The scope of professional nursing practice is determined by the
rules promulgated by which organization?
a.
American Nurses Association (ANA)
b.
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
c.
States Board of Nursing
d.
States Nursing Association
ANS: C
Professional nursing practice is regulated by each states Board
of Nursing. The ANA is the professional organization of
registered nursing in the United States and may influence, but it
does not regulate. The IOM collaborated with the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation to improve the fractured health care system
,in the United States, and it makes recommendations, not rules.
The state nursing associations are state organizations of the
ANA and may collaborate with the public and boards of nursing
to promote nursing rules which improve health care.
A new registered nurse asks the registered nurse (RN) preceptor
what could be done to become more professional. The best
response of the preceptor is
a.
Attend nursing educational meetings.
b.
Listen to other nurses.
c.
Read the agency newsletter.
d.
Pass the licensing exam.
ANS: A
Knowledge and commitment are essential components of
professionalism. Attending nursing educational meetings can
promote collaborative learning with peers and maintenance of
,competence in an ever-changing health care environment.
Listening can promote professionalism, and communication is
certainly a component of professionalism; however, there is also
a social sense to listening, and without the educational/learning
component, this is not the best answer. An agency newsletter
could include information about professional opportunities, but
it is not the best answer. The new nurse would have already
passed the licensing exam, the legal requirement to be
considered a nurse.
The qualities of leadership, clinical expertise and judgment,
mentorship, and lifelong learning would describe a nurse who is
a(n)
a.
administrator.
b.
certified nurse specialist.
c.
practitioner.
d.
professional.
, ANS: D
The qualities listed are those of a professional nurse. The other
options are all nurses who may have these qualities, but the
focus of their title includes qualities not essential for the
professional nurse. The administrator would have management
qualities; the clinical nurse specialist would have specialty area
knowledge; and the practitioner would meet legal requirements
as a health care provider.
The ANA outlines expectations of the nursing profession in the
a.
Gallup poll.
b.
Goldman report.
c.
Social Policy Statement.
d.
social identity theory.
ANS: C