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Professional DevelopmentWhat is NOT one of the Professional Standards identified by the College of Nurses of Ontario? - correct
answer ✔✔Entry into practice
Nursing act in 1991 provided information, except for: - correct answer ✔✔Identify that an RPN can
register with CNO for either general or extended class
After working two years in a LTC facility you decide to accept a new position that is available on an active
surgical unit. What responsibilities do you have in the situation to ensure client safety according to the
CNO practice standard "Accountability" - correct answer ✔✔- Develop a learning plan outlining your
earning needs, strategies to achieve them & how employer can assist with this
Providing a collaborative approach when working with clients & their families is reflected in which
Standard? - correct answer ✔✔Therapeutic nurse-client relationship
What is NOT an example of one of the other controlled acts that both RN's and RPN's can do? - correct
answer ✔✔Assessing the client upon admission to your unit
According to the Regulated Health Professions Act of 1991, the practice of nursing includes all of the
following EXCEPT: - correct answer ✔✔Curative
According to College of Nurses in order to prevent colleague conflict, it is important for: - correct answer
✔✔A role model to show professional behaviours
Jack is a new graduate registered practical nurse who works only night shifts in a busy Emergency
Department (ER) of an acute care hospital. As a new graduate and employee, Jack is unfamiliar with
some of the policies and procedures. He occasionally asks other nurses for assistance or clarification
when he needs it. One of the nurses who has worked in the ER for five years yells at Jack, if he is slow or
does not do something the way she thinks it should be done. She constantly complains about Jack to
other nurses. According to CNO's practice guideline, Conflict Prevention and Management, this type of
conflict is a: - correct answer ✔✔Colleague conflict
,An example of a maintenance role is: - correct answer ✔✔Compromiser
What is the function of the norming stage? - correct answer ✔✔Standards of behaviour for the group
are established
Restating key ideas is an example of a: - correct answer ✔✔Task function
What type of bias would be reflected in a study in which one of the participants in the experimental
group told the others in the study that he heard that they were getting only a placebo? - correct answer
✔✔Performance bais
What is a meta-analysis report? - correct answer ✔✔A systematic review of all research done on a
specific topic
A research is study is done to find out if students in the Fall'11 who had the pre-admission testing done
obtained a higher grade point average in the program compared to the Fall'10
intake of students who did not have preadmission testing. What type of research is reflected in the
above situation? - correct answer ✔✔Quantitative
Which type of qualitative research design focuses an existing old problem from a new perspective? -
correct answer ✔✔Grounded theory
What type of study has very strict guidelines on randomly assigning the control and study group? -
correct answer ✔✔Experimental
what two pieces of Legislation determine how nursing profession is regulated in Ontario - correct answer
✔✔RHPA & the nursing act
- Practice of Nursing in the promotion of healtH & Assessment of, the provision of care and the
treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventive therapeutic, palliative, and rehabilitative means
in order to attain or maintain optimal function - correct answer ✔✔What is the: scope of practice
statement of nursing
,Regulations are made under this act about class of registration, entry into practice requirements title
protection, controlled acts (initiation), quality assurance, and professional mis-conduct - correct answer
✔✔What is the: nursing act
This act list 13 controlled acts that are considered potentially harmful if performed by unqualified
persons - correct answer ✔✔What is the: regulated health professional act (RHPA)
Performing a prescribed procedure below the dermis, administering a substance by inhalation or
injection. Putting an instrument, hand or finger in an orifice, or dispensing a medication - correct answer
✔✔What are the: Controlled acts
When nurses apply their knowledge in a compassionate manner and build a trusting relationship with
their patient/client - correct answer ✔✔What is the: art of nursing
The application of the knowledge of nursing and the technical aspects of the practice - correct answer
✔✔What is the: science of nursing
Hospitals, long term care facilities, client's homes, clinics, industries and classrooms - correct answer
✔✔What are: workplace settings
Clinic practitioner, administrator, teacher, researcher, client advocate, consultant, and manager - correct
answer ✔✔What are: roles and functions
When a nurse's practice includes supporting someone to make their voice heard - correct answer
✔✔What is: advocacy
This individual defined nursing as "The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his
recovery" - correct answer ✔✔Who is: Florence Nightingale
Person, environment, health and nursing - correct answer ✔✔What are the: Four metaparadigm
concepts of nursing or four central concepts
, The goal is to restore, maintain and advance the health of individual groups or entire communities -
correct answer ✔✔How does the: CNO define nursing
specialized education, code of ethics, autonomy, body of knowledge, service to society, research,
professional organization - correct answer ✔✔What are the: seven critical attributes of a profession
The ability to carry out nursing responsibilities in an independent manner - correct answer ✔✔What is:
autonomy
The province of Ontario this organization regulates both RN's and RPN's - correct answer ✔✔What is
the: CNO
The nurse must have completed a basic course of nursing studies in an approved program (by the CNO)
and have passed a national exam - correct answer ✔✔What is: nursing registration
When the government contracts with the CNO to regulate its own members in order to protect the
public from harm - correct answer ✔✔What is: self regulation
The purpose of this is to ensure that professionals practice in a safe and competent ethical manner -
correct answer ✔✔What is: regulation
This professional organization represents all RPN's in the province of Ontario - correct answer ✔✔Who is
the: rpno
In 1844 they embarked on a perilous canoe journey from Montreal to St. Boniface Manitoba, where their
mission was to care for the sick - correct answer ✔✔Who are the: grey nuns
This individual revolutionized nursing as an acceptable profession for women as a lay nurses in the late
1800's and early 1900's - correct answer ✔✔Who is: Florence Nightingale
At the St. Catherine General and Marine Hospital in 1874- Admission requirement- Plain English
education, good character and Christian motives - correct answer ✔✔Where was the: first hospital
diploma nursing school in Canada
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