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NUR 217- TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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NUR 217- TEST2 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the purpose of nursing credentials? - Answers -to communicate the competency
of the nurse
What is the purpose of accreditation with higher education? - Answers -it identifies the
quality educational program
What is accreditation? - Answers -review of the quality of higher education institutions
and programs
What is a major way that students, families, government officials, and press in the US
know that an institution provides quality education? - Answers -Accreditation
What do credentials provide? - Answers -info regarding qualifications and whether
standards have been met
Why would a nursing program want to become accredited? - Answers -it concerns
about the quality of nursing education
strengthens the uniform standards for nursing education
it promotes systematic self-evaluation that focuses on the standards
What is the NCBSN? - Answers -provides collaboration for state boards of nursing
What is the purpose of the NCBSN? - Answers -provides the mechanism for state board
of nursing to collaborate in terms of licensing examination and other issues of
importance to the regulation of nursing practice
, What is the priority of legal licensure? - Answers -provides a standard mechanism for
judging competence and therefore protects the safety of the public
Understand and know the history of nursing credentialing - Answers -
What is permissive licensure? - Answers -a voluntary system; you had a choice
What is mandatory licensure? - Answers -requires that all persons who wish to practice
nursing meet the established standard for education, pass the standardized exam, and
secure a license to practice in the state province or territory in which they wish to work
What is the major difference between permissive licensure and mandatory licensure? -
Answers -the individual's choice to obtain licensure
Why is nursing a regulated health profession? - Answers -Bc nursing poses a risk of
harm to the public if practiced by someone who is unprepared and/or incompetent
What is the purpose of a professional license? - Answers -to protect the public from
harm by setting minimal qualifications and competences for safe entry-level
practitioners
What is the government agency that has legal authority to regulate nursing? - Answers -
Board of nursing - in sc we call it SBON
Understanding and know the licensed practical nurse examination & what information
describes this exam - Answers -A practical nurse is expected to assume a more
dependent role in assessment, analysis is not part of the test plan, examination focuses
on coordination of care
What is mutual recognition licensure? - Answers -involves an individual receiving an RN
license in the state where he/she resides and being legally permitted to practice in
additional states w/o obtaining additional licenses for those states
a nurse holds a mutual recognition of licensure in state A. The client resides in party
state B. When providing care to the client the nurse should uphold which priority
principles of the nursing licensure compact? - Answers -- the nurse must comply with
state laws where the client is located
-the nurse should renew the nursing license in her home state
- the nurse can not hold license in two party states at one time.
What is tele nursing? - Answers -includes the use of telecommunications technology to
provide nursing services to individuals and groups
What is revocation or limitation of a license? - Answers -it includes a fact-finding
process and a hearing
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