Exam 1 Nurs 221
Describe what nursing is? - correct answer ✔Nursing is the protection,
promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, facilitation of healing, and alleviation of suffering the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals,
families, groups, communities, and populations.
Discuss the how of nursing? - correct answer ✔includes the ways, means,
methods, and manner of nursing.
Ways - correct answer ✔5 core competencies:
-patient centered care
-evidence based practice
-inter-professional collaboration
-use of informatics
-continuous QI
Means - correct answer ✔Evidence based practice. (always use this)
Methods - correct answer ✔Communication and teamwork
Manner - correct answer ✔code of ethics as a guide
Discuss the art of nursing? - correct answer ✔emphasizes caring. It is not
just an emotion, concern, attitude or benevolent desire. It is about the values,
knowledge, caring actions acceptance of consequences, a will, and a
commitment to care.
, Science of nursing? - correct answer ✔means to use standards of practice
and the nursing scientific body of evidence.
Know - correct answer ✔Understand the disease, find effective therapies,
and then ensure the therapies are delivered effectively.
Describe the core aspects of a profession. - correct answer ✔A profession
requires professional preparation (as opposed to an occupation) and takes
place in a higher institution of learning such as a university. It requires a
specific and unique body of knowledge. It has an affiliation with a professional
organization with ethical codes and licensing. It poses an orientation towards
a service and specific education guidelines.
Discuss professional boundaries. - correct answer ✔the spaces between the
nurse's power and the patient's vulnerability. Nurses have power because of
their professional position and access to sensitive personal information.
Nurses should make every effort to respect the power imbalance and ensure
a patient-centered relationship.
Explain the foundation of the Social Trust between Nursing and Society. -
correct answer ✔Nursing has been voted the most trustworthy profession.
Society's contract with nursing: provide healthcare to society.
Social Contract - correct answer ✔a general social arrangement between
groups
What is expected of the Nurse with society? - correct answer ✔includes
caring service, knowledge and competence, responsibility and accountability,
ethical practice, and promotion of the health of the public
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