1. What are professional characteristics? - ANS --extensive education
-theoretical body of knowledge
-specific service
-autonomy in decision making
-code of ethics
2. Define Nursing - ANS -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.
3. parts to the nursing process - ANS -assess, diagnose, plan, implement,
evaluate
,4. prioritizing nursing process - ANS -o Safety
o Airway
o Breathing
o Circulation
o Pain
5. What is the ANA? - ANS -American Nurses Association (ANA)
6. What is the ANA code of ethics provision 9? - ANS -The profession of
nursing, collectively through its professional organizations, must articulate
nursing values, maintain the integrity of the profession, and integrate
principles of social justice into nursing and health policy.
7. What is the ANA code of ethics provision 6? - ANS -the nurse participates
in establishing, maintaining, and improving health care environments and
conditions of employment conducive to the provision of quality health care
and consistent with the values of the profession through individual and
collective action
, 8. What is the ANA code of ethics provision 7? - ANS -The Nurse, in all roles
and settings, advances the profession through research and scholarly
inquiry, professional standards of development, and the generation of both
nursing and health policy."
9. What is the ANA code of ethics provision 8 - ANS -The nurse collaborates
with other health professionals and the public in promoting community,
national, and international efforts to meet health needs.
10.What is the ANA code of ethics provision 5 - ANS -duties to self and others
-INTEGRITY is an aspect of wholeness of character and is primarily a self-concern
of the individual nurse.
-Nurses have a responsibility to remain consistent with both their personal and
professional values
11.What is the ANA code of ethics provision 4 - ANS -The nurse has authority,
accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice; makes decisions; and
takes action consistent with the obligation to promote health and to
provide optimal care
, 12.What is the ANA code of ethics provision 3? - ANS -Promotes, advocates
for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient
This means:
-Participate in review and development of policies
-Reporting errors and near misses per facility policy (whether you or other made
error)
-Disclosing errors to patients
-Use the Chain of Command
13.What is the ANA code of ethics provision 2? - ANS -professional
boundaries
The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family,
group, or population.
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