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Professional Nursing Concepts and Challenges 9th 10thEdition Black Test Bank
What is a nurse? - ANSWER: - A person who cares for the sick or infirm
- A licensed health-care professional who practices independently or is supervised by a physician,
surgeon, or dentist and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health
Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing - ANSWER: Charge of the personal health of somebody,
and what nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him.
ANA definition of nursing - ANSWER: Nursing 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
A profession includes? - ANSWER: - Systemic theory and knowledge base
- Commitment to service
- Autonomy, responsibility and accountability
- Standards and code of ethics
- Professional culture
What are the principle characteristics of nursing? - ANSWER: - Individualized
- Coordinate care through partnership
- Caring is central to nursing
- Nursing process to plan care
- Strong link between work environment and quality healthcare
Healthy work environments include? - ANSWER: - Skilled communication
- True collaboration
- Effective decision-making
- Appropriate staffing
- Authentic leadership
- Meaningful recognition
Scope and Standards of practice do what for healthcare professionals? - ANSWER: - Reflect values and
priorities
- Provide direction
- Provide a framework for evaluation
- Define the profession's accountability
Standards of practice include? - ANSWER: - Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Outcome identification
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
Standards of professional performance include? - ANSWER: - Ethics
- Culturally congruent practice
- Communication
,- Collaboration
- Leadership
- Education
- Evidence bases practice and research
- Quality of practice
- Professional practice evaluation
- Resource utilization
- Environmental health
What makes up the Nursing Metaparadigm - ANSWER: - Nurse/Nursing
- Person (their needs, culture, wholeness, development, and behavior)
- Health (wholeness, healing, selfcare, wellness, coping, illness, stress, crisis)
- Environment (health care systems, social support, physical, sociocultural, family)
What are the nursing roles? - ANSWER: - Practitioner/ Care giver
- Consultant
- Colleague
- Patient advocate
- Researcher
- Teacher/educator
- Leader
- Manager
- Change Agent
What is the image of nursing? - ANSWER: - One's outward appearance
- Profession's appearance (to other disciplines and to consumers of health care)
- Influenced by art, literature, television, films, and social media
A professional image consists of what? - ANSWER: - Attitude
- Outward appearance
- Knowledge
- Handling of difficult situations
- Handling conflict and adversity
Professional behaviors include? - ANSWER: - Attitude
- Professional etiquette
- Civility
- Incivility
- Academic Incivility
- THINK before you communicate
- 3 R's
- Confidentiality
THINK before you communicate - ANSWER: - T (Is it true?)
- H (Is it hurtful?)
- I ( Is it inspiring?)
- N (Is it necessary?)
- K (Is is kind?)
Civility - ANSWER: - Recognizing that all human beings are important
- Is the underpinnings/framework of caring
Incivility - ANSWER: - Rude or discourteous acts
- A continuum of impolite behavior
, Academic Incivility - ANSWER: Any speech or behavior that negatively affects the well being of
students or faculty members, weakens professional relationships, and hinders the teaching-learning
process
3R's - ANSWER: - Respect for self
- Respect for others
Professional Nursing practice includes? - ANSWER: - Acknowledge unique role
- Commit to continuous learning
- Demonstrate professional comportment
- Recognize the importance of presence
- Value collaboration
- Position self to influence
- Develop an impeccable character
- Be a leader
- Evaluate nursing and nursing departments
Maintaining professionalism includes? - ANSWER: - Adherence to code of ethics
- Participation in professional organizations
- Continuing education and competency
- Autonomy and self-regulation
- Community service
- Use, develop, and evaluate theory
- Evidence based practice
Professional organizations include? - ANSWER: - National
- Specialty
- Student
What is a theory? - ANSWER: A notion or idea that:
- Explains experience
- Interprets observation
- Describes relationship
- Projects outcome
- Creates meaning
- Articulates knowing
- Asks questions leading to new insights
What does a theory do for us? - ANSWER: Theories help us know what we know and decide what we
need to know
General Systems Theory - ANSWER: - Interdependent and interactive parts
- Change affects whole system
- Goal oriented
- Strives to achieve fullness potential
- Must remain open to survive
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs includes? - ANSWER: - (level 1; bottom) Physiological Needs
- (level ) Safety and Security
- (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection
- (level 4) Self Esteem
- (level 5; top) Self Actualization
Gordon's Functional Health pattern includes? - ANSWER: - Holistic approach to professional nursing
- organization of nursing information
- Represent basic health needs
- patterns are interrelated
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