Nurses Need to Be Confident and Competent to Practice Successfully

question 8

Multiple Choice

Nurses need to be confident and competent to practice successfully.The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identifies which of the following areas as one of nursing's utmost priority?

• A)Providing safe,quality patient care
• B)Identifying lowest risk patients to receive the most care
• C)Providing best practice first to older adults
• D)Alleviating suffering by enforcing do not resuscitate (DNR)status to patients with more than three comorbidities

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Definitions:

Research Domain Criteria

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Biopsychosocial Approach

A holistic approach to understanding human health and illness, considering biological, psychological, and social factors.

Continuum Model

A conceptual framework suggesting that certain properties or behaviors exist on a continuous scale, rather than being categorically distinct.

Cross-Cultural Research

Studies that explore, compare, or contrast behaviors, practices, beliefs, and phenomena across different cultural or ethnic groups.