NURS 3000 Exam test quiz and
answers graded A+
Importance of EBN practice - ANS✅✅Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Important to improve patient outcomes
-research: one standard of pro performance should implement care based on "best" available
evidence, nurse's expertise, pt's preference
State Board of Nsg: Functions/Purpose; - ANS✅✅Main purpose: Ensure enforcement of state
nurse practice act
Established by Ns Practice Act
Regulates those under Ns practice act (NPA) and prevents those not under NPA from practicing
nursing
-title of "nurse" is protected; HUNS; *nursing student* not student nurse
Ns Practice Act: Purpose, Importance - ANS✅✅IMPORTANT - The Law in each state
Addresses: LPNs, RNs, APNs, CNMs
-Sets educational requirements, exam requirements, licensing
-Defines actors and duties allowed and functions
-Defined and guided by each state by Common Law
"protect public by setting and enforcing *standards of nsg educ and practice*"
- *violations of nurs practice act is a criminal offense*
- single most important piece of legislation for nsg; affects all facets of nsg practice; it is the law
within each state
-scope of nursing practice
ANA - ANS✅✅American Nursing Association
Care, Cure, Coordination
Standards of professional performance, *standards of nursing practice*
Standards of care
State Board of Nursing: Nurse practice act: "A profession must control its practice to guarantee the
quality of its service to the public"
,NLN - ANS✅✅National League for Nursing
"NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education,
health care organizations, and agencies."
ICN - ANS✅✅International Council of Nursing
"is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the
first international organization for health care professionals. It is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland."
Specialty Organizations - ANS✅✅AWHONN: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and
Neonatal Nurses
NSNA - ANS✅✅National Student Nurses Association
STTI - ANS✅✅Sigma Theta Tau International
-Honors society, funds nursing research
Professional behaviors of nurses - ANS✅✅- we operate under professional organizations
- Code of Ethics
- Altruistic (concern for the wellfare and wellbeing of others, advocacy/compassion/*caring* <- Gene
Watson)
Continuum of professional behavior - ANS✅✅- nurse-pt relationship can be plotted on continuum
illustrated below
- under: distant, disinterested, neglect/detrimental to pt
- zone of helpfulness: majority of pt interactions should occur for effectiveness and pt safety
- over: boundary, crossed/violate, sexual misconduct
Guidelines for professional behavior: - ANS✅✅-delineate and maintain boundaries
-zone of helpfulness
-aware of potential implications
-avoid cross boundary/repeat
, -care setting and community, pt needs and nature of therapy
Professionalism - ANS✅✅-other HTM (health team members)
-other disciplines, pts, families, public
-*role models* w/ service, compassion, care, passion, character, integrity
-As Christian servants we must strive to do our best in whatever we do, allowing the Lord to use us
as He desires
Florence Nightingale's theory and constributions to nsg - ANS✅✅Environmental Theory, which
incorporated the restoration of the usual health status of the nurse's clients into the delivery of
health care—it is still practiced today.
She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to
assist him in his recovery"
-fresh air, pure water, effective drainage, light, cleanliness, quiet, warm, help dietary needs
(Crimean War nurse, Nursing school at St. Thomas hospital in London, "Notes on Nursing" book)
-utilize pt's environment to assist him in recovery
-"lady with the lamp", improved status of nsg, 1st nurse researcher, improved nsg art/science and
education, collect/report data
Significant societal influences on nsg profession - ANS✅✅Improved status of women
Civil rights/human rights
Health care reform: Obama Care
Morals/values
Mobility
Technological advances
Multiple care settings
Political environment
Cultural/Gender diversity
Who determines standards of nsg practice - ANS✅✅American Nursing Associated through Nursing
Practice Act
answers graded A+
Importance of EBN practice - ANS✅✅Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Important to improve patient outcomes
-research: one standard of pro performance should implement care based on "best" available
evidence, nurse's expertise, pt's preference
State Board of Nsg: Functions/Purpose; - ANS✅✅Main purpose: Ensure enforcement of state
nurse practice act
Established by Ns Practice Act
Regulates those under Ns practice act (NPA) and prevents those not under NPA from practicing
nursing
-title of "nurse" is protected; HUNS; *nursing student* not student nurse
Ns Practice Act: Purpose, Importance - ANS✅✅IMPORTANT - The Law in each state
Addresses: LPNs, RNs, APNs, CNMs
-Sets educational requirements, exam requirements, licensing
-Defines actors and duties allowed and functions
-Defined and guided by each state by Common Law
"protect public by setting and enforcing *standards of nsg educ and practice*"
- *violations of nurs practice act is a criminal offense*
- single most important piece of legislation for nsg; affects all facets of nsg practice; it is the law
within each state
-scope of nursing practice
ANA - ANS✅✅American Nursing Association
Care, Cure, Coordination
Standards of professional performance, *standards of nursing practice*
Standards of care
State Board of Nursing: Nurse practice act: "A profession must control its practice to guarantee the
quality of its service to the public"
,NLN - ANS✅✅National League for Nursing
"NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education,
health care organizations, and agencies."
ICN - ANS✅✅International Council of Nursing
"is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations. It was founded in 1899 and was the
first international organization for health care professionals. It is headquartered in Geneva,
Switzerland."
Specialty Organizations - ANS✅✅AWHONN: Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and
Neonatal Nurses
NSNA - ANS✅✅National Student Nurses Association
STTI - ANS✅✅Sigma Theta Tau International
-Honors society, funds nursing research
Professional behaviors of nurses - ANS✅✅- we operate under professional organizations
- Code of Ethics
- Altruistic (concern for the wellfare and wellbeing of others, advocacy/compassion/*caring* <- Gene
Watson)
Continuum of professional behavior - ANS✅✅- nurse-pt relationship can be plotted on continuum
illustrated below
- under: distant, disinterested, neglect/detrimental to pt
- zone of helpfulness: majority of pt interactions should occur for effectiveness and pt safety
- over: boundary, crossed/violate, sexual misconduct
Guidelines for professional behavior: - ANS✅✅-delineate and maintain boundaries
-zone of helpfulness
-aware of potential implications
-avoid cross boundary/repeat
, -care setting and community, pt needs and nature of therapy
Professionalism - ANS✅✅-other HTM (health team members)
-other disciplines, pts, families, public
-*role models* w/ service, compassion, care, passion, character, integrity
-As Christian servants we must strive to do our best in whatever we do, allowing the Lord to use us
as He desires
Florence Nightingale's theory and constributions to nsg - ANS✅✅Environmental Theory, which
incorporated the restoration of the usual health status of the nurse's clients into the delivery of
health care—it is still practiced today.
She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to
assist him in his recovery"
-fresh air, pure water, effective drainage, light, cleanliness, quiet, warm, help dietary needs
(Crimean War nurse, Nursing school at St. Thomas hospital in London, "Notes on Nursing" book)
-utilize pt's environment to assist him in recovery
-"lady with the lamp", improved status of nsg, 1st nurse researcher, improved nsg art/science and
education, collect/report data
Significant societal influences on nsg profession - ANS✅✅Improved status of women
Civil rights/human rights
Health care reform: Obama Care
Morals/values
Mobility
Technological advances
Multiple care settings
Political environment
Cultural/Gender diversity
Who determines standards of nsg practice - ANS✅✅American Nursing Associated through Nursing
Practice Act
