Monday, August 31, 2009

N1~ Study Guide for Test #1 (30 multiple choice)

1. Describe the roles and career opportunities for nurses.

2. Discuss the influence of social and economic changes on nursing practices.

3. Discuss the role of nurses in different health care delivery settings and the types of settings you see them in.

4. Know the steps of the nursing process

5. Discuss the steps of nursing assessment.

6. Differentiate between subjective and objective information.

7. Differentiate between a nursing diagnosis and a medical diagnosis.

8. Describe the steps of the nursing diagnostic process.

9. Discuss the difference between a goal and an expected outcome.

10. Discuss the process of selecting nursing interventions.

11. Define the three implementation skills.

12. Describe how evaluation leads to discontinuation, revision, or modification of a plan of care.

13. Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing.

14. Explain a nursing perspective in ethics.

15. Explain the legal concepts of standard of care and informed consent.

16. Describe the nurse’s role regarding DNR orders.

17. Describe the five levels of communication and their uses in nursing.

18. Describe qualities, behaviors, and communication techniques that affect professional communication.

19. Discuss legal guidelines for documentation.

20. Identify ways to maintain confidentiality of records and reports.

21. Describe five quality guidelines for documentation and reporting.

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