NUR 215 Exam 1 Questions with Complete Solutions

Why is nursing considered a profession? - ANSWER-Education, knowledge, selfless concern for others, follow a code of ethics, practice autonomy, accountability, and responsibility, professional organizations What is a nurse? - ANSWER-Highly trained, well educated, caring, and competent. 6 basic skills - ANSWER-critical thinking skills Communication skills Organizational skills Leadership skills Advocacy technical skills 4 basic principals of nursing - ANSWER-Advocacy Responsibility Accountability Confidentiality 6 ethical principles of nursing - ANSWER-autonomy, beneficence, fidelity, justice, non-maleficence, veracity autonomy - ANSWER-the right of the patient to make decisions about their medical care w/out their healthcare provider trying to influence their decisions beneficence - ANSWER-address the idea that a nurse's actions should only promote good fidelity - ANSWER-The nurse must be faithful to the promises they made as professionals to provide quality care justice - ANSWER-the nurse needs to be impartial and fair to each patient Non-Maleficence - ANSWER-nurse must be non-harming or inflicting the least amount of harm possible to reach a beneficial outcome veracity - ANSWER-must be honest and tell the truth History of nursing - ANSWER-transformed to a women dominated profession in the 19th and 20th century, had to become licensed in order to work in the profession in 1903 in the US