NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM BANK / 150 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 GRADED A+.

What is nursing: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abil-ities, 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 2. The scope of nursing provides the: who, what, where, when, why, and how 3. Healthcare consumers: patients, persons, clients,families, groups, communitiesor populations who are the focus of attention and to whom the RN is providing services 4. RNs: individuals who are educationally prepared and licensed by state commonwealth, territory, government, or regulatory body to practice as a registered nurse. 5. What are synonyms for RN?: Nurse and professional nurse 6. Graduate-level prepared RNs: prepared at the masters or doctoral educationlevel 7. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN): completed an accelerated grad-uate-level education program preparing them for the 4 recognized APRN roles. 8. What are the four APRN recognized roles?: certified registered nurse anes- thetist, certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner 9. What do you need to become a APRN?: passed a national certification, ad- vanced clinical knowledge (direct care of individuals), greater depth and breadth ofknowledge then RN's prepared to assume responsibility for health promotion assessment, diagnosis, andmanagement of patient problems obtained license 10. What does the standard of professional nursing practice consist of?: stan-dards of practice and standards of professional performance 11. Standards of Practice: describe a competent level of nursing care demonstrat- ed by critical thinking model known as the nursing process, and nursing process isthe foundation of clinical decision making and actions 12. How many standards are in the standards of practice?: Six 13. What are the standards of practice?: AssessmentDiagnosis Outcomes identification Planning Implementation Evaluation 14. Standard 1 of Practice 3 / 14 Assessment:: RN collects pertinent data/information relative to healthcare con-sumers health/situation 15. Standard 2 of Practice Diagnosis:: RN analyzes assessment data to determine actual problem 16. Standard 3 Practice Outcomes Identification:: RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individual-ized to the healthcare consumer 17. Standard 4 Practice Planning:: RN develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, mea-surable outcomes 18. Standard 5 Practice implementation:: RN implements the identified plan 19. Standard 5A Practice Coordination of Care:: RN coordinates care delivery 20. Standard 5B Practice HealthTeaching and Health Promotion:: RN employs strategies to promotehealth/safe environment. 21. Standard 6 Practice Evaluation:: RN evaluates progress toward attainment of goals 22. Standards of Professional Performance: competent level of behavior in theprofessional role 23. How many standards of professional performance are there?: Eleven 24. Standard 7 of Professional PerformanceEthics:: RN practices ethically 25. Standard 8 of Professional Performance Culturally Congruent Practice:: RN practices in a manner that is congruent withcultural diversity and inclusion principles 26. Standard 9 of Professional Performance Communication:: RN communicates effectively 27. Standard 10 of Professional Performance Collaboration:: RN collaborates with healthcare consumer 28. Standard 11 of Professional Performance Leadership:: RN leads 4 / 14 within professional practice setting 29. Standard 12 of Professional Performance Education:: RN seeks knowledge/competence reflects current nursing practice andpromotes futuristic thinking 30. Standard 13 of Professional Performance Evidence-based practice and research:: RN integrates evidence and researchfindings 31. Standard 14 of Professional Performance Quality of Practice:: RN contributes to quality nursing practice 5 / 14 32. Standard 15 of Professional Performance Professional Practice Evaluation:: RN evaluates one's own and other's nursingpractice 33. Standard 16 of Professional Performance Resource Utlization:: RN utlizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sus-tain evidence-based nursing services that are safe and effective 34. Standard 17 of Professional Performance Environmental Health:: RN practices in an environmentally safe/healthy manner 35. The who of nursing?: Registered Nurse (RN) and Advanced Practice Regis-tered Nurses 36. The what of nursing?: Nursing isthe protection, promotion, and optimization ofhealth and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; alleviationof suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations 37. Tenets Characteristic of Nursing Practice: 1) Caring and health are central to the practice of the registered nurse 2) Nursing practice is individualized 3) Registered nurses use the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care for healthcare consumers 4) Nurses coordinate care by