NUR 308 Questions and Correct Answers

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NUR 308 Questions and Correct Answers
What is nursing? Ans: Nursing is 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.

What are the standards of professional performance? Ans: •Ethics

•Culturally Congruent Practice

•Communication

•Collaboration

•Leadership

•Education

•EBP & Research

Responsibility and roles of the professional nurse Ans:
•Autonomy and Accountability

•Caregiver

•Advocate

•Educator

•Communicator

•Manager

•Provider of care



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•Researcher

•Lobbyist

Kelly's criteria for nursing as a profession Ans: •Services vital to
humanity

•Special body of knowledge

•Intellectual activities with accountability

•Higher learning

•Autonomy

•Altruism

•Code of ethics

•association

Miller's wheel of professionalism Ans: -Center of wheel is nursing
education and institution of higher learning.

-Eight spokes represents behavior necessary in maintaining
professionalism.

What guides nursing practice? Ans: -Nursing social policy
statement

-Nursing scope and standards of practice

-Code of ethics for nurses

Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Ans: Outlines the
expectations of the professional role within which all RNs must
practice and delineates the standards of care and associated
competencies for professional nursing


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