FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING THE ART AND
SCIENCE OF PERSON CENTERED CARE 10TH
EDITION EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Nursing Requires.
Answer: -Current knowledge and practice standards
-Insightful and compassionate approach
-Critical thinking
◉ Benner's stages of nursing proficiency.
Answer: 1. Novice=beginning nursing student or entry level
2. Advanced Beginner=some experience
3. Competent=deep understanding of situations
4. Proficient=more than 2-3 years experience
5. Expert=5 years or greater of diverse experience
◉ American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing.
Answer: illustrates the consistent commitment of nurses to provide
care that promotes the well-being of their patients and communities
,◉ International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Answer: promoting national associations of nurses, improving
standards of nursing practice, seeking a higher status for nurses, and
providing an international power base for nurses. Nursing includes
the promotion of health; prevention of illness; and care of ill,
disabled, and dying people.
◉ Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
Answer: 1960: Documentation began
Standards of Practice
Standards of Professional Performance
Code of ethics- statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define the principles you will use to provide care to your
patients.
◉ Nursing professional responsibilities and roles.
Answer: *Autonomy & Accountability = essential element of
professional nursing that involves the initiation of independent
nursing interventions with medical orders.
*Caregiver= help patients maintain and regain health
*Advocate= protect patient's rights
*Educator= explain concepts and facts about health, describe reason
for a routine, demonstrate procedures such as self care activities,
evaluate patient's progress in learning
, *Communicator= know your patients, including their preferences,
strengths, weakness and needs. You communicate with the pt's
family and other depts in hospital
*Manager= coordinate activities of members of nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and personnel policy, and budgetary
responsibility.
◉ Career Development.
Answer: *Provider of Care
*Advanced Practice RN (APRN)= most independent functioning
nurse, requires masters degree or doctor of nursing practice
*Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)= an APRN who is an expert clinician
in a specialized are of practice
*Nurse Practitioner (NP)= an APRN who provides comprehensive
health care to a group of pts
*Certified Nurse Midwife= An APRN who is educated in midwifery
*Certified RN anesthesist= provides surgical anesthesia
*Nurse Educator= works primarily in schools of nursing, staff
development.
*Nurse Administrator= manages pt care & the delivery of specific
nursing services with a health agency
*Nurse Researcher= conducts evidence-based practice & researcher
to improve nurse care
SCIENCE OF PERSON CENTERED CARE 10TH
EDITION EXAM QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Nursing Requires.
Answer: -Current knowledge and practice standards
-Insightful and compassionate approach
-Critical thinking
◉ Benner's stages of nursing proficiency.
Answer: 1. Novice=beginning nursing student or entry level
2. Advanced Beginner=some experience
3. Competent=deep understanding of situations
4. Proficient=more than 2-3 years experience
5. Expert=5 years or greater of diverse experience
◉ American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing.
Answer: illustrates the consistent commitment of nurses to provide
care that promotes the well-being of their patients and communities
,◉ International Council of Nurses (ICN).
Answer: promoting national associations of nurses, improving
standards of nursing practice, seeking a higher status for nurses, and
providing an international power base for nurses. Nursing includes
the promotion of health; prevention of illness; and care of ill,
disabled, and dying people.
◉ Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.
Answer: 1960: Documentation began
Standards of Practice
Standards of Professional Performance
Code of ethics- statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define the principles you will use to provide care to your
patients.
◉ Nursing professional responsibilities and roles.
Answer: *Autonomy & Accountability = essential element of
professional nursing that involves the initiation of independent
nursing interventions with medical orders.
*Caregiver= help patients maintain and regain health
*Advocate= protect patient's rights
*Educator= explain concepts and facts about health, describe reason
for a routine, demonstrate procedures such as self care activities,
evaluate patient's progress in learning
, *Communicator= know your patients, including their preferences,
strengths, weakness and needs. You communicate with the pt's
family and other depts in hospital
*Manager= coordinate activities of members of nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and personnel policy, and budgetary
responsibility.
◉ Career Development.
Answer: *Provider of Care
*Advanced Practice RN (APRN)= most independent functioning
nurse, requires masters degree or doctor of nursing practice
*Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)= an APRN who is an expert clinician
in a specialized are of practice
*Nurse Practitioner (NP)= an APRN who provides comprehensive
health care to a group of pts
*Certified Nurse Midwife= An APRN who is educated in midwifery
*Certified RN anesthesist= provides surgical anesthesia
*Nurse Educator= works primarily in schools of nursing, staff
development.
*Nurse Administrator= manages pt care & the delivery of specific
nursing services with a health agency
*Nurse Researcher= conducts evidence-based practice & researcher
to improve nurse care
