NUR 121 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
accreditation - ANSWER-process by which an educational program is evaluated and
then recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education
.acute illness - ANSWER-rapidly occurring illness that runs its course, allowing a person
to return to one's previous level of functioning
.advocacy - ANSWER-protection and support of another's rights
.applied research - ANSWER-research designed to directly influence or improve clinical
practice
.assault - ANSWER-threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person
without that person's permission
.autonomy - ANSWER-self-determination; being independent and self-governing
.basic human needs - ANSWER-something essential to the health and survival of
humans; common to all people
.basic research - ANSWER-research designed to generate and refine theory; the
findings are often not directly useful in practice
.battery - ANSWER-assault that is carried out
.beneficence - ANSWER-principle of doing good
.bioethics - ANSWER-ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to
understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural
world
.blended family - ANSWER-two single-parent families joined together to form a new
family unit
.burnout - ANSWER-cumulative state of frustration with the work environment that
develops over a long time; (2) behaviors exhibited as the result of prolonged
occupational stress
.care-based approach - ANSWER-approach to bioethics that directs attention to the
specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative
.certification - ANSWER-process by which a person who has met certain criteria
established by a nongovernmental association is
, .chronic illness - ANSWER-irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
.code of ethics - ANSWER-: principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and
obligations of the profession
.common law - ANSWER-law resulting from court decisions that is then followed when
other cases involving similar circumstances and facts arise; common law is as binding
as civil law
.community - ANSWER-specific population or group of people living in the same
geographic area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and
needs
.compassion fatigue - ANSWER-loss of satisfaction from providing good patient care
.concept - ANSWER-abstract images (ideas) that are formed as impressions from the
environment and organized into symbols of reality
.conceptual framework or model - ANSWER-set of concepts, along with the statements
that arrange the concepts into an understandable pattern
.conscientious objection - ANSWER-: refusal to participate in certain types of treatment
and care based on the fact that these activities violate the nurse's personal and
professional ethical beliefs and standards
.credentialing - ANSWER-general term that refers to ways in which professional
competence is maintained
.crime - ANSWER-offense against people or property; the act is considered to be
against the government, referred to in a lawsuit as "the people," and the accused is
prosecuted by
.cultural assimilation - ANSWER-process that occurs when a minority group, living as
part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it
different
.cultural blindness - ANSWER-the process of ignoring differences in people and
proceeding as though the differences do not exist
.cultural competence - ANSWER-care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of the
patient's culture
.cultural diversity - ANSWER-coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and
socioeconomic groups within one social unit; (2) diverse groups in society, with varying
CORRECT ANSWERS
accreditation - ANSWER-process by which an educational program is evaluated and
then recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education
.acute illness - ANSWER-rapidly occurring illness that runs its course, allowing a person
to return to one's previous level of functioning
.advocacy - ANSWER-protection and support of another's rights
.applied research - ANSWER-research designed to directly influence or improve clinical
practice
.assault - ANSWER-threat or an attempt to make bodily contact with another person
without that person's permission
.autonomy - ANSWER-self-determination; being independent and self-governing
.basic human needs - ANSWER-something essential to the health and survival of
humans; common to all people
.basic research - ANSWER-research designed to generate and refine theory; the
findings are often not directly useful in practice
.battery - ANSWER-assault that is carried out
.beneficence - ANSWER-principle of doing good
.bioethics - ANSWER-ethics that encompass all those perspectives that seek to
understand human nature and behavior, the domain of social science, and the natural
world
.blended family - ANSWER-two single-parent families joined together to form a new
family unit
.burnout - ANSWER-cumulative state of frustration with the work environment that
develops over a long time; (2) behaviors exhibited as the result of prolonged
occupational stress
.care-based approach - ANSWER-approach to bioethics that directs attention to the
specific situations of individual patients viewed within the context of their life narrative
.certification - ANSWER-process by which a person who has met certain criteria
established by a nongovernmental association is
, .chronic illness - ANSWER-irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
.code of ethics - ANSWER-: principles that reflect the primary goals, values, and
obligations of the profession
.common law - ANSWER-law resulting from court decisions that is then followed when
other cases involving similar circumstances and facts arise; common law is as binding
as civil law
.community - ANSWER-specific population or group of people living in the same
geographic area under similar regulations and having common values, interests, and
needs
.compassion fatigue - ANSWER-loss of satisfaction from providing good patient care
.concept - ANSWER-abstract images (ideas) that are formed as impressions from the
environment and organized into symbols of reality
.conceptual framework or model - ANSWER-set of concepts, along with the statements
that arrange the concepts into an understandable pattern
.conscientious objection - ANSWER-: refusal to participate in certain types of treatment
and care based on the fact that these activities violate the nurse's personal and
professional ethical beliefs and standards
.credentialing - ANSWER-general term that refers to ways in which professional
competence is maintained
.crime - ANSWER-offense against people or property; the act is considered to be
against the government, referred to in a lawsuit as "the people," and the accused is
prosecuted by
.cultural assimilation - ANSWER-process that occurs when a minority group, living as
part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it
different
.cultural blindness - ANSWER-the process of ignoring differences in people and
proceeding as though the differences do not exist
.cultural competence - ANSWER-care delivered with an awareness of the aspects of the
patient's culture
.cultural diversity - ANSWER-coexistence of different ethnic, biological sex, racial, and
socioeconomic groups within one social unit; (2) diverse groups in society, with varying
