NUR 155 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 100% PASS
Benners Stage 1.) - Answer-Novice
The novice or beginner has no experience in the situation in which they are expected to
perform. The novice lacks confidence to demonstrate safe practice and requires continual verbal
and physical cues. Practic...
efficiency and organization. Care is completed within a suitable time frame without supporting
cues.
Benners stage 4.) - Answer✔✔-Proficient
The proficient nurse perceives situations as wholes rather than in terms of chopped up parts or
aspects. Proficient nurses understand a situation as a whole because they perceive its meaning
in terms of long term goals. The proficient nurse learns from experience what typical events to
expect in a given situation and how plans need to be modified in response to these events. The
proficient nurse can now recognize when the expected normal picture does not materialize. This
holistic understanding improves the proficient nurses decision making. It becomes less labored
because the nurse now has a perspective on which of the many existing attributes and aspects
in the present situation are the important ones.
Benners stage 5.) - Answer✔✔-The expert
The expert nurse has an intuitive grasp of eash situation and zeroes in on the accurate region of
the problem without wasteful consideration of a large range of unfruitful, alternative diagnoses
and solutions. The Expert operates from a deep understanding of the total situation. His/her
performance becomes fluid and flexible and highly proficient. Highly skilled analytic ability is
necessary for those situations with which the nurse has had no previous experience.
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale - Answer✔✔-Used for older adults. Is a subjective measure of
sleepiness.
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