NU 185 Test #1&NU Questions
What percentage of nurses are expected to retire by 2015? - ✔✔50%
What are 3 recent changes to nursing education mentioned in lecture? - ✔✔1.
Educational Mobility
2. Community-based practice experiences
3. Emphasis on the use of computer
4. Emphasis on nursing theories and research (evidence based practice)
Name 2 organizations related to the ANA (American Nurses Association). - ✔✔1. ICN
(International Council of Nurses)
2. ANF (American Nurses Foundation)
3. AAN (American Academy of Nursing)
4. NSNA (National Student Nurses' Association)
5. ANCC (American Nurses' Credentialing Center)
All healthcare info about an individual patient belongs to the patient and is protected
by... - ✔✔HIPPA
HIPPA - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to protect
the privacy of health info.
What is the purpose of the NCLEX RN licensure exam? - ✔✔1. Protects the public
- Establishes minimum standards (safety, education, etc.)
- Establishes a means to deal with unsafe practitioners
2. Protects the practitioner
- License is a property, so provides boundaries
Average age of RN? - ✔✔44
Ethics is concerned specifically with... - ✔✔making value judgments
Similarities of nursing programs? - ✔✔Prepare students to...
1. work as part of a team
2. take care of individuals
3. take the NCLEX
+ NOT all 4-5 year programs
What are 2 duties of the Missouri State Board? - ✔✔1. Grant licensure
2. Discipline/investigate
3. Nursing Practice Act (rules/regulations)
, What is the main certifying body for Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists?
- ✔✔ANCC (American Nurses' Credentialing Center)
Characteristics of professionals? - ✔✔1. Has a specialized body of knowledge
2. Uses the scientific method to enlarge the body of knowledge
3. Education is in institutions of higher education
4. Controls professional policy and professional activity
5. Has a code of ethics
6. Requires a lifetime commitment
7. Serves the public
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)? - ✔✔- 2 years, community college
- Can do IVs
- Practice is primarily technical and in acute care settings
- Licensure: NCLEX-RN
What is the code of ethics? - ✔✔general standard for professional behavior
What is a censure? - ✔✔- public reprimand
- permanently kept in file
- Nurse may continue to practice
Name 2 ANA services. - ✔✔1. Certification discounts
2. Legislative activity
3. Economic and general welfare
4. Insurance benefits
5. Various publications
*6. Continuing Education Resources
What are the reasons for the current nursing shortage? - ✔✔1. Aging of the general
population
2. Aging of nurses
3. Shortage of nursing professors
What is true about the answers to ethical dilemmas? - ✔✔In most cases, there is more
than one answer.
Who grants licensure? - ✔✔The State Board of Nursing
Which organization has the mission to "advance quality nursing education that prepares
the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing
healthcare environment"? - ✔✔The National League for Nursing (NLN)
Which profession is rated #1 for most honest profession? - ✔✔NURSING!!! :D
What percentage of nurses are expected to retire by 2015? - ✔✔50%
What are 3 recent changes to nursing education mentioned in lecture? - ✔✔1.
Educational Mobility
2. Community-based practice experiences
3. Emphasis on the use of computer
4. Emphasis on nursing theories and research (evidence based practice)
Name 2 organizations related to the ANA (American Nurses Association). - ✔✔1. ICN
(International Council of Nurses)
2. ANF (American Nurses Foundation)
3. AAN (American Academy of Nursing)
4. NSNA (National Student Nurses' Association)
5. ANCC (American Nurses' Credentialing Center)
All healthcare info about an individual patient belongs to the patient and is protected
by... - ✔✔HIPPA
HIPPA - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to protect
the privacy of health info.
What is the purpose of the NCLEX RN licensure exam? - ✔✔1. Protects the public
- Establishes minimum standards (safety, education, etc.)
- Establishes a means to deal with unsafe practitioners
2. Protects the practitioner
- License is a property, so provides boundaries
Average age of RN? - ✔✔44
Ethics is concerned specifically with... - ✔✔making value judgments
Similarities of nursing programs? - ✔✔Prepare students to...
1. work as part of a team
2. take care of individuals
3. take the NCLEX
+ NOT all 4-5 year programs
What are 2 duties of the Missouri State Board? - ✔✔1. Grant licensure
2. Discipline/investigate
3. Nursing Practice Act (rules/regulations)
, What is the main certifying body for Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists?
- ✔✔ANCC (American Nurses' Credentialing Center)
Characteristics of professionals? - ✔✔1. Has a specialized body of knowledge
2. Uses the scientific method to enlarge the body of knowledge
3. Education is in institutions of higher education
4. Controls professional policy and professional activity
5. Has a code of ethics
6. Requires a lifetime commitment
7. Serves the public
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)? - ✔✔- 2 years, community college
- Can do IVs
- Practice is primarily technical and in acute care settings
- Licensure: NCLEX-RN
What is the code of ethics? - ✔✔general standard for professional behavior
What is a censure? - ✔✔- public reprimand
- permanently kept in file
- Nurse may continue to practice
Name 2 ANA services. - ✔✔1. Certification discounts
2. Legislative activity
3. Economic and general welfare
4. Insurance benefits
5. Various publications
*6. Continuing Education Resources
What are the reasons for the current nursing shortage? - ✔✔1. Aging of the general
population
2. Aging of nurses
3. Shortage of nursing professors
What is true about the answers to ethical dilemmas? - ✔✔In most cases, there is more
than one answer.
Who grants licensure? - ✔✔The State Board of Nursing
Which organization has the mission to "advance quality nursing education that prepares
the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing
healthcare environment"? - ✔✔The National League for Nursing (NLN)
Which profession is rated #1 for most honest profession? - ✔✔NURSING!!! :D
