NUR 142 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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How does professionalism affect Healthcare? - answer✔Integrity, Compassion, Courage,
Humility, Advocacy, Human Flourishing
QSEN - answer✔Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
KSA - answer✔knowledge, skills, attitudes
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses - answer✔-It states the ethical obligations of every individual
who enters the nursing profession
-It is the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard
-it is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society
Autonomy - answer✔commitment to include pt in decisions
beneficence - answer✔taking positive actions to help others
nonmaleficence - answer✔avoidance of harm or hurt
justice - answer✔being fair
fidelity - answer✔agreement to keep promises
Ethics of duty - answer✔Is the right thing to do
Ethics of Consequence - answer✔is the greatest good for the greatest number
Ethics of Character - answer✔Is based on life experiences and a willingness to reflect on our
actions.
ethics of relationship - answer✔Is the nature and obligation inherent in human relationships
Statutory Law - answer✔(Nurse Practice Act)
-Criminal Law (felonies or misdemeanors)
-Civil Law
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Regulatory Law - answer✔administrative law
Common Law - answer✔Judicial decisions
Good Samaritan Law - answer✔This law deals with the rendering of first aid by health care
professionals at the scene of an accident or sudden injury. It encourages health care
professionals to provide medical care within the scope of their training without fear of being
sued for negligence
Tort - answer✔A civil wrongful act
Intentional Tort - answer✔Deliberate act:
-Assault: threat to hurt somebody
-Battery: touching without consent
-False Imprisonment: restraining without legal reason
Quasi-intentional tort - answer✔Invasion of privacy,
Defamation of character:
-Slander: speaking falsely about another
-Libel: written defamation of character
unintentional tort - answer✔Negligence, malpractice, conduct that falls below a standard of
care necessary to protect others from unreasonable risks of harm.
Healthy People 2020 - answer✔Goals are to increase life expectancy and quality of life, and to
eliminate health disparities through improved delivery of health care services.
preventative - answer✔immunizations, BP and cancer screenings, mental health counseling,
community legislation (seat belts, helmets, Not texting and driving)
Primary - answer✔Health Promotion
-Prenatal and well-baby care
-Nutrition counseling
-family planing
- Exercise, yoga and meditation classes
secondary - answer✔ER, radiology, med-surg
tertiary - answer✔ICU, burn care unit, subacute care
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Restorative - answer✔sports medicine, home care, PT
Continuing care - answer✔assisted living, psychiatric and older adult day care
Magnet Recognition Program - answer✔Recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center that an organization provides quality nursing care.
near miss - answer✔an error that could have caused harm to a patient, but did not, as a result
of chance, prevention, or some intervention that mitigated the impact.
adverse event - answer✔An error that results in moderate to severe harm to a patient. One of
the most common adverse events involves medication administration
sentinel event - answer✔a serious error that results in patient death or a serious injury
The nurse is an investigator - answer✔Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting
critical thinking - answer✔the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner with openness
to question and reflect on the reasoning process
Assessment - answer✔Collect, Validate, Organize & Record data.
data must be accurate and complete
Cue - answer✔information that you obtain through use of the senses
inference - answer✔judgement or interpretation of cues
subjective data - answer✔Information provided to you as perceived by the affected person
objective data - answer✔observable, measurable:
Data you can verify through measurement or observation
Primary data - answer✔Includes both subjective & objective data collected from the patient.
Examples:
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