Becoming an RN
NLN Competencies
Learning
QSEN Competencies
Leadership
100

This is established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining the legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing, and establish criteria for the education and licensure of nurses

Nurse Practice Acts

100

Nursing, a vital profession in the reforming health care system, functions to continuously inform education and practice. 

Spirit of Inquiry

100

Involves the storing and recalling of new knowledge

Cognitive learning

100

Recognizing the patient as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values and needs. 

Patient-Centered Care

100

Nondirective leadership, the leader relinquishes power to the group, such that an outsider could not identify the leader in the group. 

What Laissez-Faire Leadership?

200

-Promote health

-Prevent illness

-Restore health

-Facilitate coping with disability or death

This is the definition of_______________

Nursing Practice  or Definition of Nursing

200

Growth is integral to the development of the nurse educator as a leader who pursues and values professional and personal advancement. 

Professional Identity

200

Learning a physical skill involving the integration of mental and physical activity

Psychomotor learning

200

Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.

Evidence-Based Practice

200

Also called participative leadership, is characterized by a sense of equality among the leader and other participants. Decisions and activities are shared.

What is Democratic leadership?

300

Optimal functioning or well-being defined by the WHO 

Health

300

Nurse educators use learning and teaching skills to enhance the ability to live a good life for students, colleagues, patients, and communities. 

Human Flourishing

300

This learning includes changes in attitudes, values and feelings

Affective learning

300

Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. 

Teamwork and Collaboration 

300

A Charismatic leader who is unique in their ability to inspire and motivate others. 

What is Transformational Leadership?

400

The practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from research that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful

Evidence-based Practice

400

Nurses demonstrate logic in decisions and actions related to quality nursing education and patient care. 

Sound Nursing Judgement

400

This refers to the extent to which a patient's behavior coincides with the clinical advice, implying he health care provider is viewed as the authority and the patient passively follows recommendations.

What is Compliance?

400

Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making. 

Informatics

400

This is a leadership style based on a task-and-reward orientation. Team members agree to a satisfactory salary and working conditions in exchange for commitment and compliance to their leader. 

What is Transactional Leadership?

500
Established in 1952 this national organization was developed for students enrolled in nursing education programs.

National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)

500

The organization promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community. 

National League for Nursing (NLN)

500

Unplanned teaching sessions that deal with the patient's immediate learning needs and concerns. 

What is informal teaching?

500

Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. 

Quality Improvement

500

Also called directive leadership or authoritarian leadership, involves the leader assuming control over the decisions and activities of the group.

What is Autocratic Leadership?