NURS 334 | Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update

NURS 334 | Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update
Question: Your notes for this class may be terrible, dry, or non existent but you're working with what
you got, Roen
Answer:
Appreciate that. Doing my best.

Question: University expectations for planning workload How does a visual workload make you feel
when reflecting What can get in the way of well-being
Answer:
2 hours of work for every 1 hr in class




Question: What does a profession exist to do
Answer:
To provide service to others (Law -> purpose is to serve clients)

Question: Characteristics of a profession Self regulation Obligation to public
Answer:
Self-regulation Obligation to public Code of ethics Specialized body of knowledge Autonomy




Question: Code of Ethics
Answer:
a set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in the workplace

Question: Body of Knowledge
Answer:
Used based on high level of education and is continually developed

Question: Autonomy

,Answer:
Has autonomy over a specific jurisdiction and mandate
- Have autonomy to enforce your own scope of practice

Question: Professional Organizations
Answer:
Official voices for nursing Protect Public/Regulatory Bodies Promotes Professional Practice Protects
Nurses

Question: Professional Orgs that Protect Public/Regulatory Bodies
Answer:
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA)

Question: CNA
Answer:
National Professional Association Canada-wide

Question: Main Role of CNA
Answer:
Represents and supports RNs at national level Advocates health policy, nursing standards, leadership
Promotes EBP, continuing ed, nursing research Code of Ethics Foundation of expectations

Question: CRNA
Answer:
Provincial regulatory body Regulates nursing practice in Alberta to protect the public

Question: Key Functions of CRNA
Answer:
Sets practice standards Protects RN title Registers and licenses nurses Enforced standards of practice and
code of ethics Investigates complaints and disciplines members Continuing competence: reflect on
practice and goal setting in relation to standards

Question: Which Orgs promote professional practice
Answer:
International Council of Nurses (ICN)

Question: ICN
Answer:

, Not a regulator, is an advocate (womens rights, promoting health internationally)

Question: Which org protects nurses
Answer:
United Nurses of Alberta (UNA)
- ensures employers treat us fairly (Unions)

Question: Professional Orgs are distinct from unions
Answer:
TRUE

Question: What is the Health Professions Act
Answer:
The act is umbrella legislation that provides a common regulatory framework for health professions

Question: Comfort
Answer:
Not pushing yourself to think differently

Question: When do we wanna be feeling discomfort
Answer:
Want to engage in things to cause discomfort when learning. Motivates us

Question: How did nursing grow in Canada
Answer:
Due to colonialism

Question: How is race a social construct
Answer:
It is a classification system invented by human beings that is socially created, i.e. the product of masses
of people who form a society, and is shaped by the social forces present in the time and place of its
creation, such as economic conditions, shifting cultural values, political upheavals.

Question: What is a social determinant of health
Answer:
Colonialism. Is a socioeconomic and political system based on ideology of White supremacy to justify
the domination and exploitation of those of "other races"

Question: Key Nursing figures