ACE YOUR NUR 170 EXAM: COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2026/2027
◉Nursing as a Discipline . Answer: The way nurses look at things,
interpret things, and decide what to do
- a unique body of knowledge that guides practice
◉Nursing as a Profession . Answer: Goal is to provide service to
humankind through the living art of science
- nurses are educated in the discipline and responsible for standards of
practice based on that knowledge
◉Self regulated . Answer: - each province has a regulatory body which
is run by nurses that ensures they are accountabloe to the public and
government
- ensure that nurses are safe/competent/ethical through regulatory
activities (need to be licensed to practice)
◉7 Core Values of Nursing . Answer: - Providing safe, compassionate,
competent, and ethical care
- Promoting health and wellbeing
- Promoting and respecting informed decision making
- Preserving dignity
,- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
- Promoting justice
- Being accountable
◉Becoming a Nurse . Answer: Need entry level competencies from an
integrative program (skills, theory, practices)
◉Nursing scope of practice . Answer: Some scopes of practice overlap
with other healthcare disciplines
◉Where do RNs work? . Answer: - Clinical practice
- Education
- Administration
- Policy
- Research
◉Theories . Answer: Way to organize knowledge - assumptions or
propositions that identify relationships between concepts
◉4 Section of Nursing Discipline . Answer: - Environment
- Nursing
- Patient
- Health
, ◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Person . Answer: Person = center of nursing
practice, can include the family/community as the client
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Environment . Answer: Environment = the
clients, family, community, healthcare system
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Health . Answer: Health = ideal state of
optimal health or wellbeing (not perfect)
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Nursing Care . Answer: Nursing = how we
think and work as nurses
◉During epidemics... . Answer: Nursing was the main source of
fighting disease
◉First hospital in Quebec . Answer: Hotel-Dieu
◉Florence Nightingale . Answer: - Reduced mortality by improving
sanitation and developed a standardized training program
- Documented many racist views
◉Mary Jane Seacole . Answer: - Refused to work with Nightingale for
being black
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
2026/2027
◉Nursing as a Discipline . Answer: The way nurses look at things,
interpret things, and decide what to do
- a unique body of knowledge that guides practice
◉Nursing as a Profession . Answer: Goal is to provide service to
humankind through the living art of science
- nurses are educated in the discipline and responsible for standards of
practice based on that knowledge
◉Self regulated . Answer: - each province has a regulatory body which
is run by nurses that ensures they are accountabloe to the public and
government
- ensure that nurses are safe/competent/ethical through regulatory
activities (need to be licensed to practice)
◉7 Core Values of Nursing . Answer: - Providing safe, compassionate,
competent, and ethical care
- Promoting health and wellbeing
- Promoting and respecting informed decision making
- Preserving dignity
,- Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
- Promoting justice
- Being accountable
◉Becoming a Nurse . Answer: Need entry level competencies from an
integrative program (skills, theory, practices)
◉Nursing scope of practice . Answer: Some scopes of practice overlap
with other healthcare disciplines
◉Where do RNs work? . Answer: - Clinical practice
- Education
- Administration
- Policy
- Research
◉Theories . Answer: Way to organize knowledge - assumptions or
propositions that identify relationships between concepts
◉4 Section of Nursing Discipline . Answer: - Environment
- Nursing
- Patient
- Health
, ◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Person . Answer: Person = center of nursing
practice, can include the family/community as the client
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Environment . Answer: Environment = the
clients, family, community, healthcare system
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Health . Answer: Health = ideal state of
optimal health or wellbeing (not perfect)
◉Nursing Metaparadigm - Nursing Care . Answer: Nursing = how we
think and work as nurses
◉During epidemics... . Answer: Nursing was the main source of
fighting disease
◉First hospital in Quebec . Answer: Hotel-Dieu
◉Florence Nightingale . Answer: - Reduced mortality by improving
sanitation and developed a standardized training program
- Documented many racist views
◉Mary Jane Seacole . Answer: - Refused to work with Nightingale for
being black
