PNC Final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognized authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. Professional organization that sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. Autonomy and self-regulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Note the seven characteristics
that qualify an occupation as a profession.
Standard 1. Assessment
Standard 2. Diagnosis
Standard 3. Outcomes Identification
Standard 4. Planning
Standard 5. Implementation
Standard 5a. Coordination of Care
Standard 5b. Health Teaching and Promotion
Standard 5c. Consultation
Standard 5d. Prescriptive Authority and Treatment
Standard 6. Evaluation
Standard 7. Ethics
Standard 8. Education
Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Standard 10. Quality of Practice
Standard 11. Communication
Standard 12. Leadership
Standard 13. Collaboration
,Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation
Standard 15. Resource Utilization
Standard 16. Environmental Health
Standard 17. Collegiality - CORRECT ANSWER - List the 17 aspects that comprise the
ANA Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice Standards.
1. The state practice act must permit delegation and outline the authorized task(s) to be delegated
or authorize the RN to decide delegation.
2. The person making the delegation has the appropriate qualifications
3. The person receiving the delegation must have the appropriate qualifications - CORRECT
ANSWER - There are three criteria to be considered by the RN when deciding to delegate
care activities. List these criteria.
1. The initial and ongoing nursing assessment of the patient and the patient's nursing care needs
2. The determination of the nursing diagnosis, nursing care plan, evaluation of the patient's
progress in relation to the care plan, and evaluation of the nursing care delivered to the patient
3. The supervision and education of nursing personnel; patient teaching that requires an
assessment of the patient and the patient's education needs
4. Any other nursing intervention that requires professional nursing knowledge, judgment, and/or
skill - CORRECT ANSWER - Note nursing care or tasks that should never be delegated
except to another RN.
1. Right task
2. Right circumstances
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
,5. Right supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the Five Rights of Delegation?
Systematic:
--Each nursing activity is part of an ordered sequence of activities.
Dynamic:
--There is great interaction and overlapping among the five steps.
Interpersonal:
--The nursing process ensures that nurses are person centered rather than task centered
Outcome Oriented:
--The patient benefits from continuity of care, and each nurse's care moves the patient closer to
outcome achievement.
Universally Applicable in Nursing Situations:
--When nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process, they find that they can practice
nursing with well or ill people, young or old, in any type of practice setting. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Describe the 5 Characteristics of the Nursing Process.
Assessing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for the collection, validation, and
communication of patient data
Diagnosing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for the analysis of patient data to identify
patient strengths and health problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or
resolve
Outcome Identification and Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms for the specification
of (1) patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve the problems identified in the nursing
diagnoses; and (2) related nursing interventions
, Implementing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for carrying out the plan of care
Evaluating - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for measuring the extent to which the patient
has achieved the outcomes specified in the plan of care; identifying factors that positively or
negatively influenced outcome achievement; revising the plan of care if necessary
As two-part statements listing the patient's problem and it's etiology
-OR-
Three-part statements that also include the problem, it's etiology, and defining characteristics -
CORRECT ANSWER - How are most nursing diagnoses written?
Phrase the nursing diagnosis as a patient problem or alteration in health state rather than as a
patient need.
Check to make sure that the patient problem precedes the etiology and that the two are linked by
the phrase "related to."
Defining characteristics, when included in the nursing diagnosis, should follow the etiology and
be linked by the phrase "as manifested by" or "as evidenced by."
Write in legally advisable terms.
Use nonjudgmental language.
Be sure the problem statement indicates what is unhealthy about the patient or what the patient
wants to change (enhance).
Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognized authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. Professional organization that sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. Autonomy and self-regulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Note the seven characteristics
that qualify an occupation as a profession.
Standard 1. Assessment
Standard 2. Diagnosis
Standard 3. Outcomes Identification
Standard 4. Planning
Standard 5. Implementation
Standard 5a. Coordination of Care
Standard 5b. Health Teaching and Promotion
Standard 5c. Consultation
Standard 5d. Prescriptive Authority and Treatment
Standard 6. Evaluation
Standard 7. Ethics
Standard 8. Education
Standard 9. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
Standard 10. Quality of Practice
Standard 11. Communication
Standard 12. Leadership
Standard 13. Collaboration
,Standard 14. Professional Practice Evaluation
Standard 15. Resource Utilization
Standard 16. Environmental Health
Standard 17. Collegiality - CORRECT ANSWER - List the 17 aspects that comprise the
ANA Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice Standards.
1. The state practice act must permit delegation and outline the authorized task(s) to be delegated
or authorize the RN to decide delegation.
2. The person making the delegation has the appropriate qualifications
3. The person receiving the delegation must have the appropriate qualifications - CORRECT
ANSWER - There are three criteria to be considered by the RN when deciding to delegate
care activities. List these criteria.
1. The initial and ongoing nursing assessment of the patient and the patient's nursing care needs
2. The determination of the nursing diagnosis, nursing care plan, evaluation of the patient's
progress in relation to the care plan, and evaluation of the nursing care delivered to the patient
3. The supervision and education of nursing personnel; patient teaching that requires an
assessment of the patient and the patient's education needs
4. Any other nursing intervention that requires professional nursing knowledge, judgment, and/or
skill - CORRECT ANSWER - Note nursing care or tasks that should never be delegated
except to another RN.
1. Right task
2. Right circumstances
3. Right person
4. Right direction/communication
,5. Right supervision - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the Five Rights of Delegation?
Systematic:
--Each nursing activity is part of an ordered sequence of activities.
Dynamic:
--There is great interaction and overlapping among the five steps.
Interpersonal:
--The nursing process ensures that nurses are person centered rather than task centered
Outcome Oriented:
--The patient benefits from continuity of care, and each nurse's care moves the patient closer to
outcome achievement.
Universally Applicable in Nursing Situations:
--When nurses have a working knowledge of the nursing process, they find that they can practice
nursing with well or ill people, young or old, in any type of practice setting. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Describe the 5 Characteristics of the Nursing Process.
Assessing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for the collection, validation, and
communication of patient data
Diagnosing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for the analysis of patient data to identify
patient strengths and health problems that independent nursing intervention can prevent or
resolve
Outcome Identification and Planning - CORRECT ANSWER - Terms for the specification
of (1) patient outcomes to prevent, reduce, or resolve the problems identified in the nursing
diagnoses; and (2) related nursing interventions
, Implementing - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for carrying out the plan of care
Evaluating - CORRECT ANSWER - A term for measuring the extent to which the patient
has achieved the outcomes specified in the plan of care; identifying factors that positively or
negatively influenced outcome achievement; revising the plan of care if necessary
As two-part statements listing the patient's problem and it's etiology
-OR-
Three-part statements that also include the problem, it's etiology, and defining characteristics -
CORRECT ANSWER - How are most nursing diagnoses written?
Phrase the nursing diagnosis as a patient problem or alteration in health state rather than as a
patient need.
Check to make sure that the patient problem precedes the etiology and that the two are linked by
the phrase "related to."
Defining characteristics, when included in the nursing diagnosis, should follow the etiology and
be linked by the phrase "as manifested by" or "as evidenced by."
Write in legally advisable terms.
Use nonjudgmental language.
Be sure the problem statement indicates what is unhealthy about the patient or what the patient
wants to change (enhance).
