EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING AND
HEALTHCARE MELNYK COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
◉ What does health promotion involve?
Answer: Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each patient's
strengths to prevent illness and restore health.
◉ What is the focus of Healthy People 2030?
Answer: Promote healthy lives, reduce preventable diseases, and
eliminate health disparities.
◉ How do nurses prevent illness?
, Answer: By teaching and setting a personal example, such as
through prenatal education and healthy lifestyle information.
◉ What does restoring health focus on?
Answer: It focuses on the person with illness, including assessment,
direct care, and rehabilitation planning.
◉ What is the role of nurses in coping with disability and death?
Answer: Maximizing strengths, providing teaching, referrals, and
end-of-care services.
◉ What defines nursing as a professional discipline?
Answer: A well-defined body of knowledge, strong service
orientation, and adherence to a code of ethics.
◉ What is the purpose of professional formation in nursing
education?
Answer: To help students develop a professional identity and a
sense of belonging to the nursing profession.
◉ What are Nurse Practice Acts?
Answer: Laws that define the legal scope of nursing practice and
establish criteria for education and licensure.
HEALTHCARE MELNYK COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
◉ What does health promotion involve?
Answer: Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each patient's
strengths to prevent illness and restore health.
◉ What is the focus of Healthy People 2030?
Answer: Promote healthy lives, reduce preventable diseases, and
eliminate health disparities.
◉ How do nurses prevent illness?
, Answer: By teaching and setting a personal example, such as
through prenatal education and healthy lifestyle information.
◉ What does restoring health focus on?
Answer: It focuses on the person with illness, including assessment,
direct care, and rehabilitation planning.
◉ What is the role of nurses in coping with disability and death?
Answer: Maximizing strengths, providing teaching, referrals, and
end-of-care services.
◉ What defines nursing as a professional discipline?
Answer: A well-defined body of knowledge, strong service
orientation, and adherence to a code of ethics.
◉ What is the purpose of professional formation in nursing
education?
Answer: To help students develop a professional identity and a
sense of belonging to the nursing profession.
◉ What are Nurse Practice Acts?
Answer: Laws that define the legal scope of nursing practice and
establish criteria for education and licensure.
