Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing
Care 4th Edition (Chapters 1-2) questions
and answers ALREADY GRADED A+
Licensed practical or vocational nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ - LPN/LVN (used in CA & TX)
Licensed Practical nurse (LPN) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Most basic of all the entry level options for
nurses with full-time programs lasting from 9 months to 1 year
associate degree nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Entry-level education of registered nurses; minimum
of 2 years at a community college
Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The law in each state that governs nurses' actions;
addresses each level of nursing
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national organization
specifically for students in health occupations educational programs
scope of practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ - limitations and allowances of what a nurse can do
Quality and Safety Education for nurses (QSEN) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Project that focuses on the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by nurses to continually improve the quality and safety of
patient care
evidence based practice (EBP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - problem solving approach using best
evidence from nursing research studies, patient data, and patient's preferences and values
NCLEX-PN - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national Council Licensure Examination for Practical nursing
NALPN - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national Association of Licensed Practical nursing
Clara Barton - Correct Answer ✔✔ - nurse in the US Civil War; 1st president of the Red Cross
Association
Dorothea Dix - Correct Answer ✔✔ - activist for mental health and establishment of psychiatric
hospitals; appointed Superintendent of Female nurses in Army in 1961 - not a nurse or military
officer
Florence nightingale - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Founder of modern nursing
Mary Mahoney - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1st African American nurse in the USA; established and was
1st president of national Association for Colored Graduate nurses
Linda Richards - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1st trained nurse in the US (1872) founded modern nurses
notes
, Isabel Hampton Robb - Correct Answer ✔✔ - activist for nursing labor reform; made 12-hr shifts
w/meal breaks; established 3 year training program for nurses and worked for licensure
examinations and nursing registration (1800s)
The Great Trio - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Mary Adelaide nutting, Lillian Wald, Annie Goodrich
Kaiserswerth deaconesses - Correct Answer ✔✔ - nurses trained at the Kaiserswerth Institute in
Germany; Florence nightingale was one
6 areas QSEN focuses on - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Quality Improvement
Safety
Evidenced-Based Practice
Patient Centered Care
Teamwork & Collaboration
Informatics
Patient Centered Care - Correct Answer ✔✔ - emphasizes the patient and their family as the center
of care and full partner; respects for patient's preferences, values and needs.
Teamwork & Collaboration - Correct Answer ✔✔ - mutual respect, open communication and
shared decision making with your nursing team to achieve quality patient care
Evidenced-Base Practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ - practices proven with research and evidence
Quality Improvement - Correct Answer ✔✔ - requires you review and evaluate your care and use
that data to improve
Safety - Correct Answer ✔✔ - ways to prevent risk and harm to patients and health care workers
Informatics - Correct Answer ✔✔ - emphasizes use of technology to communicate, manage data
and prevent errors
Medicare - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age
and older or those with certain disabilities or conditions
Medicaid - Correct Answer ✔✔ - a federally and state-financed, state-operated program providing
medical services to low-income people
Primary Care Physician (PCP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Gatekeeper in HMOs
PCP will either provide treatment after being the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed
health concern, or make the determination to refer the subscriber to a specialist.
Care 4th Edition (Chapters 1-2) questions
and answers ALREADY GRADED A+
Licensed practical or vocational nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ - LPN/LVN (used in CA & TX)
Licensed Practical nurse (LPN) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Most basic of all the entry level options for
nurses with full-time programs lasting from 9 months to 1 year
associate degree nurse - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Entry-level education of registered nurses; minimum
of 2 years at a community college
Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answer ✔✔ - The law in each state that governs nurses' actions;
addresses each level of nursing
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national organization
specifically for students in health occupations educational programs
scope of practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ - limitations and allowances of what a nurse can do
Quality and Safety Education for nurses (QSEN) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Project that focuses on the
knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed by nurses to continually improve the quality and safety of
patient care
evidence based practice (EBP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - problem solving approach using best
evidence from nursing research studies, patient data, and patient's preferences and values
NCLEX-PN - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national Council Licensure Examination for Practical nursing
NALPN - Correct Answer ✔✔ - national Association of Licensed Practical nursing
Clara Barton - Correct Answer ✔✔ - nurse in the US Civil War; 1st president of the Red Cross
Association
Dorothea Dix - Correct Answer ✔✔ - activist for mental health and establishment of psychiatric
hospitals; appointed Superintendent of Female nurses in Army in 1961 - not a nurse or military
officer
Florence nightingale - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Founder of modern nursing
Mary Mahoney - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1st African American nurse in the USA; established and was
1st president of national Association for Colored Graduate nurses
Linda Richards - Correct Answer ✔✔ - 1st trained nurse in the US (1872) founded modern nurses
notes
, Isabel Hampton Robb - Correct Answer ✔✔ - activist for nursing labor reform; made 12-hr shifts
w/meal breaks; established 3 year training program for nurses and worked for licensure
examinations and nursing registration (1800s)
The Great Trio - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Mary Adelaide nutting, Lillian Wald, Annie Goodrich
Kaiserswerth deaconesses - Correct Answer ✔✔ - nurses trained at the Kaiserswerth Institute in
Germany; Florence nightingale was one
6 areas QSEN focuses on - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Quality Improvement
Safety
Evidenced-Based Practice
Patient Centered Care
Teamwork & Collaboration
Informatics
Patient Centered Care - Correct Answer ✔✔ - emphasizes the patient and their family as the center
of care and full partner; respects for patient's preferences, values and needs.
Teamwork & Collaboration - Correct Answer ✔✔ - mutual respect, open communication and
shared decision making with your nursing team to achieve quality patient care
Evidenced-Base Practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ - practices proven with research and evidence
Quality Improvement - Correct Answer ✔✔ - requires you review and evaluate your care and use
that data to improve
Safety - Correct Answer ✔✔ - ways to prevent risk and harm to patients and health care workers
Informatics - Correct Answer ✔✔ - emphasizes use of technology to communicate, manage data
and prevent errors
Medicare - Correct Answer ✔✔ - A federal program of health insurance for persons 65 years of age
and older or those with certain disabilities or conditions
Medicaid - Correct Answer ✔✔ - a federally and state-financed, state-operated program providing
medical services to low-income people
Primary Care Physician (PCP) - Correct Answer ✔✔ - Gatekeeper in HMOs
PCP will either provide treatment after being the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed
health concern, or make the determination to refer the subscriber to a specialist.
