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NURS1158 Final Exam Study Guide.
Learning style - Answers✔the manner in which an individual's brain perceives and stores
information
Visual learners - Answers✔- remember what was read or seen
- don't retain what they hear for very long
- like written reports
- vivid imaginations
- avid readers
- detailed notes
- remember faces not names
Auditory leaners - Answers✔- remember what they hear
- talk while they write
- remember names, not faces
- distracted by noise
- games and pictures are distracting
- info has little meaning until hear
Kinesthetic learner - Answers✔- remember what was done
- don't hear things well
- not avid readers
- learn by imitation and practice
- talks about feelings
- love games
- hard time with reading
- impulsive
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- may appear slow if info is not presented in their style
Tips for visual learners - Answers✔- make flashcards
- take notes while listening to lectures
- use colour
- write down explanations
- organize material
Tips for auditory learners - Answers✔- explain the material to someone
- read out loud
- record lectures
Tips for kinaesthetic learners - Answers✔- hold book while reading
- write while reading or talking
- flashcards
-associate feelings with information
Active learning - Answers✔- involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they
are doing
- requires self-direction, and critical reflection
Self-directed learning - Answers✔- individual takes initiative and the responsibility for what
occurs
- individuals select, manage and assess their own learning activities, which can be pursued at any
time, in any place, through any means at any age
Legal vs. ethical aspects of care - Answers✔legal: guided by local, state and national laws (if
you go against laws you face legal consequences)
ethical: what you should do, not what you must do
7 ethics principles - Answers✔1. autonomy - people have the right to make legally acceptable
decisions based on personal values and beliefs
2. confidentiality
3. beneficence - to do good
4. justice - treat all people fairly
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5. fidelity - integrity
6. veracity - truthfulness
7. accountability
Unitarian approach - Answers✔actions are right when they promote the greater good, and wrong
when they don't
ex. you decide that it's right to stop a mother from seeing her son because his condition is
unstable and you have been told that he is afraid of her
Deontological approach - Answers✔actions as right or wrong, regardless of consequences
ex. you decide that the mother should be allowed to see her child because you believe in the rule
that "mothers shouldn't be separated from their children
Goal of nursing - Answers✔to restore, maintain, and advance the health of individuals, groups,
or entire communities.
Nursing as a science - Answers✔applying nursing knowledge and technical aspects of practice
Nursing as an art - Answers✔establishing caring relationships through which nurses apply
nursing knowledge, skills and judgement in a compassionate manner
The Nursing Act, 1991 and Regulated Health Professions Act - Answers✔- came into effect in
December 1993
- contains a scope of practice statement
- provisions and regulations specific to the nursing profession
- definitions of the classes of nurse registration, entry to practice and title protection regulation
RHPA - lists 13 controlled acts that are considered potentially harmful if performed by
unqualified persons
TNA - authorizes nurses to perform 5 controlled acts
Role of College of Nurses of Ontario - Answers✔- governing body for nurses
- regulates nursing to protect public interest
- sets requirements to enter profession
- assures quality of practice of profession and continuing competence of nurses
- establishes an enforces standards of nursing practice (guidelines for providing care, based on
research and clinical evidence, assures clients are receiving high quality care)
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NURS1158 Final Exam Study Guide.
Learning style - Answers✔the manner in which an individual's brain perceives and stores
information
Visual learners - Answers✔- remember what was read or seen
- don't retain what they hear for very long
- like written reports
- vivid imaginations
- avid readers
- detailed notes
- remember faces not names
Auditory leaners - Answers✔- remember what they hear
- talk while they write
- remember names, not faces
- distracted by noise
- games and pictures are distracting
- info has little meaning until hear
Kinesthetic learner - Answers✔- remember what was done
- don't hear things well
- not avid readers
- learn by imitation and practice
- talks about feelings
- love games
- hard time with reading
- impulsive
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- may appear slow if info is not presented in their style
Tips for visual learners - Answers✔- make flashcards
- take notes while listening to lectures
- use colour
- write down explanations
- organize material
Tips for auditory learners - Answers✔- explain the material to someone
- read out loud
- record lectures
Tips for kinaesthetic learners - Answers✔- hold book while reading
- write while reading or talking
- flashcards
-associate feelings with information
Active learning - Answers✔- involves students in doing things and thinking about the things they
are doing
- requires self-direction, and critical reflection
Self-directed learning - Answers✔- individual takes initiative and the responsibility for what
occurs
- individuals select, manage and assess their own learning activities, which can be pursued at any
time, in any place, through any means at any age
Legal vs. ethical aspects of care - Answers✔legal: guided by local, state and national laws (if
you go against laws you face legal consequences)
ethical: what you should do, not what you must do
7 ethics principles - Answers✔1. autonomy - people have the right to make legally acceptable
decisions based on personal values and beliefs
2. confidentiality
3. beneficence - to do good
4. justice - treat all people fairly
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5. fidelity - integrity
6. veracity - truthfulness
7. accountability
Unitarian approach - Answers✔actions are right when they promote the greater good, and wrong
when they don't
ex. you decide that it's right to stop a mother from seeing her son because his condition is
unstable and you have been told that he is afraid of her
Deontological approach - Answers✔actions as right or wrong, regardless of consequences
ex. you decide that the mother should be allowed to see her child because you believe in the rule
that "mothers shouldn't be separated from their children
Goal of nursing - Answers✔to restore, maintain, and advance the health of individuals, groups,
or entire communities.
Nursing as a science - Answers✔applying nursing knowledge and technical aspects of practice
Nursing as an art - Answers✔establishing caring relationships through which nurses apply
nursing knowledge, skills and judgement in a compassionate manner
The Nursing Act, 1991 and Regulated Health Professions Act - Answers✔- came into effect in
December 1993
- contains a scope of practice statement
- provisions and regulations specific to the nursing profession
- definitions of the classes of nurse registration, entry to practice and title protection regulation
RHPA - lists 13 controlled acts that are considered potentially harmful if performed by
unqualified persons
TNA - authorizes nurses to perform 5 controlled acts
Role of College of Nurses of Ontario - Answers✔- governing body for nurses
- regulates nursing to protect public interest
- sets requirements to enter profession
- assures quality of practice of profession and continuing competence of nurses
- establishes an enforces standards of nursing practice (guidelines for providing care, based on
research and clinical evidence, assures clients are receiving high quality care)
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