Definitions
Culture & Diversity
Theories/Theorist
Questions
Laws & Policies
100

Allows a nurse the legal privilege to practice nursing in a state

Licensure

100

Set of values, beliefs, and traditions handed down from generation to generation

Culture

100

Founder of modern nursing, believed that nursing care, to a large extent, involved manipulating the patient's environment.

Florence Nightingale

100

The nurse is assigned to a client who believes that wearing a copper bracelet will relieve arthritic pain. In providing care for the client, it is most important for the nurse to:

a. Encourage the client to use anti-inflammatory medication

b. Inform the client that copper bracelets have no proven medical value

c. Address the pathophysiology associated with arthritis with the client

d. Respect the beliefs associated with the copper bracelet by the client

D. Respect the beliefs associated with the copper bracelet by the client

100

Ensures safe & healthful working conditions, intended to reduce work-related injuries

OSHA

200

The formal identification of professionals who meet predetermined standards of professional skill or competence

Credentialing

200

The loss of cultural characteristics that make minority groups different due to living within a dominant group

Cultural Assimilation

200

form of prejudice in which the elderly are stereotyped

Ageism

200

A female nurse is to care for the male client who is an Iraqi immigrant. Which approach demonstrates culturally sensitive care?

a. Ask that the client inform the nurse when wishing to pray

b. Ask interview questions but avoid eye contact with the client

c. Ask the client if he would prefer to be cared for by a male nurse

d. Ask the client to identify any cultural preferences while hospitalized

D. Ask the client to identify any cultural preferences while hospitalized

200

Legal basis for nursing practice written by a state legislature and is called

Nurse Practice Act

300

Being recognized as being competent in a certain area, due to having met certain predetermined qualifications.

Certification

300

When one assumes that all members of a culture or ethnic group act alike

Stereotyping

300

What are the priority settings frameworks?

ABC's:Airway, Breathing, Circulation

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Nursing Process

Least Restrictive to Most Restrictive & Least Invasive to Most Invasive

Survival Potential: Emergent, Urgent, Nonurgent, Expectant

Acute v. Chronic, Urgent v. Nonurgent, Unstable v. Stable

300

Which factor is unique to malpractice when comparing negligence & malpractice?

a. The action did not meet the standard of care

b. The inappropriate care is an act of commission

c. There is harm to the patient as a result of the care

d. There is a contractual relationship between the nurse & the patient

D. There is a contractual relationship between the nurse & the patient

300

A student nurse is about to graduate from an accredited nursing program. The student nurse understands that an action UNRELATED to the Nurse Practice Act is:


a. Setting guidelines for nurses' salaries

b. Establishing reciprocity for licensure between states

c. Determining minimum requirements for nursing education

d. Maintaining a list of nurses who can legally practice in the state

A. Setting guidelines for nurses' salaries

Rationale: Unions & Representatives where they work decide on their salary

400

To Promote Health, Prevent Illness, Restore Health & Facilitate Coping

AIMS of Nursing

400

The group within the culture that has the authority to control the value system and determine the rewards of the system

Dominant Group

400

Describe Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

1. Physiological

2. Safety & Security

3. Love & Belonging

4. Self Esteem

5. Self Actualization

400
The nurse is establishing a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. In what order will the nurse progress through initiating & ending the therapeutic relationship. 

1. Termination Phase

2. Working Phase

3. Pre-interaction Phase

4. Conclusion of relationship

5. Orientation Phase

3. Pre-Interaction Phase

5. Orientation Phase

2. Working Phase

1. Termination Phase

4. Conclusion of relationship

400
The hospitalized client diagnosed with end stage cancer, suddenly wants to discontinue treatment including no antibiotics tube feedings & mechanical ventilation. When acting as the client's advocate, which priority action should be taken by the nurse?


A. Respect the client's wishes & indicate them on POC

B. Notify the client's HCP & have the client share the decision with the family

C. Withhold the Tx & clarify other Tx that the client wishes to withhold

D. Decide what to do based on the client's condition when additional treatment is needed

B

500

Altruism v. Autonomy

Altruism: concern for the welfare & wellbeing of  others

Autonomy: the patient has the right to self-determination

500

The idea that one's own ideas, practices, and beliefs are best, are superior, or are the most preferred to those of others

Ethnocentrism

500

Erikson's Stages of Development


Birth-18 months: Trust v. Mistrust

18 months-3 years: Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt

3 years-5 years: Initiative vs. Guilt

6 years-12 years: ______________

12 years-20 years: Identity vs. Role Confusion

18 years-25 years: ___________________

25 years-65 years: Generativity vs. Stagnation

65 years-death: ______________________

6-12: Industry vs. Inferiority

18-25: Intimacy vs. Isolation

65-death: Integrity vs. Despair

500

While collecting information from the 16yo who is in the first trimester of pregnancy, nurse learns that the client drinks 4-6 alcoholic beverages, 3-4x a week. Based on the client's current developmental stage, what should be the nurse's INITIAL focus of care?

A. Establish a trusting relationship with the client

B. Educate the client about the risk for developing fetal alcohol syndrome

C. Inform the client about the personal health risks, of continuing w/ excessive drinking

D. Seek clarification about her home life & the friends with whom she spends time

A. Establish a trusting relationship with the client

500

Professional organization that establishes standards of practice, encourages research & represents nursing for legislative actions

American Nurses Association