Associate degree in nursing - Answers a degree offered as culmination of a 2-year program that
includes some liberal arts and sciences curriculum but focuses more on nursing
Baccalaureate degree in nursing - Answers a degree from a 4-year nursing program in a higher
education institution
Provision 1 - Answers Practicing with compassion and respect for the patient regardless of
economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of their health problems
Provision 2 - Answers The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient (an individual, family,
group, or community)
Provision 3 - Answers Nurse promotes, advocates, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
rights of the patient
Provision 4 - Answers Nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and
determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide
optimum patient care (must know who is certified to do what when assigning tasks to team)
Provision 5 - Answers as nurses, we have to first take care of ourselves before we can take care
of others. This includes continuing education
Provision 6 - Answers nurse participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving healthcare
environments and conditions of employment conducive to the provision of quality healthcare
and consistent with the values of the profession through individual and collective action
Provision 7 - Answers nurse participates in the advancement of the profession through
contributions to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development
Provision 8 - Answers nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public in
promoting community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs (ex: ebola, zika
virus)
Provision 9 - Answers the profession of nursing, as represented by association and their
members, is responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the
profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy (ex: ANA)
Agent A - Answers Granting consent (the patient)
Agent B - Answers Requesting consent (nurse, doctor, hospital)
course of action - Answers what they are granting consent for (treatment)
Competence, voluntariness, knowledge, and intention - Answers What are the four things that
must be met in order for consent to be given?