, What is the role of the ANA Code of Ethics? - correct answer ✔✔Code of Ethics is the philosophical
ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients. The ANA
Code of Ethics is a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities that provide quality nursing care; it also
outlines the ethical obligations of the profession.
What is the role of the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice? - correct answer ✔✔a. Scope of
practice; the professional activities defined under state law.
b. Standards of care; main purpose of professional standards is to direct and maintain safe and clinically
competent nursing practice. Available so that another professional with similar training and experience
faced with a similar care situation would provide consistent care.
What are the 6 professional roles of a nurse? - correct answer ✔✔Autonomy and accountability
Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
What are career development and advancement opportunities for a nurse? - correct answer
✔✔Examples include; Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Nurse Practitioner (NP), Certified Nurse Midwife
(CNM), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), as well as being a nurse administrator or nurse
researcher.
What were the major contributions to the nursing profession from Florence Nightingale - correct answer
✔✔Developed the first program to train nurses, as well as made the connection between sanitation and
diseases as well as a philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration.
What were the major contributions to the nursing profession from the Civil War - correct answer
✔✔Cause for growth of nursing in the US
What were the major contributions to the nursing profession from the 20th Century - correct answer
✔✔Nurses began to develop advance practice roles, nursing specialization began
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