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This study guide provides a comprehensive overview of essential nursing concepts, theories, and ethical principles. It includes a series of practice questions covering key topics such as the canadian healthcare system, nursing roles and responsibilities, ethical considerations, and the nursing process. This resource is designed to help nursing students prepare for their final exam by reinforcing their understanding of core nursing knowledge.
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What do professional nursing organizations in Canada? - They serve as official representatives of the nursing profession and interact with government officials on issues concerning the health of the population. What does advanced nursing practice refer to? - Those nurses who are either clinical nurse specialists or nurse practitioners. To whom does Medicare in Canada provide health care? - Permanent residents, new immigrants, and citizens of the country. Which following statements is true about an insured resident in Canada? - He or she has reasonable access to medically necessary hospital and physician services, regardless of income, age, health status, gender, or geographically location. What is true about primary health care and primary care? - They are different concepts, whereby primary health care focuses beyond primary care. Why are theories in nursing important? - They provide a systemic view of explaining, predicting, and describing phenomena. What is one of the nursing theories? - Systems theory. What is true about nursing? - It is a discipline that has its own unique science. What do competencies of nursing leadership include? - Accountability, Responsibility, Authority. How/Where do nurses work? - In a variety of models from team to primary nursing.
When a RN delegates work to another health care worker, what does the RN need to ensure? - The task is matched to the skills of the care worker, and that you're not giving away your dirty jobs. When do nurses develop complex critical thinking skills? - When they gain experiential knowledge and advance in clinical practice. A nurse has made a nursing assessment of her patient. The nurse has a good understanding of the clinical variables, the condition, and medical diagnosis of the patient. What do all these factors assist the nurse to do? - Make appropriate nursing interventions. The use of diagnostic reasoning involves a rigorous approach to clinical practice and demonstrates what about critical thinking? - It cannot be done haphazardly. What is included as part of the clinical thinking process? - Knowing what you know, knowing what you do not know, knowing that you need to find out more. If a student takes notes in class and only memorizes these notes, the student would be practicing what?
A nurse is caring for a patient who states, "I just want to die." What should the nurse discuss with the patient in order to comply with this request? - Assisted Suicide. A nurse will make the best clinical decisions by applying the components of the nursing critical thinking model and... - Nursing process. The ethical principle of ____________ means intervening to ensure that views of others are heard. - Advocacy. What are the four basic concepts of Nursing Hint Nursing meta-paradigm - Nurse, Environment, Person, Health What is an example of a harm reduction program? - A needle exchange program. Empirics is described by Carper (1978) as... - Factual knowledge from science. A patient comes to the ambulatory care clinic for management of a chronic condition. What does the nurse tell him when he asks for an explanation of the Medicare system? - Nation-wide health insurance, differs between provinces, is available to everyone. What are the five principles of the Canada Health Act (1984)? - Comprehensiveness, Universality, Portability, Public Administration, Accessibility. What are the five levels of health care services? - Health promotion, Prevention, Supportive Care, Rehabilitation, Treatment/Diagnosis. What is the primary motivator of nursing? - Altruism. What is the difference between an ACTUAL nursing diagnosis and a HEALTH PROMOTION nursing diagnosis? - Actual: actually treating signs and symptoms Promotion: putting preventative measures in place to prevent a potential risk.
A student nurse makes a medication error and immediately notifies her clinical instructor, the doctor and the patient. The student is following which ethical principle? - Responsibility. What is the role of a nursing diagnosis? - to treat the signs and symptoms of a disease, not simply treating the disease itself. Jean Watson stated the nurses must do far more than deal with physical illness, that they must attend to their primary function which it is... - To care. The CNA Code of Ethics values include: - Maintaining privacy and dignity, promoting justice, promoting and respecting informed decision making. The ethical principle of ____________ means being answerable to someone for something done. - Accountability. Which professional body is responsible for setting requirements to enter the profession; establishing, monitoring and enforcing standards of nursing practice; and assuring that nurses practice safely, ethically and competently through initial and annual registration? - BCCNP. What did Florence Nightingale contribute to the nursing profession? (2) - Modern founder of Nursing, Established professional training standards, creating environments conductive of healing (environmental theory). Describe why nursing is considered an art. - The caring aspect. Why are theories in nursing important? - To connect concepts and provide and infer to past experiences. What are 3 determinants of health? - Income + Social status, Culture, Education + Literacy, Individual health practice, Primary care, Primary health care, Health + Wellness What are the patterns of knowing? - Ethical, Aesthetic, Personal, Empirical.
What are the ways of knowing? - Silence, Received, Subjective, Procedural, and Constructed. What is the Nursing Process? - Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation What are SMART goals? - Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely What are some things related to the Law and Ethics of nursing? - CNA Code of Ethics, Beneficence, Autonomy, Utilitarianism, Negligence.