NSG 1650 UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026

NSG 1650 UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 American Nurses Association (ANA) mission statement - Answers Lead the profession to shape the future of nursing and health care Why does the ANA exist? - Answers To advance the nursing profession: •Fostering high standards of nursing practice; •Promoting a safe and ethical work environment; •Bolstering the health and wellness of nurses •Advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public. American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - Answers branch of the ANA provides certification for advanced practice nurses and specialty nursing - provides accreditation for schools of nursing Magnet Recognition Program - Answers -ran by ANCC -designates organizations worldwide where nursing leaders successfully align their nursing strategic goals to improve the organization's patient outcomes. What does the ANA publish? - Answers +ANA Code of Ethics +Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice National League of Nursing (NLN) mission statement - Answers -The 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. NLN services and membership - Answers +Offers professional development, networking opportunities, assessment services, nursing research grants, and public policy advocacy NLN members are involved in nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, health care organizations, and agencies International Council of Nursing (INC) mission statement - Answers ICN's mission is to represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession, promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate for health in all policies. Our vision is that the global community recognizes, supports, and invests in nurses and nursing to lead and deliver health for all INC Goals - Answers +Global Impact: Influence policy at a global level +Membership Empowerment: Strengthen National Nursing Associations (NNAs) to enable them to address key challenges +Strategic Leadership: Provide strategic leadership to advance the nursing profession Innovative Growth: Identify, secure and diversify opportunities, consistent with our values, to attain ICN goals. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) mission statement - Answers Developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) services and members - Answers -include education resources, journals, advisors and mentors, scholarships, and research grant -clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others Ohio Nurse Association mission statement - Answers +Our mission is to unite and empower nurses and healthcare workers, championing their rights, promoting professional practice, and advocating for quality care for all patients in Ohio, while fostering a strong and cohesive professional union community. Ohio Nurse Association (ONA) services - Answers +Provides a platform for the protection, promotion and advancement of nursing. Benefits include an advocacy program, advocacy training, workplace rights education, community service opportunities, continuing education, career services, and social networking opportunities National Student Nurse Association (NSNA) mission statement - Answers ·Bring together and mentor students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses, as well as those enrolled in baccalaureate completion programs. ·Convey the standards and ethics of the nursing profession. ·Promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable members of the nursing profession. ·Advocate for high quality, evidence-based, affordable and accessible health care. ·Advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing education. ·Develop nursing students who are prepared to lead the profession in the future. NSNA servies - Answers access to online education events, NCLEX-RN resources, career planning guides, social networking opportunities, access to NSNA publications, information about select schools of nursing and hospitals, and nursing school resource guides SBAR - Answers -used for interprofessional communication Situation: What is happening right now? Background: What led to the current situation? Assessment: What is the identified problem, concern, or need? Recommendation: What actions or interventions should be initiated to alleviate the problem? Handoff Report - Answers a transfer and acceptance of client care responsibility achieved through effective communication. It is a real-time process of passing client specific information from one caregiver to another, or from one team of caregivers to another, for the purpose of ensuring the continuity and safety of the client's care Components of Handoff - Answers •Sender contact information •Illness assessment, including severity •Client summary, including events leading up to illness or admission, hospital course, ongoing assessment, and plan of care •To-do action list •Contingency plans •Allergy list •Code status •Medication list •Recent laboratory tests •Recent vital signs Handoff Communication Tools - Answers Bedside Handoff Report Checklist: introduction, SBAR, focused assessment, tasks that need to be completed, identify pts needs/concerns, pt goal closed-loop communication: used to ensure that information conveyed by the sender is heard by the receiver and completed. I-PASS: illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency plans, Synthesis by receiver Standards of Documentation - Answers •Established by each health care organization's policies and procedures. •Should agree with standards set by the Joint Commission --Medical record for each client --Accessed only by authorized personnel •comply with principles of medical record documentation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) •Completeness and legibility •Reasons for each client encounter •The plan of care •The client's progress •Changes in diagnosis and treatment •Date •Identity of provider (credentials) -ANA Standards:includes documentation in many of its Standards of Professional Nursing Practice competencies Types of client records - Answers 1) Paper-based: required that nurses know how to spell and correctly document, was available to only one person at a time, was susceptible to damage, and handwriting was sometimes illegible. Lastly, storage and control of paper records was a major problem 2) Electronic Medical Record (EMR): a digital or electronic record of one episode of care, such as an inpatient stay or an outpatient appointment 3) Electronic Health Record (EHR): longitudinal record of health that includes the information from inpatient and outpatient episodes of healthcare from one or more care settings privacy of EHR - Answers •Controlled access --Password --Verification codes --Biometrics (fingerprints,eyes) •Passwords should never be shared •Healthcare information systems able to track access •Must conform to privacy standards/ HIPAA Principles of Documentation - Answers •Accurate •Timely •Accessible to the interprofessional team •Factual and nonjudgmental •Proper spelling and grammar •Events should be recorded in order •Documentation should occur as soon as possible •Date, time, and signature - automatic in the EHR •Avoid double documentation - leads to possibility of conflicting data •Do not document things someone else did •Standard, accepted language