CPN Exam Flash Cards
State Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Defines Scope of Practice
Guide for what you CAN and CANNOT do
Exceptions to HIPPA - CORRECT ANSWER-Danger to self, danger to others,
being harmed
Patient Assent - CORRECT ANSWER-Research; 7 years or older; An adjunct to
concent
Active affirmation of the desire to participate
Nursing Research Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-Generate new knowledge-
"Producer"
Data collection; identify clinical questions
EBP - CORRECT ANSWER-change practice through research; "consumer"
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER-promote good
Nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWER-do no harm
cephalocaudally - CORRECT ANSWER-from head to toe
ex. head control then sitting then walking
proximodistally - CORRECT ANSWER-from trunk to tips
ex.moving arms before pincher grasp
Growth pattern of infant - CORRECT ANSWER-rapid; head grows the fastest
Growth pattern of toddler - CORRECT ANSWER-slow; trunk grows fastest
Growth pattern of school age - CORRECT ANSWER-Slow; limbs grow fastest
Growth pattern of adolecents - CORRECT ANSWER-rapid; trunk and gonads
fastest
State Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Defines Scope of Practice
Guide for what you CAN and CANNOT do
Exceptions to HIPPA - CORRECT ANSWER-Danger to self, danger to others,
being harmed
Patient Assent - CORRECT ANSWER-Research; 7 years or older; An adjunct to
concent
Active affirmation of the desire to participate
Nursing Research Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER-Generate new knowledge-
"Producer"
Data collection; identify clinical questions
EBP - CORRECT ANSWER-change practice through research; "consumer"
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER-promote good
Nonmaleficence - CORRECT ANSWER-do no harm
cephalocaudally - CORRECT ANSWER-from head to toe
ex. head control then sitting then walking
proximodistally - CORRECT ANSWER-from trunk to tips
ex.moving arms before pincher grasp
Growth pattern of infant - CORRECT ANSWER-rapid; head grows the fastest
Growth pattern of toddler - CORRECT ANSWER-slow; trunk grows fastest
Growth pattern of school age - CORRECT ANSWER-Slow; limbs grow fastest
Growth pattern of adolecents - CORRECT ANSWER-rapid; trunk and gonads
fastest
