NFDN 2008 FINAL Exam Questions and Verified Answers/Accurate Solutions|
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Professional identity "a strong professional identity is important because a lack of
empowering professional identity mean that others can step in and decide what nursing is and
what nurses can do"
Having a strong personal identity can prevent others from stepping in and decide what
nursing is
Emotional Intelligence The ability to know one's own and other's feelings and emotions
Emotional intelligence is key to both personal and professional success
Morals A person's standards of behaviour or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable
for them to do.
Morals • Code of conduct advanced and accepted by society, a group, or an individual.
Morality: Code of conduct advanced and accepted by society, a group, or an individual
Morality Can be reflected in personal, cultural, and professional values
Ethics : A branch of philosophy that deals with what is right and wrong.
Ethics: A division of moral philosophy that involves the moral practices, beliefs and
standards of individuals or groups.
,The health professions act (HPA) is legislation implemented by the government of Alberta to
provide a common regulatory framework for regulated health professions in Alberta. This
legislation allows health professions to self-regulate their profession, while being accountable
to the government of Alberta.
HPA • It guides LPN practice by defining the LPN scope of practice.
What is the common framework of HPA The common framework is registration, discipline,
continuing competence, and restricted activities.
When is the LPN permit renewed Yearly, Jan-Dec.
The code of ethis guides your decision making
What are the elements to guide eithical nursing decisions and actions • Ethical principles
and values, Professional accountabilities, The law
"which of these are not prone to sanction." answer - incuity is not these are prone - 1.
Misconduct, 2. incompetence, 3. conduct unbecoming a member of the profession
"5 leading empowering behaviour" •1. Enhancing the meaningfulness of work 2.Fostering
participatory decision-making 3. Providing autonomy from bureaucratic restraints 4. Facilitating
goal accomplishment 5. Expressing confidence in high performance
"which individual can obtain a temporary license" an individual who just graduated from an
accredited program.
"what is the purpose of ContCompProgram?" To protect the public, to keep you updated,
learning and growing, to ensure the lpns safe care to the public
, "eight characteristics of effective leaders" ***SYNERGENIC, they are continually learning,
they are service oriented, positive energy, believe in other people, lead balanced lives, they see
life as an adventure, they exercise for self - renewal
engaged leadership they set up, opting to proactively own solutions where others cannot or
do not. They energize others, keeping people focused on purpose and vision with contagious
positivity. They connect and stabilize groups by listening, staying calm, and unifying people.
problem-solving Comprehensive, sequential, cognitive process used to solve a problem by
reducing the differences between current problem and desired outcomes
decision-making A process that chooses a preferred option or a course of actions from
among a set of alternatives on the basis of given criteria of strategies.
What is the difference between problem-solving and decision-making? •Problem-solving: by
reducing the difference between current and desired conditions. Decision making is choosing a
perferred course of action from a set of alternatives
"what is the first step to problem-solving"? "define the problem"
Critical thinking The intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered
from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a
guide to belief and action. It is a Thoughtful, orderly approach to considering problems,
knowledge, methods of logical inquiry and reasoning skills, and ability to apply them.
appreciative inquiry (AI) is an attribute associated with how we question, and problem
solve; it focuses on identifying what is working well and building on those strengths.
What is Appreciative inquiry (AI) used for? used to engage people in identifying and
accentuating positives within a context, such as a practice environment
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Professional identity "a strong professional identity is important because a lack of
empowering professional identity mean that others can step in and decide what nursing is and
what nurses can do"
Having a strong personal identity can prevent others from stepping in and decide what
nursing is
Emotional Intelligence The ability to know one's own and other's feelings and emotions
Emotional intelligence is key to both personal and professional success
Morals A person's standards of behaviour or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable
for them to do.
Morals • Code of conduct advanced and accepted by society, a group, or an individual.
Morality: Code of conduct advanced and accepted by society, a group, or an individual
Morality Can be reflected in personal, cultural, and professional values
Ethics : A branch of philosophy that deals with what is right and wrong.
Ethics: A division of moral philosophy that involves the moral practices, beliefs and
standards of individuals or groups.
,The health professions act (HPA) is legislation implemented by the government of Alberta to
provide a common regulatory framework for regulated health professions in Alberta. This
legislation allows health professions to self-regulate their profession, while being accountable
to the government of Alberta.
HPA • It guides LPN practice by defining the LPN scope of practice.
What is the common framework of HPA The common framework is registration, discipline,
continuing competence, and restricted activities.
When is the LPN permit renewed Yearly, Jan-Dec.
The code of ethis guides your decision making
What are the elements to guide eithical nursing decisions and actions • Ethical principles
and values, Professional accountabilities, The law
"which of these are not prone to sanction." answer - incuity is not these are prone - 1.
Misconduct, 2. incompetence, 3. conduct unbecoming a member of the profession
"5 leading empowering behaviour" •1. Enhancing the meaningfulness of work 2.Fostering
participatory decision-making 3. Providing autonomy from bureaucratic restraints 4. Facilitating
goal accomplishment 5. Expressing confidence in high performance
"which individual can obtain a temporary license" an individual who just graduated from an
accredited program.
"what is the purpose of ContCompProgram?" To protect the public, to keep you updated,
learning and growing, to ensure the lpns safe care to the public
, "eight characteristics of effective leaders" ***SYNERGENIC, they are continually learning,
they are service oriented, positive energy, believe in other people, lead balanced lives, they see
life as an adventure, they exercise for self - renewal
engaged leadership they set up, opting to proactively own solutions where others cannot or
do not. They energize others, keeping people focused on purpose and vision with contagious
positivity. They connect and stabilize groups by listening, staying calm, and unifying people.
problem-solving Comprehensive, sequential, cognitive process used to solve a problem by
reducing the differences between current problem and desired outcomes
decision-making A process that chooses a preferred option or a course of actions from
among a set of alternatives on the basis of given criteria of strategies.
What is the difference between problem-solving and decision-making? •Problem-solving: by
reducing the difference between current and desired conditions. Decision making is choosing a
perferred course of action from a set of alternatives
"what is the first step to problem-solving"? "define the problem"
Critical thinking The intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully
conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered
from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a
guide to belief and action. It is a Thoughtful, orderly approach to considering problems,
knowledge, methods of logical inquiry and reasoning skills, and ability to apply them.
appreciative inquiry (AI) is an attribute associated with how we question, and problem
solve; it focuses on identifying what is working well and building on those strengths.
What is Appreciative inquiry (AI) used for? used to engage people in identifying and
accentuating positives within a context, such as a practice environment
