answers | Professional Nursing I & II--Quiz #2 Latest
Spring 2022
Professional Nursing I & II
What is the first component in the education to practice process
according to the IOM recommendations for healthcare professions
education? - ANSWER>>> nursing profession and schools of nursing
market to attract qualified applicants for the nursing profession.
What are factors leading to a smaller applicant pool for nursing
students? - ANSWER>>> Nursing programs do not have places for
them, typically due to faculty shortages, need to find clinical
experiences for students, lack of clinical placement sites, and/or
limited funding.
What is the difference between training and education in nursing? -
ANSWER>>> Training focuses on fixed habits and skills; uses
repetition, authority and coercion, and emphasizes dependency.
Education focuses on more on self discipline, responsibility,
accountability, and self-mastery.
Describe how the Goldmark Report of 1918 impacted nursing
education - ANSWER>>> hospitals controlled the total education
hours and offered minimal to sometimes no content even when it was
needed. The science, theory, and practice of nursing were often
taught by inexperienced instructors with few teaching resources.
Students were supervised by graduate nurses who had little
experience or time to assist the students in learning. Classroom
experiences frequently occurred after the students had worked long
hours, sometimes even into the night. Students typically were limited
on how they got experience. They were only able to practice at their
, hospital and as a consequence students might not get to experience
in specialities such as pediatrics, and psychiatric-mental health. The
gold mark report separated university schools of nursing from
hospitals, it changed the control of hospital-based programs to
schools of nursing, and it required a high school diploma for entry into
any school of nursing.
Why is there still an increase in diploma schools of nursing despite all
of the changed in nursing education? - ANSWER>>> because
employers feel that their need for staff nurses is so great and degree
programs are not meeting these needs.
What are the core competencies suggested by the Institute of
Medicine? - ANSWER>>> provide patient centered care, work with
interdisciplinary/interprofessional teams, employ evidence based
practice, apply quality improvement, and utilize informatics. [[ex: using
evidence to support a change in bedside practice]]
How are nursing schools overcoming the barrier to decreased clinical
settings? - ANSWER>>> Utilizing simulation experiences to provide
opportunities students would get in clinical settings.
Describe how self-directed learning is important for nursing in
particular - ANSWER>>> It leads to a greater ability to achieve lifelong
learning as a professional. It is a process in which individuals take the
initiative with or without the help of others, in diagnosing their learning
needs, formulating learning goals, identifying human and material
resources for learning, and evaluating learning outcomes.
Is accreditation a voluntary process? - ANSWER>>> It is supposedly
a voluntary process, but in reality it is not. to be effective a school of
nursing must be accredited. nursing edu programs should be
accredited by the recognized org. that provide standards and
accreditation for programs. [true or false??]
Can politics affect public policies? - ANSWER>>> True