NURS 6540 FINAL EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Professional identity. Answer: a sense of oneself, and in relation to
others, that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the
nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and
feeling like a nurse
◉ Personal identity attributes. Answer: - Hearing expectations
clearly
- Value debriefing & feedback from role models
- Engage in reflection
- Actively adopt a professional identity
- Understand your own responsibilities for learning & be
accountable
- Build relationships with those around you
- Develop personal self care habits
- Embrace any opportunity or experiences with clients
◉ Standards of practice. Answer: a competent level of nursing care
demonstrated by the nursing process
,◉ Standards of professional performance. Answer: a competent
level of behavior in the professional role to ensure clients receive
high-quality care
◉ Code of ethics. Answer: philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define principles you will use to provide care to your clients
◉ Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN). Answer:
addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies
needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work
environments
◉ Nurse practice acts. Answer: regulate the scope of nursing
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare from unqualified and
unsafe nurses
- Each state defines for itself the scope of nursing practice, but most
have similar NPAs
- The Alabama NPA establishes the Alabama Board of Nursing as the
state's regulatory authority for RNs, APRNs, & LPNs
◉ Ethics. Answer: study or examination of morality through a
variety of different approaches
- Deals specifically with the concepts of right and wrong
- Involves critical thinking and actions
,◉ Ethical sensitivity. Answer: helps us recognize when there is an
ethical problem or dilemma
◉ Ethical reflection and analysis. Answer: enable us to thinking
critically to rank our ethical obligations and priorities
◉ Ethical decision making. Answer: a method of ensuring that the
action we take is well reasoned and can be justified
◉ Moral courage. Answer: enables us to act on our decisions even
under the most challenging circumstances
◉ Societal ethics. Answer: - Healthcare law
- Scope of nursing practice
◉ Organizational ethics. Answer: Systems, practices, policies, and
procedures
◉ Bioethics/clinical/research ethics. Answer: research using
humans as test subjects
◉ Professional ethics. Answer: - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Code of Ethics for Nurses
, - Ethical standards and expectations of a profession
- Nurses are held to a higher standard because of the privileged role
we have in society
- Ethics become a fundamental element of your professional identity
and character
- Codes of conduct are aimed at the highest ideals of practice
◉ Personal ethics. Answer: may differ from those of the society or
organization in which we work
◉ Ethical problem. Answer: a problem with an ethical dimension,
most with reasonably clear solutions & others more complex
◉ Ethical dilemma. Answer: a problem for which something wrong
must be done in order to do something right
- Impossible to meet all the ethical requirements in the situation
- Must be sensitive to the ethical dimensions of a situation
- Able to use ethical concepts to analyze and reflect on the ethical
conflicts within the dilemma
◉ Autonomy. Answer: respect for persons
◉ Beneficence. Answer: to do good
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Professional identity. Answer: a sense of oneself, and in relation to
others, that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the
nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and
feeling like a nurse
◉ Personal identity attributes. Answer: - Hearing expectations
clearly
- Value debriefing & feedback from role models
- Engage in reflection
- Actively adopt a professional identity
- Understand your own responsibilities for learning & be
accountable
- Build relationships with those around you
- Develop personal self care habits
- Embrace any opportunity or experiences with clients
◉ Standards of practice. Answer: a competent level of nursing care
demonstrated by the nursing process
,◉ Standards of professional performance. Answer: a competent
level of behavior in the professional role to ensure clients receive
high-quality care
◉ Code of ethics. Answer: philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define principles you will use to provide care to your clients
◉ Quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN). Answer:
addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies
needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work
environments
◉ Nurse practice acts. Answer: regulate the scope of nursing
- Protect public health, safety, and welfare from unqualified and
unsafe nurses
- Each state defines for itself the scope of nursing practice, but most
have similar NPAs
- The Alabama NPA establishes the Alabama Board of Nursing as the
state's regulatory authority for RNs, APRNs, & LPNs
◉ Ethics. Answer: study or examination of morality through a
variety of different approaches
- Deals specifically with the concepts of right and wrong
- Involves critical thinking and actions
,◉ Ethical sensitivity. Answer: helps us recognize when there is an
ethical problem or dilemma
◉ Ethical reflection and analysis. Answer: enable us to thinking
critically to rank our ethical obligations and priorities
◉ Ethical decision making. Answer: a method of ensuring that the
action we take is well reasoned and can be justified
◉ Moral courage. Answer: enables us to act on our decisions even
under the most challenging circumstances
◉ Societal ethics. Answer: - Healthcare law
- Scope of nursing practice
◉ Organizational ethics. Answer: Systems, practices, policies, and
procedures
◉ Bioethics/clinical/research ethics. Answer: research using
humans as test subjects
◉ Professional ethics. Answer: - American Nurses Association (ANA)
Code of Ethics for Nurses
, - Ethical standards and expectations of a profession
- Nurses are held to a higher standard because of the privileged role
we have in society
- Ethics become a fundamental element of your professional identity
and character
- Codes of conduct are aimed at the highest ideals of practice
◉ Personal ethics. Answer: may differ from those of the society or
organization in which we work
◉ Ethical problem. Answer: a problem with an ethical dimension,
most with reasonably clear solutions & others more complex
◉ Ethical dilemma. Answer: a problem for which something wrong
must be done in order to do something right
- Impossible to meet all the ethical requirements in the situation
- Must be sensitive to the ethical dimensions of a situation
- Able to use ethical concepts to analyze and reflect on the ethical
conflicts within the dilemma
◉ Autonomy. Answer: respect for persons
◉ Beneficence. Answer: to do good
