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This Updated/Latest 2025–2026 test bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition by Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, and Amy Hall is a comprehensive educational resource designed to help nursing students master essential foundational nursing knowledge, clinical skills, and evidence-based practice. Covering all chapters, this resource includes detailed chapter-by-chapter practice questions, answer rationales, NCLEX-style examinations, skills-based clinical scenarios, and critical-thinking exercises that strengthen clinical judgment and safe nursing practice. Topics include the nursing process, patient-centered care, communication, documentation, cultural competence, legal and ethical principles, health assessment, vital signs, infection prevention and control, medication administration, mobility, hygiene, nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, fluid and electrolyte balance, pain management, perioperative care, wound care, patient safety, and interprofessional collaboration. This study resource supports academic learning, laboratory skill development, clinical preparation, and professional nursing practice while strengthening competencies required for safe and effective care delivery throughout 2025–2026. The 11th edition emphasizes updated clinical reasoning, patient safety priorities, and integration of evidence-based practice into all aspects of fundamental nursing care.

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Chapter 01: Nursing Today
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1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health? a.
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Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected FT L FT L L
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poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and Lillian Wald
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came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Mary
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the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
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OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
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2. The nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome. Which standard
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of nursing practice is the nurse following? a. Assessment
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In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to
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attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered nurse collects comprehensive
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data pertinent to the patient’s health and/or the situation. In diagnosis, the registered nurse
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analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues. During implementation,
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the registered nurse implements (carries out) the identified plan.
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3. An experienced medical-surgical nurse chooses to work in obstetrics. Which level of
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proficiency is the nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor? a. Novice
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A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no previous
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level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to now practice in
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home health) is an example of a novice nurse. A proficient nurse perceives a patient’s clinical
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situation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge
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gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent nurse understands the
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organization and specific care required by the type of patients (e.g., surgical, oncology, or
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orthopedic patients). This nurse is a competent practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing
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care and establish long-range goals. A nurse who has had some level of experience with the
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situation is an advanced beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but
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the nurse is able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
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fluids. The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is the
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nurse demonstrating? a. Licensure
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independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
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States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN
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nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
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Accountability
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5. A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the nurse
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A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing
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facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for
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routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning
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or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As a patient advocate,
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rights if the need arises. As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health,
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manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level function and independence
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through the healing process.
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To fulfill this desire, which program should the nurse attend? a. Doctor of Nursing
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and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral
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for Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating? a. Safety
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of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual
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performance. Patient-centered care recognizes the patient or designee as the source of control
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patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Teamwork and collaboration allows effective
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functioning within nursing and interprofessional teams, fostering open communication,
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and loss places nurses at risk for developing compassion fatigue. Stressors, not a single
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