NUR 215 Exam 1 Questions and
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Why is nursing considered a profession? Correct Answer:
Education, knowledge, selfless concern for others, follow a
code of ethics, practice autonomy, accountability, and
responsibility, professional organizations
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What is a nurse? Correct Answer: Highly trained, well
educated, caring, and competent.
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6 basic skills Correct Answer: critical thinking skills
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Leadership skills
Advocacy
technical skills
4 basic principals of nursing Correct Answer: Advocacy
Responsibility
Accountability
Confidentiality
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6 ethical principles of nursing Correct Answer: autonomy,
beneficence, fidelity, justice, non-maleficence, veracity
autonomy Correct Answer: the right of the patient to make
decisions about their medical care w/out their healthcare
provider trying to influence their decisions
beneficence Correct Answer: address the idea that a nurse's
actions should only promote good
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fidelity Correct Answer: The nurse must be faithful to the
promises they made as professionals to provide quality care
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justice Correct Answer: the nurse needs to be impartial and
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fair to each patient
Non-Maleficence Correct Answer: nurse must be non-harming
or inflicting the least amount of harm possible to reach a
beneficial outcome
veracity Correct Answer: must be honest and tell the truth
History of nursing Correct Answer: transformed to a women
dominated profession in the 19th and 20th century, had to
become licensed in order to work in the profession in 1903 in
the US
angel of mercy Correct Answer: religion based and shows
nurses as self-sacrificing, moral and noble
battle Ax Correct Answer: showed nurses as cruel torturers,
includes the bossy nurse Ratchet
naughty nurse Correct Answer: shows nurses as sexy and
risque women, seen as potential dates for physicians