Unit 1: BCCNM Professional Standards

Unit 1: BCCNM Professional Standards CNA definition of the RN - Correct Answers -RNs are self-regulated health-care professionals who work autonomously and in collaboration with others to enable individuals, families, groups, communities and populations to achieve their optimal levels of health. -At all stages of life, in situations of health, illness, injury and disability, RNs deliver direct health-care services, coordinate care and support clients in managing their own health. -RNs contribute to the health-care system through their leadership across a wide range of settings in practice, education, administration, research and policy. health and wellness - Correct Answers 1. Health: is an objective process characterized by functional stability, balance, and integrity 2. Wellness: is a subjective experience professional standards key points - Correct Answers 1. All provinces and territories have registration process 2. Set scope of practice 3. Protect title of nurse 4. Protect the public against unqualified, incompetent practice professional standards: purpose - Correct Answers Protecting the public effectively regulating registered nurses and nurse practitioners professional standards: mandate - Correct Answers 1. To ensure that all individuals seeking entry to practice and maintaining registration are competent and ethical professionals. 2. The college does this by setting standards, supporting nurses to meet standards and acting if standards are not me professional nursing standards - Correct Answers 1. A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept 2. Helps professional groups settle questions about practice or behaviour 3. Includes responsibility, accountability, and confidentiality BCCNM Professional Standards - Correct Answers 1. Professional Responsibility and Accountability 2. Knowledge-Based Practice 3. Client-Focused Provision of Service 4. Ethical Practice application of standards - Correct Answers Professional standards applied to four areas of practice: 1. Clinical 2. Education 3. Administration 4. Research Standard 1: Professional Responsibility and Accountability - Correct Answers Maintains standards of nursing practice and professional conduct determined by BCCNM Standard 2: Knowledge Based Practice - Correct Answers Consistently applies knowledge, skills and judgement in nursing practice Standard 3: Client-Focused Provision of Service - Correct Answers Provides nursing services and works with others to provide health care services in the best interest of clients Standard 4: Ethical Practice - Correct Answers Understands, upholds and promotes the ethical standard of the nursing profession practice standards - Correct Answers Guide and direct nurses' practice. They set out levels of performance that BCCNM registrants are required to achieve in their practice (consent, documentation, dispensing meds, duty to report) Values in CNA Code of Ethics (2017) - Correct Answers 1. Safe compassionate, competent, and ethical care 2. Promoting health and well-being 3. Promoting and respecting informed decision making 4. Preserving dignity 5. Privacy and confidenti