NR 222 (Week 1) Chamberlain Care and Health
Promotion Question with Answers
What is Provision 5 (self-care) - ANSWER --Duties to Self and Others(1)
Nurses must take care of themselves before taking care of others. These duties
include health, safety, integrity, competence, and professional growth.
--Promotion of Personal Health, Safety, and Well-Being(2)
--Preservation of Wholeness of Character(3)
Nurses are moral agents in every setting. They embrace the values of the
profession and display them in all actions. Nurses must merge personal and
professional values to create an identity that is reflected in practice.
--Preservation of Integrity (4)
Threats to integrity may be encountered in practice. Nurses have a right and duty to
express opposition and only compromise if decisions preserve moral integrity.
When integrity is eroded, nurses experience moral distress.
--Maintenance of Competence and Continuation of Professional Growth (5)
Nurses must evaluate their performance periodically and commit to lifelong
learning and advanced study.
· The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to
promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain
competence, and continue personal and professional growth.
· Nurses view their own values and implement what is right in the care for the
patient.
the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses (working environment)
What is the Provision 6? - ANSWER The Environment and Moral Virtue:
Nurses are expected to foster a work environment filled with respect and caring,
communication, generosity, kindness, equality, prudence, and transparency.
Responsibility for the Healthcare Environment: Nurses participate in
interprofessional workplace advocacy to address unethical practices. They continue
to express concerns over unacceptable practices until changes are made. If the
environment continues to be unethical, they resign in order to preserve integrity.
The Environment and Ethical Obligation:
, 2
Nurses create a culture of excellence by formulating clear policies and procedures,
treating colleagues fairly and with dignity, and ensuring that all nurses understand
the code of ethics.
--The nurse, through individual and collective effort, establishes, maintains, and
improves the ethical environment of the work setting and conditions of
employment that are conducive to safe, quality healthcare
ANA scope and standard (18)
What is the Scope and Standards of Practice Standard 18 (Environmental Health) -
ANSWER -Creating a safe, healthy workplace.
-Fostering professionalism.
-Not tolerating abusive, destructive, or oppressive behaviors at work.
-Promoting evidence-based practices to create a psychologically and physically
safe environment.
-Assessing the environment to identify and reduce risks.
-Advocating for environmental health in the communities in which they work and
live.
-Incorporating technology to promote safe practice.
-Promoting sustainable, global environmental health policies that focus on the
prevention of hazards.
Tenets of Chamberlain Care
Drag and drop each tenet of Chamberlain Care® to match the corresponding
portion of the image. - ANSWER 1. Care for Faculty
2. Care for Students
3. Care for Partners
4. Care for Patients
5. Care for Community
"Chamberlain Care® is our way of
being___: ______ for ourselves informs and sustains caring ________ with our
colleagues, students, patients, and the ________ we touch" (Groenwald, 2018). -
ANSWER being
caring
relationships
community
, 3
What are ways to prevent compassion fatigue? Select all that apply. - ANSWER -
learn more about compassion fatigue
- establish professional boundaries
- practice self-care measures
- ponder self-awareness
In which ways can a health professional practice Chamberlain Care®? Select all
that apply. - ANSWER - set a goal to take a walk once each day
- volunteer to assist the homeless population in the local community
- listen to a colleague who talks about their sick parent
-make a small, realistic goal that might include regular exercise and a better
work/school/life balance
What is appropriate Chamberlain Care® you can do for self-care? Select all that
apply. - ANSWER - good hydration
- increase daylight exposure
- meditation
Sandra works as a charge nurse in a busy medical unit caring for very sick clients
with comorbidities. She frequently works overtime and has gained 30 pounds in
the past year. Which hormone produced in excess contributes to weight gain during
periods of chronic stress? - ANSWER cortisol
Which ways help prevent compassion fatigue? Select all that apply. - ANSWER -
attend debriefing sessions when traumatic events occur
- avoid working excessive hours of overtime
- exercise daily & spend time with friends
At Chamberlain University, a healthy environment begins with Chamberlain
Care®. What are the tenets of this model of practice? Select all that apply. -
ANSWER - Care for Faculty
- Care for Partners
- Care for Community
- Care for Students
- Care for Patients
Review the scenario below and select the signs that show compassion fatigue.
Julia is a new graduate nurse with just under one year of experience. She always
wanted to work in the Emergency Department but feels overwhelmed and