NUR 300 Exam 1 Questions And Correct Answers
How does Scope of Standards effect nursing care?
provides safe, patient-centered care to a global patient population
What does Standards of professional nursing practice defines?
competency at a given level
standards of professional performance based off?
based on education level and role
How does code of ethics effect nursing care?
knowing own values/morals (own biases), respecting others, and right or wrong (ex:
obligation to patient, role on heath care team, professional/societal duties)
What are the professional responsibilities and roles of nurses?
autonomy/accountability, caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator, and manager
What composes the Quality and safety education for nurses? (trends in nursing)
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration (interdisciplinary teams),
evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics (technology)
What is the major tenet(s) of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for
Nursing?
Advocacy, responsibility, accountability and confidentiality
We have a professional solution to this problem!
What does it mean that nursing is a science and art?
,evidence based practice that is backed up by research w/ innovations and standards to
guide us; how we treat and care for patients by using strategies
What sources of law provide legal limits in nursing?
federal/state/constitutional says patients have rights that must be respected (national),
statutory (civil laws protecting individual's rights), Nurse Practice Acts (civil state laws
defining nursing scope/standards), and Common Law (decisions w/o law; common
sense, ex: patient privacy)
autonomy/accountability as a nurse
self-regulated decisions that you make-must know evidence behind it, your scope of
practice; taking responsibility for your own actions
What is it like to be a caregiver as a nurse?
has to advocate- speak for patients, educate- allow patients to make informed decisions
What are scope and standards of Nursing?
represents values, knowledge and skills of nursing current best practice governed by
state practice acts
What is important when you communicate with other healthcare professionals?
Using SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendations) to
effectively/clearly communicate relevant information about their patient (confidentiality,
HIPPA)
What does affect a message and how is it interpreted?
, Any time you are giving information you have a sender and receiver that can be affected
by environment (ex: physical, noise, personal state), type of communication (use
therapeutic)
Why does a nurse use the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model (CJMM)?
when formulating a nursing diagnosis, for example: patient hasn't gotten out of bed all
day --> maybe patient is depressed due to chronic diagnosis
Communication via the nursing clinical judgment process, layer 3
recognize and analyze cues come up w/ hypotheses, educated guess solutions,
examples might include support groups take actions, examples might include patient is
in therapy/educated evaluate outcomes, examples reassessing/following up; did the
implementations help?
What do you look for in the patient for cues in the nursing clinical judgement process?
disorientation, denial, questions, anger/sadness [ex: "I see you haven't gotten out of bed
today"]
How is holistic communication helpful?
helpful because it incorporates therapeutic communication and views the patient as a
whole
Words to describe therapeutic communication
empathy/validation, active listening, open-ended questions, perceptual biases,
feedback [ex: restating or paraphrasing to make them feel heard], body language [ex:
eye-level, open body, inflection, tone]
How does Scope of Standards effect nursing care?
provides safe, patient-centered care to a global patient population
What does Standards of professional nursing practice defines?
competency at a given level
standards of professional performance based off?
based on education level and role
How does code of ethics effect nursing care?
knowing own values/morals (own biases), respecting others, and right or wrong (ex:
obligation to patient, role on heath care team, professional/societal duties)
What are the professional responsibilities and roles of nurses?
autonomy/accountability, caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator, and manager
What composes the Quality and safety education for nurses? (trends in nursing)
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration (interdisciplinary teams),
evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics (technology)
What is the major tenet(s) of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for
Nursing?
Advocacy, responsibility, accountability and confidentiality
We have a professional solution to this problem!
What does it mean that nursing is a science and art?
,evidence based practice that is backed up by research w/ innovations and standards to
guide us; how we treat and care for patients by using strategies
What sources of law provide legal limits in nursing?
federal/state/constitutional says patients have rights that must be respected (national),
statutory (civil laws protecting individual's rights), Nurse Practice Acts (civil state laws
defining nursing scope/standards), and Common Law (decisions w/o law; common
sense, ex: patient privacy)
autonomy/accountability as a nurse
self-regulated decisions that you make-must know evidence behind it, your scope of
practice; taking responsibility for your own actions
What is it like to be a caregiver as a nurse?
has to advocate- speak for patients, educate- allow patients to make informed decisions
What are scope and standards of Nursing?
represents values, knowledge and skills of nursing current best practice governed by
state practice acts
What is important when you communicate with other healthcare professionals?
Using SBAR (situation, background, assessment, recommendations) to
effectively/clearly communicate relevant information about their patient (confidentiality,
HIPPA)
What does affect a message and how is it interpreted?
, Any time you are giving information you have a sender and receiver that can be affected
by environment (ex: physical, noise, personal state), type of communication (use
therapeutic)
Why does a nurse use the Clinical Judgement Measurement Model (CJMM)?
when formulating a nursing diagnosis, for example: patient hasn't gotten out of bed all
day --> maybe patient is depressed due to chronic diagnosis
Communication via the nursing clinical judgment process, layer 3
recognize and analyze cues come up w/ hypotheses, educated guess solutions,
examples might include support groups take actions, examples might include patient is
in therapy/educated evaluate outcomes, examples reassessing/following up; did the
implementations help?
What do you look for in the patient for cues in the nursing clinical judgement process?
disorientation, denial, questions, anger/sadness [ex: "I see you haven't gotten out of bed
today"]
How is holistic communication helpful?
helpful because it incorporates therapeutic communication and views the patient as a
whole
Words to describe therapeutic communication
empathy/validation, active listening, open-ended questions, perceptual biases,
feedback [ex: restating or paraphrasing to make them feel heard], body language [ex:
eye-level, open body, inflection, tone]
