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Which characteristic validates RN practice as a profession?
a. Contains a code of ethics to guide members.
b. Includes a large number of participants.
c. Possesses a positive public image.
d. Provides a variety of workplace options. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. Contains a
code of ethics to guide members.
What activity by the student nurse best empowers the nursing profession?
a. Encourage all peers to become RNs.
b. Join a professional nursing organization.
c. Share a funny story about nursing on social media.
d. Delegate non-essential tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel. - CORRECT
ANSWER-b. Join a professional nursing organization.
List the 5 activities involved in the nursing process. - CORRECT ANSWER-
assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
,Which actions could be reported to the State Board of Nursing as a failure of the
RN to maintain professional boundaries in a nurse-patient relationship? Select all
that apply.
a. Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
d. Engaging in therapeutic communication with a mentally ill patient.
e. Administering the wrong medication to a patient. - CORRECT ANSWER-a.
Spending more time than is necessary with a patient.
b. Keeping secrets for a patient.
c. Engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient who consents.
A nursing instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a profession.
What teaching point(s) correctly describe the criteria? Select all that apply.
a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge.
b. Nursing interventions are dependent upon medical practice.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
d. Nursing is regulated by the medical industry.
, e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research. -
CORRECT ANSWER-a. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general
knowledge.
c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group.
e. Nursing has a code of ethics and is influenced by ongoing research.
Teaching a client about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim
of nursing?
a. Treating illness
b. Preventing illness
c. Restoring health
d. Facilitating coping - CORRECT ANSWER-b. Preventing illness
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing
the NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
a. Enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. Filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. Being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
d. Having a signed letter confirming graduation - CORRECT ANSWER-c. Being
licensed by the State Board of Nursing