CONCEPTS IN NURSING FINAL EXAM
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 WITH 298
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RATED A+[NEWEST!!!]
Nursing
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations
Professional identity
a sense of oneself, and in relation to others, that is influenced by characteristics,
norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking,
acting, and feeling like a nurse
Personal identity attributes
- Hearing expectations clearly
- Value debriefing & feedback from role models
- Engage in reflection
- Actively adopt a professional identity
- Understand your own responsibilities for learning & be accountable
- Build relationships with those around you
- Develop personal self care habits
- Embrace any opportunity or experiences with clients
Standards of professional performance
a competent level of behavior in the professional role to ensure clients receive
high-quality care
Code of ethics
,philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles you will use to
provide care to your clients
Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN)
addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies needed to
continuously improve the quality of care in their work environments
Nurse practice acts
regulate the scope of nursing
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare from unqualified and unsafe nurses
- Each state defines for itself the scope of nursing practice, but most have similar
NPAs
- The Alabama NPA establishes the Alabama Board of Nursing as the state's
regulatory authority for RNs, APRNs, & LPNs
Ethics
study or examination of morality through a variety of different approaches
- Deals specifically with the concepts of right and wrong
- Involves critical thinking and actions
Ethical sensitivity
helps us recognize when there is an ethical problem or dilemma
Ethical reflection and analysis
enable us to thinking critically to rank our ethical obligations and priorities
Ethical decision making
a method of ensuring that the action we take is well reasoned and can be justified
Moral courage
enables us to act on our decisions even under the most challenging circumstances
Societal ethics
- Healthcare law
- Scope of nursing practice
,Organizational ethics
Systems, practices, policies, and procedures
Bioethics/clinical/research ethics
research using humans as test subjects
Professional ethics
- American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses
- Ethical standards and expectations of a profession
- Nurses are held to a higher standard because of the privileged role we have in
society
- Ethics become a fundamental element of your professional identity and
character
- Codes of conduct are aimed at the highest ideals of practice
Personal ethics
may differ from those of the society or organization in which we work
Ethical problem
a problem with an ethical dimension, most with reasonably clear solutions &
others more complex
Ethical dilemma
a problem for which something wrong must be done in order to do something
right
- Impossible to meet all the ethical requirements in the situation
- Must be sensitive to the ethical dimensions of a situation
- Able to use ethical concepts to analyze and reflect on the ethical conflicts within
the dilemma
Autonomy
respect for persons
Beneficence
to do good
, Non-maleficence
to do no harm
Justice
treating others equitably, fairly, and appropriately
Fidelity
loyalty, faithfulness, being trustworthy
Veracity
the duty to tell the truth
Deontology
What is the right thing to do? What is my moral duty?
Utilitarianism
What action will create the greatest good for the greatest number?
Ethics of character (virtue)
What is right based on my life experiences?
Ethics of relationship (caring)
What is the most caring response?
Ethical issues
- Protecting clients' rights and human dignity
- Not respecting informed consent treatment
- Providing care with risk to the health of the nurse
- Using or not using chemical or physical restraints
- Understaffing
- Prolonging the living and dying process with inappropriate measures
- Policies that could threaten the quality of care
- Working with unethical or impaired colleagues
Collaboration
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 WITH 298
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RATED A+[NEWEST!!!]
Nursing
the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations
Professional identity
a sense of oneself, and in relation to others, that is influenced by characteristics,
norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking,
acting, and feeling like a nurse
Personal identity attributes
- Hearing expectations clearly
- Value debriefing & feedback from role models
- Engage in reflection
- Actively adopt a professional identity
- Understand your own responsibilities for learning & be accountable
- Build relationships with those around you
- Develop personal self care habits
- Embrace any opportunity or experiences with clients
Standards of professional performance
a competent level of behavior in the professional role to ensure clients receive
high-quality care
Code of ethics
,philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles you will use to
provide care to your clients
Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN)
addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies needed to
continuously improve the quality of care in their work environments
Nurse practice acts
regulate the scope of nursing
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare from unqualified and unsafe nurses
- Each state defines for itself the scope of nursing practice, but most have similar
NPAs
- The Alabama NPA establishes the Alabama Board of Nursing as the state's
regulatory authority for RNs, APRNs, & LPNs
Ethics
study or examination of morality through a variety of different approaches
- Deals specifically with the concepts of right and wrong
- Involves critical thinking and actions
Ethical sensitivity
helps us recognize when there is an ethical problem or dilemma
Ethical reflection and analysis
enable us to thinking critically to rank our ethical obligations and priorities
Ethical decision making
a method of ensuring that the action we take is well reasoned and can be justified
Moral courage
enables us to act on our decisions even under the most challenging circumstances
Societal ethics
- Healthcare law
- Scope of nursing practice
,Organizational ethics
Systems, practices, policies, and procedures
Bioethics/clinical/research ethics
research using humans as test subjects
Professional ethics
- American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses
- Ethical standards and expectations of a profession
- Nurses are held to a higher standard because of the privileged role we have in
society
- Ethics become a fundamental element of your professional identity and
character
- Codes of conduct are aimed at the highest ideals of practice
Personal ethics
may differ from those of the society or organization in which we work
Ethical problem
a problem with an ethical dimension, most with reasonably clear solutions &
others more complex
Ethical dilemma
a problem for which something wrong must be done in order to do something
right
- Impossible to meet all the ethical requirements in the situation
- Must be sensitive to the ethical dimensions of a situation
- Able to use ethical concepts to analyze and reflect on the ethical conflicts within
the dilemma
Autonomy
respect for persons
Beneficence
to do good
, Non-maleficence
to do no harm
Justice
treating others equitably, fairly, and appropriately
Fidelity
loyalty, faithfulness, being trustworthy
Veracity
the duty to tell the truth
Deontology
What is the right thing to do? What is my moral duty?
Utilitarianism
What action will create the greatest good for the greatest number?
Ethics of character (virtue)
What is right based on my life experiences?
Ethics of relationship (caring)
What is the most caring response?
Ethical issues
- Protecting clients' rights and human dignity
- Not respecting informed consent treatment
- Providing care with risk to the health of the nurse
- Using or not using chemical or physical restraints
- Understaffing
- Prolonging the living and dying process with inappropriate measures
- Policies that could threaten the quality of care
- Working with unethical or impaired colleagues
Collaboration
