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ANSWERS.PASSING GRADES
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in
the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. - answer ✔✔-what is nursing?
includes families and/or communities - answer ✔✔-patient centered care
-administer quality care
-be responsible and accountable - answer ✔✔-professionalism
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
Institute of Medicine (IOM) publication on The Future of Nursing - answer ✔✔-Health care advocacy
groups
-current knowledge and practice standards
-insightful and compassionate approach
-critical thinking (built by experiences) - answer ✔✔-requirements of nursing
novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, expert - answer ✔✔-Benner's stages of nursing
proficiency
beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation with no previous level of experience -
answer ✔✔-novice
, A nurse who has had some level of experience with the situation. This experience may only be
observational in nature, but the nurse is able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
- answer ✔✔-advanced beginner
-same clinical position for 2-3 years
-understands organization and specific area of care - answer ✔✔-competent
-more than 2-3 years of experience in the same clinical position
-able to asses an entire situation and can readily transfer knowledge - answer ✔✔-proficient
-diverse experience who has intuitive grasp of an existing or potential clinical problem - answer ✔✔-
expert
1960: Documentation began
Standards of Practice
Standards of Professional Performance - answer ✔✔-Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
To improve the health and well-being of all individuals, communities, and populations through the
significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standards-based practice - answer ✔✔-
goal of nursing
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation - answer ✔✔-6 standards of practice
the collection of data about an individual's health state - answer ✔✔-assessment