Scope of Practice

Question 1

Care that is provided to patients to promote wellness and prevent disease from occurring. This includes health promotion, education, protection (such as immunizations), early disease screening, and environmental considerations.

Answer 1

Primary

Question 2

A precise and detailed written plan for a regimen of therapy.

Answer 2

Protocol

Question 3

Care that can be performed following a defined nursing procedure with minimal modification in which the responses of the patient to the nursing care are predictable.

Answer 3

Basic nursing care

Question 4

A culture established within healthcare agencies that empowers nurses, nursing students and other staff members to speak up about risks to patients and to report errors and near misses, all of which drive improvement in patient care and reduce the incident of patient harm.

Answer 4

Safety culture

Question 5

Legislation enacted by each state that establishes regulations for nursing practice within that state by defining the requirements for licensure as well as the scope of nursing practice.

Answer 5

Nursing Practice Act (NPA)

Question 6

An RN who has a graduate degree and advanced knowledge. There are four categories: certified nurse-midwife (CNM), clinical nurse specialist (CNS), certified nurse practitioner (CNP), or certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). These nurses can diagnose illnesses and prescribe treatments and medications.

Answer 6

Advanced Practice Nurse (APRN)

Question 7

A hierarchy of reporting relationships in an agency that establishes accountability and lays out lines of authority and decision-making power.

Answer 7

Chain of command

Question 8

“Personal values, character, or conduct of individuals within communities and societies.”

Answer 8

Morality

Question 9

A code that applies normative, moral guidance for nurses in terms of what they ought to do, be, and seek.

Answer 9

Code of ethics

Question 10

Standards that describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role of the nurse including activities related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Answer 10

ANA Standards of Professional Performance

Question 11

An individual who has completed a state-approved practical or vocational nursing program, passed the NCLEX-PN examination, and is licensed by a state board of nursing to provide patient care.

Answer 11

LPN/LVN

Question 12

A type of care that deals with the long-term effects from chronic illness or condition, with the purpose to restore physical and mental function that may have been lost. The goal is to achieve the highest level of functioning possible with this chronic illness.

Answer 12

Tertiary Care

Question 13

Care that occurs when a person has contracted an illness or injury and is in need of medical care.

Answer 13

Secondary Care

Question 14

Impaired Swallowing

Answer 14

Dysphagia

Question 15

The impaired ability to form words and speak.

Answer 15

Expressive aphasia

Question 16

A physician, podiatrist, dentist, optometrist, or advanced practice nurse provider.

Answer 16

Provider

Question 17

A “specific term that looks at a standard of care, as well as the professional status of the caregiver.”

Answer 17

Malpractice

Question 18

Authoritative statements of the duties that all registered nurses, regardless of role, population, or specialty, are expected to perform competently.

Answer 18

ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice

Question 19

Allows a nurse to have one multistate license with the ability to practice in the home state and other compact states.

Answer 19

Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)

Question 20

Keeping your patient’s Protected Health Information (PHI) protected and known only by those health care team members directly providing care for the patient.

Answer 20

Patient confidentiality

Question 21

A “general term that denotes conduct lacking in due care, carelessness; and a deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would use in a particular set of circumstances.”

Answer 21

Negligence

Question 22

“Any unlicensed person, regardless of title, who performs tasks delegated by a nurse. This includes certified nursing aides/assistants (CNAs), patient care assistants (PCAs), patient care technicians (PCTs), state tested nursing assistants (STNAs), nursing assistants-registered (NA/Rs) or certified medication aides/assistants (MA-Cs). Certification of UAPs varies between jurisdictions.”

Answer 22

Unlicensed Assistive Personnel

Question 23

“Services that a qualified health professional is deemed competent to perform, and permitted to undertake – in keeping with the terms of their professional license.”

Answer 23

Scope of practice

Question 24

The state-specific licensing and regulatory body that sets the standards for safe nursing care, decides the scope of practice for nurses within its jurisdiction, and issues licenses to qualified candidates.

Answer 24

Board of Nursing

Question 25

The ANA ______ describe the first six national standards that reflect competent nursing care by utilization of the nursing process to guide critical thinking

Answer 25

Standards of Professional Nursing Practice