"If this act had or had not occurred, would the results have been
the same?" is an example of which element of nursing practice?
Correct Answers causation
According to Provision Five in the ANA's Code of Ethics, what
is the nurse's responsibility Correct Answers to preserve
integrity and safety, to maintain competence to self and to others
Accountability is the Correct Answers state of being
responsible and answerable for one's own behavior
active Inquiry Correct Answers learning by being engaged in
the instructional process by means of such activities as
exploring, analyzing, communicating, creating, reflecting, or
actually using new information or experiences
Advanced Beginner Correct Answers New graduate up to 2
years.
Any new orientee to a different type of unit
ANA Position Statement on Incivility, Bullying, and Workplace
Violence Correct Answers both employer and nurses share a
legal. ethical and moral duty to establish and maintain a safe
workplace
Arbitration Correct Answers someone else decides the case for
them; both sides agreeing on a neutral arbitrator who will
actually decide the case with both sides agreeing to abide by that
decision
,Assigning Correct Answers Administratively directing a
person to perform a task that they have the legal authority to
perform
Average retirement age of faculty Correct Answers 62-63
Bargaining Correct Answers Trading or giving up something
desired by another individual or group in return for support for
one's own position
Behaviors of a PATIENT SAFETY ADVOCATE Correct
Answers *Uses the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Texas
Board of Nursing Rules related to safety
*Follows federal, state regulations and accrediting organization
guidlines for recommendations for safety
*Follows facility or organizational policies and procedures and
EBP Standards of Care
benefits of license Correct Answers *To protect the public
from harm
*individual practitioners accountable for their own actions
*setting a minimum safe level of practice for the group
*providing protection from unfair competition by less well
prepared or competent persons
Benner's Staff Nurse Levels Correct Answers Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
,Breach of duty Correct Answers failure of the nurse to follow
the standards of care
Camphina-Bacote Model of Cultural Competency Concepts
Correct Answers Cultural Desire
Cultural Awareness
Cultural Knowledge
Cultural Skill
Cultural Encounters
Characteristics of a competent nurse Correct Answers
*Consciously aware of making clinical decisions in terms of
long range goals or plans
*Uses deliberate planning
*Can set priorities with ease
*Can cope with and manage different and unexpected situations
Characteristics of a professional Correct Answers Personal
identification and commitment to the profession are strong, and
individuals are unlikely to change professions.
Characteristics of a proficient nurse Correct Answers *occurs
over time
*Demonstrates ability to anticipate events in a given situation
*Has developed some perceptions and a holistic understanding
which enhances decision making
*Makes decisions based on the whole situation in relationship to
long term goals of all parties
, Characteristics of an advanced beginner Correct Answers
*May know theory but not always able to apply in rapid manner.
*Needs to learn new patterns of associations
*Demonstrates marginal ability to care for patients.
*Must have had the experience to recognize it.
*Continues to concentrate on rules and takes in minimal new
information regarding a situation.
*Begins to understand principles that dictate nursing
interventions
Characteristics of an expert nurse Correct Answers *Uses both
perceptions and intuition based on clinical experiences
*Makes decisions with little wasted time
*Recognized by peers as the "one" to ask
*Prolonged time on same unit and facility with a high census
Characteristics of Collaboration Correct Answers Interaction
between two professionals.
Complementary knowledge and skills of both professionals.
Common interest in outcomes.
Open communication.
Cooperation.
Sharing ownership of both the process and the outcome
characteristics of reality shock Correct Answers *normal part
of the passage from advanced beginner to an experienced nurse.
*Early onset
*Reaction is this is not what they taught me in nursing school.
CHRONOLOGICAL FORMAT Correct Answers most recent
first