NUR 330 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE NURSING EXAM #1
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
What are the aims of nursing? - ANS ✔✔to promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate
coping with death or disability
What does promoting health entail? - ANS ✔✔increasing well-being, facilitate decisions about lifestyle
that enhances quality of life, increase health awareness, encourage the acceptance of responsibility for
one's health, teaches self care activities to maximize achievement of realistic goals, and encourages
health promotion by providing referrals
What does preventing illness entail? - ANS ✔✔use educational programs, community programs, and
resources that encourage healthy lifestyles; use literature, TV, radio, or internet information on healthy
diets, exercises, and importance of good health habits; use health assessments to identify strengths and
risks for illness
What does restoring health entail? - ANS ✔✔performing assessments that detect illness, referring
questions and abnormal findings to others, providing direct care, collaborating with other health care
professionals; planning, teaching, and carrying out rehab for illnesses; working in mental health and
chemical dependency programs
What does facilitate coping and death entail? - ANS ✔✔facilitate patient and family coping with altered
function, life crisis, and death; facilitate an optimal level of function by maximizing a person's strengths
and potentials through teaching; end of life care; active in hospice programs
How do the nurse practice acts effect nursing practice? - ANS ✔✔these are laws established in each state
to regulate the practice of nursing; they define the legal scope of practice, create a state board of nursing
to make and enforce rules and regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing including
legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs, establish criteria for education and licensure of nursing,
identify violations, and exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing
How do the standards of nursing practice effect nursing? - ANS ✔✔the American Nurses Association
defines activities that are unique to nursing, allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as
protection for the nurse, patient, and healthcare institute, and each nurse is accountable for their own
quality of practice and responsible for the knowledge and use of these standards
How does the nursing process effect nursing? - ANS ✔✔this is the major guideline for nursing care; it
includes assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating; it allows the nurse to identify
patient needs, create a plan of care, and evaluate the plan
What does the ANA do? - ANS ✔✔the ANA's mission is to be involved in public education, clinical
nursing standards, and addressing ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
What does the NLN do? - ANS ✔✔its objective is to develop and improve nursing services and
education; it is the primary source of research data about nursing education, conducting annual surveys
of schools and new RNs
,What does the AACN do? - ANS ✔✔focused on establishing quality educational standards, improve
health care, and promote nursing education; accredits schools
What does the NSNA do? - ANS ✔✔national organization for students enrolled in nursing education
programs
What are the ANAs standards of practice? (17) - ANS ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification,
planning, implementations,evaluation, ethics, education, EBP and research, quality of practice,
communication, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization,
environmental health, collegiality
What is assessment? - ANS ✔✔collecting data pertinent to the patient's health or situation
What is diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to analyze the assessment data to determine the diagnosis
or issues
What is outcomes identification? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to determine the outcomes for a plan
individualized to the patient based on the issue; what are the goals of the plan
What is planning? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to develop a plan that addresses the outcomes identified
What is implementation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse then implements the plan, coordinates care delivery,
employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
What is evaluation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse evaluates the progress towards the goals and then decides if
anything needs changed
What is ethics? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to practice ethically based on the code of ethics developed by
the ANA
What is education? - ANS ✔✔nurses need to continue learning to increase knowledge and competence
that reflects current nursing practice
What is EBP and research? - ANS ✔✔the nurse contributes to quality of care by implementing
interventions that are based on EBP and research; its the nurses job to keep up on the current research
What is quality of practice? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is contributing to quality nursing practice
What is communication? - ANS ✔✔the nurse communicates effectively with other staff, health
professionals, and the patients
What is leadership? - ANS ✔✔the nurse demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and
the profession
What is collaboration? - ANS ✔✔the nurse collaborates with the health care consumer, family, and
others
