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Ethics Exam 1
Professional Commitment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PA code: practice of professional nursing | (Diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case findings, health teaching, health counseling, provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being |
| PA code: practice of professional nursing does not include | acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures |
| PA code: responsibilities of RN | assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible |
| PA code: RNs collect | complete and ongoing data to determine nursing care needs |
| PA code: RN analyzes | the health status of the individuals and families and compares the data with the norm when possible in determining nursing care needs |
| PA code: RN identifies | goals and plans for nursing care |
| PA code: RN carries out | nursing care actions which promote, maintain and restore the well-being of individuals |
| PA code: RN involves | individuals and their families in their health promotion, maintenance and restoration |
| PA code: RN evaluates | the effectiveness of the quality of nursing care provided |
| PA code: RN is fully responsible for | all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to clients for the quality of care delivered |
| PA code: RN may not | engage in areas of highly specialized practice without adequate knowledge of and skills in the practice areas involved |
| PA code: board recognizes | standards of practice and professional codes of behavior, as developed by appropriate nursing associations, as the criteria for assuring safe and effective practice |
| PA code: RN shall undertake | a specific practice only if the registered nurse has the necessary knowledge, preparation, experience and competency to properly execute the practice |
| PA code: RN shall respect and consider | while providing nursing care, the individual’s right to freedom from psychological and physical abuse. |
| PA code: RN act | to safeguard the patient from the incompetent, abusive or illegal practice of any individual |
| PA code: an RN may not | violate the law, discriminate, misrepresent, misappropriate equipment, solicit or borrow money from pt or family, leave a nursing assignment prior to proper report, knowingly abandon a pt, falsify entries or engage in sexual activity |
| ANA Code for Nurses was first developed in | 1950s to help nurses act with integrity when faced with ethical challenges |
| when were the ANA code revisions | 1969, 2001, 2015, and 2025 |
| why a new ANA code | advancements in technology, evidence, and knowledge nurses have more autonomy because education has changed more diverse nurses and pts have changed |
| Provision 1 = | The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person |
| Provision 2 = | The nurse’s primary commitment to the recipient(s) of nursing care, whether an individual, family, group, community or population |
| Provision 3 = | The nurse establishes a trusting relationship and advocates for the rights, health, and safety of recipient(s) of nursing care |
| Provision 4 = | Nurses have authority over nursing practice and are responsible and accountable for their practice consistent with their obligation to promote health, prevent illness, and to provide optimal care |
| Provision 5 = | The nurse has moral duties to self as a person of inherent dignity and worth including an expectation of a safe place to work that fosters flourishing, authenticity of self at work, and safe-respect through integrity and profession competence |
| Provision 6 = | Nurses, through individual and collective effort, establish, maintain, and improves the ethical environment of the work setting that affects nursing care and the well-being of nurses |
| Provision 7 = | Nurses advance the profession through multiple approached to knowledge development, professional standards, and the generation of policies for nursing, health, and social concerns |
| Provision 8 = | Nurses build collaborative relationships and networks with nurses, other healthcare and non-healthcare disciplines, and the public to achieve greater ends |
| Provision 9 = | Nurses and their professional organizations work to enact and resource practices, policies, and legislation to promote social justice, eliminate health inequities, and facilitate human flourishing |
| Provision 10 = | Nursing, through organization and associations, participates in the global nursing and health community to promote human and environmental health, well-being, and flourishing |