Exam 1

Question 1

4 aspects of professional identity

Answer 1

Doing
Being
Acting ethically
Flourishing

Question 2

What aspects of the professional identity are attached to which characteristics?

Answer 2

Doing: sociological
Being: psychological
Acting ethically: professional identity formation
Flourishing: transformational

Question 3

Describe the process of changing identity.

Answer 3

Emergence of new ID’s
Multiple ID’s
Reworking old ID’s to solve new issues
(All contributes to ID formation as a whole)

Question 4

What are the 4 aspects of professional ID formation?

Answer 4

Scope
Institutional roles
Behavioral competencies
Emerging identities

Question 5

Marcia and Josselson?
Crigger and Godfrey?
Bandura?

Answer 5

Theory of late adolescent identity formation (ID issues linked to development)
Theory of professional transformation in nursing (staircase model)
Social learning theory

Question 6

Linguistic?
Paralinguistic?
Metacommunication?

Answer 6

Spoken/written
Nonverbal
The context

Question 7

Nursing communication must be 2 things:

Answer 7

Effective and appropriate

Question 8

Steps to transpersonal human caring?

Answer 8

Centering/grounding
Intention
Presence
Communication

Question 9

Scope (nursing) defined as?

Answer 9

Clinical
Simulated clinical
Reflection
Role-modeling

Question 10

Define comportment.

Answer 10

Manner in which one conducts oneself.

Question 11

4 aspects of therapeutic communication:

Answer 11

Empowerment
Control of chronic disease
Satisfaction of care
Improved quality of life

Question 12

PQRSTU?

Answer 12

Provacative/palliative: “what helps/hurts?”
Quality: “what does it feel like?”
Region/radiation: “where?”
Severity: Pain scale
Timing: constant, intermittant, periodic?
U (patient): “how has this affected your life personally?”

Question 13

3 components of intrapersonal communication?

Answer 13

Internal process
Self-talk
Values clarification (prepping for self-evaluation and therapeutic communication)

Question 14

Define professional identity.

Answer 14

“Professional identity in nursing is defined as a sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.”

Question 15

3 connections between professional identity and nursing.

Answer 15

(1) forming and fostering professional identity, (2) an interprofessional perspective on professional identity and professional identity formation, and (3) interventions to achieve professional identity formation.

Question 16

What is the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPEC)?

Answer 16

set a clear standard for interprofessional collaboration in education and practice settings.

Question 17

What does clinical judgement depend on?

Answer 17

deep and meaningful understanding of the professional identity of the nurse, incorporating health and illness concepts along with the norms and values that characterize the nurse as a designer, manager, and coordinator of care and as a member of a profession

Question 18

4 interrelated concepts of the professional identity?

Answer 18

Ethics
Clinical judgement
Communication
Leadership

Question 19

Scope of professional identity? (3)

Answer 19

Behavioral, institutional, emergent identities

Question 20

List the 6 exemplars of professional identity.

Answer 20

Integrity
Compassion
Courage 
Humility
Advocacy
Flourishing

Question 21

What are sentinel events?

Answer 21

Unusually serious and unexpected events that occur during care.

Question 22

What is the ISBARR model?

Answer 22

ISBARR stands for identify self, situation, background, assessment, recommendations, and read back orders.

Question 23

5 interrelated concepts of communication?

Answer 23

Health care quality
Safety
Care coordination
Collaboration
Culture

Question 24

7 exemplars of communication?

Answer 24

Assertive communication
Therapeutic communication
Intrapersonal communication (self-talk)
Interpersonal communication
Interprofessional communication
Handoff/reporting
Documentation—Electronic health record

Question 25

Define values.

Answer 25

Values are qualities, principles, attitudes, or beliefs about the inherent worth of an object, behavior, or idea that guide action by sanctioning certain behaviors and disavowing others. Values and beliefs are essential factors in design and implementation of nursing interventions.

Question 26

What are the 3 steps of the valuing process?

Answer 26

Choosing
Prizing
Acting

Question 27

What are the 4 aspects of the Johari Window?

Answer 27

1. The public self, which is shown to others
2. The semipublic self, which is seen by others but may be outside the individual’s awareness
3. The private self, which is known to the individual, but not revealed to others
4. The inner self, which is the unconscious portion not known even to the individual because it has anxiety-provoking content

Question 28

What are the steps to high self-awareness?

Answer 28

1. Self-mindfulness
2. Mindfulness of others
3. Self-disclosure

Question 29

What is practical reflection?

Answer 29

deliberating one’s own thoughts and recollections of events to understand them and to take needed corrective action.

Question 30

Who stated ““Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs”?

Answer 30

QSEN (quality safety education for nurses)

Question 31

Communication strategies?

Answer 31

Reflection
Restating
Clarification
Listening
Constructive confrontation
Silence
Broad openings
Humor
Informing
Focusing
Sharing perceptions
Suggesting

Question 32

What is transference? What is countertransference?

Answer 32

reacting to another person in an exchange as though that person were someone from the past.

Counter: same, but from the health care professionals perspective.

Question 33

What are the 3 phases of nurse-patient care?

Answer 33

Orientation/intro
Working
Termination