WGU D455 EXAM 1 TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL
NURSING 115 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
salary issues
long hours
increased responsibility for unlicensed workers
significant responsibility with little authority - CORRECT ANSWER What are
internal causes of nursing shortages?
changes in demand for nursing services
the increasing age of the American populations
greater acuity (degree of illness) of hospitalized individuals
public perceptions of nursing as a profession
ever-widening career options for women - CORRECT ANSWER What are external
causes of nursing shortages?
autonomy
accountability
altruism
association - CORRECT ANSWER Characteristics of a Profession Nursing
-Practitioners performed full-time work in the discipline.
,-They determined work standards, identified a body of knowledge, and
established educational programs in institutions of higher learning.
-They promoted organization into effective occupational associations, and then
worked to establish legal protection that limited practice of their unique skills by
outsiders.
-Finally, they established codes of ethics. - CORRECT ANSWER The Process of
Professionalism
the services provided are vital to humanity and the welfare of society
body of knowledge
accountability
educated in higher institutions
autonomy
altruism (ideal of service to others)
code of ethics
association - CORRECT ANSWER Kelly's Criteria
nursing professions social contract with society
- includes nursing definition, regulation, ideals
- framework to understand nursing relationships with society and obligations for
those in care - CORRECT ANSWER Nursing's Social Policy Statement: The Essence
of the Profession
who, what, when, where, how
, outlines expectations of professional role, standard of care, associated
competencies
- to improve health/wellbeing of nursing pts and establishes accountability -
CORRECT ANSWER Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
The Code of Ethics for Nurses
-common indicator of all professions is ethics - CORRECT ANSWER What
statement best supports nursing as a profession?
promote supportive/healthy work environment, cooperation, and recognize
interdependence in nursing
s - CORRECT ANSWER Consider the importance of collegiality in professional
nursing
historical factors: submissive to physicians
external conflicts: tension between nursing and medicine; lobbying for nursing
practice protection; don't compete, collaborate
internal conflicts: diploma vs ADN vs BSN; lack of strength because spread out
among many organizations - CORRECT ANSWER Understand Barriers to
Professionalism, including historical factors, external conflicts, internal conflicts
get rid of ADN
All RNs required to get MSN within 10 years of licensure
BSN as entry level nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Know the details of the 2009
Benner study and what it recommended in nursing education.
NURSING 115 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
salary issues
long hours
increased responsibility for unlicensed workers
significant responsibility with little authority - CORRECT ANSWER What are
internal causes of nursing shortages?
changes in demand for nursing services
the increasing age of the American populations
greater acuity (degree of illness) of hospitalized individuals
public perceptions of nursing as a profession
ever-widening career options for women - CORRECT ANSWER What are external
causes of nursing shortages?
autonomy
accountability
altruism
association - CORRECT ANSWER Characteristics of a Profession Nursing
-Practitioners performed full-time work in the discipline.
,-They determined work standards, identified a body of knowledge, and
established educational programs in institutions of higher learning.
-They promoted organization into effective occupational associations, and then
worked to establish legal protection that limited practice of their unique skills by
outsiders.
-Finally, they established codes of ethics. - CORRECT ANSWER The Process of
Professionalism
the services provided are vital to humanity and the welfare of society
body of knowledge
accountability
educated in higher institutions
autonomy
altruism (ideal of service to others)
code of ethics
association - CORRECT ANSWER Kelly's Criteria
nursing professions social contract with society
- includes nursing definition, regulation, ideals
- framework to understand nursing relationships with society and obligations for
those in care - CORRECT ANSWER Nursing's Social Policy Statement: The Essence
of the Profession
who, what, when, where, how
, outlines expectations of professional role, standard of care, associated
competencies
- to improve health/wellbeing of nursing pts and establishes accountability -
CORRECT ANSWER Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
The Code of Ethics for Nurses
-common indicator of all professions is ethics - CORRECT ANSWER What
statement best supports nursing as a profession?
promote supportive/healthy work environment, cooperation, and recognize
interdependence in nursing
s - CORRECT ANSWER Consider the importance of collegiality in professional
nursing
historical factors: submissive to physicians
external conflicts: tension between nursing and medicine; lobbying for nursing
practice protection; don't compete, collaborate
internal conflicts: diploma vs ADN vs BSN; lack of strength because spread out
among many organizations - CORRECT ANSWER Understand Barriers to
Professionalism, including historical factors, external conflicts, internal conflicts
get rid of ADN
All RNs required to get MSN within 10 years of licensure
BSN as entry level nursing - CORRECT ANSWER Know the details of the 2009
Benner study and what it recommended in nursing education.
