NUR1023 UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT||NEWLY
UPDATED 2026/2027
Question: Defining Professional Identity in Nursing
Answer: ✔️✔️ This represents a practitioner’s internal sense of self, shaped by the
core values, ethical standards, and specialized behaviors of the nursing profession,
leading them to think and act with a clinical mindset.
Question: Strategies for Cultivating a Professional Nursing Identity
Answer: ✔️✔️ Growth is achieved by internalizing professional expectations,
seeking mentorship feedback, practicing consistent self-reflection, taking
ownership of one’s learning, fostering collaborative relationships, and prioritizing
personal well-being to better serve patients.
Question: Concepts and Examples of Promoting Human Flourishing
Answer: ✔️✔️ This involves holistic advocacy, such as supporting patients through
emotional crises, securing necessary recovery resources during discharge, assisting
colleagues with mental health support, and fostering a healing atmosphere for
families.
Definitions of Nursing -ANSWER ✔️✔️ANA (1980): "The diagnosis and treatment
of human responses to actual and potential health problems"
(ANA, 2010): 1. protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
2. prevention of illness and injury
3. alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
4. advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
,Scope of Practice -ANSWER ✔️✔️• Defines the actions, procedures that are
permitted by law for a nurse to perform
• Board of Nursing of each state governs nursing practice in that state
• Scope of practice varies by educational preparation and chosen career path
The Role of the RN -ANSWER ✔️✔️Direct Patient Care
Educators
Nurse Practitioners
Clinical Leaders
Certified Nurse midwife
CRNA
Entrepreneurs
Counselors
Researchers
Delegation -ANSWER ✔️✔️transference of authority or responsibility to perform a
selected nursing task in a selected situation to a competent individual.
The rights of ___ include: 1. The right task 2. Under the right circumstances 3. To
the right person 4. With the right direction and communication 5. Under the right
supervision and evaluation
RN remains accountable for ___ in terms of appropriateness
Health Care Recipients -ANSWER ✔️✔️Consumers of health care are diverse in
race, age, gender.
Active participants in their own care
Healthcare moving toward a patient-centered model of health care
Healthcare services designed to meet the needs and wishes of individuals
Unique attributes of each individual taken into consideration
, Leadership -ANSWER ✔️✔️an interactive process that provides needed guidance
and direction.
Leadership in the 21st Century -ANSWER ✔️✔️Changes in health care are altering
the foundations of nursing practice
Nurses are becoming increasingly frustrated with the reality of the nursing care
they were taught to provide
Diverse generations in today's workplace
Link Between Nursing Leadership and Outcomes -ANSWER ✔️✔️Increased job
satisfaction, empowerment, and autonomy among nurses
Improved patient outcomes
Increased patient satisfaction
Increased patient safety
Fewer adverse events
Fewer complications
How Can Health Care Organizations Retain Nurses? -ANSWER ✔️✔️Adequate
compensation
Flexible staffing
Allow professional autonomy
Good communication and interpersonal relationships
Work recognition
Adequate benefits
Professional practice
Follow Magnet hospital programs
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT||NEWLY
UPDATED 2026/2027
Question: Defining Professional Identity in Nursing
Answer: ✔️✔️ This represents a practitioner’s internal sense of self, shaped by the
core values, ethical standards, and specialized behaviors of the nursing profession,
leading them to think and act with a clinical mindset.
Question: Strategies for Cultivating a Professional Nursing Identity
Answer: ✔️✔️ Growth is achieved by internalizing professional expectations,
seeking mentorship feedback, practicing consistent self-reflection, taking
ownership of one’s learning, fostering collaborative relationships, and prioritizing
personal well-being to better serve patients.
Question: Concepts and Examples of Promoting Human Flourishing
Answer: ✔️✔️ This involves holistic advocacy, such as supporting patients through
emotional crises, securing necessary recovery resources during discharge, assisting
colleagues with mental health support, and fostering a healing atmosphere for
families.
Definitions of Nursing -ANSWER ✔️✔️ANA (1980): "The diagnosis and treatment
of human responses to actual and potential health problems"
(ANA, 2010): 1. protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
2. prevention of illness and injury
3. alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
4. advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.
,Scope of Practice -ANSWER ✔️✔️• Defines the actions, procedures that are
permitted by law for a nurse to perform
• Board of Nursing of each state governs nursing practice in that state
• Scope of practice varies by educational preparation and chosen career path
The Role of the RN -ANSWER ✔️✔️Direct Patient Care
Educators
Nurse Practitioners
Clinical Leaders
Certified Nurse midwife
CRNA
Entrepreneurs
Counselors
Researchers
Delegation -ANSWER ✔️✔️transference of authority or responsibility to perform a
selected nursing task in a selected situation to a competent individual.
The rights of ___ include: 1. The right task 2. Under the right circumstances 3. To
the right person 4. With the right direction and communication 5. Under the right
supervision and evaluation
RN remains accountable for ___ in terms of appropriateness
Health Care Recipients -ANSWER ✔️✔️Consumers of health care are diverse in
race, age, gender.
Active participants in their own care
Healthcare moving toward a patient-centered model of health care
Healthcare services designed to meet the needs and wishes of individuals
Unique attributes of each individual taken into consideration
, Leadership -ANSWER ✔️✔️an interactive process that provides needed guidance
and direction.
Leadership in the 21st Century -ANSWER ✔️✔️Changes in health care are altering
the foundations of nursing practice
Nurses are becoming increasingly frustrated with the reality of the nursing care
they were taught to provide
Diverse generations in today's workplace
Link Between Nursing Leadership and Outcomes -ANSWER ✔️✔️Increased job
satisfaction, empowerment, and autonomy among nurses
Improved patient outcomes
Increased patient satisfaction
Increased patient safety
Fewer adverse events
Fewer complications
How Can Health Care Organizations Retain Nurses? -ANSWER ✔️✔️Adequate
compensation
Flexible staffing
Allow professional autonomy
Good communication and interpersonal relationships
Work recognition
Adequate benefits
Professional practice
Follow Magnet hospital programs
