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3 functions of the state boards of nursing Correct
Answers Executive, with the authority to
administer the nurse practice act
Legislative, with authority to adopt rules necessary
to implement the act
Judicial, with authority to deny, suspend, or revoke
a licence or to otherwise discipline a licensee or t
deny an application for licensure
advance directives Correct Answers Written
statement of wishes, preferences, and choices for
end of life health care decisions
Tool to help you think through and communicate
your choices
American Nurses Association (ANA) Correct
Answers Broad purpose organization
National student nurses association
Improve health standards and availability of health
care for all people
Foster high standards of nursing
Stimulate and promote the professional
development of nurses
Advance the economic and general welfare of
nurses
, Assault & Battery Correct Answers Assault is a
threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with
another persons without the person's consent.
Battery is the assault carried out: the
impermissible, unprivileged touching of one person
by another.
bioethics Correct Answers The application of
ethical theories and principles to moral issues or
problems in health care
Confidentiality Correct Answers both a legal and
an ethical concern in nursing practice; the
protection of private information gathered about a
patient during the provision of health care services.
Conventional stage Correct Answers the person
responds to the prospect of personal reward.
Characterized by moral decisions that conform to
the expectations of one's family, group, or society.
The person making moral choices based on what is
pleasing to others characterizes stage 3 within this
level. An individual in stage 4 of the conventional
level makes moral choices based on a larger notion
of what is desired by society.
Delegation Correct Answers Giving someone
authority to act for another