POTTER PERRY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
01 01 01 01
11TH EDITION
01 01
ALL CHAPTERS 1-50
01 01
COMPLETE GUIDE 01 01
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
01 01 01
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
01 01 01 01 01
MULTIPLE CHOICE 01
1. Which nursing attendant most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 effects onhealth? 01 01
a. Florence Nightingale 01
b. Mary Nutting 01
c. Clara Barton 01
d. Lillian Wald 01
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-
01
A
Reasoning :->>> Nightingale was the first practicing nursing attendant epidemiologist.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Her statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Nutting, ClaraBarton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing profession in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
education into universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance 0 1 01 01 01
2. The nursing attendant prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
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01 Whichstandard of nursing practice is the nursing attendant following?
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
ACCURATE 01
ANSWER:-C
REASONING:->>In planning, the nursing attendant develops a plan that prescribes 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
strategiesand alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant collects comprehensive data pertinent to the hospital client ’s health and/or the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
situation. In diagnosis, the nursing attendant analyzes the assessment data to determine
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the nursing attendant implements
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
(carries out) the identified plan.
01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Planning MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
3. An experienced medical-surgical nursing attendant chooses to work in
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
obstetrics.Which level of proficiency is the nursing attendant upon initial
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
transition to the obstetrical floor?
01 01 01 01 01
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner 01
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-
01
A
, REASONING:->>A beginning nursing student or any nursing attendant entering a 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
situation in which there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
room nursingattendant chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing attendant
01 01
. A proficient nursing attendant perceives a hospital client ’s clinical situation as a whole,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge gained from
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent nursing attendant understands
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the organization and specific care required by the type of hospital client s (e.g., surgical,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
oncology, or orthopedic hospital client s). This nursing attendant is a competent
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing attendant whohas had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nursing attendant
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
is able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Evaluation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
4. A nursing attendant assesses a hospital client ’s fluid status and decides that the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client needs to drink more fluids. The nursing attendant then encourages the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client to drinkmore fluids. Which concept is the nursing attendant demonstrating?
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
United States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-
01 01 Beyond the NCLEX- 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the nursingattendant REASONING:->>may choose to work toward certification in a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
specific area of nursing practice. Accountability means that you are responsible,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
professionally and legally, forthe type and quality of nursing care provided.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
5. A nursing attendant prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
roleis the nursing attendant implementing?
01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Nursing attendant 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
, REASONING:->>A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
specific nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
self-care activities, reinforce learning or hospital client behavior, and evaluate the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client ’s progress in learning. As a hospital client advocate, you protect your hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client ’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
arises. As a nursing attendant
01 01 01 01 01
, you help hospital client s maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
andattain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
6. The nursing attendant has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
advanced practice nursing attendant. However, the nursing attendant has a strong
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
desire topursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
program should the nursing attendant attend?
01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc) 01 01 01 01 01
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) 01 01 01 01
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) 01 01 01 01 01
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN) 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
REASONING:->>Some doctoral programs prepare nursing attendant s for more 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
rigorous research and theory development and award the research-oriented Doctor of
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
practice doctorate thatprepares advanced practice nursing attendant s such as nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant practitioners.
01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant(RN) education.
01 01 TOPIC:-Teaching/Learning
01
MSC: Management of Care 0 1 01 01
7. A nursing attendant attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the American Nursing attendant s Association. Which type of education did the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursingattendant receive?
01 01 01
a. Graduate education 01
b. Inservice education 01
c. Continuing education 01
d. Nursing attendant education 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C 01
REASONING:->>Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs 01 01 01 01 01 01
offered by universities, hospitals, state nursing attendant s associations, professional
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
or doctoral degreein any number of graduate fields, including nursing. In service
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care facility or
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
institution. Nursing attendant education is the education preparation for an individual
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
intending to be an RN.
