Module 1.1

Question 1

Scope of Practice in Med Surg

Answer 1

used to delineate actions that are legally permitted for a particular profession based on educational qualifications

Question 2

Independent actions within the scope of practice

Answer 2

are within a nurse’s scope of practice to perform or initiate independently

Question 3

Dependent actions within the scope of practice

Answer 3

requires an order from the MD, DO, PA, NP

Question 4

Patient and family-centered care (Delivery Models)

Answer 4

cared for by interdisciplinary groups of healthcare providers. Involved active involvement and collaboration

Question 5

Collaborative practice (Delivery Models)

Answer 5

Healthcare providers perform their jobs while sharing decision-making responsibilities

Question 6

Care across the continuum (Delivery Models)

Answer 6

ensures inpatient and outpatient providers are on the same page

Question 7

Members of the interdisciplinary team

Answer 7

Center- is the patient and family
Beside them- is the nurse
Following them- is the rest of the providers that branch off of each other (MD, Pharmacist, Therapist)

Question 8

Delegation

Answer 8

The RN can delegate to another RN, LPN, or UAP
The LPN can delegate to another LPN or UAP

Question 9

5 rights of delegation

Answer 9

The right task, right circumstance, right person, right direction and communication, and right supervision and evaluation

Question 10

Things to be delegated (RN>LPN)

Answer 10

Administering medications, Administering enteral feedings, Reinforcing patient teaching, Monitoring findings (r/t assessment)

Question 11

Things to be delegated (RN>UAP)

Answer 11

ADLs, bathing, grooming, feeding, ambulating, positioning, Is and Os, VS (on stable patient)

Question 12

Nurse’s role in the management of care

Answer 12

ADPIE, interdisciplinary collaboration

Question 13

Nurse’s role in safety and infection control

Answer 13

utilizes evidence-based to prevent infection, medical and surgical asepesis

Question 14

Nurse’s role in health promotion

Answer 14

Includes an element of self-responsibility
Health promotion occurs throughout the lifespan and activities should be planned accordingly

Question 15

Define health promotion

Answer 15

the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants thereby improving health

Question 16

Healthy people initiative

Answer 16

Health conditions, Health behaviors, Varied populations, Settings and systems, and Social determinants affecting health. These goals are set to be reached by 2030

Question 17

Acute illness

Answer 17

short-term, curable with treatment options (ex. cold or sprained ankle)

Question 18

Chronic illness

Answer 18

long term, CDC defines as a disease process lasting longer the >1 year, with no cure only symptom management. (ex. diabetes and COPD)

Question 19

Terminal illness

Answer 19

usually results in death, no cure (ex. cancer and Alzheimer’s)

Question 20

Culture

Answer 20

similarities shared among members of a group

Question 21

Cultural diversity

Answer 21

existence of varied cultural groups within a society

Question 22

Cultural competence

Answer 22

understand and address the entire cultural context of each client within the realm of the care delivered

Question 23

Cultural sensitivity

Answer 23

being knowledgeable about the cultures, prevalent in their area of practice