NUR 2058 FINAL STUDY GUIDE
1. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Answer
Patient-Centered Care Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Safety
Informatics
2. Nurse Practice Act
Answer
statute in each state and territory that regulates the practice of nursing
3. American Nurses Association (ANA)
Answer
Professional organization that represents all registered nurses.
4. Board of Nursing
Answer
-has authority to adopt rules and regs for nursing practice in that state
-has authority to both issue and revoke a nursing license
-set standards for nursing programs
-delineate scope of practice among RNs, LPNs, and APNs
,5. Patient Confidentiality
Answer
Right of the client to expect the communication with a professional to remain unshared with
any other person unless a medical reason exists or unless the safety of the public is threatened.
6. Florence Nightingale
Answer
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
7. Impact of Wars on Nursing
Answer
In the Great War, the volume of casualties from trench warfare drastically changed the role of
nurses on the health care team. Much of the time, the doctors were in surgery, dealing with
horrific injuries to soldiers' extremities, heads and faces. The nurses performed triage as patients
came in on ambulance trains, directed corpsmen who had little medical training, managed entire
wards of patients and performed a variety of procedures, including irrigating wounds and
managing infection.
8. case management
Answer
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's care from admission
through discharge and into the home setting
9. Nursing Organizations
Answer
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Oncology Nurses Society (ONS)
, American Nurses Foundation (ANF) American Nurses Association (ANA)
10. Code of Ethics for Nurses
Answer
1. It is succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the
nursing profession
2. It is the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard
3. It is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society.
11. Registered Nurse
Answer
a licensed health care professional who works in a variety of health care settings (RN)
12. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Answer
-Works under supervision of the RN
-Collaborate with other team members
-Possess technical knowledge and skills
-Participate in the delivery of nursing care, using the nursing process as a framework
13. Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)
Answer
-Includes CNAs, CMAs, and non-nursing personnel
1. Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
Answer
Patient-Centered Care Teamwork and Collaboration
Evidence-Based Practice Quality Improvement Safety
Informatics
2. Nurse Practice Act
Answer
statute in each state and territory that regulates the practice of nursing
3. American Nurses Association (ANA)
Answer
Professional organization that represents all registered nurses.
4. Board of Nursing
Answer
-has authority to adopt rules and regs for nursing practice in that state
-has authority to both issue and revoke a nursing license
-set standards for nursing programs
-delineate scope of practice among RNs, LPNs, and APNs
,5. Patient Confidentiality
Answer
Right of the client to expect the communication with a professional to remain unshared with
any other person unless a medical reason exists or unless the safety of the public is threatened.
6. Florence Nightingale
Answer
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
7. Impact of Wars on Nursing
Answer
In the Great War, the volume of casualties from trench warfare drastically changed the role of
nurses on the health care team. Much of the time, the doctors were in surgery, dealing with
horrific injuries to soldiers' extremities, heads and faces. The nurses performed triage as patients
came in on ambulance trains, directed corpsmen who had little medical training, managed entire
wards of patients and performed a variety of procedures, including irrigating wounds and
managing infection.
8. case management
Answer
A nursing care pattern; a case manager (an RN) coordinates a person's care from admission
through discharge and into the home setting
9. Nursing Organizations
Answer
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Oncology Nurses Society (ONS)
, American Nurses Foundation (ANF) American Nurses Association (ANA)
10. Code of Ethics for Nurses
Answer
1. It is succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of every individual who enters the
nursing profession
2. It is the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard
3. It is an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society.
11. Registered Nurse
Answer
a licensed health care professional who works in a variety of health care settings (RN)
12. Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Answer
-Works under supervision of the RN
-Collaborate with other team members
-Possess technical knowledge and skills
-Participate in the delivery of nursing care, using the nursing process as a framework
13. Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)
Answer
-Includes CNAs, CMAs, and non-nursing personnel
