NURSING FOUNDATIONS MODULE 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUIZZES WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | GRADED A+ .
What is Florence Nightingale known for? - Correct Answer -Founder of modern nursing
Sanitation, Hygiene, EPB
What is the profession of nursing guided by? - Correct Answer -The Standards of Professional
Nursing Practice
Who published The Standards of Professional Nursing Practice? - Correct Answer -The ANA
(American Nurses Association)
The Standards of Professional Nursing Practice help ensure __ and serve as __ - Correct Answer
-Ensure quality care and serve as legal criteria for adequate patient care
What do Nurse Practice Acts do? - Correct Answer -define the scope of practice and legal limits
of the nursing practice
Who defines the nurse's scope of practice? - Correct Answer -The state (Florida Nurse Practice
Act)
What are the two parts of the ANA standards (Standards of Professional Nursing Practice)? -
Correct Answer -1. The 6 responsibilities (ADOPIE) - which are the standards of practice
AND
2. Standards of professional performance - which is ethics, culturally congruent practice,
communication, collaboration, leadership, education, EBP, and research.
Are Nurse Practice Acts laws? - Correct Answer -Yes. (Yoost pg. 13)
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, What is Critical thinking? - Correct Answer -Application of experience and knowledge to direct
clinical JUDGEMENTS and actions that result in positive patient outcomes.
What is Clinical Reasoning? - Correct Answer -the ability to focus and filter clinical data to
recognize what is most and least important, so the nurse can identify if an actual problem is
present.
What is clinical judgement? - Correct Answer -The combination of critical thinking and clinical
reasoning and the repetitive decision-making skills of a nurse.
What is required to build successful clinical judgement? - Correct Answer -General:
psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills.
Specifically: Knowledge base(college classes), technical skills(technology), early problem
recognition (noticing slight or dramatic changes within your pt's condition-this is CRITICAL),
effective communication, trusting relationships with patients, previous experience, confidence,
intuition, and reflection.
What is a cognitive skill? - Correct Answer -Skills your brain uses to think, read, learn,
remember...
What is a psychomotor skill? - Correct Answer -movement tasks that require motor and
cognitive processes, example: hand-eye coordination of hitting a cue ball with a pool stick.
What is an affective skill? - Correct Answer -Individual interests, attitudes, and values. Example:
Being tolerant of the beliefs of others, or acting consistently to reflect a specific belief system.
Early problem recognition requires what?` - Correct Answer -Accurate and ongoing assessment.
Nurses are recognized as what in the US? - Correct Answer -The most honest and ethical
professionals in the country.
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QUIZZES WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | GRADED A+ .
What is Florence Nightingale known for? - Correct Answer -Founder of modern nursing
Sanitation, Hygiene, EPB
What is the profession of nursing guided by? - Correct Answer -The Standards of Professional
Nursing Practice
Who published The Standards of Professional Nursing Practice? - Correct Answer -The ANA
(American Nurses Association)
The Standards of Professional Nursing Practice help ensure __ and serve as __ - Correct Answer
-Ensure quality care and serve as legal criteria for adequate patient care
What do Nurse Practice Acts do? - Correct Answer -define the scope of practice and legal limits
of the nursing practice
Who defines the nurse's scope of practice? - Correct Answer -The state (Florida Nurse Practice
Act)
What are the two parts of the ANA standards (Standards of Professional Nursing Practice)? -
Correct Answer -1. The 6 responsibilities (ADOPIE) - which are the standards of practice
AND
2. Standards of professional performance - which is ethics, culturally congruent practice,
communication, collaboration, leadership, education, EBP, and research.
Are Nurse Practice Acts laws? - Correct Answer -Yes. (Yoost pg. 13)
1
, What is Critical thinking? - Correct Answer -Application of experience and knowledge to direct
clinical JUDGEMENTS and actions that result in positive patient outcomes.
What is Clinical Reasoning? - Correct Answer -the ability to focus and filter clinical data to
recognize what is most and least important, so the nurse can identify if an actual problem is
present.
What is clinical judgement? - Correct Answer -The combination of critical thinking and clinical
reasoning and the repetitive decision-making skills of a nurse.
What is required to build successful clinical judgement? - Correct Answer -General:
psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills.
Specifically: Knowledge base(college classes), technical skills(technology), early problem
recognition (noticing slight or dramatic changes within your pt's condition-this is CRITICAL),
effective communication, trusting relationships with patients, previous experience, confidence,
intuition, and reflection.
What is a cognitive skill? - Correct Answer -Skills your brain uses to think, read, learn,
remember...
What is a psychomotor skill? - Correct Answer -movement tasks that require motor and
cognitive processes, example: hand-eye coordination of hitting a cue ball with a pool stick.
What is an affective skill? - Correct Answer -Individual interests, attitudes, and values. Example:
Being tolerant of the beliefs of others, or acting consistently to reflect a specific belief system.
Early problem recognition requires what?` - Correct Answer -Accurate and ongoing assessment.
Nurses are recognized as what in the US? - Correct Answer -The most honest and ethical
professionals in the country.
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