EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE IN NURSING AND
HEALTHCARE MELNYK PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Who is Florence Nightingale and what are her contributions?
Answer: She identified client needs, established nursing education
standards, and helped professionalize nursing.
◉ What is the Latin origin of the word 'nursing'?
Answer: The Latin word 'nutrix', meaning 'to nourish'.
◉ What are the main aims of nursing?
Answer: Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
◉ What are the four blended nursing competencies?
Answer: Cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal.
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
, ◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
◉ What does health promotion involve?
Answer: Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each patient's
strengths to prevent illness and restore health.
◉ What is the focus of Healthy People 2030?
Answer: Promote healthy lives, reduce preventable diseases, and
eliminate health disparities.
◉ How do nurses prevent illness?
Answer: By teaching and setting a personal example, such as
through prenatal education and healthy lifestyle information.
◉ What does restoring health focus on?
Answer: It focuses on the person with illness, including assessment,
direct care, and rehabilitation planning.
◉ What is the role of nurses in coping with disability and death?
Answer: Maximizing strengths, providing teaching, referrals, and
end-of-care services.
HEALTHCARE MELNYK PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Who is Florence Nightingale and what are her contributions?
Answer: She identified client needs, established nursing education
standards, and helped professionalize nursing.
◉ What is the Latin origin of the word 'nursing'?
Answer: The Latin word 'nutrix', meaning 'to nourish'.
◉ What are the main aims of nursing?
Answer: Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, and
facilitate coping with disability or death.
◉ What are the four blended nursing competencies?
Answer: Cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal.
◉ What are the QSEN competencies?
Answer: Client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, quality
improvement, safety, evidence-based practice, and informatics.
, ◉ What roles do nurses fulfill?
Answer: Communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher,
advocate, and collaborator.
◉ What does health promotion involve?
Answer: Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each patient's
strengths to prevent illness and restore health.
◉ What is the focus of Healthy People 2030?
Answer: Promote healthy lives, reduce preventable diseases, and
eliminate health disparities.
◉ How do nurses prevent illness?
Answer: By teaching and setting a personal example, such as
through prenatal education and healthy lifestyle information.
◉ What does restoring health focus on?
Answer: It focuses on the person with illness, including assessment,
direct care, and rehabilitation planning.
◉ What is the role of nurses in coping with disability and death?
Answer: Maximizing strengths, providing teaching, referrals, and
end-of-care services.
