Chapter 3 Exam
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1. scope of nursing practice: Sets forth the services or activities that licensed professionals are deemed
competent and permitted to perform.
2. Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN): Set of nursing competencies and pro-
posed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all prelicensure nursing students should have attained for
entry to practice.
3. National League of Nursing Integrating Competencies: Competencies that serve as a
resource to ensure that all students in prelicensure nursing programs are educated at the same fundamental level
upon entry to practice.
4. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Essentials: Essentials of skills, knowledge and attitudes a
graduate of a baccalaureate nursing program should demonstrate upon graduation.
5. National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN): Group of nursing regulatory bodies
whose purpose is to protect the health and welfare of the public by ensuring that licensed nurses deliver safe and
competent nursing care through recommendation of nursing practice regulations and competency assessment.
6. NCSBN Transition to Practice (TTP) model: A recognized program of active learning used across
all practice settings for newly licensed nurses (RN and LPN) intended to assist their transition from education to practice.
7. standards of professional nursing practice: Defines the nurse's responsibilities and account-
ability required for every practicing nurse, regardless of role, specialty, or area of concentration. They include Standards
of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance.
8. Standards of Practice: Explanatory statements that describe a competent level of care for all nurses, using
the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
9. Standards of Professional Performance: Defines competent behavior of all registered nurses
where professional care is provided.
10. National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX): Nationwide standardized test for the
examination and licensing of either registered nurses or practical nurses developed by the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing.
11. licensure: A state's legal authorization for a professional to practice within a specified industry and scope of
practice.
12. Nurse Licensure Compact: An agreement by state licensing boards that allow a nurse to practice in
any state that has adopted the compact under one license.
13. reciprocity: Ability to transfer current state license to another, providing the nurse has an initial nursing license
and is in good standing.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_itm4qy
1. scope of nursing practice: Sets forth the services or activities that licensed professionals are deemed
competent and permitted to perform.
2. Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN): Set of nursing competencies and pro-
posed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that all prelicensure nursing students should have attained for
entry to practice.
3. National League of Nursing Integrating Competencies: Competencies that serve as a
resource to ensure that all students in prelicensure nursing programs are educated at the same fundamental level
upon entry to practice.
4. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Essentials: Essentials of skills, knowledge and attitudes a
graduate of a baccalaureate nursing program should demonstrate upon graduation.
5. National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN): Group of nursing regulatory bodies
whose purpose is to protect the health and welfare of the public by ensuring that licensed nurses deliver safe and
competent nursing care through recommendation of nursing practice regulations and competency assessment.
6. NCSBN Transition to Practice (TTP) model: A recognized program of active learning used across
all practice settings for newly licensed nurses (RN and LPN) intended to assist their transition from education to practice.
7. standards of professional nursing practice: Defines the nurse's responsibilities and account-
ability required for every practicing nurse, regardless of role, specialty, or area of concentration. They include Standards
of Practice and Standards of Professional Performance.
8. Standards of Practice: Explanatory statements that describe a competent level of care for all nurses, using
the critical thinking model known as the nursing process.
9. Standards of Professional Performance: Defines competent behavior of all registered nurses
where professional care is provided.
10. National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX): Nationwide standardized test for the
examination and licensing of either registered nurses or practical nurses developed by the National Council of State
Boards of Nursing.
11. licensure: A state's legal authorization for a professional to practice within a specified industry and scope of
practice.
12. Nurse Licensure Compact: An agreement by state licensing boards that allow a nurse to practice in
any state that has adopted the compact under one license.
13. reciprocity: Ability to transfer current state license to another, providing the nurse has an initial nursing license
and is in good standing.
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