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Explain purpose of the RN licensure examination.
ANSWER- All states use the National Council Licensure
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Examinations (NCLEX) for RNs and licensed practical nurse
examinations. Licensure permits people to offer special skills to the
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public, and it also provides legal guidelines for protection of the public.
This provides a standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
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What is the responsibility of the state licensing board?
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ANSWER- The State Board of Nursing suspends or revokes a license
if a nurse's conduct violates the Nurse Practice Act, which is a state law.
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Define primary healthcare. Give examples of where and how it is
practiced.
ANSWER- Primary health care focuses on improved health outcomes
for an entire population. It includes primary care and health education,
proper nutrition, maternal/child health care, family planning,
immunizations, and control of diseases. Primary health care requires
,collaboration among health professionals, health care leaders, and
community members.
Example: Outpatient settings, as the low-level care and consultations
provided to patients do not require hospitalization.
What is the role of the nurse and the surgeon regarding informed
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consent?
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ANSWER- Nurse's Role: Witness the client's signature on the informed
consent form & to ensure that informed consent has been appropriately
obtained.
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Surgeon's role: communicate to their patients about the proposed surgery
and is a key element in the trust patients have in surgeons.
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What is the interprofessional team? Who is on the team and what is their
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role?
ANSWER- What? is the means by which different healthcare
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professionals - with diverse knowledge, skills and talents - collaborate to
achieve a common goal
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Members: doctors, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists.
Role: A team leader's responsibilities may include identifying team
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members, defining roles and team objectives, and assigning appropriate
tasks to each team member.
What is the nurse's role regarding an impaired co-worker?
,Any impaired nurse should be reported immediately to prevent any
negative effects to the nurse, the nurse's co-workers or patients.
Define nonmaleficence - give an example.
Avoidance of harm or hurt.
Example: stopping a medication that is shown to be harmful
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Explain ethical dilemmas - give example.
Ethical issues happen when choices need to be made, the answers may
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not be clear and the options are not ideal. The result could be declines in
the quality of patient care; problematic clinical relationships; and moral
distress.
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Example: establishing boundries with patients.
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Steps to Resolve Ethical Dilemmas
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Ask if this is an ethical dilemma.
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Gather all relevant information.
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Clarify values.
Verbalize the problem.
Identify possible courses of action.
, Negotiate a plan.
Evaluate the plan.
Define assault and battery - give examples.
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occurs simultaneously when an individual threatens to harm someone
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and then physically harms that person.
Example: Threatening them verbally or pretending to hit them is an
example of ASSAULT.
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Example: the intentional act of causing physical harm to someone is an
example of BATTERY
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Define justice - give examples.
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Being fair.
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Example: among the patients in the group of patients that they are taking
care of. Care must be fairly, justly, and equitably distributed among a
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group of patients.
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Discuss guidelines for legal documentation - ex. No whiteout, etc.
Do not erase, apply correction fluid, or scratch out errors made while
recording.
Do not leave blank spaces or lines in a written nurses' progress note.
Record all written entries legibly and in black ink. Do not use felt-tip
pens or erasable ink.