Nursing Profession – Q&A
American Nurses Association ✔️Ans - Establishes standards and
promotes professional development
Purpose of ANA ✔️Ans - Improve health standards and availability of
care
NCLEX testing ✔️Ans - Tests minimum capabilities for safe and effective
nursing practice
Essential features of professional nursing ✔️Ans - Specialized
knowledge, education, competence, ethical practice
Steps of the nursing process ✔️Ans - Assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, evaluation
Nurse practice acts ✔️Ans - Regulate scope of nursing practice and
protect public safety
National Council of State Boards of Nursing ✔️Ans - Oversees NCLEX
and tracks nursing license suspensions
Florence Nightingale ✔️Ans - Transformed nursing and considered
physical and psychosocial needs
Minimum educational preparation for nursing ✔️Ans - BSN for
professional nursing, ADN for technical nursing
Purpose of Medicare and Medicaid ✔️Ans - Decrease economic burden
and provide healthcare to older population and the poor
Culture and non-verbal communication ✔️Ans - Cultural components
that affect non-verbal communication
Importance of empathy in nursing ✔️Ans - Defining attributes utilized
in the profession of nursing