NURS 201 FINAL EXAM UTK UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NURS 201 FINAL EXAM UTK UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Nursing as a discipline
Answer:
1. Specific & Unique body of knowledge
2. Strong service orientation
3. Recognize authority by a professional group
4. Code of ethics
5. Professional organization sets standards
6. Ongoing research
7. some level of Autonomy

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2. nursing as a profession
Answer:
- well-defined body of knowledge
- strong service orientation
- code of ethics
- professional organization that sets standards
- ongoing research and evidence based practice
- autonomy and self-regulation

Question:
3. Florence Nightingale
Answer:
- established the first training school for nurses
- founder of modern nursing
- wrote books about healthcare and nursing education
- defined nursing as both an art and a science

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4. Clara Barton
Answer:
- volunteer nurse during Civil War
- established the Red Cross

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5. Dorothea Dix
Answer:
- pioneer in the reform of the treatment for the mentally ill

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6. Lillian Wald

,Answer:
- founder of public health nursing

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7. What are the aims of nursing?
Answer:
1. promote health
2. prevent illness
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability and death

Question:
8. promote health
Answer:
- desire to increase well-being and health potential
- includes physical, social, and mental components
- not just absence of disease or illness

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9. wellness
Answer:
active state of being healthy

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10. health
Answer:
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity

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11. health literacy
Answer:
a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services, and to use these
resources to promote one's health and wellness

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12. example of promoting health
Answer:
teaching self-care activities to patients to achieve maximum wellness

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13. prevent illness
Answer:
reduce risk for illness. promote good health habits, maintain optimal functioning

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14. example of preventing illness

,Answer:
health assessments for identifying risk

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15. restoring health
Answer:
Performing assessments that detect an illness Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health
care providers, as appropriate Providing direct care to the person who is ill Collaborating with other health
care providers in providing care Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as
heart attacks, arthritis, and strokes Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs

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16. example of restoring health
Answer:
giving physical care (giving insulin)

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17. facilitating coping with disability and death
Answer:
Maximizing person's strengths and potentials Patient teaching Referral to community support systems
Providing end-of-care Hospice programs

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18. example of facilitating coping with disability and death
Answer:
hospice care

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19. practical and vocational nursing
Answer:
- most are 1 year in length, divided into 1/3 classroom and 2/3 lab hours
- graduates take the NCLEX-PN for licensure as an LPN
- focus on bedside care

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20. diploma in nursing
Answer:
- - 3 year, hospital-based diploma school of nursing
- oldest nursing education form
- sound foundation in the biologic and social sciences

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21. associate degree in nursing
Answer:
- offered by community or junior colleges
- 2 years in length
- technically skilled graduates

, Question:
22. baccalaureate in nursing
Answer:
- most graduates receive a BSN
- major is built on a general education base, with concentration on nursing at the upper level
- can do RN-BSN or ABSN

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23. Nurse Practice Act
Answer:
defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing and terms(LPN and RN) create a state
board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulations establish criteria for education and licensure of
nurses all states are different

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24. Code of Ethics and professional values
Answer:
foundation for nursing practice and will guide interactions with PTs, colleagues, and public

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25. assessment
Answer:
evaluation

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26. diagnosis
Answer:
Identification of an injury or disease

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27. Planning
Answer:
determining organizational goals and a means for achieving them

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28. Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
Answer:
System that categorizes into payment groups patients who are medically related with respect to diagnosis
and treatment and statistically similar with regard to length of stay

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29. Nursing Process
Answer:
Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation

Question:
30. current trends in nursing