Cognitive Competencies - Answershave to think.
Technical Competencies - Answershave to do performance of skills.
Interpersonal Competencies - Answershave to care and communicate.
Ethical/Legal Competencies - Answershave to value and obey the rules.
Nursing Responsibilities - Answers1. Articulate why
2. Demonstrate understanding
3. Define Goals
4. Assess
5. Reassess
6. Evaluate
American Nurses Association's (ANA) - Answersdefines standards that allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serves as protection for nurses, the patient, and the institution where healthcare is
given.
National League for Nursing (NLN) - Answersis accreditation agency for nursing schools.
National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) - Answersprovides the licensing examination.
Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) - AnswersThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has
funded this project with the overall goal to address the challenge for preparing future nurses with the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.
Texas Board of Nursing (TBON) - Answersdefines legal scope of nursing practice in Texas via Nursing
Practice Acts (NPA)
The Joint Commission (TJC) - Answersdefines the National Patient Safety Goals.
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses - Answersdefines the ethical scope of nursing practice.
A nurse who uses critical thinking skills to develop a nursing care plan for an expectant mother of triplets
is said to be using which of the following skills?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
, D. Ethical - AnswersCognitive
Rationale: Cognitive skills involve thinking about the nature of things sufficiently to make decisions
regarding care. Technical skills enable nurses to manipulate equipment to produce a desired outcome.
Interpersonal skills involve caring relationships. Ethical/legal skills enable nurses to conduct themselves
morally and professionally.
True or False:
Once a graduate successfully passes the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) they are
licensed as a nurse? - AnswersFalse - they still must apply within the state they want to work to become
a nurse. It is a states board of nursing that is responsible for licensure.
NCLEX is responsible for testing - the state is responsible for licensure.
Nursing Practice Acts - AnswersDefine legal scope of nursing practice for a state. Exclude untrained
people from practicing nursing. Make and enforce rules and regulations for nurses.
Identify the patient by 2 ways - Answers1. Verify the patient's name
2. Verify the medical record #
1. Assessment - Answers1. Collect Data: subjective--"I'm sick" (what the patient tells you); objective--
tachycardic (what you observe)
PERSON
2. Validate data
3. Organize Data
2. Diagnoses - Answers1. Analyze Data
2. Formulate diagnosis
3. Planning - Answers1. Establish goals
2. Develop outcome criteria
4. Implementation - Answers1. Carrying out the plan/ perform the skills
Before you
5. Evaluation - Answers1. Goal achievement
2. Reassess/ Revise