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/.Competency outcomes - Answer-✅The results, or end products, of planned study and
experience that are focused on specific abilities required for practice.
/.Contemporary Issues - Answer-✅the problems, changes, and concerns that are
current for the present time
/.core competencies - Answer-✅The essential cluster of abilities and skills required for
competent nursing practice.
/.Educational mobility - Answer-✅The progressive movement from one type or level of
education to another, often based on flexible, self-directed, or advanced placement
options. Examples are progression from diploma preparation to an academic degree,
such as RN to BSN or MSN; BSN to doctoral degree; or non-nursing degree to BSN,
MSN, or doctoral degree.
/.educational trends - Answer-✅Shifts in conditions and concerns that emerge from and
influence various aspects of society; broad changes is the United States and the world
that influence the education and practice of nurses and other providers
/.Performance examinations - Answer-✅Standardized evaluation based on objective
demonstration of specific required competencies; used in conjunction with written tests
of knowledge about those abilities. They may require performance in actual or simulated
situations, related to physical psychomotor skills or the observable evidence of other
skills such as critical thinking, communication, teaching, planning, writing, or analysis
and integration of data.
/.5 education issues and trends - Answer-✅-Knowledge Expansion and use of
technology and the Internet
-Practice-based competency outcomes
-Sociodemographics, cultural diversity, and economic and political changes
-Patient-centered care: engagement , safety, and privacy
-Shortage of nurses and faculty
/.knowledge expansion and use of technology and informatics - Answer-✅-A major part
in education & practice
-Information volume growing exponentially
, -Ability to create, access, disseminate information rapidly is beneficial
-Benefits in nursing education
-Communication at Internet speed
-Use of chat rooms, blogs, online sources
-Distance learning opportunities
-Smart phones access information quickly
-Learn to select valid & reliable sources
-Acquire competencies required for information-intensive nursing practice
-Use of computerized testing in Nursing Schools prepare the student for NCLEX testing
-Technology Integration is part of UL Lafayette BSN Program & Student Learning
Outcomes (AACN Essentials: 4 & 9).
/.practice based competency outcomes - Answer-✅specify expected results that
establishes realistic expectations for clinical practice; they are measurable
/.learning to think like a nurse - Answer-✅why are practice based outcomes important ?
/.Validation of Competencies - Answer-✅-Can be stressful
-Major incentive to promote patient safety and effective care
-show your ability to think like a nurse
/.Sociodemographics, cultural diversity, and economic & political changes - Answer-✅-
Aging population—people living longer
-Diverse population
Use of traditional practitioners and treatments other than traditional Western medicine
Illegal Immigrants
-Increasing number of people living in poverty, homeless, and/or uninsured
-Domestic abuse of women and children
-Various forms of violence in homes, schools, and public places
-Substance abuse (opioid epidemic)
-Suicide
-Obesity Epidemic
-Nontraditional families
-Disrespect for others
/.shortage of nurses and faculty - Answer-✅-Has caused serious issues
-Inadequate clinical staff - use of part-time and agency nurses Reduces quality of care
Contributes to stress & burnout
-Fewer preceptors
-Qualified student applicants denied
admission
-Faculty are aging & retiring - limited replacements
/.NCLEX-PN - Answer-✅what test does a LPN take to get certified ?