NMNC 3110 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the ANA? - Answer- American Nurses Association; professional organization for
all RNs.
-Responsible for developing standards that apply to the practice for all professional
nurses.
What does the ANA do? - Answer- - Maintain code of ethics
- Maintain scopes and standards
- Develop nursing theory
- Establish educational requirements
- Defining professional role competence
- Developing programs & resources to establish nursing accountability
BON - Answer- Board of Nursing; statewide and national
What does the BON do? - Answer- -Enforcement of the NPA
-adopt rules and regulations to implement NPA
-Investigation/disciplinary process
-Deny, revoke, suspend license
-Remedial activity
-Approval of educational programs
All levels
-Licensure of nurses ( LVN and RN )
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - Answer- defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state
- Overseen by State Boards
- Regulate scope of nursing practice
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare
Standards of care - Answer- legal requirements for nursing practice that describe
minimum acceptable nursing care
Scope of practice - Answer- Most commonly defined by state law; outlines the care you
are able to provide for the patient.
- Know who, what, when, where, and why.
Grand theory - Answer- a theory designed to describe and explain all aspects of a given
phenomenon. Intend to answer "what is nursing" as a whole.
, Middle Range Theory - Answer- -limited in scope, less abstract
-address specific phenomenon and reflect practice
-Focuses on specific field of nursing
Practice theories - Answer- theories that are more specific than middle-range theories
and that produce specific directions or guidelines for practice
- Bringing theory to the bedside, specific patient population
- Benefits of trial and error thru clinical practice
- Ex. Pain-management for cardiac surgery
Social Context of Nursing - Answer- Protection, promotion, & optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering thru diagnosis &
treatment
Social Policy - Answer- - Culmination of an extensive review process
- Nursing profession valued in a society and uniquely valued
-Overview of professional, legal, and self-regulation expectation
-Nursing is essential to society, professional interest is society's interest
Mutually beneficial interests of nursing and society - Answer- Society dictates what
exactly the prof. skills & knowledge is necessary, then emerge to train those interested
in supplying those needs.
Social Contract - Answer- Society grants professions authority over functions vital to
itself.
Social Concerns in Health Care - Answer- - Organization, delivery, & financing of health
care
- Provisions for the public's health
- Expansion of knowledge and application of technology
- Definitive planning for health policies & regulations
- Duties under extreme conditions
Elements of Social Contract - Answer- - Human experience is contextually & culturally
defined
- Health and illness are human experiences
- Nurse and patient relations occur w/in context of values and beliefs of both
- Public polity & healthcare system influence health and well-being of society
- Individual responsibility is essential
Nightingale's Theory - Answer- -nurses main concern is health, not illness
-focused on pt relationship with surroundings
-metaparadigm of nursing:
person, health, environment, nursing
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the ANA? - Answer- American Nurses Association; professional organization for
all RNs.
-Responsible for developing standards that apply to the practice for all professional
nurses.
What does the ANA do? - Answer- - Maintain code of ethics
- Maintain scopes and standards
- Develop nursing theory
- Establish educational requirements
- Defining professional role competence
- Developing programs & resources to establish nursing accountability
BON - Answer- Board of Nursing; statewide and national
What does the BON do? - Answer- -Enforcement of the NPA
-adopt rules and regulations to implement NPA
-Investigation/disciplinary process
-Deny, revoke, suspend license
-Remedial activity
-Approval of educational programs
All levels
-Licensure of nurses ( LVN and RN )
Nurse Practice Act (NPA) - Answer- defines the scope and limitations of professional
nursing practice; vary from state to state
- Overseen by State Boards
- Regulate scope of nursing practice
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare
Standards of care - Answer- legal requirements for nursing practice that describe
minimum acceptable nursing care
Scope of practice - Answer- Most commonly defined by state law; outlines the care you
are able to provide for the patient.
- Know who, what, when, where, and why.
Grand theory - Answer- a theory designed to describe and explain all aspects of a given
phenomenon. Intend to answer "what is nursing" as a whole.
, Middle Range Theory - Answer- -limited in scope, less abstract
-address specific phenomenon and reflect practice
-Focuses on specific field of nursing
Practice theories - Answer- theories that are more specific than middle-range theories
and that produce specific directions or guidelines for practice
- Bringing theory to the bedside, specific patient population
- Benefits of trial and error thru clinical practice
- Ex. Pain-management for cardiac surgery
Social Context of Nursing - Answer- Protection, promotion, & optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering thru diagnosis &
treatment
Social Policy - Answer- - Culmination of an extensive review process
- Nursing profession valued in a society and uniquely valued
-Overview of professional, legal, and self-regulation expectation
-Nursing is essential to society, professional interest is society's interest
Mutually beneficial interests of nursing and society - Answer- Society dictates what
exactly the prof. skills & knowledge is necessary, then emerge to train those interested
in supplying those needs.
Social Contract - Answer- Society grants professions authority over functions vital to
itself.
Social Concerns in Health Care - Answer- - Organization, delivery, & financing of health
care
- Provisions for the public's health
- Expansion of knowledge and application of technology
- Definitive planning for health policies & regulations
- Duties under extreme conditions
Elements of Social Contract - Answer- - Human experience is contextually & culturally
defined
- Health and illness are human experiences
- Nurse and patient relations occur w/in context of values and beliefs of both
- Public polity & healthcare system influence health and well-being of society
- Individual responsibility is essential
Nightingale's Theory - Answer- -nurses main concern is health, not illness
-focused on pt relationship with surroundings
-metaparadigm of nursing:
person, health, environment, nursing
