NUR 115 TEST 2 STUDY GUIDE
Purposes of a professional nursing organization - Answers - - professional standards of
practice
- Ethical conduct of members
- Ensure high quality
- Leadership opportunities
- Meet present and future challenges
Benefits of belonging to a professional organization - Answers - - Develop leadership
skills
- Certification
- Research Opportunities
- Defining practice standards and redefining policies
- Legislative lobbying powers
- Publications
- Health/Life/Malpractice Insurance
- Continuing Education
Purpose of ANA (American nurses Association) - Answers - - Broad purpose
organization
- National student nurses association
- Improve health standards and availability of health care for all people.
- Foster high standards for nursing
- Stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses
- Advance the economic and general welfare of nurses
Magnet Recognition for Nursing - Answers - - A program of the American Nurses
Credentialing Center, which is a subsidiary of ANA.
- Recognizes health care organizations that provide nursing excellence
- Provides a vehicle for disseminating successful nursing practices and strategies
- Recognizes quality patient care
- Recognizes innovations in professional nursing practice
- Provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that
they can expect to receive.
Functions of the National Student Nurses Association (SNA) - Answers - - Promotes
professional growth
- Discounts on products
- Voice for nursing students
- Mentor students
- Promote development of skills
- Advocate high quality of health care
, Purposes of the National League of Nursing - Answers - Main Purpose - Education
- Oldest organization for nurses since 1893
- Advances quality nursing education
- Concerned with quality nursing for all types of nursing programs
- NLNAC - accredits nursing programs
Statutory law affecting nursing in each state - Answers - - Law established through
formal legislative processes
- Nurse Practice Act: defines the authority of the State Board of Nursing
* Defines the practice of nursing
* Sets educational qualifications/requirements for licensure
* Legal title abbreviations that nurses can use
* Provides disciplinary action for licensees
State Board of Nursing (3 functions) - Answers - 1. Authority to administer the nursing
practice act
2. Authority to adopt rules to administer the act
3. Authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to otherwise discipline a licensee
or to deny an application for licensure
Malpractice - Answers - Negligence in the profession
Negligence - Answers - Failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would behave in
specific circumstances
Assault - Answers - Threat; an attempt to make bodily contact with another person
without their consent
Battery - Answers - Act carried out
Delegation - Answers - Empower one to act for another
Informed Consent - Answers - Voluntary; individual must be competent and have the
capacity to understand. Patient must be given enough information understand; full
knowledge authorization by the patient for care treatment or procedures. Must include
the risks benefits, side effects, costs, alternatives (do not need consent if it is life
threatening)
Confidentiality - Answers - Protection of private information HIPPA
Strategies by the nurse to limit the possibility of legal action - Answers - 1. Practice in a
safe setting
2. Communicate with other health professionals; open and clear communication - verbal
and written
3. Delegate wisely
Purposes of a professional nursing organization - Answers - - professional standards of
practice
- Ethical conduct of members
- Ensure high quality
- Leadership opportunities
- Meet present and future challenges
Benefits of belonging to a professional organization - Answers - - Develop leadership
skills
- Certification
- Research Opportunities
- Defining practice standards and redefining policies
- Legislative lobbying powers
- Publications
- Health/Life/Malpractice Insurance
- Continuing Education
Purpose of ANA (American nurses Association) - Answers - - Broad purpose
organization
- National student nurses association
- Improve health standards and availability of health care for all people.
- Foster high standards for nursing
- Stimulate and promote the professional development of nurses
- Advance the economic and general welfare of nurses
Magnet Recognition for Nursing - Answers - - A program of the American Nurses
Credentialing Center, which is a subsidiary of ANA.
- Recognizes health care organizations that provide nursing excellence
- Provides a vehicle for disseminating successful nursing practices and strategies
- Recognizes quality patient care
- Recognizes innovations in professional nursing practice
- Provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that
they can expect to receive.
Functions of the National Student Nurses Association (SNA) - Answers - - Promotes
professional growth
- Discounts on products
- Voice for nursing students
- Mentor students
- Promote development of skills
- Advocate high quality of health care
, Purposes of the National League of Nursing - Answers - Main Purpose - Education
- Oldest organization for nurses since 1893
- Advances quality nursing education
- Concerned with quality nursing for all types of nursing programs
- NLNAC - accredits nursing programs
Statutory law affecting nursing in each state - Answers - - Law established through
formal legislative processes
- Nurse Practice Act: defines the authority of the State Board of Nursing
* Defines the practice of nursing
* Sets educational qualifications/requirements for licensure
* Legal title abbreviations that nurses can use
* Provides disciplinary action for licensees
State Board of Nursing (3 functions) - Answers - 1. Authority to administer the nursing
practice act
2. Authority to adopt rules to administer the act
3. Authority to deny, suspend, or revoke a license or to otherwise discipline a licensee
or to deny an application for licensure
Malpractice - Answers - Negligence in the profession
Negligence - Answers - Failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would behave in
specific circumstances
Assault - Answers - Threat; an attempt to make bodily contact with another person
without their consent
Battery - Answers - Act carried out
Delegation - Answers - Empower one to act for another
Informed Consent - Answers - Voluntary; individual must be competent and have the
capacity to understand. Patient must be given enough information understand; full
knowledge authorization by the patient for care treatment or procedures. Must include
the risks benefits, side effects, costs, alternatives (do not need consent if it is life
threatening)
Confidentiality - Answers - Protection of private information HIPPA
Strategies by the nurse to limit the possibility of legal action - Answers - 1. Practice in a
safe setting
2. Communicate with other health professionals; open and clear communication - verbal
and written
3. Delegate wisely
