NSG 130 final
Define the concept of professionalism - ✔✔ correct answer The assimilation of nursing skills and
knowledge integrated with dignity and respect for all human beings incorporating the assumptions
and values of the profession while maintaining accountability and self-awareness
Explain the impact of historical events on the development of nursing in the past century - ✔✔
correct answer Florence Nightingale-The Lady with the lamp
Clara Barton-Angel of the battlefield
Examine professional identity formation - ✔✔ correct answer Process that facilitates the
transformation of individual from lay person to professional nurse
Novice-no professional experience
Beginner-can note recurrent meaningful situational components, but not prioritize between them
Competent-begins to understand actions in terms of long-range goals
Proficient-perceives situation as wholes, rather than in terms of aspects
Expert-has intuitive grasp of the situation and zeros in on the accurate region of the problem
Identify the professional roles and responsibilities of the nurse - ✔✔ correct answer 1.Care provider-
physical, psychological, development cultural and Spiritual needs
2.Educator-health promotion, families & communities
3.Advocator-assist expressing their wish and defend their patient's rights
4.Manager-authority for planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, setting goals, make decision,
solve problems
5.Collaborator-with multidisciplinary team for patient outcome
6.change agent- change & modify care plan based on assessment of patient's health condition
7.researcher- gather information and implement evidence based practices and quality improvement
,NSG 130 final
Identify breaches in professionalism when given case studies or videos involving nursing students
and practicing RN's. - ✔✔ correct answer - nursing students must be professional and not share
personal information or photos of patients on social media; doing so can result in expulsion from
nursing school and could affect the school's ability to work in that hospital
- RN's must do the same, especially being careful not to divulge specific treatment, even when the
patient's name is not revealed
Describe educational programs available for RN education - ✔✔ correct answer -Diploma or hospital-
based diploma
-Associate degree
-College-based baccalaureate degree
-RN-BSN Completion
Identify trends in nursing that impact health care - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Nurses should practice to
the full extent of their education and training
2. Nurses should achieve higher level of education and training through an improved education
system that promotes seamless academic progression
3. Nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health care professionals in redesigning
health care in U.S
4. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information
infrastructure.
Examine the exemplars of professional attributes and social media practices. - ✔✔ correct answer
1.Attributes of a Profession
-Specialized Education
-Unique body of knowledge
-Service orientation
-A code of ethics
-Autonomy over the practice
2.Membership in professional organizations
-nurses have a unique body of knowledge including nursing theories, nursing diagnosis, outcomes,
and interventions.
3.Student are educated in institutions of higher education
Social Media Practices
, NSG 130 final
Professional networking
Career advancement
Confidentiality
Standard of Care and its sources - ✔✔ correct answer •Nurse Practice Acts (Virginia state laws)
•Standards of care- What a prudent nurse would do when he or she is caring for a similar patient in a
similar circumstance
•Standards of practice-competent level of care in each face of the nursing process
•Standards of performance- a competent level of behavior in the professional role (direct and
maintain safe and clinically competent nursing practice)
•Institutional Policies & Guidelines- varies from place to place
legal Issue concept (and sources) - ✔✔ correct answer Consist of healthcare laws and practice
guidelines that serve as a guide for health care.
Confidentiality (HIPPA), informed consent, restraints, licensure, mandatory reporting
Identify common civil law issues that affect nursing practice and give an example of each. - ✔✔
correct answer Criminal Law
•Conduct harmful to individual or society (theft, murder or sexual assault)
•Fines and/or imprisonment
Civil Law
•Rights & duties of private persons
•Unintentional: Negligence & Malpractice
•Intentional: Assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy
•Monetary damages or injunctions
Negligence & Malpractice - ✔✔ correct answer Conduct deviates from what a reasonable person
would do
Damage to person or property
Define the concept of professionalism - ✔✔ correct answer The assimilation of nursing skills and
knowledge integrated with dignity and respect for all human beings incorporating the assumptions
and values of the profession while maintaining accountability and self-awareness
Explain the impact of historical events on the development of nursing in the past century - ✔✔
correct answer Florence Nightingale-The Lady with the lamp
Clara Barton-Angel of the battlefield
Examine professional identity formation - ✔✔ correct answer Process that facilitates the
transformation of individual from lay person to professional nurse
Novice-no professional experience
Beginner-can note recurrent meaningful situational components, but not prioritize between them
Competent-begins to understand actions in terms of long-range goals
Proficient-perceives situation as wholes, rather than in terms of aspects
Expert-has intuitive grasp of the situation and zeros in on the accurate region of the problem
Identify the professional roles and responsibilities of the nurse - ✔✔ correct answer 1.Care provider-
physical, psychological, development cultural and Spiritual needs
2.Educator-health promotion, families & communities
3.Advocator-assist expressing their wish and defend their patient's rights
4.Manager-authority for planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, setting goals, make decision,
solve problems
5.Collaborator-with multidisciplinary team for patient outcome
6.change agent- change & modify care plan based on assessment of patient's health condition
7.researcher- gather information and implement evidence based practices and quality improvement
,NSG 130 final
Identify breaches in professionalism when given case studies or videos involving nursing students
and practicing RN's. - ✔✔ correct answer - nursing students must be professional and not share
personal information or photos of patients on social media; doing so can result in expulsion from
nursing school and could affect the school's ability to work in that hospital
- RN's must do the same, especially being careful not to divulge specific treatment, even when the
patient's name is not revealed
Describe educational programs available for RN education - ✔✔ correct answer -Diploma or hospital-
based diploma
-Associate degree
-College-based baccalaureate degree
-RN-BSN Completion
Identify trends in nursing that impact health care - ✔✔ correct answer 1. Nurses should practice to
the full extent of their education and training
2. Nurses should achieve higher level of education and training through an improved education
system that promotes seamless academic progression
3. Nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health care professionals in redesigning
health care in U.S
4. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information
infrastructure.
Examine the exemplars of professional attributes and social media practices. - ✔✔ correct answer
1.Attributes of a Profession
-Specialized Education
-Unique body of knowledge
-Service orientation
-A code of ethics
-Autonomy over the practice
2.Membership in professional organizations
-nurses have a unique body of knowledge including nursing theories, nursing diagnosis, outcomes,
and interventions.
3.Student are educated in institutions of higher education
Social Media Practices
, NSG 130 final
Professional networking
Career advancement
Confidentiality
Standard of Care and its sources - ✔✔ correct answer •Nurse Practice Acts (Virginia state laws)
•Standards of care- What a prudent nurse would do when he or she is caring for a similar patient in a
similar circumstance
•Standards of practice-competent level of care in each face of the nursing process
•Standards of performance- a competent level of behavior in the professional role (direct and
maintain safe and clinically competent nursing practice)
•Institutional Policies & Guidelines- varies from place to place
legal Issue concept (and sources) - ✔✔ correct answer Consist of healthcare laws and practice
guidelines that serve as a guide for health care.
Confidentiality (HIPPA), informed consent, restraints, licensure, mandatory reporting
Identify common civil law issues that affect nursing practice and give an example of each. - ✔✔
correct answer Criminal Law
•Conduct harmful to individual or society (theft, murder or sexual assault)
•Fines and/or imprisonment
Civil Law
•Rights & duties of private persons
•Unintentional: Negligence & Malpractice
•Intentional: Assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy
•Monetary damages or injunctions
Negligence & Malpractice - ✔✔ correct answer Conduct deviates from what a reasonable person
would do
Damage to person or property
