2024\2025 A+ Grade
standards
- correct answer minimum set of criteria
nursing
- correct answer the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
holistic
- correct answer physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social
profession
- correct answer an occupation that requires a specialized body of knowledge and training
nursing process
- correct answer the scientific process that nurses use to care for their patients in a multistep approach
collaboration
- correct answer the process by which two or more people work together toward a common goal
delegation
- correct answer the process of entrusting or transferring the responsibility for certain tasks to other
personnel
evidence-based practice
- correct answer an integration of the best available research evidence with clinical judgement about a
specific patient situation that takes into consideration patient preferences and values
,discipline
- correct answer a specific field of study or branch of instruction or learning
metaparadigm
- correct answer the most abstract level of knowledge, a global set of concepts that identify and
describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the relationship between those concepts
philosophy
- correct answer a statement about the beliefs and values of nursing in relation to a specific
phenomenon such as health
cenceptual framework or model
- correct answer a collection of interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice,
research, and education
nursing theory
- correct answer represents a group of concepts that can be tested in practice and can be derived from a
conceptual model
grand theory
- correct answer a global conceptual framework that defines broad perspectives for nursing practice and
provides ways of looking at nursing phenomena from a distinct nursing point
middle-range theory
- correct answer moderately abstract and has a limited number of variables
ethics
- correct answer standards of right and wrong behavior
cultural competence
- correct answer a method of bringing interprofessional health care providers together to discuss health
concerns whereby cultural differences enhance, rather than hinder, the conversation through a
respectful atmosphere responsive to health beliefs, practices, and cultural and linguistic needs of a
patient
, nurse practice acts
- correct answer provide the scope of practice defined by each state or jurisdiction and set forth the
legal limits of nursing practice
socialization
- correct answer process that involves learning the theory and skills necessary for the role of nurse
licensure
- correct answer the granting of a license that provides legal permission to practice
advanced practice registered nurse
- correct answer a designation for an RN who has met advanced educational and clinical practice
requirements at a minimum of a master's degree level and provides at least some level of direct care to
patient populations
referent
- correct answer event of thought initiating the communication
sender
- correct answer person who initiates and encodes the communication
reciever
- correct answer person who receives and decodes, or interprets, the communication
message
- correct answer information that is communicated
channel
- correct answer method of communication
feedback
- correct answer response of the receiver