NURS 1871 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS
________ ensure that patients' autonomy and self-determination are respected.
correct answer Advocates
_________ include a variety of social, commercial, cultural, economic,
environmental, and political factors that affect health inequalities. They refer to
the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age (WHO, 2018b).
There are five categories of SDOH: economic stability, education, health and
health care, social and community context, and neighborhood and built
environment correct answer SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
__________ is a term used to describe a state of burnout and secondary
traumatic stress. Frequent, intense, or prolonged exposure to grief and loss places
nurses at risk for developing this. correct answer Compassion fatigue
___________ is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the
initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders. Although
the nursing profession regulates accountability through nursing audits and
standards of practice, you also need to develop a commitment to personal
professional accountability. For example, you independently implement coughing
and deep-breathing exercises to clear the lungs and promote oxygenation for a
patient who recently had major surgery. As you continue to care for this patient, a
complication arises. You note that the patient has a fever, and the surgical wound
has a yellow-green discharge. You collaborate with other health care
professionals to develop the best treatment plan for this patient's surgical wound
infection.
Profession _______ is different from personal or patient _______. correct answer
Autonomy
,___________ is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations correct answer Nursing
(QSEN competencies)
Function effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open
communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality
patient care.
Examples: Recognize the contributions of other health team members and
patient's family members. Discuss effective strategies for communicating and
resolving conflict. Participate in designing methods to support effective
teamwork. correct answer Teamwork and collaboration
(QSEN competencies)
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient and/or family
preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
Examples: Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific methods. Appreciate
strengths and weaknesses of scientific bases for practice. Appreciate the
importance of regularly reading relevant journals. correct answer Evidence-based
practice
(QSEN competencies)
, Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance.
Examples: Examine human factors, basic safety design principles, and commonly
used unsafe practices. Value own role in preventing errors. correct answer Safety
(QSEN competencies)
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in
providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's
preferences, values, and needs.
Examples: Involve family and friends in care. Elicit patient's values and
preferences. Provide care with respect for diversity of the human experience.
correct answer Patient-centered care
(QSEN competencies)
Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement
methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and
safety of health care systems.
Examples: Use tools such as flow charts and diagrams to make process of care
explicit. Appreciate how unwanted variation in outcomes affects care. Identify
gaps between local and best practices. correct answer Quality improvement
ANSWERS
________ ensure that patients' autonomy and self-determination are respected.
correct answer Advocates
_________ include a variety of social, commercial, cultural, economic,
environmental, and political factors that affect health inequalities. They refer to
the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age (WHO, 2018b).
There are five categories of SDOH: economic stability, education, health and
health care, social and community context, and neighborhood and built
environment correct answer SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
__________ is a term used to describe a state of burnout and secondary
traumatic stress. Frequent, intense, or prolonged exposure to grief and loss places
nurses at risk for developing this. correct answer Compassion fatigue
___________ is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the
initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders. Although
the nursing profession regulates accountability through nursing audits and
standards of practice, you also need to develop a commitment to personal
professional accountability. For example, you independently implement coughing
and deep-breathing exercises to clear the lungs and promote oxygenation for a
patient who recently had major surgery. As you continue to care for this patient, a
complication arises. You note that the patient has a fever, and the surgical wound
has a yellow-green discharge. You collaborate with other health care
professionals to develop the best treatment plan for this patient's surgical wound
infection.
Profession _______ is different from personal or patient _______. correct answer
Autonomy
,___________ is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the
diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations correct answer Nursing
(QSEN competencies)
Function effectively within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open
communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality
patient care.
Examples: Recognize the contributions of other health team members and
patient's family members. Discuss effective strategies for communicating and
resolving conflict. Participate in designing methods to support effective
teamwork. correct answer Teamwork and collaboration
(QSEN competencies)
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient and/or family
preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
Examples: Demonstrate knowledge of basic scientific methods. Appreciate
strengths and weaknesses of scientific bases for practice. Appreciate the
importance of regularly reading relevant journals. correct answer Evidence-based
practice
(QSEN competencies)
, Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance.
Examples: Examine human factors, basic safety design principles, and commonly
used unsafe practices. Value own role in preventing errors. correct answer Safety
(QSEN competencies)
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in
providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's
preferences, values, and needs.
Examples: Involve family and friends in care. Elicit patient's values and
preferences. Provide care with respect for diversity of the human experience.
correct answer Patient-centered care
(QSEN competencies)
Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement
methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and
safety of health care systems.
Examples: Use tools such as flow charts and diagrams to make process of care
explicit. Appreciate how unwanted variation in outcomes affects care. Identify
gaps between local and best practices. correct answer Quality improvement
