VA-BC Study Guide with Questions and Answers

VA-BC Study Guide with Questions and Answers What are the different vascular access competencies? ANSWERS Competency: Demonstration of knowledge, skills, and abilities at a defined level of expertise. Clinical competency in nursing: Five levels have been identified being novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. Clinical competency in medicine: specialty area including knowledge, skills, attitudes, and ability to translate. Competency assessment: evaluation measuring a set of skills and knowledge in the right way and right time. What is Interdisciplinary Collaboration? ANSWERS the process in which individuals from different disciplines collaborate to set goals, plan of care, make decisions, and solve problems. What is Cultural diversity? ANSWERS The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and life ways of a group that guides their thinking, decisions, and actions. What is a mentor? ANSWERS Person who teaches, guides, coaches, gives advice, and assistance to colleague creating a trusting relationship. What is Incidence, Incidence proportion, incidence rate, prevalence, morbidity, mortality? ANSWERS Incidence: Occurrence of new cases of disease or injury in a population over a certain time period.