- empowerment of members critical components of effective teams Correct Answer: - communication
- collaboration
- coordination communication Correct Answer: - effective communication takes practice and awareness
- important of organizational culture and relational coordination
- assertivness vs. aggression
- suggestions for improving assertiveness
- nonverbal messages
- using SBAR within the team collaboration Correct Answer: - The act of working together in a joint intellectual effort.
- value/ ethics
- roles/ responsiblities
- interprofessional communication
- teams and teamwork benefits of collaboration Correct Answer: - improved care for diabetics
- improved emergency patient satisfaction
- reduced emergency care error rates
- improved management of care in domestic violence cases
- improved emergency care culture
- increased collaborative team behavior
- improved mental health practitioner compnatencies nurses role in interprofessional team Correct Answer: - role as team leader
- allows for improved problem solving
- requires the nurse to be an excellent communicator, have negotiation skills, and engage in conflict resolution
- An expansion of medicaid, most of employers must provide health insurance, have insurance or face surtax, prevents rejection based on pre-existing condition. Also referred to as "Obamacare", signed into law in 2010. state concerns Correct Answer: - prohibition of mandatory overtime
- nurse staffing system and ratio
- nursing work force data collection
- nursing education incentives
- ergonomics
- needle stick injury prevention
- nursing quality indicators
- violence in the workplace
- whistleblower protection public health services Correct Answer: - CDC
- NIH (national institutes of health)
- FDA
- Health resources administration (HRA)
- center for medicaid and medicare services government involvement Correct Answer: - funding for nursing education and research
- nurse training act of 1964 now called nursing education act
- OSHA (safe working environments free from hazards)
- NINR)
- Nursing home regulations nurse involvement in health policy and political action Correct Answer: - increased role of the state and federal governments in health, care health care reform
- nursing practice directly affected by policy development
- patient safety and health care quality
- nursing shortage
- advocacy grassroots
