BRAKES CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: considered the founder of modern day nursing practice offer
referred to as "lady with the lamp"
◍ Patricia Benner.
Answer: Researched nurses' development from novice and expert
practitioners and caring as primary to nursing
◍ Clara Barton.
Answer: known for her service in the U.S. civil war and founder of the
American Red Cross
◍ Madeleine Leininger.
Answer: determined culture to be central to caring in nursing' developed the
Transcultural Caring Theory
◍ Lillian Wald.
Answer: founded the Henry Street Settlement in NYC and created the first
public health nursing program
◍ Key attributes of a profession.
Answer: specialized knowledge and skills, formal qualifications, ethical
standards and public service, social contract, commitment to competence,
and self-regulation and autonomy
◍ American Nurses Association.
Answer: ANA - Professional organization for RNs in the US. Founded in
, 1800's. Primary mission is to be involved in public education, clinical
nursing standards, and lobbying of state and federal lawmakers to advance
the profession of nursing. Addresses ethics, public policy and the economic
and general welfare of nurses.
◍ ANA code of ethics.
Answer: nursing demonstrates the attribute of a profession through this
document which provides ideals or right and wrong and provides nurses
with a moral compass
◍ Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs).
Answer: these are the laws which each state develops providing legal
guidelines for education, licensure, and practice of professional registered
nurses
◍ NCLEX-RN.
Answer: this is the licensing exam that graduates of accrediting colleges and
universities must take prior to becoming a professional registered nurse
◍ Social Contract.
Answer: the profession of nursing has been granted special status and
privileges, such as the right to regulate themselves, in exchange for their
specialized expertise and services through this
◍ Standards of practice.
Answer: nurses are expected to maintain competence in these duties, which
when applied is known as the nursing process
◍ Standards of practice include.
Answer: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification. planning,
implementation, and evaluation
◍ Standards of performance.
Answer: competent level of behavior in a professional role
◍ Code of ethics.
Answer: ideals of care and respect, principles for providing care
, ◍ To act professionally you will.
Answer: use critical thinking skillsadminister safe and quality carebe
responsible and accountableunderstand the scope, standards, and ethics of
professional nursing practicespractice person-centered care
◍ Nursing requires.
Answer: current knowledge and practice standardsinsightful and
compassionate approachcritical thinking and clinical judgement
◍ Benner's stages of nursing proficiency.
Answer: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, expert
◍ Novice nurse.
Answer: has no experience with specific patient populations and uses rules
to guide performance.
◍ Advanced beginner nurse.
Answer: A nurse who has had some level of experience with the situation.
This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nurse is able to
identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
◍ Competent nurse.
Answer: characterized by nurses who have been in practice for 2-3 years and
are able to plan and prioritize care with a more deliberate, organized
approach. They can handle more complex clinical situations but may still
need to rely on guidelines
◍ Proficient nurse.
Answer: understands a patient situation as a whole rather than as a list of
tasks, attends to an assessment data pattern, and acts without consciously
labeling it
◍ Expert nurse.
Answer: have garnered a wealth of experience so they can view situations
holistically and process information efficiently. they make decisions using
an advanced level of intuition and analytical ability. they do not need to rely