NSG3001 Chapter 1: The Nursing
Profession
The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as: - Answer the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury;
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
A nurse who completes a practical nursing program and passes a licensure examination
(NCLEX-PN). They practice under the supervision of a registered nurse (RN) or other
licensed person: - Answer Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational
Nurse (LVN)
Continuing education programs are a way: - Answer to maintain current knowledge and
acquire new knowledge. It involves formal, organized educational programs offered by
universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations,
and educational and health care institutions.
In-service education programs are provided by: - Answer a health care agency or
institution and are designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of
nurses and other health care professionals employed by the institution.
_______________ is essential to professional nursing and involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. - Answer Autonomy
________________ means that a person is reasonably independent and self-governing
in decision making and practice. - Answer Autonomy
____________________ means that you are professionally and legally responsible for
the type and quality of nursing care provided. - Answer Accountability
Nursing has a Code of Ethics that defines: - Answer the principles that nurses use to
provide patient-centered care.
The ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses provides a: - Answer guide for carrying out
nursing responsibilities to ensure high-quality nursing care and meet ethical obligations.
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses - Answer practice autonomy
Three essential components of professional nursing are _____, ________, and
__________________. - Answer care, cure, and coordination
____________ is relational and requires you as a nurse to understand a patient's needs
so you can individualize nursing therapies. - Answer Caring
To _________ is to help patients under their health problems and to help them to cope.
It involves the administration of treatments and the use of clinical nursing judgment in
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Profession
determining, on the basis of patient outcomes, whether the plan of care is effective. -
Answer cure
____________________ ___ ________ involves organizing and timing medical and
other professional and technical services to meet the holistic needs of a patient. -
Answer Coordination of care
________________ __ ______________ ______ are developed and established on the
basis of strong scientific research and the work of clinical nurse experts. - Answer
Standards of nursing care
An ____________________ sometimes adopts a general set of standards for nursing
care, such as organizational protocols, policies, or procedures. - Answer organization
State and provincial __________ _______________ ______ (____) establish specific
legal regulations for practice, and professional organizations establish standards of
practice as criteria for nursing care. - Answer Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs)
Define Caregiver: - Answer Nurses help their patients regain health and find their
maximum level of independent function through the healing process. Healing involves
the body, mind, and spirit.
Define Advocate: - Answer Nurses protect the human and legal rights of their patients
and help patients assert those rights when needed.
Define Educator: - Answer As an educator you explain concepts and facts about health,
describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-
care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient's progress
in learning.
Define Communicator: - Answer Your effectiveness as a communicator is central to the
nurse-patient relationship. It allows you to know your patients, including their strengths
and weaknesses, and their needs. You will routinely communicate with patients,
families, health care professionals, and the community.
Define Provider of Care: - Answer Most nurses provide direct patient care in an acute
care setting. Some nurses may concentrate on a specific area of specialty practice.
Define Manager: - Answer Nurse managers establish an environment for collaborative
patient-centered care to achieve safe, high-quality care with positive patient outcomes.
A ______________ coordinates members of the nursing staff to deliver nursing care
and has personnel, plicy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
agency. - Answer manager
Profession
The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as: - Answer the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury;
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
A nurse who completes a practical nursing program and passes a licensure examination
(NCLEX-PN). They practice under the supervision of a registered nurse (RN) or other
licensed person: - Answer Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational
Nurse (LVN)
Continuing education programs are a way: - Answer to maintain current knowledge and
acquire new knowledge. It involves formal, organized educational programs offered by
universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations,
and educational and health care institutions.
In-service education programs are provided by: - Answer a health care agency or
institution and are designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of
nurses and other health care professionals employed by the institution.
_______________ is essential to professional nursing and involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. - Answer Autonomy
________________ means that a person is reasonably independent and self-governing
in decision making and practice. - Answer Autonomy
____________________ means that you are professionally and legally responsible for
the type and quality of nursing care provided. - Answer Accountability
Nursing has a Code of Ethics that defines: - Answer the principles that nurses use to
provide patient-centered care.
The ANA's Code of Ethics for Nurses provides a: - Answer guide for carrying out
nursing responsibilities to ensure high-quality nursing care and meet ethical obligations.
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses - Answer practice autonomy
Three essential components of professional nursing are _____, ________, and
__________________. - Answer care, cure, and coordination
____________ is relational and requires you as a nurse to understand a patient's needs
so you can individualize nursing therapies. - Answer Caring
To _________ is to help patients under their health problems and to help them to cope.
It involves the administration of treatments and the use of clinical nursing judgment in
, NSG3001 Chapter 1: The Nursing
Profession
determining, on the basis of patient outcomes, whether the plan of care is effective. -
Answer cure
____________________ ___ ________ involves organizing and timing medical and
other professional and technical services to meet the holistic needs of a patient. -
Answer Coordination of care
________________ __ ______________ ______ are developed and established on the
basis of strong scientific research and the work of clinical nurse experts. - Answer
Standards of nursing care
An ____________________ sometimes adopts a general set of standards for nursing
care, such as organizational protocols, policies, or procedures. - Answer organization
State and provincial __________ _______________ ______ (____) establish specific
legal regulations for practice, and professional organizations establish standards of
practice as criteria for nursing care. - Answer Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs)
Define Caregiver: - Answer Nurses help their patients regain health and find their
maximum level of independent function through the healing process. Healing involves
the body, mind, and spirit.
Define Advocate: - Answer Nurses protect the human and legal rights of their patients
and help patients assert those rights when needed.
Define Educator: - Answer As an educator you explain concepts and facts about health,
describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-
care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient's progress
in learning.
Define Communicator: - Answer Your effectiveness as a communicator is central to the
nurse-patient relationship. It allows you to know your patients, including their strengths
and weaknesses, and their needs. You will routinely communicate with patients,
families, health care professionals, and the community.
Define Provider of Care: - Answer Most nurses provide direct patient care in an acute
care setting. Some nurses may concentrate on a specific area of specialty practice.
Define Manager: - Answer Nurse managers establish an environment for collaborative
patient-centered care to achieve safe, high-quality care with positive patient outcomes.
A ______________ coordinates members of the nursing staff to deliver nursing care
and has personnel, plicy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
agency. - Answer manager
