Module 1

Question 1

Who grants legal authority for NP practice

Answer 1

State legislative statues

Question 2

provides title protection
places restrictions on practice
states grounds for disciplinary action
sets NP credentialing requirements

Answer 2

Nurse Practice Act

Question 3

process by which an agency of state government grants permission to persons to engage in that practice

Answer 3

Licensure

Question 4

Process used to protect the public by ensuring a minimum level of professional competence

Answer 4

credentialing

Question 5

-A credential that provides title protection
-Determines scope of practice
-Assures the public that a person as mastery of a specified body of knowledge and skills

Answer 5

certification

Question 6

Duty to Warn (exception to confidentiality)

Answer 6

Tarasoff principle

Question 7

Doing what is fair in all aspects of care

Answer 7

Justice

Question 8

Promoting well being and doing good

Answer 8

Beneficence

Question 9

Doing no harm

Answer 9

Nonmaleficence

Question 10

Being true and loyal

Answer 10

Fidelity

Question 11

Doing for self

Answer 11

Autonomy

Question 12

Telling the truth

Answer 12

Veracity

Question 13

Treating everyone with equal respect

Answer 13

respect

Question 14

An action is judged as good or bad based on the act itself regardless of the consequences

Answer 14

Deontological Theory

Question 15

An action is judged as good or bad based on the consequence or outcome

Answer 15

Teleological Theory

Question 16

Actions are chosen based on the moral virtues or the character of the person making the decision

Answer 16

Virtue Ethics

Question 17

Four elements that prove malpractice

Answer 17

Duty (reasonable care)
Breach of Duty (violation of standard of care)
Proximate Cause (causal relationship)
Damages (resulting from breach)

Question 18

Basic criteria for commitment

Answer 18

Diagnosed psychiatric condition
Harm to self of others
Person is unaware or unwilling to accept severity of disorder
Treatment is likely to improve functioning

Question 19

Sexual Identity

Answer 19

How people identify between female and male and whom they are attracted to.

Question 20

Gender identity

Answer 20

A person’s identity along a continuum of masculine and feminine

Question 21

Gender dysphoria

Answer 21

Formal diagnosis of incongruence between gender at birth and expressed gender

Question 22

Sexual orientation

Answer 22

Asexual: no attraction to either sex
Bisexual: Attracted to both sexes
Heterosexual: Attracted to opposite sex
Homosexual: Attracted to same sex
Transgender: Gender identity not same as gender at birth

Question 23

Sexual behaviorl

Answer 23

expression of sexuality

Question 24

phases of therapeutic relationship

Answer 24

Introduction (orientation)
Working (identification and exploitation)
Termination (resolution)

Question 25

Infancy: Birth to 1 year

Answer 25

trust vs mistrust

Question 26

Early childhood: 1-3 years

Answer 26

Autonomy vs shame and doubt

Question 27

Late Childhood: 3-6 years

Answer 27

Initiative vs. guilt

Question 28

School age: 6-12 years

Answer 28

Industry vs Inferiority

Question 29

Adolescence: 12-20 years

Answer 29

Identity vs. role confusion

Question 30

Early Adulthood: 20-35 years

Answer 30

Intimacy vs. isolation

Question 31

Middle Adulthood: 35-65 years

Answer 31

Generosity vs self-absorption or stagnation

Question 32

Late Adulthood: 65+ years

Answer 32

Integrity vs. Despair

Question 33

Sullivan Interpersonal Theory

Answer 33

Understanding behavior requires understanding relationships

Question 34

Two drives for behavior

Answer 34

Drive for satisfaction (basic human drives)
Drive for security (social norms)

Question 35

Hildegard Paplau

Answer 35

Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship Theory or Interpersonal Theory

Question 36

Basis of Peplau theory

Answer 36

First significant psychiatric nursing theory
includes phases of nurse-client relationship
nurse-client relationship is central to nursing