Learning Activity #1

Question 1

What are the Nursing Roles

Answer 1

1. Caregiver (Collaborative and Comprehensive)
2. Educator ( ie. preventative measures, how to care for there own wounds)
3. Advocate (for your clients and yourself)
4. Leader and Manager
5. Researcher and policy (policy are provided by the CNO)

Question 2

Definition of Nursing

Answer 2

• assist the individual sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery
• help him gain independence as rapidly as possible

Question 3

Nursing Values

Answer 3

• no two individuals are exactly alike
• nursing is committed to humanistic, holistic and evidence-based care given within a safe, ethical, and culturally sensitive framework
• nursing is composed of physiological (biophysical), phychological (emotional), sociocultural (interpersonal), spiritual and environmental- that are interrelated and not separate entities
• focus on relationships rather than authority/power

Question 4

Guidelines for Nursing Practice

Answer 4

• structured by codes of ethics and standards that guide nursing practice and protect the public
• ei of these are: codes for Nurses, standards of nursing practice

Question 5

Ethics

Answer 5

principle of conduct

Question 6

Ethical behavior is concerned with

Answer 6

• moral values
• obligations
• and the distinction between right and wrong

Question 7

The code of ethics for nurses provides

Answer 7

• frame of reference for professional values and ideal nursing behaviors
• helps nurses make moral and ethical decision making and to define the role of nurses

Question 8

Standards of Nursing Practice

Answer 8

• standard is a statement or criterion that can be used by a profession ad by the general public to measure quality or practice
• standards of nursing practice make each nurse accountable for their practice

Question 9

Who developed the standards of nursing practice

Answer 9

The CNO and CNA have developed and implemented standards of practice that identify clearly the nurses’ responsibilities

Question 10

The CNO’s standards of nursing practice includes

Answer 10

• confidentiality and privacy (personal health information)
• decisions about procedures and authority
• documentation
• ethics
• infection prevention and control
• medication
• professional standards
• restraints
• resuscitation
• therapeutic nurse-client relationship

Question 11

what is a legal and ethical dilemma

Answer 11

dilemma is a choice between two unpleasant, ethically troubling alternatives

ie. client refusing to take medication
- Nurses must use ethical and legal guidelines to make decisions about moral actions

Question 12

What are the 4 critical thinking skills

Answer 12

1. Divergent
2. Reasoning
3. Clarifying
4. Reflection

Question 13

Divergent critical thinking definition

Answer 13

having the ability to weigh the importance of information

Question 14

Reasoning critical thinking definition

Answer 14

having the ability to discriminate between facts and guesses

Question 15

Clarifying critical thinking definition

Answer 15

defining terms and noting similarities and differences

Question 16

Reflection critical thinking definition

Answer 16

• most important

- occurs when you take the time to think about something