ROLE AND SCOPE FINAL STUDY GUIDE** 2023/2024

ROLE AND SCOPE FINAL STUDY GUIDE** 2023/2024

What do nurses need to do to become more recognized as a profession?

{{Correct Ans:--Be fully committed to the profession of nursing

-ID it as a profession and dedicate to future development

-Not considered a life long career

How does increased responsibility impact nurses' need for further education?

{{Correct Ans:--High intellect and level of responsibility & accountability; specialized body of knowledge which is learned in higher education.

What did Florence Nightingale bring to the profession?

{{Correct Ans:-To prepare high quality nurses; formal systematic education in theory and practice is essential

ANA {{Correct Ans:--Concerned with quality of nursing practice in daily healthcare setting

-baccalaureate education should be the basic level of

preparation for professional nurse

How can nurse managers build better teams?

{{Correct Ans:--engaged decision making; invite the ideas of the team (transformational leadership)

-Allow to express feelings

-High interaction among team members to increase trust and openness

What is QSEN and what are QSEN competencies?

{{Correct Ans:--Focus nursing education on competencies to reduce the number of medical errors

-Quality improvement

-Teamwork and collaboration

-Informatics

Authoritative leadership

{{Correct Ans:--Makes decisions for the group

-Staff output is high

-Uses coercion (gets people to do things via force or threats)

-Communications goes down a chain of command

Democratic leadership

{{Correct Ans:--Includes the group when making decisions

-Motivates by supporting achievements

-Communication goes up and down the chain of command

Laissez-faire leadership {{Correct Ans:--Means "leave it alone"

-Leaders make few decisions

-Little planning, rely on staff to get jobs done

-Communication may go up and down chain of command

-Decreased work output