FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM 1
2026-2027 WITH 89 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY RATED
A+
Clara Barton
took volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies
-founded American Red Cross
Lillian Wald
took nursing out into the community
Ballard School
-Started by New York Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in 1892.
-3-month course in practical nursing.
-Students trained to care for infants, children, and elderly in the home.
Household Nursing School in Boston
Later called Shepard Gill School of Practical Nursing
-moved out into the community
-worked with the poor in the cities
-provided midwifery services and taught prenatal, obstetric, and child care
-were present during wartime, providing essential care on all fronts
nurses in the 20th century:
-to promote wellness
-to prevent illness
-to facilitate coping
-to restore health
common goals of nursing
caregiver
educator
collaborator
manager
roles of Practical Nurse
Caregiver(roles of PN)
implement interventions to improve, maintain, or restore health
educator(roles of PN)
health teaching and counseling to promote wellness, prevent illness
Collaborator(Roles of PN)
work with RN and health care team to provide continuity of care
Manager(roles of PN)
assign minor tasks to nurse assistant or other ancillary personnel
Evidence-Based Nursing
, -using the best research evidence to guide clinical decision-making
-helps determine "best practices"
nurse practice acts
-regulate the practice of nursing
-designed to protect the public, and they define the legal scope of practice
Nursing Process
-organized, deliberate, systematic way to deliver nursing care
-Provides a way to implement caregiving
-combines science and art of nursing
-focuses nurse on the patient as an individual
Nursing Education Pathways: PN
-provide direct pt care under supervision of RN, physician, or dentist
-offered in vocational schools, hospitals, proprietary schools, and community colleges
Nursing Education Pathways: RN
-graduates of three different programs are qualified to take the NCLEX-RN Examination
(hospital diploma program, 2 year associate degree at comm. college, 4 year bachelor
nursing program at college or university)
-may provide bedside care or care in the community or supervise others in managing
care of multiple patients
Nursing Education Pathways: Advanced-Practice Nursing
-Graduate programs for master's and doctorate degrees: nurses prepared as specialists
in various clinical branches of nursing, in research, or in administration
-Nurse Practitioner programs-RNs continue their training in a specialty
functional nursing care
first care delivery system for the PN
-PNs performed tasks such as administration of meds and treatments
team nursing
RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients
work tasks assigned to other team members, PNs, and NAs
total patient care
One nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient, including medication
administration.
-to provide less fragmented care for the patient
primary nursing
-one nurse plans and directs care for a pt over a 24 hour period.
-eliminated fragmentation of care between shifts
-often modified with use of cross-trained personnel assigned to help with duties
(more for long term care, ie. cancer patients)
hospitals
extended care facilities
physicians offices
ambulatory clinics
renal dialysis centers
hospices
home health agencies
neighborhood emergency center
2026-2027 WITH 89 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY RATED
A+
Clara Barton
took volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies
-founded American Red Cross
Lillian Wald
took nursing out into the community
Ballard School
-Started by New York Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in 1892.
-3-month course in practical nursing.
-Students trained to care for infants, children, and elderly in the home.
Household Nursing School in Boston
Later called Shepard Gill School of Practical Nursing
-moved out into the community
-worked with the poor in the cities
-provided midwifery services and taught prenatal, obstetric, and child care
-were present during wartime, providing essential care on all fronts
nurses in the 20th century:
-to promote wellness
-to prevent illness
-to facilitate coping
-to restore health
common goals of nursing
caregiver
educator
collaborator
manager
roles of Practical Nurse
Caregiver(roles of PN)
implement interventions to improve, maintain, or restore health
educator(roles of PN)
health teaching and counseling to promote wellness, prevent illness
Collaborator(Roles of PN)
work with RN and health care team to provide continuity of care
Manager(roles of PN)
assign minor tasks to nurse assistant or other ancillary personnel
Evidence-Based Nursing
, -using the best research evidence to guide clinical decision-making
-helps determine "best practices"
nurse practice acts
-regulate the practice of nursing
-designed to protect the public, and they define the legal scope of practice
Nursing Process
-organized, deliberate, systematic way to deliver nursing care
-Provides a way to implement caregiving
-combines science and art of nursing
-focuses nurse on the patient as an individual
Nursing Education Pathways: PN
-provide direct pt care under supervision of RN, physician, or dentist
-offered in vocational schools, hospitals, proprietary schools, and community colleges
Nursing Education Pathways: RN
-graduates of three different programs are qualified to take the NCLEX-RN Examination
(hospital diploma program, 2 year associate degree at comm. college, 4 year bachelor
nursing program at college or university)
-may provide bedside care or care in the community or supervise others in managing
care of multiple patients
Nursing Education Pathways: Advanced-Practice Nursing
-Graduate programs for master's and doctorate degrees: nurses prepared as specialists
in various clinical branches of nursing, in research, or in administration
-Nurse Practitioner programs-RNs continue their training in a specialty
functional nursing care
first care delivery system for the PN
-PNs performed tasks such as administration of meds and treatments
team nursing
RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients
work tasks assigned to other team members, PNs, and NAs
total patient care
One nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient, including medication
administration.
-to provide less fragmented care for the patient
primary nursing
-one nurse plans and directs care for a pt over a 24 hour period.
-eliminated fragmentation of care between shifts
-often modified with use of cross-trained personnel assigned to help with duties
(more for long term care, ie. cancer patients)
hospitals
extended care facilities
physicians offices
ambulatory clinics
renal dialysis centers
hospices
home health agencies
neighborhood emergency center
