NRS 2012 - Intro To Professional Nursing -
Exam 1 (Midterm) Study Set
Nursing Must Knows - ANSWER Nursing is an independent, autonomous, scientific
healthcare discipline.
Nursing care is patient-centered and outcome focused.
Nurses are NOT medical professionals and nurses do NOT practice medicine.
Registered Nurses... - ANSWER are healthcare professionals.
are the largest (in numbers) healthcare profession.
are members of the inter-professional team. RNs collaborate with other HC
professionals.
Each HC profession has its own education, licensure requirements, scope and
standards of practice, etc.
Nursing education occurs in schools/colleges of nursing, and nursing faculty are all
registered nurses with doctoral level education.
Every HC profession is important to a well-functioning team, and the goal is to facilitate
positive patient outcomes.
Definition of Nursing - ANSWER Nursing integrates the art and science of caring and
focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning;
prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering
,through compassionate presence. Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populationsin recognition of the connection of all humanity (ANA, 2021).
Professional Nursing - ANSWER Phenomenon of concern = Health
Focus = diagnosis and treatment of human response (the focus of nursing is not
disease/pathology/medical diagnoses)
Definition of patient = holistic = the focus of care may be individuals, families,
communities, populations, etc.
The definition of health can vary from person to person. As a nurse you have to consider
the patient's definition of health and help people make decisions that are consistent with
their values and beliefs.
Scope of Nursing Practice - ANSWER Nursing occurs whenever and wherever there is a
need for nursing knowledge, wisdom, caring, leadership, practice, or education.
Nursing occurs in any environment where there is a healthcare consumer in need of
care, information, or advocacy.
Meaning, nursing does not just occur in the hospital setting.
Goal of Nursing - ANSWER The goal of nursing is to facilitate attainment of positive
patient outcomes in keeping with nursing's social contract with an obligation to society.
The depth and breadth in which individual registered nurses (generalist and APRNs)
engage in the total scope of nursing practice is dependent on their education,
experience, role, and population served.
The ANA Standards - ANSWER The ANA Standards serve as evidence of the standard of
nursing care. Meaning, it is the level of care expected from all nurses with all patients;
,no exceptions!
Standards of Practice (Standards 1-6): describe a competent level of nursing care as
demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the Nursing Process (the focus of
this class).
Standards of Professional Performance (Standards 7-17): describe a competent level of
behavior in the professional role.
The Art and Science of Nursing - ANSWER Nursing is a learned profession built on a
core body of knowledge that reflects its dual components of art and science.
The art of nursing is based on caring and respect for human dignity.
The nurse must possess competence, professional maturity, interpersonal sensitivity, a
moral foundation that supports caring actions, and an environment that is conducive to
caring.
The Science of Nursing - ANSWER The science of nursing is consistent with and shares
the characteristics of other scientific disciplines:
-distinct body of knowledge
-distinct schools/colleges
-baccalaureate = entry level
-doctoral education is discipline specific
Nurses rely on/use both qualitative (subjective) and quantitative (objective)
data/evidence to guide nursing practice.
Nursing research is conducted to generate the data needed by nurses to guide nursing
practice, but also as the means to evaluate nursing's impact on patients' health-related
outcomes.
, Unique Factors Related to Nursing as a Science - ANSWER Nursing has both scholarly
and clinical components; the two must inform each other.
Meaning, clinical practice is based on nursing knowledge that is
scientifically/empirically based.
Evidence for practice (rationale for nursing actions) must also be consistent with
nursing's philosophy of care (holistic, patient-centered, and outcome focused).
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) - ANSWER The four recognized APRN
clinical roles are:
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Nurse Anesthetist
-Nurse Midwife
-Nurse Practitioner
To become an APRN, nurses need formal education beyond the baccalaureate level.
Currently, the minimum nursing education needed to become a Nurse Anesthetist is a
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and a Master's degree (MSN) is required for
the other three APRN roles (but that is soon to change).
Non-APRNs Requiring a Masters Level Nursing Education - ANSWER There are other
registered nurses who have a master's or DNP degree, butare not APRNs.
Their graduate nursing education is not in one of the four recognized APRN roles.
Some examples of non-APRNs are:
-Nursing Education
-Forensic Nursing
Exam 1 (Midterm) Study Set
Nursing Must Knows - ANSWER Nursing is an independent, autonomous, scientific
healthcare discipline.
Nursing care is patient-centered and outcome focused.
Nurses are NOT medical professionals and nurses do NOT practice medicine.
Registered Nurses... - ANSWER are healthcare professionals.
are the largest (in numbers) healthcare profession.
are members of the inter-professional team. RNs collaborate with other HC
professionals.
Each HC profession has its own education, licensure requirements, scope and
standards of practice, etc.
Nursing education occurs in schools/colleges of nursing, and nursing faculty are all
registered nurses with doctoral level education.
Every HC profession is important to a well-functioning team, and the goal is to facilitate
positive patient outcomes.
Definition of Nursing - ANSWER Nursing integrates the art and science of caring and
focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning;
prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering
,through compassionate presence. Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populationsin recognition of the connection of all humanity (ANA, 2021).
Professional Nursing - ANSWER Phenomenon of concern = Health
Focus = diagnosis and treatment of human response (the focus of nursing is not
disease/pathology/medical diagnoses)
Definition of patient = holistic = the focus of care may be individuals, families,
communities, populations, etc.
The definition of health can vary from person to person. As a nurse you have to consider
the patient's definition of health and help people make decisions that are consistent with
their values and beliefs.
Scope of Nursing Practice - ANSWER Nursing occurs whenever and wherever there is a
need for nursing knowledge, wisdom, caring, leadership, practice, or education.
Nursing occurs in any environment where there is a healthcare consumer in need of
care, information, or advocacy.
Meaning, nursing does not just occur in the hospital setting.
Goal of Nursing - ANSWER The goal of nursing is to facilitate attainment of positive
patient outcomes in keeping with nursing's social contract with an obligation to society.
The depth and breadth in which individual registered nurses (generalist and APRNs)
engage in the total scope of nursing practice is dependent on their education,
experience, role, and population served.
The ANA Standards - ANSWER The ANA Standards serve as evidence of the standard of
nursing care. Meaning, it is the level of care expected from all nurses with all patients;
,no exceptions!
Standards of Practice (Standards 1-6): describe a competent level of nursing care as
demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the Nursing Process (the focus of
this class).
Standards of Professional Performance (Standards 7-17): describe a competent level of
behavior in the professional role.
The Art and Science of Nursing - ANSWER Nursing is a learned profession built on a
core body of knowledge that reflects its dual components of art and science.
The art of nursing is based on caring and respect for human dignity.
The nurse must possess competence, professional maturity, interpersonal sensitivity, a
moral foundation that supports caring actions, and an environment that is conducive to
caring.
The Science of Nursing - ANSWER The science of nursing is consistent with and shares
the characteristics of other scientific disciplines:
-distinct body of knowledge
-distinct schools/colleges
-baccalaureate = entry level
-doctoral education is discipline specific
Nurses rely on/use both qualitative (subjective) and quantitative (objective)
data/evidence to guide nursing practice.
Nursing research is conducted to generate the data needed by nurses to guide nursing
practice, but also as the means to evaluate nursing's impact on patients' health-related
outcomes.
, Unique Factors Related to Nursing as a Science - ANSWER Nursing has both scholarly
and clinical components; the two must inform each other.
Meaning, clinical practice is based on nursing knowledge that is
scientifically/empirically based.
Evidence for practice (rationale for nursing actions) must also be consistent with
nursing's philosophy of care (holistic, patient-centered, and outcome focused).
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) - ANSWER The four recognized APRN
clinical roles are:
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Nurse Anesthetist
-Nurse Midwife
-Nurse Practitioner
To become an APRN, nurses need formal education beyond the baccalaureate level.
Currently, the minimum nursing education needed to become a Nurse Anesthetist is a
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree and a Master's degree (MSN) is required for
the other three APRN roles (but that is soon to change).
Non-APRNs Requiring a Masters Level Nursing Education - ANSWER There are other
registered nurses who have a master's or DNP degree, butare not APRNs.
Their graduate nursing education is not in one of the four recognized APRN roles.
Some examples of non-APRNs are:
-Nursing Education
-Forensic Nursing
