NUR 2058 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE VERSION 1
DIMENSIONS OF NURSING
EXAM 1
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CONCEPTS
Dimensions Concept Guide Exam #1 (Modules 1-3)
1. Advance Practice Nurses (Chapter 1)
2. Well-Organized and Strong Representation (Chapter 1)
3. Approaches to Defining a Profession (Chapter 1)
4. Trait Approach (Chapter 1)
5. Origin of Power (Chapter 1)
6. The Sanctity of Life (Chapter 2)
7. The Father of Medicine (Chapter 2)
8. The Evolution of Symbols of Nursing (Chapter 2)
9. Nursing Leaders (Chapter 2)
10.Florence Nightingale A Health-care Reformer (Chapter 2)
11.Interprofessional Education (Chapter 4)
12.Case Management (Chapter 4)
13.The Importance of Technique (Chapter 4)
14.Converting the Curriculum (Chapter 4)
15.QSEN Competencies Guide for Nursing Curriculum (Chapter 4)
16.Nursing Organizations and Their Importance (Chapter 5)
17.The ANA (Chapter 5)
18.Grassroot Organizations (Chapter 5)
19.Capitated Payment Systems (Chapter 14)
20.Demographics Affecting Health-care Delivery (Chapter 14)
21.Health-care Systems in the U.S. (Chapter 14)
22.Health-care Level and Settings (Chapter 14)
23.Independent Nurse-Run Health Centers (Chapter 14)
24.Levels of Service (Chapter 14)
25.Table 14.1 (Chapter 14)
26.Box 14.4 (Chapter 14)
27.What is Civility? (Chapter 17)
28.Communication and Civility (Chapter 17)
29.Stop the Spiral (Chapter 17)
30.Bullying (Chapter 17)
31.Workplace Violence (Chapter 17)
32.Lateral Violence (Chapter 17)
33.Ethical Prohibitions to Incivility (Chapter 17)
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34.Mentoring (Chapter 17)
35.Incivility in Nursing Education (Chapter 17)
36.Don?t Eat Your Young (Chapter 17)
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES CHAPTER 1
For individuals who are unfamiliar with the health-care delivery system, it is
sometimes difficult to understand the similarities and differences between nursing
titles and roles.
This confusion is particularly evident in the case of clinical nurse specialists
(CNSs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), who are sometimes collectively referred to
as advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
WELL-ORGANAZIED AND STRONG REPRESENTATION CHAPTER 1
Professional organizations represent the members of the profession and control the
quality of professional practice.
The National League for Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association
(ANA) are the two major national organizations that represent nursing in today's
health-care system.
The NLN is primarily responsible for regulating the quality of the educational
programs that prepare nurses for the practice of nursing, whereas the ANA is more
concerned with the quality of nursing practice in the daily health-care setting.
Both these groups are well organized, but neither can be considered powerful when
compared with other professional organizations, such as the American Hospital
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Association, the American Medical Association (AMA), or the American Bar
Association (ABA).
One reason for their lack of strength is that fewer than 10 percent of all nurses in
the United States are members of any professional organization at the national
level. Many nurses do belong to specialty organizations that represent a specific
area of practice, but these lack sufficient political power to produce changes in
health-care laws and policies at the national level.
APPROACHES TO DEFINING A PROFESSION CHAPTER 1
In common use, terms such as position, job, occupation, profession, professional,
and professionalism often are used interchangeably and incorrectly.
The following definitions will clarify what is meant by these terms within this text:
Position: A group of tasks assigned to one individual
Job: A group of positions similar in nature and level of skill that can be
carried out by one or more individuals
Occupation: A group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found
throughout an industry or work environment
Profession: A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and
formal qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria (discussed later
in this chapter) that raise it to a level above that of an occupation
Professional: A person who belongs to and practices a profession (The term
professional is probably the most misused of all these terms when
describing people who are clearly involved in jobs or occupations, such as a
“professional truck driver,” “professional football player,” or even
“professional thief.”)
Professionalism: The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and
skill characteristics of a member of a profession.