01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant (RN)
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01
11TH EDITION
01 01
ALL CHAPTERS 1-50
01 01
COMPLETE GUIDE 01 01
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
01 01 01
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
01 01 01 01 01
MULTIPLE CHOICE 01
1. Which nursing attendant most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 effects onhealth? 01 01
a. Florence Nightingale 01
b. Mary Nutting 01
c. Clara Barton 01
d. Lillian Wald 01
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-
01
A
Reasoning :->>> Nightingale was the first practicing nursing attendant epidemiologist.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Her statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Nutting, ClaraBarton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing profession in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
education into universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance 0 1 01 01 01
2. The nursing attendant prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 Whichstandard of nursing practice is the nursing attendant following?
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
ACCURATE 01
ANSWER:-C
REASONING:->>In planning, the nursing attendant develops a plan that prescribes 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
strategiesand alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant collects comprehensive data pertinent to the hospital client ’s health and/or the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
situation. In diagnosis, the nursing attendant analyzes the assessment data to determine
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the nursing attendant implements
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
(carries out) the identified plan.
01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Planning MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
3. An experienced medical-surgical nursing attendant chooses to work in
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
obstetrics.Which level of proficiency is the nursing attendant upon initial
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
transition to the obstetrical floor?
01 01 01 01 01
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner 01
ACCURATE
ANSWER:-
01
A
, REASONING:->>A beginning nursing student or any nursing attendant entering a 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
situation in which there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
room nursingattendant chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing attendant
01 01
. A proficient nursing attendant perceives a hospital client ’s clinical situation as a whole,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge gained from
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent nursing attendant understands
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the organization and specific care required by the type of hospital client s (e.g., surgical,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
oncology, or orthopedic hospital client s). This nursing attendant is a competent
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing attendant whohas had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nursing attendant
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
is able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Evaluation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
4. A nursing attendant assesses a hospital client ’s fluid status and decides that the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client needs to drink more fluids. The nursing attendant then encourages the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client to drinkmore fluids. Which concept is the nursing attendant demonstrating?
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
United States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-
01 01 Beyond the NCLEX- 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the nursingattendant REASONING:->>may choose to work toward certification in a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
specific area of nursing practice. Accountability means that you are responsible,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
professionally and legally, forthe type and quality of nursing care provided.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
5. A nursing attendant prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
roleis the nursing attendant implementing?
01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Nursing attendant 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
, REASONING:->>A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
specific nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
self-care activities, reinforce learning or hospital client behavior, and evaluate the hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client ’s progress in learning. As a hospital client advocate, you protect your hospital
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
client ’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
arises. As a nursing attendant
01 01 01 01 01
, you help hospital client s maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms,
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
andattain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
01 01 0 1 01 01
6. The nursing attendant has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
advanced practice nursing attendant. However, the nursing attendant has a strong
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
desire topursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
program should the nursing attendant attend?
01 01 01 01 01 01
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc) 01 01 01 01 01
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) 01 01 01 01
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) 01 01 01 01 01
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN) 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B 01
REASONING:->>Some doctoral programs prepare nursing attendant s for more 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
rigorous research and theory development and award the research-oriented Doctor of
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
practice doctorate thatprepares advanced practice nursing attendant s such as nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant practitioners.
01 01
DIF:Understand (comprehension) 01
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
attendant(RN) education.
01 01 TOPIC:-Teaching/Learning
01
MSC: Management of Care 0 1 01 01
7. A nursing attendant attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
the American Nursing attendant s Association. Which type of education did the
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursingattendant receive?
01 01 01
a. Graduate education 01
b. Inservice education 01
c. Continuing education 01
d. Nursing attendant education 01 01
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C 01
REASONING:->>Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs 01 01 01 01 01 01
offered by universities, hospitals, state nursing attendant s associations, professional
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
or doctoral degreein any number of graduate fields, including nursing. In service
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care facility or
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
institution. Nursing attendant education is the education preparation for an individual
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
intending to be an RN.
01 01 01 01 01
DIF:Apply (application) 01
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant (RN)
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
