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PCC Exam 1 Questions & Answers What type of authority regulates the practice of nursing? A) International standards and codes B) Federal guidelines and regulations C) State nurse practice acts D) Institutional policies C. State nurse practice acts Which of the following nursing advoc...

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PCC Exam 1 Questions & Answers
What type of authority regulates the practice of nursing?

A) International standards and codes
B) Federal guidelines and regulations
C) State nurse practice acts
D) Institutional policies - answer C. State nurse practice acts

Which of the following nursing advocates elevated the status of nursing to a respected
occupation, improved the quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing
education?

a. Jane Addams
b. Clara Barton
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Florence Nightingale - answer D. Florence Nightingale

Who established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?

a. Clara Barton
b. Dorothea Dix
c. Jane Addams
d. Florence Nightingale - answer A. Clara Barton

Which nurse in history is credited with establishing nursing education?

a. Clara Barton
b. Lillian Wald
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Florence Nightingale - answer D. Florence Nightingale

How many states require Continuing Education for License renewal? - answer 22

Nurse Practice Acts - answer Laws that regulate practice

State Boards of Nursing - answer Define practice, establish criteria for licensure,
scope of practice, enforced rules that govern nursing.

Standards of practice/ professional standards - answer ANA Standards of code of
ethics

JCAHO - answer Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

, AHCA - answer Agency for Health Care Administration

QSEN - answer Quality and Safety Education

Patient Centered Care - answer Providing care that is respectful of, and responsive
to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and to ensure that patient values
guide all clinical decisions.

Evidence Based Practice - answer A problem solving method that uses the best
research evidence available, and combines that with person experience, along with the
patient's values and preferences to improve outcome for everyone.

PICO - answer Patient
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome
Time (optional)

ANA - answer American Nurses Association (add in the role)

NLN - answer National League for Nursing (add in the role)

AACN - answer American Association of Colleges of Nursing (add in the role)

NSNA - answer National Student Nurse's Association (add in the role)

Sigma Theta Tau International - answer National Honor Society for Nursing (Delta
Beta at USF)

Infection - answer When microorganisms capable of producing disease invade the
body

Six links in the spread of infection: - answer -Pathogens
-Reservoir
-Portal of Exit
-Mode of Transmission
-Portal of Entry
-Susceptible Host

Pathogens - answer Normal Flora that become pathogenic

Reservoir - answer Where pathogens live and multiply. May be living (humans,
animals, insects), may be nonliving (food, floors, equipment)

Normal Flora - answer Healthy bacteria in body

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