RNSG 1125 Test Questions with 100% Correct
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Which key element is included in the scope of professional practice identity?
A. Adhering to a fixed level of practice
B. Finding out ways to get done faster with assigned tasks as the key focus of care
C. Maintaining professional boundaries
D. Remaining at the level of practice upon graduating from nursing school
ANS C
The scope of professional identity includes five attributes, doing, and being, acting ethically,
flourishing and changing identities. By maintaining professional boundaries, the nurse would
be acting ethically. Adhering to a fixed level of practice would not be prudent for it would not
allow the nurse to achieve attributes. Finding out ways to get done faster with assigned tasks
would be in opposition to the attribute of "being" as the key focus is to do the right thing even
when no one is looking. A nurse who remains at the level of practice upon graduation from
nursing school would be in opposition to the attribute of flourishing.
A licensed practical/vocational nurse asks the registered nurse (RN) preceptor what
could be done to become more professional. What is the preceptor's best response?
A. "Attend Nursing Educational Meetings."
B. "Listen to other nurses."
C. "Read the agency newsletter."
D. "Pass the licensing exam."
ANS: A
,Knowledge and commitment are essential components of professionalism. Attending nursing
educational meetings can promote collaborative learning with peers and maintenance of
competence in an ever-changing healthcare environment. Listening can promote
professionalism, and communication is certainly a component of professionalism; however,
there is also a social sense to listening, and without the educational/learning component, this
is not the best answer. An agency newsletter could include information about professional
opportunities, but it is not the best answer. The new nurse would have already passed the
licensing exam, the legal requirement to be considered a nurse.
The qualities of leadership, clinical expertise and judgment, mentorship, and lifelong
learning would best describe which type of nurse?
A. Administrator
B. Certified nurse specialist
C. Practitioner
D. Professional
ANS: D
The qualities listed are those of a professional nurse. The other options are all nurses who
may have these qualities, but the focus of their title includes qualities not essential for the
professional nurse. The administrator would have management qualities; the clinical nurse
specialist would have specialty area knowledge; and the practitioner would meet legal
requirements as a healthcare provider.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) outlines expectations of nurse's self-care
habits in which type of documentation?
A. Nurse Practice Acts
, B. Board of Nursing
C. Code of Ethics
D. Hospital facility protocols
ANS: C
The ANA focuses on the importance of nurses to develop their own personal self-care habits
as part of their ethical code. This information is presented in the ANA Code of Ethics. Nurse
Practice Acts define the scope of practice relative to the specific type of health professional.
The Board of Nursing provides minimum competency requirements for specific types of
health professionals and identifies licensing, academic and practice requirements. Hospital
facilities provide policies and protocols related to members of the interdisciplinary healthcare
team.
Which nursing action best exemplifies clinical judgment?
A. nurse after performing an assessment seeks out additional information related to a
finding.
B. A nurse documents finding in the medical record in a timely manner.
C. A nurse contacts the physician to provide the results of an imaging study for a
patient.
D. A nurse comforts a patient who is on hospice care.
ANS: A
Clinical judgment represents a comprehensive well thought out series of action whereby the
nurse incorporates assessment data in the context of norms and values. The nurse seeking out
additional information to clarify a finding is demonstrating clinical judgment. A nurse who is
Answers
Which key element is included in the scope of professional practice identity?
A. Adhering to a fixed level of practice
B. Finding out ways to get done faster with assigned tasks as the key focus of care
C. Maintaining professional boundaries
D. Remaining at the level of practice upon graduating from nursing school
ANS C
The scope of professional identity includes five attributes, doing, and being, acting ethically,
flourishing and changing identities. By maintaining professional boundaries, the nurse would
be acting ethically. Adhering to a fixed level of practice would not be prudent for it would not
allow the nurse to achieve attributes. Finding out ways to get done faster with assigned tasks
would be in opposition to the attribute of "being" as the key focus is to do the right thing even
when no one is looking. A nurse who remains at the level of practice upon graduation from
nursing school would be in opposition to the attribute of flourishing.
A licensed practical/vocational nurse asks the registered nurse (RN) preceptor what
could be done to become more professional. What is the preceptor's best response?
A. "Attend Nursing Educational Meetings."
B. "Listen to other nurses."
C. "Read the agency newsletter."
D. "Pass the licensing exam."
ANS: A
,Knowledge and commitment are essential components of professionalism. Attending nursing
educational meetings can promote collaborative learning with peers and maintenance of
competence in an ever-changing healthcare environment. Listening can promote
professionalism, and communication is certainly a component of professionalism; however,
there is also a social sense to listening, and without the educational/learning component, this
is not the best answer. An agency newsletter could include information about professional
opportunities, but it is not the best answer. The new nurse would have already passed the
licensing exam, the legal requirement to be considered a nurse.
The qualities of leadership, clinical expertise and judgment, mentorship, and lifelong
learning would best describe which type of nurse?
A. Administrator
B. Certified nurse specialist
C. Practitioner
D. Professional
ANS: D
The qualities listed are those of a professional nurse. The other options are all nurses who
may have these qualities, but the focus of their title includes qualities not essential for the
professional nurse. The administrator would have management qualities; the clinical nurse
specialist would have specialty area knowledge; and the practitioner would meet legal
requirements as a healthcare provider.
The American Nurses Association (ANA) outlines expectations of nurse's self-care
habits in which type of documentation?
A. Nurse Practice Acts
, B. Board of Nursing
C. Code of Ethics
D. Hospital facility protocols
ANS: C
The ANA focuses on the importance of nurses to develop their own personal self-care habits
as part of their ethical code. This information is presented in the ANA Code of Ethics. Nurse
Practice Acts define the scope of practice relative to the specific type of health professional.
The Board of Nursing provides minimum competency requirements for specific types of
health professionals and identifies licensing, academic and practice requirements. Hospital
facilities provide policies and protocols related to members of the interdisciplinary healthcare
team.
Which nursing action best exemplifies clinical judgment?
A. nurse after performing an assessment seeks out additional information related to a
finding.
B. A nurse documents finding in the medical record in a timely manner.
C. A nurse contacts the physician to provide the results of an imaging study for a
patient.
D. A nurse comforts a patient who is on hospice care.
ANS: A
Clinical judgment represents a comprehensive well thought out series of action whereby the
nurse incorporates assessment data in the context of norms and values. The nurse seeking out
additional information to clarify a finding is demonstrating clinical judgment. A nurse who is
