FULLY SOLVED GRADED A+
⫸ ANA's Nursing's Social Policy Statement. Answer: Identifies six
standards of nursing practice that include: Planning of care, Quality of
practice, Collaboration, Research
⫸ State's nurse practice act. Answer: Responsible for Licensure
⫸ Scope of the LPN/LVN nursing practice. Answer: The practice of
the LPN/LVN is one that by law requires supervision by a
professional registered nurse.
⫸ Defining difference between RN and LPN/LVN. Answer: Length
of academic required preparation
⫸ Example of collaborative nursing care. Answer: Standardized
procedure to initially manage the care of client experiencing a cardiac
arrest
⫸ Nursing role not legally delegated to LPN/LVN. Answer:
Assessment of the client
⫸ Definitive resource for delegation of nursing responsibilities.
Answer: The state's Nurse Practice Act
,⫸ Outcome unique to LPN/LVN's NCLEX-PN test plan. Answer:
Evaluation of the ability to afford competent care for predictable
health care issues
⫸ Nursing role reserved only for the RN. Answer: Identifying
nursing diagnoses on the client's plan of care
⫸ Legal guidelines for safe, prudent care. Answer: Standards of
practice
⫸ Scope of practice of an LPN. Answer: Considerations include
directed role, subject to supervision or regulation, and providing
comprehensive nursing assessment and evaluation.
⫸ QSEN competencies. Answer: Challenge the nurse to provide care
that is a partnership with other health care members as well as the
client.
⫸ Characteristics of collaboration in nursing practice. Answer:
Essential for meeting an array of client needs and needed for fostering
health in a holistic manner.
⫸ NCLEX-RN test competency level. Answer: Demonstrated
competency levels include minimal, mid-range, maximum, and
specialty.
,⫸ Nursing process involvement of LPN/LVN. Answer: The
LPN/LVN is actively involved in four of the five phases of the
nursing process, excluding nursing diagnosis.
⫸ Importance of critical thinking in nursing care. Answer: Greatest
factor contributing to its importance is the increasing complexity of
nursing practice.
⫸ Data sought by critically thinking nurse. Answer: Includes
information regarding the client's physical and emotional condition,
and how cardiac dysfunction affects other body systems.
⫸ Demonstration of critical thinking skills. Answer: Asking for
explanations about changes in procedures for discarding biohazardous
materials.
⫸ Importance of critical thinking in nursing practice. Answer:
Demonstrated by evaluating students for critical thinking skills at
various points in the nursing program.
⫸ Event contributing to understanding critical thinking. Answer:
Research findings in areas of reasoning and problem solving.
⫸ Nursing diagnoses. Answer: Established by nurses to identify
patient problems and guide care.
, ⫸ Medical diagnoses. Answer: Established by physicians to identify
diseases and conditions.
⫸ Holistic health fostering. Answer: Requires collaboration among
health care professionals to address all aspects of a client's well-being.
⫸ Client needs. Answer: An array of requirements that must be met
through collaborative nursing practice.
⫸ Postoperative client assessment. Answer: Increased assessment for
pain is expected for at least 2 days postsurgery.
⫸ Biohazardous materials procedure. Answer: Requires explanation
and adherence to safety protocols.
⫸ Critical thinking as a student outcome. Answer: Identified as a core
component for all schools of nursing.
⫸ Core component of entry-level RN practice. Answer: NLN
inclusion of critical thinking.
⫸ Aging population. Answer: A factor contributing to the importance
of critical thinking in nursing care.
⫸ Worldwide political conflict. Answer: A factor influencing the
complexity of nursing practice.