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True or False::
The "Registered Nurses Act: (1988) enables the CRNS to create bylaws that:
- prescribe the powers and procedures of the Council
- provide a code of professional ethics
- set the standards for professional conduct, competency, and proficiency of
nurses
- further specify categories of practice and the rights & privileges of those
categories Answer - TRUE
Standards and Competencies that Apply to Documentation Include:
Entry-Level Competency: __(a)__
- documents and reports clearly, concisely, accurately, and in a timely manner
Standard I: __(b)__
,- demonstrates effective communication
Standard II: __(c)__
- utilizes nursing informatics and other information and communications
technology in practicing safe registered nursing care
Standard III: __(d)__
- communicates respectfully and effectively Answer - (a) = Communicator
(b) = Professional Responsibility & Accountability
(c) = Knowledge-Based Practice
(d) = Ethical Practice
True or False::
Documentation is separate from care and not optional. Answer - FALSE
Although documentation is NOT optional, it is NOT SEPARATE from care.
Documentation:
- identifies the __(a)__ and records evidence that the __(b)__ was carried out,
including the client's __(c)__ and the client's __(d)__
- promotes __(e)__ of care through intra/interprofessional communication
, - demonstrates the RN's accountability to providing __(f)__ Answer - (a) =
caregiver
(b) = nursing process
(c) = health outcome
(d) = response to care
(e) = continuity
(f) = safe, competent, and ethical care
Select All that Apply:
Why do RNs document?
a) Professional Accountability
b) Professional Liability
c) Funding & Resource Management
d) Research & Evidence-Informed Practice
e) Quality Improvement, Risk Management, & Accreditation
f) Communication Answer - a), b), c), d), e), f)
Those reading the documentation should be able to determine:
1. The __(a)__ that was provided.
2. The __(b)__ who received the care.