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setting priorities, identifying patient-centered goals and expected outcomes,
and prescribing nursing interventions
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Benner's stages of nursing
1 2 critical thinking
proficiency
3 Competent (Benner's stages) 4 Planning
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Terms in this set (60)
, Benner's stages of nursing 1. Novice
proficiency 2. Advanced Beginner
3. Competent
4. Proficient
5. Expert
Novice (Benner's stages) Beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a
situation which there is no previous level of
experience (e.g. an experience operating room
nurse to now practice in home health) The learner
learns via a specific set of rules or procedures,
which are usually stepwise and linear
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Advanced Beginner (Benner's A nurse who has had some level of experience
Stages) with the situation. This experience may be only
observational. in nature, but the nurse is able to
identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing
care
Competent (Benner's stages) A nurse who has been in the same clinical position
for 2 to 3 years. This nurse understands the
organization and specific care required by this type
of patients (e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic
patients). He or she is a competent practitioner
who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish
long-range goals. In this phase the nurse has
usually had experience with all types of
psychomotor skills required by this specific group
of patients
Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2026
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Practice questions for this set
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setting priorities, identifying patient-centered goals and expected outcomes,
and prescribing nursing interventions
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Benner's stages of nursing
1 2 critical thinking
proficiency
3 Competent (Benner's stages) 4 Planning
Don't know?
Terms in this set (60)
, Benner's stages of nursing 1. Novice
proficiency 2. Advanced Beginner
3. Competent
4. Proficient
5. Expert
Novice (Benner's stages) Beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a
situation which there is no previous level of
experience (e.g. an experience operating room
nurse to now practice in home health) The learner
learns via a specific set of rules or procedures,
which are usually stepwise and linear
Linda Burnes Bolton Vice chair on Initiative on the Future of Nursing
Advanced Beginner (Benner's A nurse who has had some level of experience
Stages) with the situation. This experience may be only
observational. in nature, but the nurse is able to
identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing
care
Competent (Benner's stages) A nurse who has been in the same clinical position
for 2 to 3 years. This nurse understands the
organization and specific care required by this type
of patients (e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic
patients). He or she is a competent practitioner
who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish
long-range goals. In this phase the nurse has
usually had experience with all types of
psychomotor skills required by this specific group
of patients
