NU 226 Final Exam – Nursing Leadership & Management Comprehensive Review Guide and
Practice Questions
state of optimal functioning or well-being - correct answer ✔✔health
to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting
requirements - correct answer ✔✔licensure
law established to regulate nursing practice - correct answer ✔✔nursing practice act
profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving health care services and provides a
unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health - correct answer
✔✔nursing
five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning,
implementing, and evaluating - correct answer ✔✔nursing process
Professional nursing organisations and their focus - correct answer ✔✔- American Nurses
Association = describes the social context of nursing, the knowledge base for nursing practice,
the scope of nursing practice, standards of professional nursing practice, and the regulation of
professional nursing in its Nursing's Social Policy Statement
- National Student Nurses Association
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) National voice for BS and higher degree
nursing education programs
- National League for Nursing (NLN)
process that occurs when a minority group, living as part of a dominant group within a culture,
loses the cultural characteristics that made it different - correct answer ✔✔cultural assimilation
,(1) coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and socioeconomic groups within one
social unit; (2) diverse groups in society, with varying racial classifications and national origins,
religious affiliations, languages, physical size, biological sex, sexual orientation, age, disability,
socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location - correct answer ✔✔cultural
diversity
care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of the patient's culture - correct answer
✔✔culutural competence
the process of ignoring differences in people and proceeding as though the differences do not
exist - correct answer ✔✔cultural blindness
sense of identification that a cultural group collectively has; the sharing of common and unique
cultural and social beliefs and behavior patterns, including language and dialect, religious
practices, literature, folklore, music, political interests, food preferences, and employment
patterns - correct answer ✔✔ethnicity
those feelings, usually negative, a person experiences when placed in a different culture -
correct answer ✔✔culture shock
sum total of human behavior or social characteristics particular to a specific group and passed
from generation to generation or from one to another within the group - correct answer
✔✔culture
belief that one's own ideas, beliefs, and practices are best, superior, or most preferred to those
of others; using one's cultural norms as the standard to evaluate others' beliefs - correct answer
✔✔ethnocentrisim
group of people with different interests or goals than the primary culture - correct answer
✔✔subculture
,providing nursing care that is planned and implemented in a way that is sensitive to the needs
of individuals, families, and groups representing the diverse cultural populations within our
society - correct answer ✔✔transcultural nursing
Therapeutic Communication - correct answer ✔✔- Sit when communicating with a patient.
- Relax and take your time.
- Maintain eye contact if appropriate.
- Be Aware of your facial expressions and
body gestures.
- Think before responding
- Listen.
- Use silence, therapeutic touch, and humor
appropriately.
What is Cultural Competency in Healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔- Awareness of One's own
cultural values, beliefs and behaviors
- Awareness and Acceptance of cultural differences
- An ability and willingness to adapt the way one works to fit the patient's cultural preferences
nonverbal communication - correct answer ✔✔body language
Developing Communication skills - correct answer ✔✔- Control the tone of your voice.
- Be knowledgeable about the topic of conversation.
- Be flexible.
- Be clear and concise.
- Avoid words that might have different interpretations.
- Be truthful.
, - Keep an open mind.
- Take advantage of available opportunities.
