Weeks 1-6 N1I02 Midterm Test
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definition of caring
(scientific and humanistic too) - Answer concern over a person, event, project or thing,
competent nursing practice includes caring practices and expert knowledge
scientific: knowledge, skills, actions, interventions
humanistic: communication, relational aspects, dignity, respect, the art of nursing
difference between professional caring and generic human capacity to care - Answer
professional caring: nurses must possess knowledge of client's needs and capacities, knowlegde
to meet these, and ability to choose appropriate actions; acknowledging clients as individiuals,
learn to value and care for themselves, client-based care
generic capacity to care: playing with, learning from, teaching, tending to others
descriptions of what caring looks like - Answer calm presence
touch
active listening
concern about patient well-being
knowing the patient
nursing presence - Answer the shared perception of human connectedness between a nurse
and a patient
slow down, sit down, focus, learn about patients as people, empathize
McMaster Model of Nursing key terms - Answer external context: client and nurse
communicate to create dialogue
dialogue: mutual exchange of physcial, emotional, verbal, non-verbal and spiritual messages,
alters nurse's external context
mutuality: created by dialogue, sharing, creates professional caring
professional caring: humanistic & scientific components, interprofessional, intersectoral, clinical
reasoning, altered contexts impacts professional caring
, profession: mastery of complex skill, service of others, code of ethics, commitment to
competence, social contract b/w profession and society, considerable autonomy and self-
regulation
Nursing Act standards - Answer 1991
determines how nursing profession is regulated in Ontario
defines scope of practice
- protect and serve public
- 14 controlled acts which regulated health professionals can perform
- defines classes of nurses
- regulations for entry to practice
- title protection
- professional misconduct
CNO professional standards - Answer governing body for RNs, RPNs, and NPs
- regulating nursing in the PUBLIC INTEREST
- communicate with Ontario nurses
- collect stasticial info
- Quality Assurance program
- accountability, continuing competence, ethics, knowledge, knowledge application, leadership,
relationships
CNO code of conduct - Answer 1. nurses respect the dignity of patients and treat them as
individuals
2. nurses work together to promote patient well-being
3. nurses maintain patients' trust by providing safe and competent care
4. nurses work respectfully with colleagues to best meet patients' needs
5. nurses act with integrity to maintain patients' trust
6. nurses maintain public confidence in the nursing profession
factors affecting infection risk - Answer age: infants and older adults -> higher risk
nutrition and protein intake
Questions with Correct and Verified
Answers 2026 Updated.
definition of caring
(scientific and humanistic too) - Answer concern over a person, event, project or thing,
competent nursing practice includes caring practices and expert knowledge
scientific: knowledge, skills, actions, interventions
humanistic: communication, relational aspects, dignity, respect, the art of nursing
difference between professional caring and generic human capacity to care - Answer
professional caring: nurses must possess knowledge of client's needs and capacities, knowlegde
to meet these, and ability to choose appropriate actions; acknowledging clients as individiuals,
learn to value and care for themselves, client-based care
generic capacity to care: playing with, learning from, teaching, tending to others
descriptions of what caring looks like - Answer calm presence
touch
active listening
concern about patient well-being
knowing the patient
nursing presence - Answer the shared perception of human connectedness between a nurse
and a patient
slow down, sit down, focus, learn about patients as people, empathize
McMaster Model of Nursing key terms - Answer external context: client and nurse
communicate to create dialogue
dialogue: mutual exchange of physcial, emotional, verbal, non-verbal and spiritual messages,
alters nurse's external context
mutuality: created by dialogue, sharing, creates professional caring
professional caring: humanistic & scientific components, interprofessional, intersectoral, clinical
reasoning, altered contexts impacts professional caring
, profession: mastery of complex skill, service of others, code of ethics, commitment to
competence, social contract b/w profession and society, considerable autonomy and self-
regulation
Nursing Act standards - Answer 1991
determines how nursing profession is regulated in Ontario
defines scope of practice
- protect and serve public
- 14 controlled acts which regulated health professionals can perform
- defines classes of nurses
- regulations for entry to practice
- title protection
- professional misconduct
CNO professional standards - Answer governing body for RNs, RPNs, and NPs
- regulating nursing in the PUBLIC INTEREST
- communicate with Ontario nurses
- collect stasticial info
- Quality Assurance program
- accountability, continuing competence, ethics, knowledge, knowledge application, leadership,
relationships
CNO code of conduct - Answer 1. nurses respect the dignity of patients and treat them as
individuals
2. nurses work together to promote patient well-being
3. nurses maintain patients' trust by providing safe and competent care
4. nurses work respectfully with colleagues to best meet patients' needs
5. nurses act with integrity to maintain patients' trust
6. nurses maintain public confidence in the nursing profession
factors affecting infection risk - Answer age: infants and older adults -> higher risk
nutrition and protein intake
