NUR 406 Exam 1 Complete Questions
With Verified Answers
\Q\.Standards: - ANSWERS✔-communicate the EXPECTATIONS of safe and
effective nursing practice within the scope of the practice. (regulated by the Board
of Nursing)
\Q\.Algorithms: - ANSWERS✔-a stepwise decision-making flowchart for a specific
care process or processes. Algorithms guide the clinician through the "if, then"
decision making process
\Q\.Practice Guidelines: - ANSWERS✔-usually created by an expert panel and
developed by a professional organization. Typically written in text prose style
rather than a flowchart.
\Q\.Protocols: - ANSWERS✔-a common tool in research studies. Protocols are
more directive and rigid than guidelines, and providers are not supposed to vary
from a protocol. Built in alerts signal the provider to potentially serious problems.
\Q\.What is the AACN and what does it do? - ANSWERS✔-The AACN is the
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, most closely associated with critical
care nurses. The world's largest specialty nursing organization created in 1969.
Develops and administers many critical care specialty certifications examination
for registered nurses. Created the beacon of excellence reward for exceptional
care through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction.
,\Q\.Nursing process: what is it? - ANSWERS✔-Assess, Diagnose, Planning,
Implementing, Evaluating
\Q\.Components of evidence-based practice: - ANSWERS✔-Evidence-based
nursing practice considers the BEST RESEARCH EVIDENCE on the care topic, along
with CLINICAL EXPERTISE of the nurse, and PATIENT PREFERENCE. AANC has
promulgated several EBP summaries in the form of a "practice alert"
\Q\.Respect for persons/autonomy: - ANSWERS✔-honor the patients right to
autonomy or to self-determine a course of action without coercion or undue
interference from others.
\Q\.Beneficence and non-maleficence: - ANSWERS✔-actions that maximize good
and minimize harm to the patient, often in a delicate balance.
\Q\.Veracity: - ANSWERS✔-the quality of being truthful, a principle that underlies
a trusting relationship between nurse and patient
\Q\.Fidelity: - ANSWERS✔-an essential aspect of nursing, is the quality of keeping
commitments and includes commitments to confidentiality and privacy; it is based
on the virtue of caring.
\Q\.Justice: - ANSWERS✔-equitable distribution of limited resources (usually
organs for transplant, access to healthcare, which is not a constitutional right)
, \Q\.8 Steps in the ethical decision making model: - ANSWERS✔-1. Identify health
problems
2. Define the ethical issue(s)
3. Gather additional information (contextual data, useful information)
4. Identify the stakeholders and delineate the decision-maker
5. Examine ethical norms and other relevant norms (personal values, beliefs,
moral convictions of all involved in the decision process should be examined as
they may inappropriately influence decisions away from the values and
preferences of the patient)
6. Explore alternative options
7. Implement decisions/Act
8. Evaluate and modify actions
\Q\.Torts: - ANSWERS✔-civil lawsuits based on unintentional acts (failure to act or
negligence that results in harm) or intentional acts, such as assault, battery, or
defamation.
\Q\.Ordinary Negligence: - ANSWERS✔-failing to act as a reasonably prudent
person would under similar circumstances: 1) duty to another person 2) breach of
that duty 3) harm that would not have occurred in the absence of the breach
(causation), 4) damages that have a monetary value
\Q\.Professional Malpractice: - ANSWERS✔-malpractice requires the alleged
wrongdoer to have special standing as professional
\Q\.Breach: - ANSWERS✔-failure to act within applicable standards of care
With Verified Answers
\Q\.Standards: - ANSWERS✔-communicate the EXPECTATIONS of safe and
effective nursing practice within the scope of the practice. (regulated by the Board
of Nursing)
\Q\.Algorithms: - ANSWERS✔-a stepwise decision-making flowchart for a specific
care process or processes. Algorithms guide the clinician through the "if, then"
decision making process
\Q\.Practice Guidelines: - ANSWERS✔-usually created by an expert panel and
developed by a professional organization. Typically written in text prose style
rather than a flowchart.
\Q\.Protocols: - ANSWERS✔-a common tool in research studies. Protocols are
more directive and rigid than guidelines, and providers are not supposed to vary
from a protocol. Built in alerts signal the provider to potentially serious problems.
\Q\.What is the AACN and what does it do? - ANSWERS✔-The AACN is the
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, most closely associated with critical
care nurses. The world's largest specialty nursing organization created in 1969.
Develops and administers many critical care specialty certifications examination
for registered nurses. Created the beacon of excellence reward for exceptional
care through improved outcomes and greater overall satisfaction.
,\Q\.Nursing process: what is it? - ANSWERS✔-Assess, Diagnose, Planning,
Implementing, Evaluating
\Q\.Components of evidence-based practice: - ANSWERS✔-Evidence-based
nursing practice considers the BEST RESEARCH EVIDENCE on the care topic, along
with CLINICAL EXPERTISE of the nurse, and PATIENT PREFERENCE. AANC has
promulgated several EBP summaries in the form of a "practice alert"
\Q\.Respect for persons/autonomy: - ANSWERS✔-honor the patients right to
autonomy or to self-determine a course of action without coercion or undue
interference from others.
\Q\.Beneficence and non-maleficence: - ANSWERS✔-actions that maximize good
and minimize harm to the patient, often in a delicate balance.
\Q\.Veracity: - ANSWERS✔-the quality of being truthful, a principle that underlies
a trusting relationship between nurse and patient
\Q\.Fidelity: - ANSWERS✔-an essential aspect of nursing, is the quality of keeping
commitments and includes commitments to confidentiality and privacy; it is based
on the virtue of caring.
\Q\.Justice: - ANSWERS✔-equitable distribution of limited resources (usually
organs for transplant, access to healthcare, which is not a constitutional right)
, \Q\.8 Steps in the ethical decision making model: - ANSWERS✔-1. Identify health
problems
2. Define the ethical issue(s)
3. Gather additional information (contextual data, useful information)
4. Identify the stakeholders and delineate the decision-maker
5. Examine ethical norms and other relevant norms (personal values, beliefs,
moral convictions of all involved in the decision process should be examined as
they may inappropriately influence decisions away from the values and
preferences of the patient)
6. Explore alternative options
7. Implement decisions/Act
8. Evaluate and modify actions
\Q\.Torts: - ANSWERS✔-civil lawsuits based on unintentional acts (failure to act or
negligence that results in harm) or intentional acts, such as assault, battery, or
defamation.
\Q\.Ordinary Negligence: - ANSWERS✔-failing to act as a reasonably prudent
person would under similar circumstances: 1) duty to another person 2) breach of
that duty 3) harm that would not have occurred in the absence of the breach
(causation), 4) damages that have a monetary value
\Q\.Professional Malpractice: - ANSWERS✔-malpractice requires the alleged
wrongdoer to have special standing as professional
\Q\.Breach: - ANSWERS✔-failure to act within applicable standards of care
