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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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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
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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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Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. Clara Barton
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founded 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
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standard 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
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implementation, 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
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of proficiency is the nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor? a.
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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
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clinical situation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer
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knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent nurse
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understands the organization and specific care required by the type of patients (e.g.,
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surgical, oncology, or orthopedic patients). This nurse is a competent practitioner who is
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able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A nurse who has had some
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level of experience with the situation is an advanced beginner. This experience may only
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be observational in nature, but the nurse is able to identify meaningful aspects or
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principles of nursing care.
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4. A nurse assesses a patient’s fluid status and decides that the patient needs to drink
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more fluids. The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids. Which
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concept is the nurse demonstrating? a. Licensure
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b. Autonomy
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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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the nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
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, means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of nursing
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care provided.
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5. A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the
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nurse implementing?
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care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
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facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason
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for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce
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learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As a patient
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advocate, you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in
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asserting these rights if the need arises. As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and
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regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level function and
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independence through the healing process.
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6. The nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an advanced
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practice nurse. However, the nurse has a strong desire to pursue research and theory
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development. To fulfill this desire, which program should the nurse attend? a. Doctor of
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Nursing Science degree (DNSc)
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ANS: B L
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Some doctoral programs prepare nurses for more rigorous research and theory development
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and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional
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doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research findings
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to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares advanced practice nurses
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such as nurse practitioners.
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(RN) education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Management of Care
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Nurses Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive? a. Graduate
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education
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universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and
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educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in nursing,
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you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in any number
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of graduate fields, including nursing. Inservice education programs are instruction or
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training provided by a health care facility or institution. Registered nurse education is the
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education preparation for an individual intending to be an RN.
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8. A nurse identifies gaps between local and best practices. Which Quality and Safety
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Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating? a. Safety
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risk 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
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control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect
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for 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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mutual respect, and shared decision making.
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9. A nurse has compassion fatigue. What is the nurse experiencing?
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stress. Compassion fatigue may contribute to what is described as lateral violence
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(nurse-nurse interactions, not intrapersonal). Frequent, intense, or prolonged exposure to grief L
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and loss places nurses at risk for developing compassion fatigue. Stressors, not a single
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