Role & Scope Study Guide for Module 9, Exam #3

Role & Scope Study Guide for Module 9, Exam #3 Winter 2018 1. What are the recommendations for nurses that are published in the IOM's report The future of nursing? What is Magnet recognition? a. IOM emphasizes the need for nurses to take the leadership role. b. Professional nurses teach, advocate, assess, and nurture. c. Recommendations: i. Remove scope of practice barriers. ii. Expand opportunities for nurses to lead and diffuse collaborative improvements efforts. iii. Implement nurse residency programs. iv. Increase proportion of nurses with BSN to 80% by 2020. v. Double the number of nurses with doctorate by 2020. vi. Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning. vii. Prepare and enable nurses to lead change to advance health. viii. Build an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of interprofessional health care workforce data d. Magnet recognition recognizes excellence in the nurses’ work environment. e. Goal of magnet is to uphold the highest quality of care. 2. What are the components of a professional identity in nursing? Who determines laws and rules for professional nurses? What role do nurses play in informed consent? a. Professional identity in nursing includes: autonomy, knowledge, competence, professionalism, accountability, advocacy, collaborative practice, and commitment. b. Laws and rules are determined by each state’s board of nursing established by the Nurse Practice Act. c. Nurses role in informed consent is to ensure the patient as an understanding of the procedure and to be a witness of a voluntary consent. i. Patients have the right to refuse; we do not coerce or persuade. 3. Understand the concepts of care coordination and Collaboration in nursing. How does collaboration occur? What disciplines and who is involved? a. Nurses coordinate w/ patients many issues surrounding health promotion & disease prevention, treatment methods, lifestyle changes, and end of life decisions. i. Collaboration with patients has been used throughout history by nurses. b. Nurse-nurse (intraprofessional): Involves all nurses from various units, fields, and with different experiences; nurse managers, researchers, educators, and advanced practice nurses. i. Mentoring is one example of this collaboration.