NUR 134 Test 3 (scope of practice, legal/ethical, mobility, elimination,
infection, and inflammation)
1. professionalism <Ans> the competence or skill expected of a professional
-nurses must use existing knowledge and new knowledge to solve problems and meet huma
needs
-nursing involves special skills and application of knowledge, based on education both
theoretical and clinical
2. Criteria for a Profession <Ans> 1. well defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. strong service orientation
3. recognized authority by a specific group
4. code of ethics
5. professional organization that sets standards
6. ongoing research
7. autonomy and self-regulation
3. different roles of LPN and RN (ADN and BSN) <Ans> LPN- work under RN
and physician, cant make nursing diagnoses
RN-
RN ADN-
RN BSN-
4. Roles of Nurses in Patient Care <Ans> ROLES:
-care giver
-communicator
,-teacher/educator
-counselor
-leader
-researcher
-advocate
-collaborator
5. 4 aims of nursing <Ans> 1.to promote health
2. to prevent illness
3. to restore health
4. to facilitate coping with disability or death
6. Nursing competencies set by the (Quality and Safety for Nursing Project) require
that a nurse have knowledge and clinical judgment as evidenced in <Ans> -
cognitive skills
-technical skills
-interpersonal skills
,-legal/ethical skills
QSEN competencies
-patient centered care
-teamwork
-collaboration
-quality improvement
-safety
-EBP
-informatics
7. How does collaboration relate to nursing care <Ans> provides more holistic and
continuous care
8. health definition and factors affecting health <Ans> optimal state of functioning or
well-being
factors affecting health <Ans>
-genetics
-congition
-education
-race/ethnicity
-culture
-age
-gender
-developmental level
-lifestyle
, -environment
-socioeconomic status
9. Standards of Practice vs. Standards of professional performance <Ans> STAN-
DARDS OF PRACTICE:
-ANA defines activities that are specific and unique to nursing
-Standards allow nurses to carry out professional roles
-standards serve as protection (for pt, nurse and the facility)
-each nurse is responsible
-(assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coord- nation of
care, consultation, evaluation)
----adress the steps involved in caring for a patent
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
<Ans>
(ethics, education, EBP, quality of practice, communication, leadership, collabora-
infection, and inflammation)
1. professionalism <Ans> the competence or skill expected of a professional
-nurses must use existing knowledge and new knowledge to solve problems and meet huma
needs
-nursing involves special skills and application of knowledge, based on education both
theoretical and clinical
2. Criteria for a Profession <Ans> 1. well defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. strong service orientation
3. recognized authority by a specific group
4. code of ethics
5. professional organization that sets standards
6. ongoing research
7. autonomy and self-regulation
3. different roles of LPN and RN (ADN and BSN) <Ans> LPN- work under RN
and physician, cant make nursing diagnoses
RN-
RN ADN-
RN BSN-
4. Roles of Nurses in Patient Care <Ans> ROLES:
-care giver
-communicator
,-teacher/educator
-counselor
-leader
-researcher
-advocate
-collaborator
5. 4 aims of nursing <Ans> 1.to promote health
2. to prevent illness
3. to restore health
4. to facilitate coping with disability or death
6. Nursing competencies set by the (Quality and Safety for Nursing Project) require
that a nurse have knowledge and clinical judgment as evidenced in <Ans> -
cognitive skills
-technical skills
-interpersonal skills
,-legal/ethical skills
QSEN competencies
-patient centered care
-teamwork
-collaboration
-quality improvement
-safety
-EBP
-informatics
7. How does collaboration relate to nursing care <Ans> provides more holistic and
continuous care
8. health definition and factors affecting health <Ans> optimal state of functioning or
well-being
factors affecting health <Ans>
-genetics
-congition
-education
-race/ethnicity
-culture
-age
-gender
-developmental level
-lifestyle
, -environment
-socioeconomic status
9. Standards of Practice vs. Standards of professional performance <Ans> STAN-
DARDS OF PRACTICE:
-ANA defines activities that are specific and unique to nursing
-Standards allow nurses to carry out professional roles
-standards serve as protection (for pt, nurse and the facility)
-each nurse is responsible
-(assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coord- nation of
care, consultation, evaluation)
----adress the steps involved in caring for a patent
STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
<Ans>
(ethics, education, EBP, quality of practice, communication, leadership, collabora-