, What is professional practice evaluation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse evaluates their own nursing practice in
relation to the professional standards and the guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
What is resource utilization? - ANS ✔✔the nurse utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing services
that are safe, effective, and financially responsible
What is environmental health? - ANS ✔✔the nurse practices in an environmentally safe and healthy
manner
What is collegiality? - ANS ✔✔the nurse interacts with and contributes to the professional development
of peers and colleagues
What is the ANAs Code of Ethics? - ANS ✔✔the nurse practices with compassion and respect of dignity,
worth, and uniqueness of everyone despite SES, personality, and nature of health problems; the primary
commitment is to the patient; promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
rights of the patient; the nurse is responsible and accountable for nursing practice and determines
appropriate delegation of tasks; the nurse owes the same duties to self as to others; the nurse
participates in establishing, maintaining and improving health care environments; participates in the
advancement of the profession; collaborates with other health professionals and the public; the
profession of nursing is responsible for the articulation of nursing values, maintaining integrity of the
profession and its practice, and shaping public policy
What does nursing advocacy mean? - ANS ✔✔advocacy means to speak up for a person that is unable to
speak for themselves; the protection and support of another's rights; nurses primary commitment is the
patient
What does accountability mean? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is answerable for the outcomes of actions taken;
What does responsibility mean? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is responsible for providing care that follows the
standards of nursing practice
What does credentialing mean? - ANS ✔✔ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained; this includes the process of accreditation, certification, and licensure
What is accreditation? - ANS ✔✔laws to ensure that schools are meeting minimum standards of
education; schools must be state approved but there is also voluntary accreditation
What is licensure? - ANS ✔✔the process which allows a person to legally offer public skills and
knowledge in a particular jurisdiction; must pass the NCLEX
What is certification? - ANS ✔✔certification validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical
judgment
What does OSHA do? - ANS ✔✔legal standards to ensure safe and healthy working conditions; safety
standards for those who may be exposed to blood borne pathogens
What are reporting obligations? - ANS ✔✔nurses are obligated to report abuse including physical,
verbal, sexual, emotional, neglect, or abandonment
STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
What are the aims of nursing? - ANS ✔✔to promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate
coping with death or disability
What does promoting health entail? - ANS ✔✔increasing well-being, facilitate decisions about lifestyle
that enhances quality of life, increase health awareness, encourage the acceptance of responsibility for
one's health, teaches self care activities to maximize achievement of realistic goals, and encourages
health promotion by providing referrals
What does preventing illness entail? - ANS ✔✔use educational programs, community programs, and
resources that encourage healthy lifestyles; use literature, TV, radio, or internet information on healthy
diets, exercises, and importance of good health habits; use health assessments to identify strengths and
risks for illness
What does restoring health entail? - ANS ✔✔performing assessments that detect illness, referring
questions and abnormal findings to others, providing direct care, collaborating with other health care
professionals; planning, teaching, and carrying out rehab for illnesses; working in mental health and
chemical dependency programs
What does facilitate coping and death entail? - ANS ✔✔facilitate patient and family coping with altered
function, life crisis, and death; facilitate an optimal level of function by maximizing a person's strengths
and potentials through teaching; end of life care; active in hospice programs
How do the nurse practice acts effect nursing practice? - ANS ✔✔these are laws established in each state
to regulate the practice of nursing; they define the legal scope of practice, create a state board of nursing
to make and enforce rules and regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing including
legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs, establish criteria for education and licensure of nursing,
identify violations, and exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing
How do the standards of nursing practice effect nursing? - ANS ✔✔the American Nurses Association
defines activities that are unique to nursing, allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as
protection for the nurse, patient, and healthcare institute, and each nurse is accountable for their own
quality of practice and responsible for the knowledge and use of these standards
How does the nursing process effect nursing? - ANS ✔✔this is the major guideline for nursing care; it
includes assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating; it allows the nurse to identify
patient needs, create a plan of care, and evaluate the plan
What does the ANA do? - ANS ✔✔the ANA's mission is to be involved in public education, clinical
