NSE 101 Questions and Answers Graded
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1. Define "Communication"
2. What are the 3 types of Communication? - answer 1. Refers to the sharing of
information, ideas, and feelings with the intent of a mutual understanding (with another
person)
2.
Verbal Communication: oral communication like using speech and sounds
Non-Verbal Communication: no words/sounds AT ALL, included body gestures and
facial expressions
Written Communication: conveying a message through written word/images, includes
email and paintings
What is Professional Communcation - answer Communication within a profession -
which involves certain expectations of conduct.
What are the principles of Professional Communication? - answer Being truthful,
accurate, clear, concise, and comprehensive.
How do you apply professional communication? - answer 1. Introduce yourself with
FULL name as well as your role/institute
2. DO NOT ASSUME GENDER/TITLE, either let the person tell you their gender/title, or
politely ask them how they'd like to be addressed
3. Speak in full sentences
4. Be Articulate
5. Be honest
6. Be polite!
How do you apply professional communication in a school email - answer 1. Use
SCHOOL EMAIL
2. The subject line should provide enough context for your email (ie. PPN 101 -
Question about the Wartime nursing Image)
3. Use professional greetings/salutations
4. State your full name and class (including section)
5. Ask the question clearly and concisely - avoid slang, abbreviations, & point form.
6. Proofread email for any errors
7. Avoid humour and excessive exclamation points!!!!
Define Scholarly Writing - answer The presentation of ideas in a clear, accurate, and
congruent manner. Incorporating ideas using a critical lens, while being supported by
credible sources.
,Relate how scholarly writing is important to nursing? - answer 1. Being able to adapt
writing to the audience & objectives
2. Involves providing evidence to support ideas
3. Emphasizes the importance of taking information from scholarly sources
4. Involves being clear and concise when providing ideas, having a flow from one point
to another
5. Allows development for communication capacity
What is "Evidence-Informed Nursing"? - answer when practice and decisions are
based on the best possible resources in combination with prior knowledge, patient
preferences, and context
What are common distractions in reading? How can you eliminate these distractions? -
answer 1. SMARTPHONE
- had everything on there
2. Loud & Stimulating Environments:
- family is talking or roaming around
- in a public setting where there are many people
3. Obligations Outside of School
- jobs
- family and friends (social-life)
You can eliminate distractions by finding a specified place (preferably quiet) for
studying, turning off phone or placing it in a different area, and use self-control apps
Why is effective reading important to nursing? - answer Nurses will come across
many types of readings.
What are some tips for Applying effective reading skills? - answer 1. Setting: having
a good space to read
2. Pre-Reading: skimming the text before reading
3. Reading Efficiently: just focusing on reading and finishing the text
4. Annotating: making notes and highlighting main points
5. Research: look up anything you don't know or understand
6. Discover: find out what the point of the text is
7. Reflect: internalize the meaning of the text
What are the 3 tips to Summarizing Readings? - answer 1. Personal Reading
Journal: quick summary of the text, highlighting main points RIGHT AFTER reading
2. One-Minute Paper: jotting down some things that were learned, creating questions
and answering them
3. Learning Objectives: if professor provides learning objectives answer the questions
What is "Information Literacy"? - answer Having skills to competently evaluate
various sources of knowledge.
"Information" -> having knowledge about things
"Literacy" -> having knowledge in a specific area
,Why is being Information Literate important in nursing? - answer Nursing requires us
to read many different kinds of resources and evaluate each in order to provide nursing
care. Each resource will have different levels of quality and quantity - so we as nurses
must know how to evaluate which information is high quality, relevant, and reliable
How do you research a topic? Where should you search for these resources? - answer
1. Search for peer-reviewed articles
2. Be familiar with common databases (Medline, Proquest Nursing, etc.)
3. Use Key-terms when searching
4. Go to the library or workshops
How do you Evaluate the quality of a text? - answer CRAAP Test
C (currency): the timeline of the information - is it recent and has it been updated?
R (relevance): the importance of the information - does it relate to my topic?
A (accuracy): the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content - is the
information supported by evidence?
A (authority): the source of the information - is the author credible and can talk about the
information?
P (purpose/point-of-view): the reason the information exists - is the information and pov
fact or opinion?
Define "Peer-Reviewed Article" - answer Indicates that an article has been reviewed,
critiqued, and reverenced (or not reverenced) by experts in the field to be published.
What is "Popular Sources" and "Grey Literature"? - answer Popular sources are
articles that are for the general public that do not have a specific structure or any
references (ie. The New York Times and Nursing Blogs)
Grey Literature are sources of information that were not peer-reviewed before
publishing. (ie. WHO, CNO, and Health Canada)
What are "Primary" and "Secondary" sources - answer Primary: information that is
firsthand and direct (ie. Historical Archives or Research papers)
Secondary: analysis that is based off a primary source (ie. Textbooks and
Encyclopedias)
Define scholarly writing. - answer An academic writing piece that is clear, concise,
and accurate
An incorporation of your original ideas and a critical lens (A statement that says
something specific about literature or about life).
Must include credible evidence to support your thoughts and ideas and must give
attention to structure grammar, tone, audience etc.
Scholarly writing relevance of to nursing - answer A form of communication -
Important and beneficial skill for a nurse's role as a professional, an advocate and
leader.
, Post-secondary writing expectations - answer Expected to engage in many types of
writing, including reflective writing, summary and synthesis writing and critical and
analytic writing
Effective reading skills - answer -Setting (Creating an optimal and ideal setting for
reading)
- Pre-reading strategies (Such as skimming the text or brainstorming)
-Efficiency (Reading material efficiently and engaging actively with it)
- Annotate (Annotate written texts or take notes about the main points)
- Research (Research contents/concepts you don't fully understand)
-Discover (Work to discover the central meaning of the piece and ask yourself what is
the author point)
-Reflect (Reflect on what the text means to you)
Distractions that hinder the reading process - answer - Social media and technology
can be a distraction as it is known for being addictive. Commitments that pull you in
multiple directions such as pets, work, family and friends. Music and use of phones
Techniques to critically summarize readings. - answer Identifying the main
concepts/points, key details and their relationships with one another. Record key
concepts and read actively. Ask questions and respond to your own questions
Information literacy - answer Having skills to completely evaluate various types of
knowledge. Having knowledge and skill related to various types of knowledge
Search methods to research topics - answer Search operators are tools to help you
optimize your searches.
List examples of search methods - answer - Boolean operators (AND, OR, and
NOT),
- Truncation (Use of star or asterisks) and
- Quotation marks.
Boolean Operators - answer Boolean operators
-AND (used to combine so that your search reveals sources that have both terms in it).
- OR (used to combine more than one keyword that you are interested in but both words
won't necessarily be in articles together).
- NOT (used to filter out certain keywords).
Truncation - answer If you are interested in variations of a word.
How to evaluate the quality of texts - answer One common tool that is used to
evaluate the quality of a source is called CRAAP.
