Edition By Lucy Hood 9781496351364 Chapter 1-22 Complete
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Professional nurses comprise the _________ group of health care workers in the United States. -
ANSWER: largest
______________ are RNs with a broad scope of practice that is determined by each state. - ANSWER:
Professional nurses
Professional nurses assume responsibility to the __________ for using the best evidence to provide
safe, high-quality health-related services for all those they serve. - ANSWER: public
The _____ _____ _________ ____ synthesizes the affective, cognitive, behavioral, and psychomotor
domains of professional practice. - ANSWER: professional nurse contributions model
Pledge or promise to act because of passion and/or deep dedication - ANSWER: Commitment
Possessing knowledge and skills - ANSWER: Competence
Tasks performed by nurses as they engage in client care - ANSWER: Clinical skills
Critical, creative, logical, and reflective thinking - ANSWER: Cognitive skills
Listening: verbal, written, and nonverbal methods to interact with others - ANSWER: Communication
skills
Alteration or transformation - ANSWER: Change
Disorder with an underlying pattern of order - ANSWER: Chaos
Intricate, complicated arrangement of closely related or connected things that form a whole and
adapt to encountered changes - ANSWER: Complex systems
Belief in one's personal abilities - ANSWER: Confidence
Genuine love, interest, and concern for another - ANSWER: Caring
Concern for the troubles of another accompanied by a desire to help - ANSWER: Compassion
A _____ ________ can be defined as "a skill that is needed to be successful at a job or another
activity. - ANSWER: core competency
In 1973, the American Nurses Association (ANA) published the first _________ __ _____ _______. -
ANSWER: Standards of Nursing Practice
The original standards of nursing practice have evolved into the _____ __ ________ __ ______ that
outline all key elements of professional nursing practice. - ANSWER: Scope and Standards of Nursing
The ANA's fourth edition of the Nursing: Scope of and Standards of Practice contains 6 standards
addressing nursing process: - ANSWER: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning,
implementation, and evaluation