Roles and Functions of a Nurse

Question 1

• Encompasses activities that assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the dignity of the
client
• Nurse is primarily concerned with the client’s needs

Answer 1

CAREGIVER

Question 2

Communicates the identified problem of the client to other health care team

Answer 2

COMMUNICATOR

Question 3

Nurse teaches client about their health and procedures they need to perform to restore their health

Answer 3

TEACHER

Question 4

• Acts to protect the client

* Nurse assist clients in exercising their rights and help them speak for themselves

Answer 4

CLIENT ADVOCATE

Question 5

Nurse provides emotional, intellectual and psychological support

Answer 5

COUNSELOR

Question 6

Nurse assists clients to make modification in their behavior

Answer 6

CHANGE AGENT

Question 7

Influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal

Answer 7

LEADER

Question 8

Nurse plans, give direction, develop staffs, monitors operation, give rewards fairly and represents both staff
members and administration as needed.

Answer 8

MANAGER

Question 9

Works with multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and
monitor outcomes.

Answer 9

CASE MANAGER

Question 10

Nurse participates in scientific investigation and uses research findings to improve client care

Answer 10

RESEARCHER

Question 11

Nurse works in combined effort with all those involve in care delivery

Answer 11

COLLABORATOR

Question 12

• Nurse who has advanced education & graduated from a nurse practitioner program
• Employed in health care agencies or community-based settings
• Deals with non-emergency acute or chronic illness & provide primary ambulatory care

Answer 12

NURSE PRACTITIONER

Question 13

• Has an advanced degree or expertise and is considered to be an expert in a specialized area of practice (gerontology, oncology)
• Provides direct client care, educates others, conducts research, and manages care.

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CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

Question 14

• Has an advanced degree or expertise and is considered to be an expert in a specialized area of practice (gerontology, oncology)
• Provides direct client care, educates others, conducts research, and manages care.

Answer 14

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

Question 15

• Completed advanced education in an accredited program in the anesthesiology
• Carries out pre-op and post-op visits and assessment
• Administers general anesthesia for surgery under the supervision of a physician prepared in anesthesiology
and also assesses the postoperative status of clients

Answer 15

CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST (CRNA)

Question 16

• RN who has completed a program in midwifery and gives prenatal & postnatal care and manages deliveries in normal pregnancies
• May also conduct pap smears, family planning and routine breast exams

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NURSE-MIDWIFE

Question 17

• Investigates nurse problems to improve nursing care and to refine and expand nursing knowledge
• Employed in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and research center, and usually has advanced
education at the doctorate level

Answer 17

NURSE RESEARCHER

Question 18

Manages client care, including the delivery of nursing services

Answer 18

NURSE ADMINISTRATOR

Question 19

Responsible for classroom and clinical teaching

Answer 19

NURSE EDUCATOR

Question 20

Manages health-related businesses

Answer 20

NURSE ENTREPRENEUR

Question 21

• Performance is fluid, flexible, and highly proficient
• No longer requires rules, guidelines, or maxims to connect an understanding of the situations to appropriate actions
• Inclined to take a certain action because “it felt right”.

Answer 21

STAGE V (Expert)

Question 22

• 2-3 years of experience
• Demonstrates organizational and planning abilities
• Differentiates important factors from less important aspects of care
• Coordinates multiple complex care demands

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STAGE III (Competent)

Question 23

• 3-5 years of experience
• Perceives situations as a whole rather than in terms of parts
• Uses maxims as guides for what to consider in a situation
• Has holistic understanding of the client, which improves decision making
• Focuses on long term goal

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STAGE IV (Proficient)

Question 24

• No experience (student nurse)

* Performance is limited, flexible, and governed by context-free rules and regulations rather than experience

Answer 24

STAGE I (Novice)

Question 25

* Demonstrates marginally acceptable performance * Recognizes meaningful “aspects” of a real situation * Experienced enough real situations to make judgments about them

Answer 25

STAGE II (Advanced Beginner)