Practice exam Flashcards
When a registered nurse (RN) delegates an activity to an enrolled nurse or health care assistant, who is accountable for the outcome?
The RN retains the accountability for the activity
How many versions of the treaty are there?
Two
What are the 5 aspects of nursing documentation?
Fact, accuracy, completeness, currency, and organisation.
According to the NZ health strategy 2016 what does people-centred care mean?
Taking the focus of care from the hospital into homes, focusing on wellness before sickness, and providing care that is centred on the individual.
Why do nurses use reflection on and in their nursing practice?
To make sense of their experiences so they can learn from them and make changes in required.
What is the best way to describe professional boundaries?
Professional boundaries that the nurse uses to manage the power imbalances in the nurse/health consumer relationship.
What is the best definition of primary healthcare?
Primary healthcare is provided in the community often by the gp or practice nurse.
What are the 4 key values underpinning the NCNZs code of conduct for nurses?
Respect, trust, partnership, and integrity
What is one characteristic of a quantitative research approach?
It has an objective approach and usually occurs in controlled settings.
What are the 4 domains of competence under the NCNZ.
Professional responsibility, management of nursing care, interpersonal relationships, and interprofessional healthcare and quality improvement.
What does the NCNZ issue to nurses so that they can continue to practice?
An annual practicing certificate.
Ian an act of law in NZ legally binding?
Yes
What are the three principles of the treaty of waitangi?
Partnership, protection, and participation.
Which acts govern nursing practice in NZ?
HDCA, HPCAA, and the privacy act
What is taonga?
A treasured possession
Culturally unsafe nursing practice compromises any action which?
Diminishes and demeans a health consumers cultural identity
In NZ the RNs scope of practice includes doing what?
Utilising nursing knowledge and complex judgement to care for health consumers.
What did the cartwright inquiry expose?
Faliure to adequately treat patients with cervical carcinomas, a gross breach of patient rights, and highlighted that there was no legislation in place protecting patient rights.
Who was the pioneer of modern nursing?
Florence nightingale
What is the purpose of the NZNO code of ethics for nurses?
To guide nurses practice and communicate the nursing professions ethical values.
What defines professionalism for an RN?
Demonstrating accountability for their nursing practice and accepting responsibility for their actions and decision-making.
What is a current MOH health target?
Increased immunisation
To practice in a culturally safe manner, a nurse needs to do what?
Reflect on ones cultural identity, empower the patients cultural identity, and have awareness of components that constitute culture.
What are 3 codes or guidelines produced by the NCNZ?
Code of conduct, Guidelines for cultural safety an treaty, and competencies for RNs
