Professional Nursing Exam 1 Questions with Latest Update
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Applied nursing
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Applied Nursing
What is the purpose of the American Nurses Association? What is their role in the profession of nursing? - Answer-American Nurse Association (ANA) published the scope and standards of practice
What are the foundations of the Nursing Profession? - Answer-1. Prioritize the care of individuals with...
Professional Nursing Exam 1 Questions
with Latest Update
What is the purpose of the American Nurses Association? What is their role in the
profession of nursing? - Answer-American Nurse Association (ANA) published the
scope and standards of practice
What are the foundations of the Nursing Profession? - Answer-1. Prioritize the care of
individuals with respect to their dignity
2. Cooperate with other health professionals to promote the health and wellbeing of
patients.
3. Provide exemplary care at all times.
4. Act with integrity and honesty to uphold the reputation of the profession.
What is the purpose of the NCLEX testing? - Answer-Created by the NVSBN to
measure the minimal competence for safe professional nursing practice.
What are the essential features of a professional nurse and what does society expect
from nurses? - Answer-Specialized body of knowledge, specialized plan for formal
education, specialized competence, control over work performance, service to society,
self regulation, ethical practice, societal acceptance.
American Nurses Association (ANA) published the first Standards of Nursing Practice.
The standards primarily focused on the nursing process. What are the steps of the
nursing process? - Answer-assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation,
evaluation
What is the purpose of the nurse practice acts? - Answer-overseen by state boards of
nursing that regulate the scope of nursing practice for each respective state; protect
public safety, health, and welfare
What are the responsibilities of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing
(NCSBN)? - Answer-Assume responsilbilty for development and administration of the
NCLEX for professional and practical nurses. (Also keep records on licensure
suspensions, tracks professional nursing demographics, and conducts research to
develop evidence based regulation for nursing practice)
What actions did Nightingale take to transform nursing? - Answer-She led the efforts to
reform client care and establish nursing as a profession. She considered the physical
and psychosocial needs of the patients.
Identify the minimum educational preparation for different levels of professional nursing.
-2 questions - Answer-BSN for professional nursing and ADN for technical nursing
, Why it was developed and who was it identified to provide care to? (Medicare and
Medicaid) - Answer-- Medicare: 65+
- Medicaid: low-income
Cultural components that affect non-verbal communication - Answer-Proximity/spacing,
touching, gestures, eye contact, silence, and body language.
Importance of empathy in nursing profession. What are defining attributes utilized in the
profession of nursing? - Answer-- it creates a more trusting genuine relationship
between the client and nurse.
- The four attributes of empathy: seeing the world as others see it, being
nonjudgemental, understanding others feelings, communicating the understanding.
What are the different Phases of the Nurse-Client Relationship by Peplau and how do
they impact the nursing professions? - Answer-1. Orientation phase (introduction to
patient)
2. Identification phase (encourage client to express feelings)
3. Exploitation phase (full utilization of nurse-client relationship)
4. Resolution phase (promotion of clients ability to act independently)
What are differences between therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication? -
Answer-- Therapeutic nursing involves caring and compassion to make the client feel
more comfortable
- Non therapeutic typically makes the client feel inferior to the nurse.
How do you identify whether a nurse and client have a collaborative relationship? What
are the identifying factors? - Answer-trust, respect, empathy, professional intamacy, and
power.
What are the three burnout risk factors that nurses share with other caring
professionals? - Answer-- Denial which is exhibitd by minimizing or avoiding naming the
stress encountered in daily practice.
- Self blame when a nurse fails to recignize the aspects that is out of their control.
- Discouragement that occurs when nurses fail to meet professional goals
What are symptoms of unhealthy stress? - Answer-sleep fatigue, appetite change,
reduced abilities to think or concentrate, absences from work, substance abuse, mood
swings, resentment of clients.
Compassion fatigue (definition of and how it impacts health care and one's ability to
provide self-care) - Answer-- A state of emotional, physical, social, and spiritual
exhuastion that results in the decline of desire to care for others.
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