In the interest of Patient Safety and to ensure nursing is
giving complete, accurate information to the physician, use
the following acronym to communicate to the physician: - correct answer ✔✔S (the current S i t
u a t i o n or problem)
B (a little about the patient's Background)
A (your Assessment of the patient)
R (your Recommendation of what is needed from the
physician)
SBAR
changes in attitudes, values, and feelings - correct answer ✔✔affective learning
ability to read, understand, and act on health information - correct answer ✔✔health literacy
increasing one's knowledge; having one's behavior changed in a measurable way as a result of
an experience - correct answer ✔✔learning
process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills
needed to maintain and improve health - correct answer ✔✔patient education
Nurse as a Teacher - correct answer ✔✔Remember TEACH
•T: Tune into the patient
•E: Edit patient information
•A: Act on every teaching moment
Practice Questions
state of optimal functioning or well-being - correct answer ✔✔health
to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting
requirements - correct answer ✔✔licensure
law established to regulate nursing practice - correct answer ✔✔nursing practice act
profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving health care services and provides a
unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health - correct answer
✔✔nursing
five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning,
implementing, and evaluating - correct answer ✔✔nursing process
Professional nursing organisations and their focus - correct answer ✔✔- American Nurses
Association = describes the social context of nursing, the knowledge base for nursing practice,
the scope of nursing practice, standards of professional nursing practice, and the regulation of
professional nursing in its Nursing's Social Policy Statement
- National Student Nurses Association
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) National voice for BS and higher degree
nursing education programs
- National League for Nursing (NLN)
process that occurs when a minority group, living as part of a dominant group within a culture,
loses the cultural characteristics that made it different - correct answer ✔✔cultural assimilation
,(1) coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and socioeconomic groups within one
social unit; (2) diverse groups in society, with varying racial classifications and national origins,
religious affiliations, languages, physical size, biological sex, sexual orientation, age, disability,
socioeconomic status, occupational status, and geographic location - correct answer ✔✔cultural
diversity
care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of the patient's culture - correct answer
✔✔culutural competence
the process of ignoring differences in people and proceeding as though the differences do not
exist - correct answer ✔✔cultural blindness
sense of identification that a cultural group collectively has; the sharing of common and unique
cultural and social beliefs and behavior patterns, including language and dialect, religious
practices, literature, folklore, music, political interests, food preferences, and employment
patterns - correct answer ✔✔ethnicity
those feelings, usually negative, a person experiences when placed in a different culture -
correct answer ✔✔culture shock
sum total of human behavior or social characteristics particular to a specific group and passed
from generation to generation or from one to another within the group - correct answer
✔✔culture
belief that one's own ideas, beliefs, and practices are best, superior, or most preferred to those
of others; using one's cultural norms as the standard to evaluate others' beliefs - correct answer
✔✔ethnocentrisim
group of people with different interests or goals than the primary culture - correct answer
✔✔subculture
,providing nursing care that is planned and implemented in a way that is sensitive to the needs
of individuals, families, and groups representing the diverse cultural populations within our
society - correct answer ✔✔transcultural nursing
Therapeutic Communication - correct answer ✔✔- Sit when communicating with a patient.
- Relax and take your time.
- Maintain eye contact if appropriate.
- Be Aware of your facial expressions and
body gestures.
- Think before responding
- Listen.
- Use silence, therapeutic touch, and humor
appropriately.
What is Cultural Competency in Healthcare? - correct answer ✔✔- Awareness of One's own
cultural values, beliefs and behaviors
- Awareness and Acceptance of cultural differences
- An ability and willingness to adapt the way one works to fit the patient's cultural preferences
nonverbal communication - correct answer ✔✔body language
Developing Communication skills - correct answer ✔✔- Control the tone of your voice.
- Be knowledgeable about the topic of conversation.
- Be flexible.
- Be clear and concise.
- Avoid words that might have different interpretations.
- Be truthful.
, - Keep an open mind.
- Take advantage of available opportunities.
In the interest of Patient Safety and to ensure nursing is
giving complete, accurate information to the physician, use
the following acronym to communicate to the physician: - correct answer ✔✔S (the current S i t
u a t i o n or problem)
B (a little about the patient's Background)
A (your Assessment of the patient)
R (your Recommendation of what is needed from the
physician)
SBAR
changes in attitudes, values, and feelings - correct answer ✔✔affective learning
ability to read, understand, and act on health information - correct answer ✔✔health literacy
increasing one's knowledge; having one's behavior changed in a measurable way as a result of
an experience - correct answer ✔✔learning
process of influencing the patient's behavior to effect changes in knowledge, attitudes, and skills
needed to maintain and improve health - correct answer ✔✔patient education
Nurse as a Teacher - correct answer ✔✔Remember TEACH
•T: Tune into the patient
•E: Edit patient information
•A: Act on every teaching moment
