NUR 2058 DIMENSIONS OF NURSING
PRACTICE REVISION HANDBOOK 2026
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND COLLABORATIVE
PRACTICE
◉ Timeliness.
Answer: determine when the site was last updated and how
extensively the information was revised
◉ Presentation.
Answer: you often tell a lot about a website by its presentation, if the
graphics seem to be just decorative, it should raise a red flag about
the content of the site, and if you do not have access to the program
or article, move on to the next site
◉ Nurses' Code of Ethics.
Answer: general statements and thus do not give specific answers to
every possible ethical dilemma that might arise, offer guidance;
written by Florence Nightingale
◉ Meta-Ethics.
,Answer: The abstract, overarching philosophical way of
understanding ethics; "how we know what we know"; refined to
how do we know what is right and wrong
◉ Normative Ethics.
Answer: the use of the concepts and principles discovered by meta-
ethics to guide decision-making about specific actions in
determining what is right or wrong when interacting with other
people; tends to be more prescriptive than meta-ethics and forms
the basis for theories and system of ethics
◉ Applied Ethics.
Answer: The application of the theories and systems of ethics
developed by normative ethics to real-world situations; is broken
down into specialized fields such as health-care ethics, legal ethics,
bioethics, or business ethics and is mostly used by nurses and other
health-care providers
◉ Descriptive Ethics.
Answer: A bottom-up approach to ethics that starts with what
society is already doing ethically and developing ethical principles
based on the observed actions of people rather than starting with
ethical principles and applying them to society such as normative
ethics does.
, ◉ Nurses having autonomy and independence of practice.
Answer: No, despite efforts to expand nursing practice into more
independent areas through updated nurse practice legislation,
nursing retains much of its subservient image. Nurses in all health-
care settings must work closely with physicians, hospital
administrators, pharmacists, and other groups in the provision of
care
◉ Professional Unity.
Answer: There are approximately 2.7 million nurses in the United
States. It is not difficult to imagine the power that the ANA could
have to influence legislators and legislation if all of those nurses
were members of the organization rather than the 250,000 who
actually do belong, nurses need to belong to their national nursing
organization.
◉ Healthcare of Ancient civilizations.
Answer: Major concern was survival of the group since illness and
injury threatened this survival; practices grew from processes of
trial and error. Women tended to care for the ill and injured. Evil
spirits thought to be the cause. Medicine men and women who
practice witchcraft were considered religious figures.
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: the father of medicine; beliefs focus on harmony with the
natural law instead of on appeasing the gods. emphasized treating
PRACTICE REVISION HANDBOOK 2026
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND COLLABORATIVE
PRACTICE
◉ Timeliness.
Answer: determine when the site was last updated and how
extensively the information was revised
◉ Presentation.
Answer: you often tell a lot about a website by its presentation, if the
graphics seem to be just decorative, it should raise a red flag about
the content of the site, and if you do not have access to the program
or article, move on to the next site
◉ Nurses' Code of Ethics.
Answer: general statements and thus do not give specific answers to
every possible ethical dilemma that might arise, offer guidance;
written by Florence Nightingale
◉ Meta-Ethics.
,Answer: The abstract, overarching philosophical way of
understanding ethics; "how we know what we know"; refined to
how do we know what is right and wrong
◉ Normative Ethics.
Answer: the use of the concepts and principles discovered by meta-
ethics to guide decision-making about specific actions in
determining what is right or wrong when interacting with other
people; tends to be more prescriptive than meta-ethics and forms
the basis for theories and system of ethics
◉ Applied Ethics.
Answer: The application of the theories and systems of ethics
developed by normative ethics to real-world situations; is broken
down into specialized fields such as health-care ethics, legal ethics,
bioethics, or business ethics and is mostly used by nurses and other
health-care providers
◉ Descriptive Ethics.
Answer: A bottom-up approach to ethics that starts with what
society is already doing ethically and developing ethical principles
based on the observed actions of people rather than starting with
ethical principles and applying them to society such as normative
ethics does.
, ◉ Nurses having autonomy and independence of practice.
Answer: No, despite efforts to expand nursing practice into more
independent areas through updated nurse practice legislation,
nursing retains much of its subservient image. Nurses in all health-
care settings must work closely with physicians, hospital
administrators, pharmacists, and other groups in the provision of
care
◉ Professional Unity.
Answer: There are approximately 2.7 million nurses in the United
States. It is not difficult to imagine the power that the ANA could
have to influence legislators and legislation if all of those nurses
were members of the organization rather than the 250,000 who
actually do belong, nurses need to belong to their national nursing
organization.
◉ Healthcare of Ancient civilizations.
Answer: Major concern was survival of the group since illness and
injury threatened this survival; practices grew from processes of
trial and error. Women tended to care for the ill and injured. Evil
spirits thought to be the cause. Medicine men and women who
practice witchcraft were considered religious figures.
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: the father of medicine; beliefs focus on harmony with the
natural law instead of on appeasing the gods. emphasized treating
