PRACTICE SET ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION
◉ National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
Answer: provides the licensing examination.
Responsible for the Nurse Practice Act
-Protects public health, safety, & welfare
-Sets minimum education requirements
◉ Nurse Practice Acts.
Answer: Define legal scope of nursing practice for a state.
Exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing.
Make and enforce rules and regulations for nurses.
◉ Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN).
Answer: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has funded this
project with the overall goal to address the challenge of preparing
future nurses with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to
improve the quality & safety of healthcare.
◉ TBON.
,Answer: Texas Board of Nursing - Defines legal scope of nursing
practice in Texas via NPA - Nurse Practice Acts
◉ TJC.
Answer: the Joint Commission - Defines the National Patient Safety
Goals.
◉ National Patient Safety Goals purpose.
Answer: Purpose is to improve patient safety. They focus on
problems in health care safety and how to solve them.
◉ Goals - National Patient Safety.
Answer: Goal #1 - Identify patients correctly (name and date of
birth)
Goal #2 - Improve staff communication. SBAR --( Situation,
Background, Assessment, Recommendation)
Goal #6 - Use alarm safety.
Goal #7 - Prevent infection.
Goal #15 - Identify patient safety risks-fall risk
◉ Goal #7: Reduce the risk of infection.
Answer: -Implement evidence-based practices to prevent health
care-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms -
, hand hygiene, contact isolation, cleaning and disinfection of
equipment
-Prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections.
-Prevent indwelling catheter-associated urinary tract infections
(CAUTI).
◉ Nursing competencies.
Answer: Cognitive
Technical
Interpersonal
Ethical and legal
◉ Cognitive Competency.
Answer: Offer scientific rationale for patient plan of care.
Select nursing interventions most
likely to yield desired outcomes.
Use critical thinking to solve patient problems and meet their needs
creatively.
◉ Technical Competency.
Answer: Use psychomotor skills to provide care and meet needs of
patients.
Use technical equipment with