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How is it possible to recognize nurses from different schools?

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Pins & registries

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What does NCLEX stand for?

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National Council Licensure Examination

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What does CAT stand for?

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Computer adaptive testing

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What are the steps in the nursing process?

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Assessment, Analysis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation

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What is the organizing framework for the NCLEX?

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Client needs

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How many types of educational programs are there for nursing?

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Which nursing program takes 9-12 months and teaches basic technical bedside care

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Practical or vocational nurse program (LPN/LVN)

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Which nursing program takes 2-3 years and is for basic RN positions (hospitals and agency care)?

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Diploma Program

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What nursing program takes 2 years (some 1 year bridge programs) and ofers basic technical care in RN positions, primarily in institutions

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Associate Degree

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Which nursing program takes 2-4 years and offers basic professional practice, management, community & public health settings

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Bachelor’s degree (BSN)

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Which nursing program takes 1-2 years and offers advanced clinical practice, management, education, and leadership positions

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Master’s Degree (MSN)

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What does LPN stand for?

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Licensed practical nurse

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What are the 6 major components of the organizing framework?

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Human needs, professional values & ethics, interprofessional communication, the nursing process, levels of prevention, and theories of nursing and other disciplines

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Human needs encompass what 5 needs?

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Physiological, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and environmental

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What are the standards that guide the behavior of professional nursing and assist in ethical and value-laden decision making

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Professional values & ethics

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16
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This type of prevention is aimed at lowering risk through health promotion and altering susceptibility through specific protection of people who are at risk for developing a disease

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Primary

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This type of prevention consists of strategies aimed at early detection and prompt treatment of disease to provide cure or slow progression and to reduce disability or eliminate complications once disease is present

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Secondary

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This type of prevention consists of strategies aimed at limiting disability and providing rehab from disease or injuries once there is damage or loss of function

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Tertiary

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What are the 5 core values of ULM’s school of nursing?

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Altriusm, autonomy, human dignitiy, intergrity, & social justice

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What are the 3 duties of the state board of nursing?

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grant/renew licenses, address concerns about a nurse’s practice (administer Nursing Practice Acts), & assign appropriate disciplenary action

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What is the ‘alternate’ nursing process?

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Assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, & evaluation

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What was the first state to make continuing education manadatory?

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California

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What is the range for number of hours for continuing education?

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20-40 hours over a 2-3 year period

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What is the primary purpose of licensure?

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Protection of the public

25
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What was the first state to require mandatory licensure?

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New York

26
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When was the first NCLEX exam developed?

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1982

27
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What were the 4 sections in the State Board Testing Pool Examination?

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Medical-Surgical nursing, maternity nursing, nursing of children, & psychiatric nursing

28
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When was written testing replaced with computerized adaptive testing?

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1994

29
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What is the minimum number of questions on the NCLEX? The maximum?

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75; 265

30
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What are the 4 types of questions on the NCLEX?

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knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis

31
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What is the statute that regulates the practice of nursing?

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Nursing Practice Acts

32
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What are the 2 purposes of the NCLEX?

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Safeguard the public from unsafe practioners & assist state boards in determining candidate’s capabilities fo performing entry-level RN positions

33
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What does QPR stand for?

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Question, persuade, understand

34
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Suicide is the ___ leading cause of death in the US

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11th

35
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Anyone who is in a position to recognize a crisis and warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide

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gatekeeper

36
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Who accredits ULM School of Nursing?

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The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

37
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The planning phase of the nursing process includes what 3 things?

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Setting realisticc & measurable goals, developing interventions to meet/resolve needs, & modifying goals as necessary

38
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What 3 choices may be made after collecting and analyzing data?

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To resolve the plan, to continue it, or to revise it

39
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the interaction of the nurse and client in an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust; in this collaborative environment, the nurse provides encouragement, hope, support, and compassion to help achieve desired outcomes

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caring

40
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What are the 3 goals of communication?

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Establish understanding, cooperation, and prevent and/or decrease conflict

41
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What type of conflict resolution is assertive?

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compromise & collaboration

41
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Who gives the NCLEX?

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National Council of State boards of nursing (NCSBN)

42
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What is the key to resolving conflict?

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Everyone must view it as a problem that can be solved mutually

43
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What is considered to be intimate space?

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Contact – 18 inches

44
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What is considered casual space?

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18 inches – 4 feet

45
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What is considered to be social – consultative space?

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4 to 12 feet

46
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What is considered public space?

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12 feet+

47
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Perceiving and addressing patient’s needs without emotional involvement or becoming inappropriately immersed

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Empathy

48
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Feeling or expressing pity or sorrow for the distress of another

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Sympathy

49
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Nursing malpractice is the ___ leading cause of death in the US

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8th

50
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What is it the mortality rate a year from nursing malpractice?

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98,000

51
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What does EMTALA stand for?

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Emergency medical treatment and labor Acts

52
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What does HIPAA stand for?

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Health information portability and accountability act

53
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Law that says as a medical professional if you know about abuse or communicable diseases you must report it

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Mandatory reporting law

54
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Law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination

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Americans with disabilities act

55
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The law that gives patients the right to decide what happens to them to a certain extent

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Patient self – determination Act

56
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A law that says after a certain number of years you cannot file a claim against someone

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Statutes of limitation

57
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Who played Nurse Ratchef in one flew over the cuckoo’s nest?

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Ken Kesey

Nursing 2000 (2 decks)

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