BSNC 1020 MIDTERM Exam Questions and Answers

What is a "client-specific" order? - Answer - · Instruction or authorization given by regulated health professional for a nurse to provide care for a specific client even if the scope is restricted for an RN what is not a client specific order? - Answer - · Not an order is a consultation, referral or professional recommendation What is autonomous scope of practice for RN's? - Answer - · Assuming accountability and responsibility for making decisions about client care · Performing activities they are educated, competent and allowed to perform without a client specific order what is not autonomous practice - Answer - · Not autonomous practice is any BCCNM standard, limit, or condition, or and organizational/employer policies, processes, or restrictions. How do nurses apply the standards for acting within autonomous scope of practice? - Answer - · Performing restricted activities that are not listed in section 6 of nurses and NP unless they are prohibited by BCCNM what is a listed health professional - Answer - o Physicians o NP o Certified RN o Dentists o Midwives o Naturopaths o Podiatrists o Pharmacists what is a non listed health professional - Answer - o Wound clinicians o RNs who aren't certified o Registered psychiatric nurses o Dietitians How do nurses apply the standards for acting with client-specific orders? - Answer - o be documented in the client's permanent record by the regulated health professional giving the client-specific order, o include all the information needed for the ordered activity to be carried out safely (e.g., time, frequency, dosage), and o include a written/electronic signature. o Must also consider the four controls on practic