NUR 1023C Exam 1 Study Guide
Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER-a sense of oneself that is influenced
by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an
individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
Nursing requires: - CORRECT ANSWER--Current knowledge and practice
standards
-Insightful and compassionate approach
-Critical thinking
Patricia Benner's Stages of Nursing Proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER--Novice
(beginning nursing student or new situation)
-Advanced beginner
-Competent (2-3 years as a nurse)
-Proficient
-Expert
ANA Nursing Definition - CORRECT ANSWER-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.
Six standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcomes Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-A code of ethics is the philosophical ideals
of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care.
Professional Roles - CORRECT ANSWER-Autonomy and Accountability
Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
Examples of a Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER-Integrity
Compassion
Courage
,Humility
Advocacy
Human Flourishing
Essential Skills - CORRECT ANSWER-Time management
Therapeutic communication
Patient education
Compassionate implementation of bedside skills
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER-First practicing epidemiologist
Organized first school of nursing
Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
Practices remain a basic part of nursing today
Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-universal phenomenon influencing the ways in
which people think, feel, and behave in relation to one another
Leininger's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-provide care consistent with nursing's
emerging science and knowledge with caring as central focus
Watson's Transpersonal Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Promotes healing and
wholeness
Rejects the disease orientation to health care
Places care before cure
Emphasizes the nurse-patient relationship
Swanson's Theory of Caring - CORRECT ANSWER--defines caring as a nurturing
way of relating to an individual
-states that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but is not necessarily unique
to nursing practice
Providing Presence - CORRECT ANSWER-being with, eye contact, body
language, tone of voice, listening, positive and encouraging attitude
Touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Provides comfort and creates a connection
Contact Touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Task-oriented touch
Caring touch
Protective touch
Listening - CORRECT ANSWER-creates trust, opens lines of communication,
creates a mutual relationship
Knowing the Patient - CORRECT ANSWER-develops over time
core process of clinical decision making
, aspects include: responses to therapy, routines, and habits; coping resources;
physical capacities and endurance
Spiritual Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Spiritual health is achieved when a person
can find a balance between his life values, goals, and belief symptoms and those
of others.
Spirituality offers a sense of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal
connectedness.
Relieving Symptoms and Suffering - CORRECT ANSWER--Performing caring
nursing actions that give a patient comfort, dignity, respect, and peace
-Providing necessary comfort and support measures to the family or significant
others
-Creating a physical patient care environment that soothes and heals the mind,
body, and spirit
-Comforting through a listening, nonjudgmental, caring presence
Challenges of Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Task-oriented biomedical model
Institutional demands
Time constraints
Reliance on technology, cost-effective strategies, and standardized work
processes
Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-the development of partnerships to achieve
best possible outcomes that reflect the particular needs of the patient, family, or
community, requiring an understanding of what others have to offer.
Categories of Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Nurse-patient, nurse-nurse,
interprofessional, and interorganizational
Nurse-Patient Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Assess-- what is the pertinent
data?
Diagnose-- what are the priority nursing concerns?
Outcomes Identification-- what are the goals? (must be patient-centered and
measurable)
Planning-- what is the plan to address these goals?
Implementation-- what is the best way to activate the plan?
Evaluation-- how is the plan working?
interprofessional collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Working across
professional disciplines to optimize patient care is an expectation in health care
delivery
Attributes of Collaborative Practice - CORRECT ANSWER-Values and ethics
Roles and responsibilities
Communication
Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER-a sense of oneself that is influenced
by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an
individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
Nursing requires: - CORRECT ANSWER--Current knowledge and practice
standards
-Insightful and compassionate approach
-Critical thinking
Patricia Benner's Stages of Nursing Proficiency - CORRECT ANSWER--Novice
(beginning nursing student or new situation)
-Advanced beginner
-Competent (2-3 years as a nurse)
-Proficient
-Expert
ANA Nursing Definition - CORRECT ANSWER-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.
Six standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcomes Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
Code of Ethics - CORRECT ANSWER-A code of ethics is the philosophical ideals
of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care.
Professional Roles - CORRECT ANSWER-Autonomy and Accountability
Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
Examples of a Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER-Integrity
Compassion
Courage
,Humility
Advocacy
Human Flourishing
Essential Skills - CORRECT ANSWER-Time management
Therapeutic communication
Patient education
Compassionate implementation of bedside skills
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER-First practicing epidemiologist
Organized first school of nursing
Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
Practices remain a basic part of nursing today
Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-universal phenomenon influencing the ways in
which people think, feel, and behave in relation to one another
Leininger's Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-provide care consistent with nursing's
emerging science and knowledge with caring as central focus
Watson's Transpersonal Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Promotes healing and
wholeness
Rejects the disease orientation to health care
Places care before cure
Emphasizes the nurse-patient relationship
Swanson's Theory of Caring - CORRECT ANSWER--defines caring as a nurturing
way of relating to an individual
-states that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but is not necessarily unique
to nursing practice
Providing Presence - CORRECT ANSWER-being with, eye contact, body
language, tone of voice, listening, positive and encouraging attitude
Touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Provides comfort and creates a connection
Contact Touch - CORRECT ANSWER-Task-oriented touch
Caring touch
Protective touch
Listening - CORRECT ANSWER-creates trust, opens lines of communication,
creates a mutual relationship
Knowing the Patient - CORRECT ANSWER-develops over time
core process of clinical decision making
, aspects include: responses to therapy, routines, and habits; coping resources;
physical capacities and endurance
Spiritual Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Spiritual health is achieved when a person
can find a balance between his life values, goals, and belief symptoms and those
of others.
Spirituality offers a sense of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal
connectedness.
Relieving Symptoms and Suffering - CORRECT ANSWER--Performing caring
nursing actions that give a patient comfort, dignity, respect, and peace
-Providing necessary comfort and support measures to the family or significant
others
-Creating a physical patient care environment that soothes and heals the mind,
body, and spirit
-Comforting through a listening, nonjudgmental, caring presence
Challenges of Caring - CORRECT ANSWER-Task-oriented biomedical model
Institutional demands
Time constraints
Reliance on technology, cost-effective strategies, and standardized work
processes
Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-the development of partnerships to achieve
best possible outcomes that reflect the particular needs of the patient, family, or
community, requiring an understanding of what others have to offer.
Categories of Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Nurse-patient, nurse-nurse,
interprofessional, and interorganizational
Nurse-Patient Collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Assess-- what is the pertinent
data?
Diagnose-- what are the priority nursing concerns?
Outcomes Identification-- what are the goals? (must be patient-centered and
measurable)
Planning-- what is the plan to address these goals?
Implementation-- what is the best way to activate the plan?
Evaluation-- how is the plan working?
interprofessional collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER-Working across
professional disciplines to optimize patient care is an expectation in health care
delivery
Attributes of Collaborative Practice - CORRECT ANSWER-Values and ethics
Roles and responsibilities
Communication
