ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
OCC Program Framework Major Concept - CORRECT ANSWER - Human being
- Environment
- Health
- Nursing
- Nursing Education
- Teaching/Learning
- Caring
Caring: - CORRECT ANSWER meeting the patient/family where their needs are.
OCC Core Competencies - CORRECT ANSWER - Accountability
- Communication/Collaboration
- Critical Thinking/Decision Making
- Culture/Diversity
- Leadership
- Nursing Process
- Professionalism
- Safety
- Teaching/Learning
Nurse Practice Act: Defines the - CORRECT ANSWER legal scope of nursing
Nurse Practice Act: Creates - CORRECT ANSWER regulating bodies to make and
enforce rules
,Nurse Practice Act: Defines important - CORRECT ANSWER terms and activities
Nurse Practice Act: Establishes - CORRECT ANSWER criteria for education and
licensure
Nurse Practice Act: Purpose of - CORRECT ANSWER - Protection of the public
- Protection of the RN
Nurse Practice Act: Revisions of - CORRECT ANSWER Sunset Legislation
Nurse Practice Act: Prevents people who - CORRECT ANSWER think they know how
to do nursing duties from doing them without a degree/license
Nurse Practice Acts: - CORRECT ANSWER Laws that regulate nursing practice
- Approving nursing education programs
- Defining the practice of professional nursing
- Establishing criteria that allow a person to be licensed as a registered nurse (RN) or licensed
practical or vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)
- Defining a professional practice, which demonstrates the nurse's scope of practice or those
activities that nurses are expected to perform (and by implications, those they may not)
- Developing rules and regulations for guidance to nurses
- Enforcing the rules that govern nursing
Contemporary Nursing Practice: Definition of Nursing: American Nurses Association -
CORRECT ANSWER Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to
actual or potential health problems.
(An art and a science)
Nursing Education: - CORRECT ANSWER Entry level
- LPN
,- Diploma
- ADN
- BSN
Advanced Practice
- MSN - Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Midwife, Nurse Educator, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nurse
Practitioner
-PHD or Doctorate
Continued Education
Specialty Field Certification
Florence Nightingale (8) - CORRECT ANSWER - Noted that nursing was different
than medicine
- Nursing advocate
- Believed in maintaining records
- First researcher
- Formalized nursing education
- Utilized as well as altered the environment for healing
- Established the standards for nursing
- Greatly influenced nursing in the U.S.
Quote from Florence Nightingale: (3) - CORRECT ANSWER "Putting the patient in
the best condition for nature to act."
- keeping wound clean
- letting fresh air in
- feeding patient
Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice ANA: Defines - CORRECT ANSWER the
activities of nurses
, Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice ANA: Standards - CORRECT
ANSWER serve to protect the nurse, the patient, and the institution
Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice ANA: Ensure - CORRECT
ANSWER knowledgeable, safe, and comprehensive nursing care.
Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice ANA: What a... - CORRECT
ANSWER reasonable prudent nurse would do
Standards of Practice definition: - CORRECT ANSWER Describe a competent level of
nursing practice and professional performance common to all registered nurses
- provide a guide to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that nurses must incorporate into their
practice to provide safe, quality care
Code of Ethics: Practices with - CORRECT ANSWER respect and dignity and
compassion for the patient
Code of Ethics: Advocates - CORRECT ANSWER for the patient
Code of Ethics: Establishment, - CORRECT ANSWER maintenance and advancement
of healthcare environments and the nursing profession
Social Policy Statement Nursing: - CORRECT ANSWER Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention 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.
Criteria of a Professional: have a obligation in society to be - CORRECT ANSWER -
competent in their field
- allow only qualified persons entry into the profession