WORKBOOK 2026 BASIC NURSING SKILLS
AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT
◉ Benner's Model of Novice to Expert.
Answer: Novice
Advanced beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
◉ ANA definition of nursing.
Answer: 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
◉ ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes Identification
,Planning
Implementation
Coordination of Care
Health Teaching + Health Promotion
Consultation
Prescriptive Authority + Treatment
Evaluation
◉ ANA Standards of Professional Performance.
Answer: Ethics
Education
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality of Practice
Communication
Leadership
Collaboration
Professional Practice
Resources
Environmental Health
◉ Autonomy.
,Answer: Essential element of professional nursing that involves the
initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical
orders.
◉ Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
Answer: Most independently functioning nurse; has masters degree
in nursing
◉ Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
Answer: An APRN who is an expert clinician in a specialized area of
practice
◉ Nurse Practioner (NP).
Answer: Are prepared to provide direct client care in primary care
settings, focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early
diagnosis, and treatment of common health problems
◉ Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM).
Answer: An APRN who is also educated in midwifery and is certified
by the American College of Nurse-Midwifes
◉ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).
Answer: An APRN with advanced education in a nurse anesthetia
accredited program
, ◉ Nurse Educator.
Answer: works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development
departments of health care agencies, and patient education
departments
◉ Nurse Administrator.
Answer: manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing
services within a health care agency
◉ Nurse Researcher.
Answer: conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve
nursing care and further define and expand the scope of nursing
practice
◉ Florence Nightingale.
Answer: Founder of modern nursing; started first organized
program to train nurses; first practicing nurse epidemiologist;
connected sanitation with cholera and dysentery
◉ Clara Barton.
Answer: Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red
Cross