NSE 12A/B Final: NSE 12 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
27 Nov 2018
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NSE 12: Study Guideline
WEEK 1
1.
Identify who the CNO is and describe their purpose.
- Regulatory body for nursing in Ontario
- Purpose: protect the public interest, sets standards of practice and sets criteria for becoming a
nurse
- Note: every nurse must be a member of CNO
2.
Examine the (CNO) Professional Standards:
a. Identify & describe the seven Standards.
Accountability:
maintaining competence and refraining from performing activities which he/she is not
competent
Continuing Competence:
engaging in learning process to enhance his/her practice
Ethics:
identifying personal values and ensuring they do no not conflict with professional practice
Knowledge:
seeking and reviewing research in nursing, health sciences, and related disciplines
Knowledge Application:
identifying/ recognizing normal or unexpected client responses and taking
actions appropriate
Leadership:
role-modelling professional values, beliefs, and attributes
b. Explain how the standards & indicators relate to the role of the nurse and your role as a nursing
student
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As a nurse…
Ø Standards apply to all nurses
Ø Guide knowledge, skills, judgement, and attitudes
Ø Professional expectations
Ø Accountability and responsibility
- As a nursing student…
Ø Course content reflects expectations of CNO standards
Ø Winter Semester – self-assessment of how you demonstrated Standards in practice
WEEK 2
1.
Define self-concept and examine the factors that influence it:
- How you see yourself (personal identity – individualistic)
- Factors Include
Ø Role Performance: what society dictates
Ø Self-Esteem: dictates self-concept
Ø Spirituality: your values related to “higher power” (note: religion more institutional)
2.
Illustrate how the components of self-concept affect communication:
- Biases what a person focuses on
- What a person respects from others
- What a person remembers in conversation
Ø If someone has self-concept cognitive distortions occur (faulty perception of situation)
3.
Explain how a nurse, positively or negatively, can affect a client’s self-concept:
- Messages you are sending to pt (verbally, nonverbally – veracity social worth, treatment)
4.
Discuss concepts related to the personal and professional self;
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Personal:
developed over our lifetime and shaped by our family, our religious beliefs, our years of
life experiences
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Professional:
our education as nurses (five core values: human dignity, integrity, autonomy,
altruism, social justice)
5.
Identify the role that critical thinking plays with values clarification.
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Planning Phase:
identify and understand client’s value system as foundation for developing most
appropriate interventions
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Evaluation phase:
examine how well nursing and client goals were met while keeping within
guidelines of client’s value system
WEEK 3
1.
Discuss is the importance of collaboration in nursing practice:
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Intra
: team of all nurses (nurse in charge/team leader +other nurses)
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Inter:
multidisciplinary team ((various professionals)
2.
Explain basic group concepts:
- Groups: 3+ individuals (note: di-act: two people and does not count as group), interact as common
goal
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Group Dynamics:
communication processes and behaviors that occur during life of group
1)
Member Variables:
individual dynamics
2)
Group Communication Variables:
interpersonal dynamics
3)
Group Variables:
whole group dynamics
3.
Discuss leadership in the context of a team:
- Have significant influence on group process
- Designated leader (formal) vs. emergent leader (informal
- Approaches: Authoritarian, Democratic, Laissez-faire
4.
Describe conflict
- Consists of content and process issues
- Interpersonal: w other individuals, occur when disagreements on ways to have their needs
met/issue resolved
5.
Discuss strategies for addressing conflict
1) Non-confrontational/Non-assertive: avoidance of conflict, brushing it off
2) Confrontational/Aggressive Communicator
3) Passive-Aggressive: subliminal
4) Cooperative/Assertive: self-aware
WEEK 4
1.
Identify and describe the components of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship as describe by
CNO:
- Trust: always follow through
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- Respect: looking at pt for who they are regardless of different beliefs, socioeconomic status,
culture
- Empathy: understanding where pt is coming from, being self-aware of actions
- Professional Intimacy: i.e. bed baths, catheterizations
- Power: minimizing power imbalance for pt’s comfort, can be abused (i.e. breaching pt
confidentiality)
2.
Identify and describe the characteristics of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship:
- Client-centered
- Boundaries set
- Goal directed
- Time frame
Ø Nurse responsible for establishing, directing, and maintain interaction
3.
Describe how self-awareness is related to the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
- Gift Example: being aware of what damage you can do to pt if gift not accepted, what damage it
will do to other pts
4.
Identify professional boundaries of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
- Being assertive
- Having privacy
- Gifts (accept if it follows monetary rule)
- Relationship boundaries: setting, time, purpose, use of appropriate behaviors
- Define how nurses relate to client
5.
Describe and explain the phases of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
- Preinteraction: reviewing care plan, pt not involved
- Orientation: getting pt involved, getting to know
- Working: where action occur to meet goals
- Termination: Fin
6.
Describe the purpose and limitations of self-disclosure in the therapeutic relationship.
- Purpose: define interpersonal boundaries
- Avoid giving advice and instead provide detailed coaching information as clients are responsible
for self-management of their health issues
7.
Describe the concept of client-centered care and how to apply it.
- Stresses listening to understand the meaning client gives to his/her health problems
- Accepting pt’s personalized interpretation of his/her health problems
- Integration to communication (two-way)
8.
Identify bridges and barriers to the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
Bridges
Barriers
- Respect
- Absence of Bridges
Document Summary
Identify who the cno is and describe their purpose. Purpose: protect the public interest, sets standards of practice and sets criteria for becoming a nurse. Note: every nurse must be a member of cno. Identify & describe the seven standards: examine the (cno) professional standards: Accountability: maintaining competence and refraining from performing activities which he/she is not competent. Continuing competence: engaging in learning process to enhance his/her practice. Ethics: identifying personal values and ensuring they do no not conflict with professional practice. Knowledge: seeking and reviewing research in nursing, health sciences, and related disciplines. Knowledge application: identifying/ recognizing normal or unexpected client responses and taking actions appropriate. Leadership: role-modelling professional values, beliefs, and attributes: explain how the standards & indicators relate to the role of the nurse and your role as a nursing student. Course content reflects expectations of cno standards. Winter semester self-assessment of how you demonstrated standards in practice.
