Professional Development Exam 1
what is the role of a caring nurse? - correct answer ✔✔nurses treat the patient holistically using
transpersonal caring.
Transpersonal Caring - correct answer ✔✔is a human-to-human caring with an acceptance of the
uniqueness of other persons.
Characteristics of a caring nurse - correct answer ✔✔Respect, assess, learn, enjoy, accept, develop,
speak, acquire, understand, promote, include
Identify Nursing's four ways of knowing as identified by doctor Barbara Carper, 1978 - correct answer
✔✔aesthetic, empirical, Ethical, personal
Discuss the three main learning styles - correct answer ✔✔Visual, auditory, Kinesthetic
Discuss successful study strategies - correct answer ✔✔time management, setting priorities, test taking
skills, academic or honour code, attending class doing readings, study tools
discuss the four basic types of test questions - correct answer ✔✔Multiple choice, t/f, matching, essay
Define critical thinking - correct answer ✔✔Thinking beyond known information, considering options,
looking for information from multiple sources, identifying patterns in relationships, integrating
information from other sources.
Critical thinking concepts - correct answer ✔✔Be willing to say "I dont know", Define your terms to allow
for clear communications, practice tolerance, understand before criticizing.
Paradigm shift - correct answer ✔✔changes the world of the person experiencing it
, Describe Dr. Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs - correct answer ✔✔Self-actualization, esteem, love
and belonging, safety, physiological
Describe Dr. Jean Watson's nuring theory - correct answer ✔✔Transpersonal caring, caring intentionality,
intentionality
Patient advocacy - correct answer ✔✔the protection of patient's rights and interests
Protecting the rights of patients - correct answer ✔✔Research related rights, right to refuse treatment or
medication, safe care, spirituality, sexuality, ethnicity, informed consent, age
Profession - correct answer ✔✔An occupation that requires extensive education or special knowledge,
skill and preparation
Characteristics of a profession - correct answer ✔✔specialized body of knowledge, competent
application of that knowledge, service to the public, responsible/accountable to the public, code of
ethics, self-regulation
Law - correct answer ✔✔a body of rules, regulations and legal opinions of conduct and action that are
made by controlling authority and are legally binding
Why study law - correct answer ✔✔to protect yourself and liability, to protect your clients rights
Civil law - correct answer ✔✔Legal rules and principles in a formal written document known as civil code
common law - correct answer ✔✔majority not written or codified, statute law, case law, doctrine law,
custom
statute law - correct answer ✔✔two components, enacted and regulatory, formal written laws, rules,
regulations
overrules case law
Ex. narcotic control act, Highway Traffic act, sexual harassment act