NURSING 2900 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE EXAM 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Describe the images of nursing throughout history. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Angel of mercy
2. Self-sacrifice
3. Handmaiden/servant
4. Naughty nurse
5. Battle Ax nurse
Define nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving
healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of
health
Discuss characteristics of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can be seen as an...
- occupation
- career where a specialized knowledge of a subject/field is applied
- a group of qualified persons engaged in a specific area or occupation with competence in that area
Characteristics includes:
1. Education
2. Code of Ethics
3. Compensation
4. Organized to promote needed service
5. Autonomy
6. Recognized by government
Name and describe at least six roles of the professional nurse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Caregiver
2. Communicator
3. Counselor
4. Educator
, 5. Client Advocate
6. Change agent
7. Leader
Differentiate among the various forms of nursing education - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅forms may include
1. research
2. theory
3. accreditation
4. publications
5. acquire norms and values of the profession
Explain how nursing practice is regulated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nursing practice is regulated through
Nurse practice acts, which are laws that protect the public by defining legal scope of nursing practice,
define legal requirement and activities for nurses, set criteria for education and licensure of nurses, and
establish disciplinary procedures for RNs.
Describe factors influencing the profession of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. consumer awareness
2. Health orientation
3. Cost containment
4. Increased use of less skilled personnel
5. Shorter hospital stays
6. Higher acuity rates
7. Evidence-based practice
Explain critical thinking in nursing and the ways which nurses' use critical thinking. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Nursing is a problem-solving process that uses many individual critical thinking skills
Discuss and give examples of the differences between practical/procedural knowledge and theoretical
knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Practical/procedural knowledge is gained through doing things
while theoretical knowledge is gained through learning from books which teaches reasoning.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Describe the images of nursing throughout history. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Angel of mercy
2. Self-sacrifice
3. Handmaiden/servant
4. Naughty nurse
5. Battle Ax nurse
Define nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving
healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of
health
Discuss characteristics of a profession - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Can be seen as an...
- occupation
- career where a specialized knowledge of a subject/field is applied
- a group of qualified persons engaged in a specific area or occupation with competence in that area
Characteristics includes:
1. Education
2. Code of Ethics
3. Compensation
4. Organized to promote needed service
5. Autonomy
6. Recognized by government
Name and describe at least six roles of the professional nurse - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Caregiver
2. Communicator
3. Counselor
4. Educator
, 5. Client Advocate
6. Change agent
7. Leader
Differentiate among the various forms of nursing education - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅forms may include
1. research
2. theory
3. accreditation
4. publications
5. acquire norms and values of the profession
Explain how nursing practice is regulated - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nursing practice is regulated through
Nurse practice acts, which are laws that protect the public by defining legal scope of nursing practice,
define legal requirement and activities for nurses, set criteria for education and licensure of nurses, and
establish disciplinary procedures for RNs.
Describe factors influencing the profession of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. consumer awareness
2. Health orientation
3. Cost containment
4. Increased use of less skilled personnel
5. Shorter hospital stays
6. Higher acuity rates
7. Evidence-based practice
Explain critical thinking in nursing and the ways which nurses' use critical thinking. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Nursing is a problem-solving process that uses many individual critical thinking skills
Discuss and give examples of the differences between practical/procedural knowledge and theoretical
knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Practical/procedural knowledge is gained through doing things
while theoretical knowledge is gained through learning from books which teaches reasoning.
