Introduction to Nursing (Quiz 1 / Exam 1) UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Contributions of Florence Nightingale (10)
ANSWER
-Patient is the center of nursing focus
- Identified nurses role in meeting all patients needs
- Declared nursing as separate from medicine
- Pushed for nursing education; stressed need for continued education
- Established Nursing as a respectful occupation for women
- Did not advocate for male participation in nursing
- Two components of nursing: health and illness
- Established standards for hospital management
- Established record keeping(as research data)
- Recognized the importance of nutrition, occupational and recreational
Question 2.
nursing as a professional discipline
ANSWER
i. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
ii. Strong service orientation
iii. Recognized authority by a professional group
iv. Code of ethics
v. Professional organization that sets standards
vi. Ongoing research
vii. Autonomy and self-regulation
Question 3.
What are
the Standards for Professional Nursing practice?
ANSWER
i. ANA Standards of nursing Practice
ii. Nursing Process
iii. Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure
,Question 4.
Definition of Nursing
ANSWER
Derived from word "nutrix" meaning nutrition
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
Question 5.
Nurse Practice Act
ANSWER
Question 6.
Nursing Roles
ANSWER
-Caregiver
-Communicator
-Teacher/ Educator
-Counselor
-Leader
-Researcher
-Administrator
-Advocate
-Coordinator of care
-Nurse Scientist
-Advanced Practice Roles
-Nurse Practitioner
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Nurse Midwife
- Nurse Anesthetist
, Question 7.
Healthy People 2020
ANSWER
Department of Health and Human Services Initiative
- Prevention agenda for building healthier nation. Objective if to identify significant most
preventative threats to health and establish goals to reduce them
Question 8.
Healthy People 2020 purpose
ANSWER
-Government initiative to guide health promotion and disease prevention in order to:
-Improving the health of all Americans
-Live free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. -Achieve health equity
-Eliminate disparities
-Create social and physical environments that =good health for all.
-Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
-Contains 42 topic areas with nearly 600 objectives
Question 9.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
ANSWER
-independent, nonprofit organization, works outside of government to provide unbiased and
authoritative advice to decision makers and the public."
Question 10.
What is the number 1 leading error in health care?
ANSWER
Wrong medication
ACTUAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1.
Contributions of Florence Nightingale (10)
ANSWER
-Patient is the center of nursing focus
- Identified nurses role in meeting all patients needs
- Declared nursing as separate from medicine
- Pushed for nursing education; stressed need for continued education
- Established Nursing as a respectful occupation for women
- Did not advocate for male participation in nursing
- Two components of nursing: health and illness
- Established standards for hospital management
- Established record keeping(as research data)
- Recognized the importance of nutrition, occupational and recreational
Question 2.
nursing as a professional discipline
ANSWER
i. Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
ii. Strong service orientation
iii. Recognized authority by a professional group
iv. Code of ethics
v. Professional organization that sets standards
vi. Ongoing research
vii. Autonomy and self-regulation
Question 3.
What are
the Standards for Professional Nursing practice?
ANSWER
i. ANA Standards of nursing Practice
ii. Nursing Process
iii. Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure
,Question 4.
Definition of Nursing
ANSWER
Derived from word "nutrix" meaning nutrition
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
Question 5.
Nurse Practice Act
ANSWER
Question 6.
Nursing Roles
ANSWER
-Caregiver
-Communicator
-Teacher/ Educator
-Counselor
-Leader
-Researcher
-Administrator
-Advocate
-Coordinator of care
-Nurse Scientist
-Advanced Practice Roles
-Nurse Practitioner
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Nurse Midwife
- Nurse Anesthetist
, Question 7.
Healthy People 2020
ANSWER
Department of Health and Human Services Initiative
- Prevention agenda for building healthier nation. Objective if to identify significant most
preventative threats to health and establish goals to reduce them
Question 8.
Healthy People 2020 purpose
ANSWER
-Government initiative to guide health promotion and disease prevention in order to:
-Improving the health of all Americans
-Live free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. -Achieve health equity
-Eliminate disparities
-Create social and physical environments that =good health for all.
-Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
-Contains 42 topic areas with nearly 600 objectives
Question 9.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
ANSWER
-independent, nonprofit organization, works outside of government to provide unbiased and
authoritative advice to decision makers and the public."
Question 10.
What is the number 1 leading error in health care?
ANSWER
Wrong medication
