Nursing 9 Final Exam Review Questions

Hi Everyone! Some of you have expressed some concerns regarding the Review Questions Terry went over after class today. I have typed up the questions--whatever I was able to write down in such a short time. However, I cannot guarantee you that everything she says is on here, cause she went way fast...If you do have anything else, please contribute. Or if you heard something different, pls let me know. Good luck!!

1. Power--How we come to get and attain power? What are the positive and negative images of power?

2. What is political activism? How can we utilize this to advance nursing practice?

3. What are the different types of power? Expert, reward, referent, coercive, informational? What are they and how can we get them?

4. Empowerment..How do we empower people? How do we get empowered?

5. Public policy..How does this relate to nursing practice. Think global. Why are we just logical people to be active?

6. Team vs. Group? What is the difference? How do they function that makes it different?

7. Conflict resolution? How do we resolve conflicts with the use of mediator in a conflict?

8. What behaviors are required to make an effective team?

9. Shared governance?

10. Stages of conflict?

11. Active listening? Communication? What are the different communication techniques used in order to have good patient outcomes?

12. Herze/Blanchard model on page 459. (I'm not sure of the spelling) Model application for organizational conflict.

13. Legalities of delegation? Who to delegate? What? How? When? Describe how delegation is a safety issue.

14. What are the accountabilities and responsibilities of delegation? Who owns which?

15. Stress..Who/what creates internal and external stressors? How can you modify stress?

16. Hardiness..What is the concept of it? Nurses must have it and how can we utilize this concept and practice it?

17. Professional organizations..Due paying organizations like the ANA

18. What are the benefits of membership?

19. What are coalitions and how do they work?

20. Networking..Why is it so important?

21. Robert's rules of order? What is the importance?