10TH EDITION 2026 TEST BANK VERIFIED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS BY PERRY AND
POTTER
◉ How many attempts do you have in performing skills? Answer: 3
◉ What are the characteristics of profession? Answer: extensive
education, theoretical body of knowledge, specific service, autonomy
in decision making, code of ethics; emphasis is on service rather
than mere economic gain, acceptance of accountability, pride about
the profession, pursuit of quality, willingness to pursue professional
development
◉ What is nursing? Answer: the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health abilities, prevention of illness and injury,
alleviation of suffering the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
◉ What are some professional nursing organizations? Answer:
American Nurses Association (ANA)
International Council of Nursing (ICN)
National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)
,National League for Nursing (NLN)
Specialty Organizations
◉ What does the American Nurse Association (ANA) do? Answer:
looks over nurses' safety and happiness over the workforce
◉ What does the International Council of Nursing (ICN) do? Answer:
all of the counteries organizations, strives to promote global success
among nurses
◉ What are some Specialty Organizations branches? Answer:
Pediatric Nurses, Critical Care Nurses Association
◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 9? Answer: The
profession of nursing, collectively through its professional
organizations, must articulate nursing values, maintain the integrity
of the profession, and integrate principles of social justice into
nursing and health policy
◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 2? Answer: the nurse's
primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family,
group,or population; maintains boundaries that establish
appropriate limits to relationship
,◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 4? Answer: the nurse
has authority, accountability, and responsibility for nursing practice;
makes decisions; and take action consistent with the obligation to
promote health and to provide optimal care
◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 1? Answer: practice
with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and
unique attribute of EVERY person, maintains compassionate and
caring relationships
◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 3? Answer: promotes,
advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of
the patient, participate in review and development of policies,
reporting errors near misses per facility police (whether you made
the error or not), disclosing errors to patients, use the chain of
command
◉ What is the ANA Code of Ethics: Provision 5? Answer: integrity is
an aspect of wholeness of character and is primarily self-concern of
the individual nurse, nurses have a responsibility to remain
consistent with both their personal and professional values
◉ What does the State Nurse Practice Acts do? Answer: define the
Scope of Practice within each state, protects the public, nursing
licensure, to practice nursing in the US, RN candidates must pass the
NCLEX-RN exam, same exam in every state, tests minimum
knowledge base
, ◉ What is the Nurse Practice Act of Aalbama? Answer: the law that
regulates the practice of nursing within each state, establishes the
Alabama Board of Nursing (ABON) and gives the board authority
over nursing practe, the ABON is authorized to give a license to a
person to practice nursing AND has the right to take it away
◉ What do we call doctors now a days? Answer: Health Care
Providers (HCP)
◉ What types of conflicts do nurses have? Answer: intrapersonal,
interpersonal, intergroup conflict, organizational conflict
◉ What 10 aspects does a perfect nurse have? Answer: empathy,
detail oriented, communication, intuition, physical endurance,
emotional stability, critical thinking, coordinator of services,
patience, dedication
◉ What is assigning? Answer: transferring the authority,
accountability, and responsibility of client care to another
◉ What is delegating? Answer: transferring the authority and
responsibility to another team member to complete a task, while
retaining the accountability