Having a uniform definition of nursing is essential to provide a framework for - Answer-nursing scope of practice
It clarifies the__________ of the profession and explicates the work that nurses do. - Answer-purpose
It guides the _________ aspiring practitioners and guides ___________ and the...
Nursing Practice Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Having a uniform definition of nursing is essential to provide a framework for - Answer-
nursing scope of practice
It clarifies the__________ of the profession and explicates the work that nurses do. -
Answer-purpose
It guides the _________ aspiring practitioners and guides ___________ and theory
development. - Answer-~educational preparation
~research
_____________ nurses from other healthcare professionals. - Answer-Differentiates
It guides_______________ and ___________________ at the local, state, national
levels. - Answer-policy makers and politicians
Contains the ANA definition of Nursing
Serves as a framework for understanding professional nursing's relationship with
society - Answer-Nursing's Social Policy Statement
Outlines the expectations of the professional role within which all RNs must practice and
delineates the standards of care and associated competencies - Answer-Scope and
Standards of Practice
Delineates the ethical principles that guide nursing practice
Ensures that nurses practice competently and with integrity
Includes 9 interpretive statements - Answer-Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive
Statements
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of __________ and abilities,
______________ of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of_____________________, and ____________ in the care of individuals,
families, communities, and populations. - Answer-health; prevention; human response;
advocacy
Struggles to nursing as a profession - Answer-~various entry points
~"female dominated"-decreased status
~historical views of nursing (in the media, literature, etc.)
Defines practice of professional nursing
Sets educational and other requirements for licensure
, Determines legal titles and abbreviations
Provides for disciplinary action
Also defines authority of the State Board of Nursing - Answer-Nurse Practice Act
negligence applied to the acts of a professional that results in injury to the patient -
Answer-Malpractice
failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would act in the same circumstances
Does not have to be intentional
Occurs through commission or omission - Answer-Negligence
Failure to follow standards of care
Failure to use equipment in a responsible manner
Failure to communicate
Failure to document
Failure to assess and monitor
Failure to act as a patient advocate - Answer-6 major causes of negligence
giving someone authority to act for another - Answer-Delegation
RNs retain accountability for acts delegated to another person
Why is defining nursing important? - Answer-~essential to provide framework for
nursing scope of practice
~differentiates nurses from other health professionals
~clarifies the purpose of the profession and explicates the work that nurses do
~guides policy makers and politicians
~guides educational preparation and theory development
~early forerunner of professional nursing
~cared for British soldiers during Crimean war
~focused on improving health outcomes - Answer-Florence Nightingale
emphasized interpersonal relationships between nurses and patients - Answer-
Hildegard Peplau
nurses should only do for a person those things a person cannot do without assistance -
Answer-Dorthea Orem
~develop and maintain nurses code of ethics
~develop and maintain scope and standards of nursing
~development of nursing theory and research
~establishing educational requirements of professional practice
~defining professional role competence
~articulating nurses accountability to society - Answer-Role of ANA
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