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Final Comprehensive N408 |300 questions| with correct answers

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NURS 408

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Maryville College

What is a transition? Correct Answer-A passage or change from one situation, condition , or state to another that occurs over time. What are the 4 types of transitions? Correct Answer-Developmental (Becoming a parent or a mid-life crisis) Situational (graduation, career change, or divorce) Hea...

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Final Comprehensive N408 |300 questions| with
correct answers
What is a transition? Correct Answer-A passage or change from one
situation, condition , or state to another that occurs over time.

What are the 4 types of transitions? Correct Answer-Developmental
(Becoming a parent or a mid-life crisis)
Situational (graduation, career change, or divorce)
Health/Illness (Dealing with a chronic illness)
Organizattional (change in leader or new staffing patterns)

Factors that influence transitions? Correct Answer-- Perspective of the
person who is experiencing it (positive/ negative/ neutral and
realistic/unrealistic).
- Desired/undesirable leading to a new role
- New knowledge and skills are often required to make a transition.
- Availability of needed resources in the environment .
- Confidence will allow you to begin to work through the stress,
challenges, and emotions of transitions.

What is reality shock? Correct Answer-The reaction experienced when
one moves into the workforce from a familiar, comfortable educational
environment into a new role in the work force in which expectations are
not clearly defined or may not even be realistic.

,What can mark the end of the honeymoon phase of reality shock?
Correct Answer-Withdrawing or rejecting the values learned during
nursing school.

When does a successfully managed transition period begin? Correct
Answer-When the graduate nurse is able to evaluate the work situation
objectively and predict the actions and reactions of the staff effectively.

What things can make a significant difference in promoting a
successfully managed transition period? Correct Answer-- Prioritization
- Conflict Mgt
- Time Mgt
- Support Groups (peers, preceptors, and mentors)

What group is often the most successful group in their job setting and
professional organizations to effect a better system, often returning to
school, but not too quickly. Correct Answer-The who "make a lot of
waves"

What group tends to gripe and complain about the work setting, may
experience burnout, and approach nursing as a way to "support
themselves" or "provide for their families." Correct Answer-Those who
limit their involvement with nursing

What group seems to find their niche and are content in the hospital
setting, but this feeling of content with the job does not translate to

,nursing as a profession, they often change units or shifts. Correct
Answer-Organization nurses

What group tends to achieve a high profile in professional nursing
organizations, or go off to graduate school and move to a more
structured, safer idealistic environment such as teaching-where the
values learned in school prevail. Correct Answer-Those who change
jobs frequently or "do something else in nursing."

What are the five types of nurses according to Benner's theory? Correct
Answer-- Novice
- Advanced beginner
- Competent
- Proficient
- Expert

What are the charactertics of a novice nurse? Correct Answer-- May be a
nursing student or an experienced nurse in a new setting
- No clinical experience in situation expected to perform
- Needs rules to guide performance
- Experiences difficulty in applying theoretical concepts to patient care

What are the charactertics of an advanced beginner nurse? Correct
Answer-- May be a last-semester nursing student or a graduate nurse
- Demonstrates ability to deliver marginally acceptable care

, - Requires previous experience in an actual situation to recognize it
- Begins to understand the principles that dictate nursing interventions
- Continues to concentrate on the rules and takes in minimum
information regarding a situation

What are the charactertics of a competent nurse? Correct Answer-- A
nurse with 2-3 years of clinical experience
- Conscientious, deliberate planning
- Begins to see nursing actions in light of patients' long-term plans
- Demonstrates ability to cope with and manage different and
unexpected situations that occur

What are the charactertics of a proficient nurse? Correct Answer-- May
be a nurse clinician, nursing faculty, or a nurse who has worked in an
area more than three years
- Ability to recognize and understand the situation as a whole
- Demonstrates ability to anticipate events in a given situation
- Holistic understanding that enhances decision making

What are the charactertics of an expert nurse? Correct Answer-- May be
an advanced practice nurse, nurse clinician, faculty, or a nurse who has
worked in an area for a number of years
- Demonstrates an understanding of the situation and is able to focus on
the specific area of the problem
- Operates from an in-depth understanding of the total situation

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