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Questions & Answers | Graded A+
Which of the following is a competency expected of registered nurses for ANA Standard 9:
Communication? - ANSWER Demonstrates Cultural empathy when communicating.
Which of the following is the first question when assessing an interprofessional teams effectiveness?
- ANSWER Do team members know each other's names?
The family of a client in a burn unit asks the nurse for information. The nurse sits with the family and
discusses their concerns. What type of communication is this? - ANSWER Interpersonal
What part of communication can be verbal? - ANSWER Tone used, Clarity, Relevance, and Timing
Working jointly with other healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes is called what? -
ANSWER Collaboration
When using the SBAR to communicate with a physician, what information does the nurse offer first? -
ANSWER Nurse's name, patient name, and reason for the communication
Which action by the nurse is a nonverbal behavior that enhances communication? - ANSWER Sitting
down to speak with a patient.
A patient with severe substernal chest pain comes to the emergency department. The patient is
restless and anxious. Which statement by the nurse appropriately offers reassurance? - ANSWER "Ill
give you some medication to help relieve the pain"
The nurse is preparing a patient for a CT scan of the abdomen. Patients must be NPO for 8 hours and
void several minutes before the test. Which statement by the nurse is best to help prepare the
patient? - ANSWER "You cannot have anything to eat or drink for 8 hours before your test" This is
correct because it uses terms that the patient can understand.
The competency statement, "communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to
quality care delivery" would most appropriately be associated with which domain identified in
AACN's BSN essentials document published in 2021? - ANSWER Interprofessional partnerships
, Which of the following concepts identified by the American Association for colleges of nursing(AACN)
is "an exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings through a variety of mechanisms?" - ANSWER
Communication
Which of the following domains identified by the AACN includes "actives and self-reflection that
foster personal health, resilience and support the acquisition of nursing expertise... - ANSWER
Personal, professional, and leadership development.
AACN Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice - ANSWER - Integration, translation, and application
of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing.
-distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and
innovation in nursing practice.
AACN Domain 2: Person Centered-Care - ANSWER -focuses on the individual within multiple
complicated contexts, including family and/or important others.
-Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated,
evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate.
AACN Domain 3: Population Health - ANSWER -spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public
health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities...for
the improvement of equitable population health outcomes
AACN Domain 4: Scholarship for Nursing Discipline - ANSWER -The generation, synthesis, translation,
application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
AACN Domain 5: Quality and Safety - ANSWER -established and emerging principles of safety and
improvement science...enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through
both system effectiveness and individual performance.
AACN Domain 6: Interprofessional Partnerships - ANSWER -: Intentional collaboration across
professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to
optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
AACN Domain 7: Systems based practice - ANSWER - Responding to and leading within complex
systems of health care. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe,
quality, equitable care to diverse populations.
Questions & Answers | Graded A+
Which of the following is a competency expected of registered nurses for ANA Standard 9:
Communication? - ANSWER Demonstrates Cultural empathy when communicating.
Which of the following is the first question when assessing an interprofessional teams effectiveness?
- ANSWER Do team members know each other's names?
The family of a client in a burn unit asks the nurse for information. The nurse sits with the family and
discusses their concerns. What type of communication is this? - ANSWER Interpersonal
What part of communication can be verbal? - ANSWER Tone used, Clarity, Relevance, and Timing
Working jointly with other healthcare professionals to improve patient outcomes is called what? -
ANSWER Collaboration
When using the SBAR to communicate with a physician, what information does the nurse offer first? -
ANSWER Nurse's name, patient name, and reason for the communication
Which action by the nurse is a nonverbal behavior that enhances communication? - ANSWER Sitting
down to speak with a patient.
A patient with severe substernal chest pain comes to the emergency department. The patient is
restless and anxious. Which statement by the nurse appropriately offers reassurance? - ANSWER "Ill
give you some medication to help relieve the pain"
The nurse is preparing a patient for a CT scan of the abdomen. Patients must be NPO for 8 hours and
void several minutes before the test. Which statement by the nurse is best to help prepare the
patient? - ANSWER "You cannot have anything to eat or drink for 8 hours before your test" This is
correct because it uses terms that the patient can understand.
The competency statement, "communicate in a manner that facilitates a partnership approach to
quality care delivery" would most appropriately be associated with which domain identified in
AACN's BSN essentials document published in 2021? - ANSWER Interprofessional partnerships
, Which of the following concepts identified by the American Association for colleges of nursing(AACN)
is "an exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings through a variety of mechanisms?" - ANSWER
Communication
Which of the following domains identified by the AACN includes "actives and self-reflection that
foster personal health, resilience and support the acquisition of nursing expertise... - ANSWER
Personal, professional, and leadership development.
AACN Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice - ANSWER - Integration, translation, and application
of established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge and ways of knowing.
-distinguishes the practice of professional nursing and forms the basis for clinical judgment and
innovation in nursing practice.
AACN Domain 2: Person Centered-Care - ANSWER -focuses on the individual within multiple
complicated contexts, including family and/or important others.
-Person-centered care is holistic, individualized, just, respectful, compassionate, coordinated,
evidence-based, and developmentally appropriate.
AACN Domain 3: Population Health - ANSWER -spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public
health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities...for
the improvement of equitable population health outcomes
AACN Domain 4: Scholarship for Nursing Discipline - ANSWER -The generation, synthesis, translation,
application, and dissemination of nursing knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
AACN Domain 5: Quality and Safety - ANSWER -established and emerging principles of safety and
improvement science...enhance quality and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through
both system effectiveness and individual performance.
AACN Domain 6: Interprofessional Partnerships - ANSWER -: Intentional collaboration across
professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to
optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes.
AACN Domain 7: Systems based practice - ANSWER - Responding to and leading within complex
systems of health care. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe,
quality, equitable care to diverse populations.
