Topic 1
How is nursing considered an art?
Why is the State Nurse Practice Act important?
It describes the authority, power, and composition of the Board of Nursing. It defines the educational program standards and sets the minimum educational qualifications and other requirements for licensure.
What is the exam required for nursing licensure?
NCLEX - National Council Licensure Examination
What is the purpose of the American Nursing Association?
To achieve legal recognition for trained nurses, which helped to protect the public
Who founded the first English training school for nurses at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London in 1860?
Florence Nightingale
What is evidence-based practice?
What tasks can be completed by the unlicensed assisted personnel?
Routine, stable vital signs, documenting input and output, can get blood from the blood bank and ADLs
What are the educational requirements needed to practice nursing?
An individual must be educated from an accredited facility and also meet the clinical and didactic requirements needed to take the NCLEX following completion of ADN or BSN program.
What are potential causes for nursing shortages?
Internal: Inadequate pay, long hours, increased responsibility for unlicensed workers and significant responsibility with little authority
External: Changes in demand for nursing services, the increasing age of the American population, greater acuity (degree of illness) of hospitalized individuals, and the public perceptions of nursing as a profession
Who was the Jamaican nurse that was rejected by Nightingale, managed soldiers in Crimea and was also an expert on cholera?
Mary Seacole
What is Roy’s Adaption Model?
“How can I modify this patient’s environment to faciliate his or her adaptation?”
Who promotes high standards of nursing while also providing a safe and ethical work environment?
American Nurses Association
What are three tasks that are within the scope of practice of a registered nurse?
Post-op assessment, initial client teaching, starting blood products, sterile procedures, IV’s & IV medications, discharge education and clinical assessment (ADPIE)
The posed question “What needs to be adjusted in this environment to protect the patient?” was part of whose philosophy?
Florence Nightingale
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
What is Orem’s Self-Care Model?
“What deficits does the patient have in providing his or her own self-care?"
What is the Joint Commission responsible for?
The Joint Commission is responsible for setting safety standards for providing safe, high quality patient care in the hospital setting focusing on continuous improvement. They are also responsible for hospital accreditation.
What are the five stages of Benner's Stages of Clinical Competence?
Novice, Advanced beginner, Competent, Proficient and Expert
What are the three main components of informed consent?
Consent must be given voluntarily. Consent must be given by an individual with the capacity and competence to understand. The provider cannot influence the patient unduly by giving incomplete information or obscuring data that the patient should have to make a truly informed decision.
The posed question “How can I create an environment of trust, understanding, and openness so that the patient and I can work together in meeting their needs?” was part of whose philosophy?
Jean Watson
What is Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations in Nursing?
“Within the relationship with my patient, how can I best help him or her understand his or her health problems and develop new, healthier behaviors?”
What are the five rights to ensure safe delegation?
Right task, right circumstances, right person, right direction/communication, right supervision/evaluation
As part of the Code of Ethics, what are the six ethical principles that are based on human dignity and respect?
Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice, Fidelity & Veracity
What did the Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing do?
Helped to develop collegiate level nursing education in universities
The posed question “What can I help this patient do that they would do for themselves if they could?” was part of whose philosophy?
Virginia Henderson