Nursing Today, Education, Professionalism, Becoming a Nurse

Question 1

What percentage of licensed RNs are men?

Answer 1

About 65%

Question 2

Currently, which is the primary worksite for RNs?

Answer 2

Hospital

Question 3

Which will provide the most opportunity for employment, because most future health care services will take place in this setting?

Answer 3

Home Health

Question 4

The Educational Status of Nursing

Answer 4

Nursing curriculum, living conditions, and teaching methods

Question 5

Goldmark Report

Answer 5

Quality of Nursing Education

Clinical experiences, hospital control, desirability of nursing universities, funding, and lack of prepared educators

Question 6

Yale University School of Nursing

Answer 6

Separate university department

Independent budget

Question 7

Nursing Schools Today and Tomorrow

Answer 7

Quality of Nursing Education:

Schools, curricula, collegiate education

Question 8

A Curriculum Guide for Schools of Nursing

Answer 8

Outlined 3-year curriculum and influenced school structure

Question 9

Accreditation

Answer 9

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)

National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC)

Question 10

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Answer 10

Standards of continuing education (CE)

Accreditation of CE programs

Transferability of CE from state to state

Development of guidelines for states’ recognition systems

Question 11

In the early days of diploma and hospital-based nursing programs, what was one of their primary contributions for women in society?

Answer 11

Provide an avenue for formal education and jobs

Question 12

The inability of nursing programs to produce enough nurses to meet society’s need is a result of which of the following?

Answer 12

Lack of capacity in nursing schools

Low salaries for nursing professors

Lack of student interest in the nursing profession

Question 13

Virginia Henderson’s definition

Answer 13

“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.”

Question 14

Cohen’s Model of Basic Student Socialization 4

Answer 14

Four stages to be experienced in sequence

Stage 1: Unilateral dependence

Stage 2: Negativity/independence

Stage 3: Dependence/mutuality

Stage 4: Interdependence

Question 15

Benner’s Stages of Nursing Proficiency (Basic Student Socialization) 5

Answer 15

Five stages of nursing practice

Stage 1: Novice

Stage 2: Advanced beginner period

Stage 3: Competent practitioner

Stage 4: Proficient practitioner

Stage 5: Expert practitioner

Question 16

Which nursing theorist developed the definition of nursing that focused on the interpersonal relationship between nurse and patient ?

Answer 16

Virginia Henderson

Question 17

Lucie Kelly, RN, PhD, FAAN: (eight characteristics)

Answer 17

Vital to humanity

Knowledge continually expanding

Intellectual activities – Accountability

Advanced education

Autonomy

Altruism

Code of ethics

Association

Question 18

Accreditation of Schools of Nursing

Answer 18

National League for Nursing (NLN)

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)*

National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing (N-OADN)

Question 19

To be a professional

Answer 19

Be respectful.
You do not have to like or agree with a person to be civil. Treat him or her as you would want to be treated.

Be ethical.
Understand that in professional settings, professional ethics are mandatory.

Be honest.
Be trustworthy; do not participate in gossip and rumor.

Be the best.
Strive to be better than just good enough.

Be consistent.
Behavior should be consistent with professional values and beliefs.

Be a communicator.
Invite ideas, opinions, and feedback from patients and colleagues.

Be accountable.
Do what you say you will do. Take responsibility for your own actions.

Be collaborative.
Collaborations benefit your patients.

Be forgiving.
Everyone makes mistakes—including yourself.

Be current.
Keep knowledge and skills up to date.

Be involved.
Be active at local, state, and national levels in professional organizations.

Be a model nurse.
What a person says and does reflects on his or her profession.

Be responsible for your own learning.
Be assertive in making your learning needs known to teachers and mentors.

Be prepared.
Do assignments for classes and prepare for labs and clinical shifts in advance, making sure that you have a good foundation for your practice.

Question 20

Who published a list of criteria that are characteristic of all true professions and that has stood the test of time?

Answer 20

Abraham Flexner

Question 21

Which one of nursing leader Dr. Lucie Kelly’s characteristics of a profession is described as an organization that encourages and supports high standards of practice?

Answer 21

Association

Question 22

Which document provides a framework for nurses to understand the nursing profession’s relationship to the wider society?

Answer 22

Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession (ANA, 2010)

Question 23

Flexner Report, 1910

Answer 23

Intellectual with individual responsibility

Based on learned knowledge

Practical

Can be taught

Strong internal organization

Motivated by altruism