Role Transitions
NCLEX-RN Exam and the New Graduate
Legal Issues
Ethical Issues
Nursing Education
100

A passage or change from one situation, condition , or state to another that occurs over time.

What is a transition

100

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)

Who is the governing body for the committee that prepares the licensure examination (NCLEX-RN)?

100

Civil wrongs committed by one person against another person or property

What are Torts.

100

A written statement of a person's wishes about how he or she would like care decisions to be made if he or she ever loses the ability to make such decisions independently.

What is Advanced Directive.

100

- ACEN (Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing)
- CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education)

What are the two accrediting bodies?

200

Developmental (Becoming a parent or a mid-life crisis)
Situational (graduation, career change, or divorce)
Health/Illness (Dealing with a chronic illness)
Organizattional (change in leader or new staffing patterns)

What are the 4 types of transitions.
200

Like a drivers license, it allows a nurse to hold a nursing license in their state of residency and practice in other states that are part of the compact. The nurse must comply with the NPA of the state in which they are practicing.

What is the Nurse Licensure Compact?

200

The court's authority to accept and decide cases

What is Jurisdiction.

200

The duty to prevent or avoid doing harm, whether intentional or unintentional (avoiding actions that cause harm).

What is Nonmaleficence

200

- A process by which a governmental agency grants "legal" permission to an individual to practice nursing.

What is nursing licensure?

300

The reaction experienced when one moves into the workforce from a familiar, comfortable educational environment into a new role in the work force in which expectations are not clearly defined or may not even be realistic.

What is Reality Shock.

300

There is a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 265.

How many questions are on the NCLEX?

300

The person who files the lawsuit and is seeking damages

What is the Plaintiff.

300

 Choosing
- Prizing
- Acting on your value choices in real-life situations

What are the 3 steps in the process of value clarification?

300

The process of being formally recognized in each state as an RN.

What is nursing registration?

400

When the graduate nurse is able to evaluate the work situation objectively and predict the actions and reactions of the staff effectively.

When does a successfully managed transition period begin?

400

Knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to the safe and effective practice of nursing at the entry level.

What is the NCLEX-RN examination is designed to test?

400

Laws enacted by legislative bodies and are the documented rules for living in your state (state laws). Rules for our relationships with one another and can be viewed as the ethics of our society written down. Section on definitions is one of the most important parts.

What is Statutory Laws 

400

Rules or principles that determine which human actions are right and wrong.

What are Ethics.

400

A voluntary process by which a nongovernmental agency or association certifies that an individual licensed to practice a profession has certain predetermined standards specified by that profession for specialty practice.

What is certification?

500

Novice

Advanced Beginner

Competent

Efficient 

Expert

What are the five types of nurses according to Benner's Theory?

500

An in-depth overview of the content categories along with details about the administration of the exam as well as NCLEX-style item writing exercises and case scenario examples

What does the NCLEX-RN examination test plan include?

500

One of the most common reasons for state board action against nurses involves the taking of hospital medications for personal use.

What is substance abuse.

500

- Altruism
- Autonomy
- Human dignity
- Integrity
- Social justice

What are the 5 essential nursing values?

500

A process by which a voluntary, nongovernmental agency or organization approves and grants status to institutions or programs (not individuals) that meet predetermined standards or outcomes.

What is accreditation?