NURS 120 Midterm 1
5 Attributes of Professional Identity - answer doing (incorporating nurse codes), being
(being a professional), acting ethically (doing right thing), flourishing (encourage
growth), changing identities (Being able to change personal to professional identity)
Exemplars of Prof. identity? - answer Integrity, compassion, courage, humility, advocacy
and human flourishing.
What is the concept of Professional Identity? - answerA sense of oneself that is
influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, RESULTING
IN an individual THINKING, ACTING, FEELING like a nurse.
Components of forming professional identity - answerForming pro. identity: transition
from person to nurse professional, happens while pre-licensed nurse
Fostering pro. identity: kept by experience, happens post-licensed nurse.
Concepts of stress and coping? - answerAnxiety, Functional Ability/ Family Dynamics
(causes), Cognition (recognize stress)
Define General Adaptive Syndrome? - answer1. Alarm reaction - fight or flight
2. Resistance stage - maintains arousal while body works to maintain homeostasis
3. Exhaustion stage - should stressors continue for an extended period, we use up our
finite ability to adapt
Types of stress? - answerEustress (Being postitive for the person) & Distress (Being
harmful to the person).
Can be acute, chronic, or episodic.
Coping response? - answerCognitive assessment
1. Primary appraisal (Asseses if stress is threat)
2. Secondary appraisal
(Asseses how to overcome)
3. Engagement
Maladaptive coping - answerStrategies that cause further problems
Resiliency - answerWhat gives people the psychological strength to cope with stress
and hardship.
Types of Prevention? - answer1. Primary (Protects BEFORE anything happens)
2. Secondary (Identitfy infected in early stage to initiate early treatment)
3. Tertiary (Minimize effects of disease/disability)
5 Attributes of Professional Identity - answer doing (incorporating nurse codes), being
(being a professional), acting ethically (doing right thing), flourishing (encourage
growth), changing identities (Being able to change personal to professional identity)
Exemplars of Prof. identity? - answer Integrity, compassion, courage, humility, advocacy
and human flourishing.
What is the concept of Professional Identity? - answerA sense of oneself that is
influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, RESULTING
IN an individual THINKING, ACTING, FEELING like a nurse.
Components of forming professional identity - answerForming pro. identity: transition
from person to nurse professional, happens while pre-licensed nurse
Fostering pro. identity: kept by experience, happens post-licensed nurse.
Concepts of stress and coping? - answerAnxiety, Functional Ability/ Family Dynamics
(causes), Cognition (recognize stress)
Define General Adaptive Syndrome? - answer1. Alarm reaction - fight or flight
2. Resistance stage - maintains arousal while body works to maintain homeostasis
3. Exhaustion stage - should stressors continue for an extended period, we use up our
finite ability to adapt
Types of stress? - answerEustress (Being postitive for the person) & Distress (Being
harmful to the person).
Can be acute, chronic, or episodic.
Coping response? - answerCognitive assessment
1. Primary appraisal (Asseses if stress is threat)
2. Secondary appraisal
(Asseses how to overcome)
3. Engagement
Maladaptive coping - answerStrategies that cause further problems
Resiliency - answerWhat gives people the psychological strength to cope with stress
and hardship.
Types of Prevention? - answer1. Primary (Protects BEFORE anything happens)
2. Secondary (Identitfy infected in early stage to initiate early treatment)
3. Tertiary (Minimize effects of disease/disability)
