ANA Standards of professional performance Flashcards
A nurse notices a colleague posting patient information on social media. What standard does this violate?
Ethics – Nurses must protect patient privacy and confidentiality.
Ethics – Supporting patient autonomy and informed consent.
Scholarly Inquiry – Sharing research to advance nursing practice.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Promoting inclusivity in nursing.
Ethics – Nurses must protect patient privacy and confidentiality.
A patient refuses treatment, and the nurse respects their decision while ensuring they understand the risks. What standard is this?
Ethics – Supporting patient autonomy and informed consent.
Advocacy – Ensuring patient needs and rights are met.
Resource Utilization – Promoting cost-effective care.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Reflecting on practice effectiveness
Ethics – Supporting patient autonomy and informed consent.
A nurse attends a conference on new wound care techniques. What standard is this?
Collaboration – Promoting interdisciplinary teamwork.
Leadership – Advocating for a safe work environment.
Communication – Ensuring clear and professional exchanges.
Education – Nurses must engage in lifelong learning.
Education – Nurses must engage in lifelong learning.
A hospital requires annual competency training for nurses. Which standard does this align with?
Education – Nurses must maintain clinical competency.
Communication – Ensuring accurate and ethical communication.
Quality of Practice – Evaluating care to ensure high standards.
Education – Enhancing expertise through advanced training.
Education – Nurses must maintain clinical competency.
A nurse updates a hospital’s policy to include the latest pain management research. What standard is this?
Ethics – Upholding moral and professional integrity.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
A nurse questions a routine practice and reviews current studies before continuing. What standard is this?
Ethics – Upholding moral and professional integrity.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
A nurse participates in a quality improvement project to reduce patient falls. What standard does this demonstrate?
Ethics – Upholding moral and professional integrity.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
A nurse carefully documents all patient care to ensure accuracy and improve future care. What standard does this follow?
Quality of Practice – Maintaining detailed and accurate records.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Quality of Practice – Maintaining detailed and accurate records.
A nurse uses SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) when giving a report to the next shift. What standard is this?
Communication – Ensuring clear, professional exchanges.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Evidence-Based Practice – Critically evaluating care practices.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Communication – Ensuring clear, professional exchanges.
A patient is non-English speaking, so the nurse requests a medical interpreter. What standard does this align with?
Communication – Ensuring clear, professional exchanges.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Communication – Ensuring patient understanding through appropriate resources.
Quality of Practice – Enhancing nursing care and patient outcomes.
Communication – Ensuring patient understanding through appropriate resources.
A nurse mentors a new graduate nurse and helps them adjust to the unit. What standard does this reflect?
Communication – Ensuring clear, professional exchanges.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Communication – Ensuring patient understanding through appropriate resources.
Leadership – Supporting professional growth in nursing.
Leadership – Supporting professional growth in nursing.
A nurse speaks up about unsafe staffing levels to hospital management. What standard is this?
Communication – Ensuring clear, professional exchanges.
Evidence-Based Practice – Using research to improve patient care.
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Leadership – Supporting professional growth in nursing.
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
A nurse works with a physical therapist and dietitian to create a recovery plan for a stroke patient. What standard is this?
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Collaboration – Coordinating care across disciplines.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Continuously improving performance.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Collaboration – Coordinating care across disciplines.
During a patient’s discharge planning, the nurse includes the patient, family, and social worker in the discussion. What standard does this show?
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Collaboration – Coordinating care across disciplines.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Continuously improving performance.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
A nurse regularly seeks feedback from colleagues and adjusts practice accordingly. What standard is this?
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Ethics – Upholding moral and professional integrity.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Continuously improving performance.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Continuously improving performance.
A nurse reviews patient outcomes related to their care to identify areas for improvement. What standard is this?
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Continuously improving performance.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
A nurse educates a patient on managing their condition at home to prevent unnecessary ER visits. What standard is this?
Leadership – Advocating for safe and ethical work environments.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
A nurse ensures that equipment is used safely and appropriately to prevent waste. What standard does this align with?
Resource stewardship – Using resources efficiently and responsibly.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Collaboration – Ensuring a team-based approach to patient care.
Resource stewardship – Using resources efficiently and responsibly.
A nurse notices a spill in the hallway and ensures it is cleaned up to prevent falls. What standard does this align with?
Environmental Health – Promoting a safe healthcare setting.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Environmental Health – Reducing risks to staff and patients.
Environmental Health – Promoting a safe healthcare setting.
A nurse properly disposes of biohazard waste to prevent contamination. What standard does this reflect?
Environmental Health – Promoting a safe healthcare setting.
Professional Practice Evaluation – Assessing personal effectiveness.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Environmental Health – Reducing risks to staff and patients.
Environmental Health – Reducing risks to staff and patients.
A nurse speaks up for a patient who is being denied necessary pain medication. What standard is this?
Environmental Health – Promoting a safe healthcare setting.
Advocacy – Ensuring patient needs and rights are met.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Environmental Health – Reducing risks to staff and patients.
Advocacy – Ensuring patient needs and rights are met.
A nurse helps a homeless patient access community health resources. What standard does this reflect?
Advocacy – Supporting vulnerable populations.
Advocacy – Ensuring patient needs and rights are met.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Environmental Health – Reducing risks to staff and patients.
Advocacy – Supporting vulnerable populations.
A nurse provides the same quality care to all patients, regardless of socioeconomic status. What standard is this?
Advocacy – Supporting vulnerable populations.
Advocacy – Ensuring patient needs and rights are met.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Ensuring unbiased care for all.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Ensuring unbiased care for all.
A nurse attends diversity training to improve cultural competency. What standard does this align with?
Advocacy – Supporting vulnerable populations.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Promoting inclusivity in nursing.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Ensuring unbiased care for all.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Promoting inclusivity in nursing.
A nurse publishes a research article on new pain management techniques. What standard is this?
Scholarly Inquiry – Contributing to nursing knowledge.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Promoting inclusivity in nursing.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Ensuring unbiased care for all.
Scholarly Inquiry – Contributing to nursing knowledge.
A nurse presents findings from a quality improvement study at a conference. What standard does this demonstrate?
Scholarly Inquiry – Contributing to nursing knowledge.
Scholarly Inquiry – Sharing research to advance nursing practice.
Resource stewardship – Promoting cost-effective care.
Respectful and Equitable Practice – Ensuring unbiased care for all.
Scholarly Inquiry – Sharing research to advance nursing practice.
