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NURS 2300 Final Exam Blueprint Sp20

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History & Image of Nursing 5 questions Key historical figures: *Florence Nightingale *Clara Barton *Dorothea Dix *Mary E. Mahoney *Mary Breckenridge

Black Chapter 2: History and Social Context of Nursing

1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. 2. Describe how the public sees nurses. 3. Identify ways in which students and nurses can promote the profession of nursing. 4. Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the history of nursing, including Florence Nightingale. 5. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing shortages and how those affect patient outcomes. 6. Identify social and demographic factors that influence the development of nursing in the United States.

The Pathway to Nursing 2 questions

Black Chapter 3: Nursing Pathway to Professionalism

1. Identify the characteristics of a profession 2. Distinguish between the characteristics of professions and occupations 3. Discuss traditional and alternative ways of becoming a registered nurse as well the difference between licensure and certifications. 4. Differentiate between licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, associate degrees, and bachelor’s degrees.

Black Chapter 4: Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment

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Evidence-Based Decisions 5 questions

Black Chapter 10: The Science of Nursing and Evidence Based Practice

1. Describe the steps in the research process. 2. Describe the relationship of nursing research to nursing theory and practice. 3. Define evidence-based practice (EBP). 4. Identify strategies to promote EBP and barriers to implementation. 5. Identify the role of the nurse scientist.

Critical Thinking & the Nursing Process 4 questions

Black Chapter 11: Nursing Judgment Through Critical Thinking

1. Identify a working definition of critical thinking. 2. Identify the characteristics of a critical thinker. 3. Discuss how a nurse uses critical thinking and clinical judgment in practice. 4. Distinguish between novice thinking and expert thinking. 5. Explain the purposes and the phases of the nursing process.

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Legal Practices in Nursing 4 questions

Black Chapter 6: Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues

1. Describe the authority of state boards of nursing to award licenses to practice nursing and discipline nurses. 2. Explain the elements of malpractice and discuss common reasons nurses are sued for malpractice. 3. Identify the purposes of HIPAA and implications for practice. 4. Identify nursing responsibilities related to delegation, informed consent, and confidentiality. 5. Describe strategies nurses can use to protect their patients, thereb protecting themselves from legal actions.

Ethical Concepts in Nursing 4 questions

Black Chapter 7: Ethics

1. Explain the responsibilities of nurses to enforce professional boundaries, including the use of social media. 2. Discuss the ethical theories of deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and principlism. 3. Define ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice, fidelity, and veracity. 4. Discuss the relevance of a code of ethics for the profession of nursing. 5. Describe ethical dilemmas resulting from conflicts between patients, health care professionals, family members, and institutions. 6. Discuss provisions of the ANA Code for Nurses. 7. Discuss the UTA Code of Ethics for Nursing Students.

Becoming a Professional Nurse 4 questions

Black Chapter 5: Becoming a Professional Nurse

1. Identify commonalities in various definitions of nursing 2. Describe the benefits of defining nursing and how this is related to professional socialization. 3. Identify factors that influence an individual’s professional socialization. 4. Describe Benner’s model of socialization and how it applies to nursing. 5. Describe strategies to ease transition from student to professional nurse.

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Caring for Self and Others 3 questions

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Black Chapter 13: Nurses, Patients and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture (pages 274276 only) Black Chapter 16: Nursing’s Challenge: To Continue to Evolve (pages 324-329 only)

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss the importance of self-care for the nursing student and practicing nurse. 2. Describe the impact of nursing burnout and compassion fatigue on patient care. 3. Formulate a personal plan for self-care and managing stress. 4. Describe the effect of incivility and disruptive behavior in both the classroom and workplace.

Supplemental readings found in Canvas 5

Smart Test-taking Strategies 2 questions

Straker & Kelman Chapter 8: Test Taking

1. Evaluate personal approach to test-taking. Formulate a personal plan for effective test-taking.

Communication & Collaboration 10 questions

Black Chapter 12: Communication and Collaboration Supplemental readings found in Canvas

1. Identify factors related to the sender and receiver that can influence how a message is interpreted. 2. Describe therapeutic use of self. 3. Identify key aspects of collaboration. 4. Practice effective techniques for therapeutic communication. 5. Differentiate between social and professional relationships.

Cultural Competence in Nursing 13 questions

Black Chapter 13: Nurses, Patients and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture: (pages 262266 and Interview Box 13.1, page 267 only)

1. Define cultural competence. 2. Describe nursing behaviors and attitudes that demonstrate cultural competence. 3. Identify how culture affects personal beliefs about health and illness.

** It has 52 multiple choice questions plus one set of 4 matching questions, for a total of 53 questions. The matching question/answer sets are each weighted the same as the multiple choice questions....