nursing standards, and addressing ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
What does the NLN do? - ANS ✔✔its objective is to develop and improve nursing services and
education; it is the primary source of research data about nursing education, conducting annual surveys
of schools and new RNs
,What does the AACN do? - ANS ✔✔focused on establishing quality educational standards, improve
health care, and promote nursing education; accredits schools
What does the NSNA do? - ANS ✔✔national organization for students enrolled in nursing education
programs
What are the ANAs standards of practice? (17) - ANS ✔✔assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification,
planning, implementations,evaluation, ethics, education, EBP and research, quality of practice,
communication, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization,
environmental health, collegiality
What is assessment? - ANS ✔✔collecting data pertinent to the patient's health or situation
What is diagnosis? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to analyze the assessment data to determine the diagnosis
or issues
What is outcomes identification? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to determine the outcomes for a plan
individualized to the patient based on the issue; what are the goals of the plan
What is planning? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to develop a plan that addresses the outcomes identified
What is implementation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse then implements the plan, coordinates care delivery,
employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
What is evaluation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse evaluates the progress towards the goals and then decides if
anything needs changed
What is ethics? - ANS ✔✔the nurse needs to practice ethically based on the code of ethics developed by
the ANA
What is education? - ANS ✔✔nurses need to continue learning to increase knowledge and competence
that reflects current nursing practice
What is EBP and research? - ANS ✔✔the nurse contributes to quality of care by implementing
interventions that are based on EBP and research; its the nurses job to keep up on the current research
What is quality of practice? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is contributing to quality nursing practice
What is communication? - ANS ✔✔the nurse communicates effectively with other staff, health
professionals, and the patients
What is leadership? - ANS ✔✔the nurse demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and
the profession
What is collaboration? - ANS ✔✔the nurse collaborates with the health care consumer, family, and
others
, What is professional practice evaluation? - ANS ✔✔the nurse evaluates their own nursing practice in
relation to the professional standards and the guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
What is resource utilization? - ANS ✔✔the nurse utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing services
that are safe, effective, and financially responsible
What is environmental health? - ANS ✔✔the nurse practices in an environmentally safe and healthy
manner
What is collegiality? - ANS ✔✔the nurse interacts with and contributes to the professional development
of peers and colleagues
What is the ANAs Code of Ethics? - ANS ✔✔the nurse practices with compassion and respect of dignity,
worth, and uniqueness of everyone despite SES, personality, and nature of health problems; the primary
commitment is to the patient; promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and
rights of the patient; the nurse is responsible and accountable for nursing practice and determines
appropriate delegation of tasks; the nurse owes the same duties to self as to others; the nurse
participates in establishing, maintaining and improving health care environments; participates in the
advancement of the profession; collaborates with other health professionals and the public; the
profession of nursing is responsible for the articulation of nursing values, maintaining integrity of the
profession and its practice, and shaping public policy
What does nursing advocacy mean? - ANS ✔✔advocacy means to speak up for a person that is unable to
speak for themselves; the protection and support of another's rights; nurses primary commitment is the
patient
What does accountability mean? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is answerable for the outcomes of actions taken;
What does responsibility mean? - ANS ✔✔the nurse is responsible for providing care that follows the
standards of nursing practice
What does credentialing mean? - ANS ✔✔ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained; this includes the process of accreditation, certification, and licensure
What is accreditation? - ANS ✔✔laws to ensure that schools are meeting minimum standards of
education; schools must be state approved but there is also voluntary accreditation
What is licensure? - ANS ✔✔the process which allows a person to legally offer public skills and
knowledge in a particular jurisdiction; must pass the NCLEX
What is certification? - ANS ✔✔certification validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical
judgment
What does OSHA do? - ANS ✔✔legal standards to ensure safe and healthy working conditions; safety
standards for those who may be exposed to blood borne pathogens
What are reporting obligations? - ANS ✔✔nurses are obligated to report abuse including physical,
verbal, sexual, emotional, neglect, or abandonment
