Professional Development (Exam One) Flashcards
A group of tasks assigned to one individual is known as what?
Position
A group of positions similar in nature and level of skill that can be carried out by one, or more, individuals is referred to as a what?
Job
A group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found throughout an industry or work environment is referred to as a what?
Occupation
A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and formal qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria is known as a what?
Profession
What is a professional?
A person who practices a profession
The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical and skill characteristics of a member of a profession is referred to as what?
Professionalism
Describe the process approach.
Views all occupations on a continuum ranging from position to profession
The process approach is based on what?
Public opinion
Which approach bases judgement of a profession on the independence of practice and the power of the occupation?
Power approach
The power approach basis judgement of a profession on what two criteria?
- Independence of practice
- Power of occupation
What occupations are viewed as a profession under the power approach?
- Medicine
- Law
- Politics
Which approach does nursing most closely meet the criteria to be deemed a profession?
Trait approach
The trait approach is based on what?
Common characteristics
What practice is addressed in all currently used nursing theories?
Evidence-based practice
What is responsibility?
The concept that all individuals are accountable for their own actions and for the consequences of those actions
Define accountability.
The concept that each individual is responsible for his/her own actions and the consequences of those actions
What two factors increase the independence and freedom of nursing as a profession?
- Responsibility
- Accountability
Define autonomy.
- State of being self-directed or independent
- Ability to make decisions about one’s future
Which type of nursing exhibits the most autonomy?
- Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN)
- Nurse Practitioner
What is the most important element for gaining and maintaining control of the nursing practice by nurses?
Autonomy
Nurses are often the primary and only individuals named when medical or medication errors are made as a result of the concept _____________.
Accountability
Nursing is considered both _________ and _________.
Independent and interdependent
Define altruistic.
Act of being selfless
List examples of how nurses are altruistic.
- Working in hostile areas
- Provide care for sick or dying (COVID-19)
- Working 12 hour shifts
- Working holidays
In order to have a voice within the nursing practice, nurses should do what?
Join professional organizations in large numbers
Fewer than ______ of nurses are in a professional organization.
10%
Empowerment refers to what in relation to nursing?
- Helps the nurse take action
- Perform activities that promote patient care
What concepts lead to lack of empowerment?
- Belittlement
- Lack of confidence
- Fatigue
- Burnout
- Lack of experience
What term is best used to describe the ability or capacity to exert influence over another person or group of persons?
Power
List the characteristics of nurses who are empowered.
- Strong, positive attitude
- Highly motivated
- Use their motivation to motivate others
____________ ________ is defined as establishing and maintaining a close personal relationship with someone.
Referent power
Patients take medications, tolerate uncomfortable treatments, and participate in demanding activities because of the -therapeutic nurse-patient relationships. This is an example of what type of power?
Referent power
A physician is more likely to give wanted orders because of his/her trust in the abilities of the nurse. This is an example of what type of power?
Referent power
The ability to reprimand, withhold rewards, and threaten punishment is the key element underlying ________ _______.
Coercive power
What type of power destroys therapeutic nurse-patient relationships and is considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
Coercive power
List an example of coercive power.
- Withholding pain medication because the patient did not comply with nursing therapies
- Threatening patients with a painful injection if they do not take their oral medications
__________ __________ is derived from the amount of knowledge, skill, or expertise that an individual or group has.
Expert power
Nurses access which specific power when they use their knowledge to teach, counsel, and motivate patients, coworkers, or students?
Expert power
Nurses in __________ ________ roles are good examples of those who have expert power.
Advanced practice
The _________ ________ depends on the ability of one person to grant another some type of reward for specific behaviors or changes in behavior.
Reward power
The power to provide a patient with additional food after complying with nursing therapies such as ambulating and passing gas is known as what?
Reward power
Which power is considered the underlying principal in the process of behavior modification?
Reward power
_____________ __________ is the legislative or legal act that gives an individual or organization the right to make decisions.
Legitimate power
The power in which the State Board of Nursing can revoke a nurses license if they commit a harmful act towards a patient is referred to as?
Legitimate power
Due to its establishment under the Nurse Practice Act, the State Board of Nursing has what type of power?
Legitimate power
When a large group of individuals who have similar beliefs, desires, or needs become organized, this is referred to as __________ _________.
Collective power
Which source of power contains elements of reward, coercive, expert, and referent power?
Collective power
What is considered the focal point for collective power?
Professional organizations
Which four elements must be utilized in order to increase nursing power?
- Professional unity
- Political activity
- Accountability and professionalism
- Networking
The primary way in which nurses gain power in all areas of practice is by demonstrating which action?
Professional unity
Which qualities are characteristic of a profession? (SATA)
A. Specialized body of knowledge
B. High level of individual responsibility and accountability
C. Potential for high pay
D. Relatively high degree of autonomy
E. A code of ethics
A, B, D, E
_________ is the ability or capacity to exert influence over another person or group of persons.
Power
Some states require that APRNs practice under the license of a physician. What are of the nursing profession is being limited by these regulations?
A. Specialized body of knowledge
B. Public service and altruistic activities
C. A code of ethics that guides members in their practice
D. Autonomy and independence of practice
D. Autonomy and independence of practice
Place the steps of developing an evidence-based practice in the order they should occur.
- Evaluate effectiveness of current practices
- Identify the goal of the intervention
- Develop a plan to implement new findings
- Train staff to use the new intervention
- Search for practices that are demonstrably more effective
2, 1, 5, 3, 4