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NU 317 (prd II) exam 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Nursing practice and education: safe and effective - Ans:✔✔--institute of medicine (IOM): identified
quality and safety competencies ALL health professionals are expected to demonstrate
-Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN): identified competencies that students are expected to
acquire before graduation
Safe and effective care - Ans:✔✔--clinical judgement
-critical/reflective thinking
-problem - solving
definition of nurse - Ans:✔✔-"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups,
communities, and populations."
what is a nurse - Ans:✔✔--Nursing practice is individualized
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-nurses care by establishing partnerships
-caring is central to practice of RN
-RNs use the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care
-a strong link between the professional work environment and the RN's ability to provide quality
healthcare and achieve optimal outcomes
Roles and functions of a nurse.(on test) - Ans:✔✔--direct care provider: address physical, emotional,
social, and spiritual needs (meds, listening to lungs)
-communicator: using therapeutic skills to address pt needs (counselling, teaching ab prevention of HIV
at local school)
-pt/family educator
-pt advocate: supporting pt rights to make decisions and protecting them
-counsellor: using therapeutic communication to give advise
-change agent: help pt see need to change and be willing to change environment or practice for better pt
outcomes
-leader
-case manager: coordination and managing activities of all members of the team
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-research consumer: applying EBP to provide appropriate care
Nursing as a profession - Ans:✔✔--technical and scientific knowledge
-evaluated by peers
-have service oriented and a code of ethics
nursing as an occupation - Ans:✔✔--nurses have hourly wages
-the employer, not the nurse, decides the conditions of practice and the nature of the work
nursing as a discipline - Ans:✔✔--Nursing is a scientifically based and self-governed profession that
focuses on the ethical care of others.
-Nursing is a discipline, driven by aspects of theory and practice.
-Nursing demands mastery of both theoretical knowledge and clinical skills.
-SPECIFIC boundaries
One factor that prevents nursing from being described as a profession rather than as a job would be
a) nursing knowledge is based on scientific knowledge
B) nurses create a plan of care using nursing diagnoses
c)most nurses only work to earn a paycheck
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NU 317 (prd II) exam 1 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Nursing practice and education: safe and effective - Ans:✔✔--institute of medicine (IOM): identified
quality and safety competencies ALL health professionals are expected to demonstrate
-Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN): identified competencies that students are expected to
acquire before graduation
Safe and effective care - Ans:✔✔--clinical judgement
-critical/reflective thinking
-problem - solving
definition of nurse - Ans:✔✔-"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups,
communities, and populations."
what is a nurse - Ans:✔✔--Nursing practice is individualized
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-nurses care by establishing partnerships
-caring is central to practice of RN
-RNs use the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care
-a strong link between the professional work environment and the RN's ability to provide quality
healthcare and achieve optimal outcomes
Roles and functions of a nurse.(on test) - Ans:✔✔--direct care provider: address physical, emotional,
social, and spiritual needs (meds, listening to lungs)
-communicator: using therapeutic skills to address pt needs (counselling, teaching ab prevention of HIV
at local school)
-pt/family educator
-pt advocate: supporting pt rights to make decisions and protecting them
-counsellor: using therapeutic communication to give advise
-change agent: help pt see need to change and be willing to change environment or practice for better pt
outcomes
-leader
-case manager: coordination and managing activities of all members of the team
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
-research consumer: applying EBP to provide appropriate care
Nursing as a profession - Ans:✔✔--technical and scientific knowledge
-evaluated by peers
-have service oriented and a code of ethics
nursing as an occupation - Ans:✔✔--nurses have hourly wages
-the employer, not the nurse, decides the conditions of practice and the nature of the work
nursing as a discipline - Ans:✔✔--Nursing is a scientifically based and self-governed profession that
focuses on the ethical care of others.
-Nursing is a discipline, driven by aspects of theory and practice.
-Nursing demands mastery of both theoretical knowledge and clinical skills.
-SPECIFIC boundaries
One factor that prevents nursing from being described as a profession rather than as a job would be
a) nursing knowledge is based on scientific knowledge
B) nurses create a plan of care using nursing diagnoses
c)most nurses only work to earn a paycheck
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