ADN 110 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
American Nurses Association (ANA) - Answers - The national professional membership association of
nurses that works for the improvement of health standards and the availability of healthcare services,
fosters high professional standards for the nursing profession, and advances the economic and general
welfare of nurses
NLN (National League for Nursing) - Answers - focuses on excellence in nursing education. Serves the
school and the nurse educators. Four major goals: leader in nursing education, commitment to members,
champion for nurse educators, advancement of the science of nursing education
AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) - Answers - established to help colleges with
schools of nursing to improve higher standard of education
NSNA (national student nurses association) - Answers - an organization; all students preparing for initial
licensure as an RN are members and its mission is to mentor students
State Board of Nursing - Answers - A state board of nursing holds the legal authority for nursing practice
and regulates nursing practice through:
Establishing the requirements to obtain a
nursing license
Issuing nursing licenses
Determining the scope of practice
Setting minimum education standards
Managing disciplinary procedures
Interrogatories (State Board of Nursing) - Answers - A series of written questions for which written
answers are prepared by a party to a lawsuit, usually with the assistance of the party's attorney, and then
signed under oath. For the nurse to answer.
Conflict Resolution Strategies - Answers - Avoiding
Collaborating
Competing
Compromising
Cooperating/accommodating
Smoothing
hospice care - Answers - holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
palliative care - Answers - Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and emotional
comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family.
respite care - Answers - planned short-term care, usually for the purpose of relieving a full-time informal
caregiver
acute illness - Answers - A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
chronic illness - Answers - irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and requires
long-term health care
American Nurses Association (ANA) - Answers - The national professional membership association of
nurses that works for the improvement of health standards and the availability of healthcare services,
fosters high professional standards for the nursing profession, and advances the economic and general
welfare of nurses
NLN (National League for Nursing) - Answers - focuses on excellence in nursing education. Serves the
school and the nurse educators. Four major goals: leader in nursing education, commitment to members,
champion for nurse educators, advancement of the science of nursing education
AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) - Answers - established to help colleges with
schools of nursing to improve higher standard of education
NSNA (national student nurses association) - Answers - an organization; all students preparing for initial
licensure as an RN are members and its mission is to mentor students
State Board of Nursing - Answers - A state board of nursing holds the legal authority for nursing practice
and regulates nursing practice through:
Establishing the requirements to obtain a
nursing license
Issuing nursing licenses
Determining the scope of practice
Setting minimum education standards
Managing disciplinary procedures
Interrogatories (State Board of Nursing) - Answers - A series of written questions for which written
answers are prepared by a party to a lawsuit, usually with the assistance of the party's attorney, and then
signed under oath. For the nurse to answer.
Conflict Resolution Strategies - Answers - Avoiding
Collaborating
Competing
Compromising
Cooperating/accommodating
Smoothing
hospice care - Answers - holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
palliative care - Answers - Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical and emotional
comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family.
respite care - Answers - planned short-term care, usually for the purpose of relieving a full-time informal
caregiver
acute illness - Answers - A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
chronic illness - Answers - irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment and requires
long-term health care
