NURS 300 Exam Questions And Answers
What are the 4 roles/scope of a nurse? - ANSWER promoting health an wellness,
preventing illness, restoring health, caring for the dying
What are the main roles of nurses? - ANSWER caregiver, communicator, educator,
client advocate, counsellor, change agent, leader, manager, case manager
what is nightingales definition of nursinf - ANSWER putting the patient in the best place
for nature to work upon them for healing
Dignity of care- ANSWER morally bound to care for others central of all nurses work
fundamentals of care - ANSWER provision of care and meeting the basic human needs
nursing metaparadigm concepts - ANSWER person, environment, health, nursing
patient vs. client- difference ANSWER patient is acute setting, client is community and
not necessarily sick
6 C's of Caring theory - ANSWER compassion, competence, conscience, confidence,
commitment, comportment
what is strength based nursing - ANSWER focus on: health rather than illness, family
goals rather than nurses, family strengths rather than deficits, all family members not
just the client
WHO definition of health - ANSWER a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
,What are the social determinants of health? - ANSWER Income and Social Status
Social Support Networks
Education and Literacy
Employment/Working Conditions
Social Environments
Physical Environments
Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
Healthy Child Development
Biology and Genetic Endowment
Health Services
Gender
Culture
What protection does the law provide to nursing? - ANSWER 1. Framework for
establishing the legality of nursing actions
2. Outlines responsibilities that govern practice and nurses interdisciplinary
relationships
3. Helps establish boundaries of independent nursing action
4. Assists in ensuring nurses are consistent, competent, and safe
What is medicare - ANSWER Canada's publicly funded health care system, health care
insurance plans, access to hospital and physician services
What does the federal government have a role and responsibility in health? - ANSWER
Setting and administering national standards for the health care system through CNA,
provide funding for provincial and territorial health care services, support delivery of
healthcare services
Legal Governance For RNs Flow Chart - ANSWER law, common civil statutory, common
into case, civil into codes contracts tort law, statutory into parliament and provincial,
, CCT into criminal code BCGNU and negligence, parliament into CNA, provincial into
health professions act, health professions act into BCCNP
what is common law - ANSWER judge law, case law, national level, look at similar cases
to make a judgement- principles, traditions, rules, precedents
Civil law - ANSWER judges must pay attention to the written law then based on that they
interpret and decide
Statutory law - ANSWER codes of conduct, functions at provincial and national level
give an example of a contract in law - ANSWER employment contract
Tort law - ANSWER where there is a wrongdoing against a person and their property -
intentional torts and negligence
Negligence - ANSWER unintentional but harmful behavior
intentional tort - ANSWER assault, battery, false imprisonment
name Canada's federal legislation for publically funded health care insurance - ANSWER
Canada Health Act
What is the Canadian Health Act's primary objective - ANSWER to protect promote and
restore the physical and mental well-being of Canadians and to facilitate access to
health services
5 conditions of the CHA - ANSWER public administration, comprehensiveness,
universaility, portability, accessibility
public administration - ANSWER health insurance programs should be non-profit
operated by the public
What are the 4 roles/scope of a nurse? - ANSWER promoting health an wellness,
preventing illness, restoring health, caring for the dying
What are the main roles of nurses? - ANSWER caregiver, communicator, educator,
client advocate, counsellor, change agent, leader, manager, case manager
what is nightingales definition of nursinf - ANSWER putting the patient in the best place
for nature to work upon them for healing
Dignity of care- ANSWER morally bound to care for others central of all nurses work
fundamentals of care - ANSWER provision of care and meeting the basic human needs
nursing metaparadigm concepts - ANSWER person, environment, health, nursing
patient vs. client- difference ANSWER patient is acute setting, client is community and
not necessarily sick
6 C's of Caring theory - ANSWER compassion, competence, conscience, confidence,
commitment, comportment
what is strength based nursing - ANSWER focus on: health rather than illness, family
goals rather than nurses, family strengths rather than deficits, all family members not
just the client
WHO definition of health - ANSWER a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
,What are the social determinants of health? - ANSWER Income and Social Status
Social Support Networks
Education and Literacy
Employment/Working Conditions
Social Environments
Physical Environments
Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
Healthy Child Development
Biology and Genetic Endowment
Health Services
Gender
Culture
What protection does the law provide to nursing? - ANSWER 1. Framework for
establishing the legality of nursing actions
2. Outlines responsibilities that govern practice and nurses interdisciplinary
relationships
3. Helps establish boundaries of independent nursing action
4. Assists in ensuring nurses are consistent, competent, and safe
What is medicare - ANSWER Canada's publicly funded health care system, health care
insurance plans, access to hospital and physician services
What does the federal government have a role and responsibility in health? - ANSWER
Setting and administering national standards for the health care system through CNA,
provide funding for provincial and territorial health care services, support delivery of
healthcare services
Legal Governance For RNs Flow Chart - ANSWER law, common civil statutory, common
into case, civil into codes contracts tort law, statutory into parliament and provincial,
, CCT into criminal code BCGNU and negligence, parliament into CNA, provincial into
health professions act, health professions act into BCCNP
what is common law - ANSWER judge law, case law, national level, look at similar cases
to make a judgement- principles, traditions, rules, precedents
Civil law - ANSWER judges must pay attention to the written law then based on that they
interpret and decide
Statutory law - ANSWER codes of conduct, functions at provincial and national level
give an example of a contract in law - ANSWER employment contract
Tort law - ANSWER where there is a wrongdoing against a person and their property -
intentional torts and negligence
Negligence - ANSWER unintentional but harmful behavior
intentional tort - ANSWER assault, battery, false imprisonment
name Canada's federal legislation for publically funded health care insurance - ANSWER
Canada Health Act
What is the Canadian Health Act's primary objective - ANSWER to protect promote and
restore the physical and mental well-being of Canadians and to facilitate access to
health services
5 conditions of the CHA - ANSWER public administration, comprehensiveness,
universaility, portability, accessibility
public administration - ANSWER health insurance programs should be non-profit
operated by the public
