Benners

What level of nursing experience is characterized by having no experience and being taught general rules to help perform tasks?

• Advanced Beginner

• Novice

• Competent

• Proficient

Which level of nursing experience demonstrates acceptable performance and begins to formulate principles to guide actions based on prior experiences?

• Advanced Beginner

• Proficient

• Competent

• Novice

A nurse with 2 to 3 years of experience on the job, who is more aware of long-term goals and can achieve greater efficiency based on conscious, abstract, and analytical thinking, is at which level of nursing experience?

• Novice

• Advanced Beginner

• Competent

• Proficient

Which level of nursing experience perceives and understands situations as whole parts, leading to improved decision making and the ability to modify plans based on experiences?

• Advanced Beginner

• Proficient

• Novice

• Competent

What is the characteristic of a novice nurse?

• Has a significant amount of experience upon which to base their practice

• Has been in practice for 2 to 3 years

• Approaches situations from a theoretical perspective

• Has gained prior experience in actual situations

At which level of nursing experience do nurses demonstrate increasing levels of skill and proficiency, as well as the ability to organize and plan care using abstract and analytical thinking?

• Proficient

• Novice

• Advanced Beginner

• Competent

What is the characteristic of a proficient nurse?

• Enhanced observational abilities allow nurses to conceptualize situations more holistically

• Relies on principles, rules, or guidelines to connect situations and determine actions

• Has intuitive grasp of clinical situations

• Demonstrates increasing levels of skill and proficiency

Which level of nursing experience allows nurses to view situations holistically and make decisions using an advanced level of intuition and analytical ability?

• Expert

• Novice

• Advanced Beginner

• Competent

What is the characteristic of an advanced beginner nurse?

• Has a significant amount of experience upon which to base their practice

• Practices independently in the performance of many tasks

• Demonstrates increasing levels of skill and proficiency

• wealth of experience

At which level of nursing experience do nurses have a significant amount of experience upon which to base their practice, allowing them to recognize and respond to unexpected changes?

• Competent

• Advanced Beginner

• Novice

• Proficient