According to Benner, an expert nurse goes through five levels of proficiency. Identify them. - correct
answer ✔✔a. Novice
b. Advanced Beginner
c. Competent
d. Proficient
e. Expert
Novice - correct answer ✔✔Beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is
no previous experience. The learner learns via a specific set of rules and procedures, which are usually
stepwise and linear.
Advanced beginner - correct answer ✔✔A nurse who has had some level of experience with the
situation. This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nurse is able to identify
meaningful aspects or principals of nursing care.
Competent - correct answer ✔✔A nurse who has been in the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years. This
nurse understands the organization and specific care required by the type of patients. He or she is a
competent practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. In this
phase the nurse has usually had experience with all types of psychomotor skills required by this specific
group of patients.
Proficient - correct answer ✔✔A nurse with more than 2 to 3 years experience in the same clinical
position. This nurse perceives a patient's clinical situation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation,
and can readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. This nurse
focuses on managing care as opposed to managing and performing skills.
Expert - correct answer ✔✔A nurse with diverse experience who has an intuitive grasp of an existing or
potential clinical problem. This nurse is able to zero in on the problem and focus on multiple dimensions
of the situation. He or she is skilled at identifying both patient-centered problems and problems related
to the health care system or perhaps the needs of the novice nurse.
, What are the ANA Standards of Practice? - correct answer ✔✔a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Outcomes Identification
d. Planning
e. Implementation
f. Evaluation
Assessment - correct answer ✔✔The registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the
patient's health and/or the situation.
Diagnosis - correct answer ✔✔The registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the
diagnosis or issues.
Outcomes Identification - correct answer ✔✔The registered nurse identifies expected outcomes for a
plan individualized to the patient or the situation.
Implementation - correct answer ✔✔a. Coordination of care: The registered nurse coordinates care
delivery.
b. Health Teaching and Health Promotion: The registered nurse uses strategies to promote health and a
safe environment.
c. Consultation: The graduate level-prepared specialty nurse of advanced practice registered nurse
provides consultation to influence the identified plan, enhance the abilities of others, and effect change.
d. Prescriptive Authority and Treatment: The advanced practice registered nurse uses prescriptive
authority, procedures, referrals, treatment, and therapies in accordance with state and federal laws and
regulations.
Define nursing (according to the American Nursing Association [ANA]). - correct answer ✔✔is the
protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury;
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
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