PROCESS APPROACH
The process approach views all occupations as points of development into a
profession situated along a continuum ranging from position to profession:
DIMENSIONS OF NURSING
EXAM 1
, NUR 2058 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE VERSION 1
CONCEPTS
Dimensions Concept Guide Exam #1 (Modules 1-3)
1. Advance Practice Nurses (Chapter 1)
2. Well-Organized and Strong Representation (Chapter 1)
3. Approaches to Defining a Profession (Chapter 1)
4. Trait Approach (Chapter 1)
5. Origin of Power (Chapter 1)
6. The Sanctity of Life (Chapter 2)
7. The Father of Medicine (Chapter 2)
8. The Evolution of Symbols of Nursing (Chapter 2)
9. Nursing Leaders (Chapter 2)
10.Florence Nightingale A Health-care Reformer (Chapter 2)
11.Interprofessional Education (Chapter 4)
12.Case Management (Chapter 4)
13.The Importance of Technique (Chapter 4)
14.Converting the Curriculum (Chapter 4)
15.QSEN Competencies Guide for Nursing Curriculum (Chapter 4)
16.Nursing Organizations and Their Importance (Chapter 5)
17.The ANA (Chapter 5)
18.Grassroot Organizations (Chapter 5)
19.Capitated Payment Systems (Chapter 14)
20.Demographics Affecting Health-care Delivery (Chapter 14)
21.Health-care Systems in the U.S. (Chapter 14)
22.Health-care Level and Settings (Chapter 14)
23.Independent Nurse-Run Health Centers (Chapter 14)
24.Levels of Service (Chapter 14)
25.Table 14.1 (Chapter 14)
26.Box 14.4 (Chapter 14)
27.What is Civility? (Chapter 17)
28.Communication and Civility (Chapter 17)
29.Stop the Spiral (Chapter 17)
30.Bullying (Chapter 17)
31.Workplace Violence (Chapter 17)
32.Lateral Violence (Chapter 17)
33.Ethical Prohibitions to Incivility (Chapter 17)
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34.Mentoring (Chapter 17)
35.Incivility in Nursing Education (Chapter 17)
36.Don?t Eat Your Young (Chapter 17)
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES CHAPTER 1
For individuals who are unfamiliar with the health-care delivery system, it is
sometimes difficult to understand the similarities and differences between nursing
titles and roles.
This confusion is particularly evident in the case of clinical nurse specialists
(CNSs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), who are sometimes collectively referred to
as advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).
WELL-ORGANAZIED AND STRONG REPRESENTATION CHAPTER 1
Professional organizations represent the members of the profession and control the
quality of professional practice.
The National League for Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association
(ANA) are the two major national organizations that represent nursing in today's
health-care system.
The NLN is primarily responsible for regulating the quality of the educational
programs that prepare nurses for the practice of nursing, whereas the ANA is more
concerned with the quality of nursing practice in the daily health-care setting.
Both these groups are well organized, but neither can be considered powerful when
compared with other professional organizations, such as the American Hospital
, NUR 2058 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE VERSION 1
Association, the American Medical Association (AMA), or the American Bar
Association (ABA).
One reason for their lack of strength is that fewer than 10 percent of all nurses in
the United States are members of any professional organization at the national
level. Many nurses do belong to specialty organizations that represent a specific
area of practice, but these lack sufficient political power to produce changes in
health-care laws and policies at the national level.
APPROACHES TO DEFINING A PROFESSION CHAPTER 1
In common use, terms such as position, job, occupation, profession, professional,
and professionalism often are used interchangeably and incorrectly.
The following definitions will clarify what is meant by these terms within this text:
Position: A group of tasks assigned to one individual
Job: A group of positions similar in nature and level of skill that can be
carried out by one or more individuals
Occupation: A group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found
throughout an industry or work environment
Profession: A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and
formal qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria (discussed later
in this chapter) that raise it to a level above that of an occupation
Professional: A person who belongs to and practices a profession (The term
professional is probably the most misused of all these terms when
describing people who are clearly involved in jobs or occupations, such as a
“professional truck driver,” “professional football player,” or even
“professional thief.”)
Professionalism: The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and
skill characteristics of a member of a profession.
PROCESS APPROACH
The process approach views all occupations as points of development into a
profession situated along a continuum ranging from position to profession:
