NURSE 111 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being answerable for the outcomes of a task or assignment
Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A specific obligation associated with the performance of duties
of a particular role, and it belongs to the individual performing the duties
Advocate/Advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To act on behalf of others
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being answerable for the outcomes of a task or assignment
Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A specific obligation associated with the performance of duties
of a particular role, and it belongs to the individual performing the duties
Advocate/Advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To act on behalf of others
Standards of Practice: What are they for? Who determines these and what do they govern? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅AKA: standards of care Professional standard or guidelines used to determine what a nurse
should or should not do. Determined by: The Joint Commission- Addresses key functions for the
organization it accredits (infection prevention and control, medical management, etc.), American Nurses
Association- Fosters high standards of nursing practice, National League for Nursing- Promotes
excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of
our nation and the global community.
Standards of Professional Performance Who sets these and what are they for? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅ANA- Describes the expected behavior of professional nurses. Refer to enhancing general
practice, ensuring appropriate education level, and maintaining collegiality with peers and collaboration
with the entire care team. To self-regulate by defining the practice of nursing, researching and
developing the practice, establishing standards of practice, and providing for the education and
credentialing of nurses. Specialty nursing organizations develop standards specific to their areas.
Definitions of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Theoretical- Caring, an art, a science, patient-centered,
holistic, adaptive, concerned with health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration, a
helping profession. ANA -nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
, preventions of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Nurse Educator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse educator usually has a baccalaureate degree or more
advanced preparation and frequently has expertise in a particular area of practice. Nurse educators
work in nursing programs, at educational institutions, or in hospital staff education programs. They are
responsible for classroom, skills laboratory, and often clinical teaching.
American Nurses Association - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Represents registered nurses in the US through
joint membership with its constituent and state nurses' associations and direct membership. Mission
statement: nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all. Fosters high standards of nursing
practice, promotes the rights of nurses in the workplace, projects a positive and realistic view of nursing,
and lobbies Congress and federal regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the
health of Americans.
The Joint Commission: what do they do and govern? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Independent, nonprofit
organization that sets standards for and accredits healthcare provider organizations. Standards address
the key functions for each type of organization it accredits. Its work significantly influences national
quality and safety standards and the advancement of healthcare policy.
NC Board of Nursing: What & who do they govern? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Standardizes the education
of nurses, establishes standards for safe nursing practice, and issues licenses to protect the public from
unprepared, unsafe practitioners. Acts as a forum for citizens to report and discuss concerns regarding
nursing services they have received. North Carolina is the ONLY state in which licensed nurses serving on
the board are elected by other licensed nurses and members of the public who serve are appointed.
Professionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acting with the knowledge, skill, and preparation of a
professional.
Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a series of state statutes that define the scope of practice,
standards for education programs, licensure requirements and grounds for disciplinary actions. The law
provides a framework for establishing nursing actions in the care of patients. It includes the definition of
nursing, requirements for licensure, penalty for practicing without a license, exemptions from licensure,
and licensure across jurisdictions. NPAs quite similar from state to state.
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being answerable for the outcomes of a task or assignment
Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A specific obligation associated with the performance of duties
of a particular role, and it belongs to the individual performing the duties
Advocate/Advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To act on behalf of others
Accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Being answerable for the outcomes of a task or assignment
Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A specific obligation associated with the performance of duties
of a particular role, and it belongs to the individual performing the duties
Advocate/Advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅To act on behalf of others
Standards of Practice: What are they for? Who determines these and what do they govern? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅AKA: standards of care Professional standard or guidelines used to determine what a nurse
should or should not do. Determined by: The Joint Commission- Addresses key functions for the
organization it accredits (infection prevention and control, medical management, etc.), American Nurses
Association- Fosters high standards of nursing practice, National League for Nursing- Promotes
excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of
our nation and the global community.
Standards of Professional Performance Who sets these and what are they for? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅ANA- Describes the expected behavior of professional nurses. Refer to enhancing general
practice, ensuring appropriate education level, and maintaining collegiality with peers and collaboration
with the entire care team. To self-regulate by defining the practice of nursing, researching and
developing the practice, establishing standards of practice, and providing for the education and
credentialing of nurses. Specialty nursing organizations develop standards specific to their areas.
Definitions of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Theoretical- Caring, an art, a science, patient-centered,
holistic, adaptive, concerned with health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration, a
helping profession. ANA -nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
, preventions of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Nurse Educator - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The nurse educator usually has a baccalaureate degree or more
advanced preparation and frequently has expertise in a particular area of practice. Nurse educators
work in nursing programs, at educational institutions, or in hospital staff education programs. They are
responsible for classroom, skills laboratory, and often clinical teaching.
American Nurses Association - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Represents registered nurses in the US through
joint membership with its constituent and state nurses' associations and direct membership. Mission
statement: nurses advancing our profession to improve health for all. Fosters high standards of nursing
practice, promotes the rights of nurses in the workplace, projects a positive and realistic view of nursing,
and lobbies Congress and federal regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the
health of Americans.
The Joint Commission: what do they do and govern? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Independent, nonprofit
organization that sets standards for and accredits healthcare provider organizations. Standards address
the key functions for each type of organization it accredits. Its work significantly influences national
quality and safety standards and the advancement of healthcare policy.
NC Board of Nursing: What & who do they govern? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Standardizes the education
of nurses, establishes standards for safe nursing practice, and issues licenses to protect the public from
unprepared, unsafe practitioners. Acts as a forum for citizens to report and discuss concerns regarding
nursing services they have received. North Carolina is the ONLY state in which licensed nurses serving on
the board are elected by other licensed nurses and members of the public who serve are appointed.
Professionalism - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Acting with the knowledge, skill, and preparation of a
professional.
Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a series of state statutes that define the scope of practice,
standards for education programs, licensure requirements and grounds for disciplinary actions. The law
provides a framework for establishing nursing actions in the care of patients. It includes the definition of
nursing, requirements for licensure, penalty for practicing without a license, exemptions from licensure,
and licensure across jurisdictions. NPAs quite similar from state to state.
