Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing 12th Edition by
Potter Perry
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health? a.
Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ A
Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected
poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and Lillian Wald
came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Mary
Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. Clara Barton founded
the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The professional nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
Which standardof nursing practice is The professional nurse following? a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
, c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ C
In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to
attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered nurse collects comprehensive
data pertinent to the hospital patient’s health and/or the situation. In diagnosis, the registered
nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues. During
implementation, the registered nurse implements (carries out) the identified plan.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Planning
MSC: Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical nurse chooses to work in obstetrics. Which level of
proficiency is The professional nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ A
A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no previous
level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to now practice in
home health) is an example of a novice nurse. A proficient nurse perceives a hospital
patient’s clinicalsituation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily
transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent
nurse understands the organization and specific care required by the type of hospital patients
(e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic hospital patients). This nurse is a competent
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A
professional nursewho has had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced
beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but The professional nurse is
able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Evaluation
MSC: Management of Care
4. A professional nurseassesses a hospital patient’s fluid status and decides that the
hospital patient needs to drink more fluids. The professional nurse then encourages the
hospital patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is The professional nurse
demonstrating? a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN . Beyond the NCLEX-RN , The
professional nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing
practice. Accountability
, means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of nursing
care provided.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation MSC:
Management of Care
5. A professional nurseprepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
role is The professional nurse implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing
care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for
routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning
or hospital patient behavior, and evaluate the hospital patient’s progress in learning. As a
hospital patient advocate, youprotect your hospital patient’s human and legal rights and
provide assistance in asserting these rights ifthe need arises. As a caregiver, you help hospital
patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal
level function and independence through the healing process.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation MSC:
Management of Care
6. The professional nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nurse. However, The professional nurse has a strong desire to pursue
research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program should The
professional nurse attend? a. Doctor of Nursing Sciencedegree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
Some doctoral programs prepare nurses for more rigorous research and theory development
and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral
programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research findings to clinical
nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares advanced practice nurses such as nurse
practitioners.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional registered nurse (RN)
education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Management of Care
Potter Perry
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health? a.
Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ A
Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected
poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and Lillian Wald
came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Mary
Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. Clara Barton founded
the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The professional nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
Which standardof nursing practice is The professional nurse following? a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
, c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ C
In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to
attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered nurse collects comprehensive
data pertinent to the hospital patient’s health and/or the situation. In diagnosis, the registered
nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues. During
implementation, the registered nurse implements (carries out) the identified plan.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Planning
MSC: Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical nurse chooses to work in obstetrics. Which level of
proficiency is The professional nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ A
A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no previous
level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to now practice in
home health) is an example of a novice nurse. A proficient nurse perceives a hospital
patient’s clinicalsituation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily
transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A competent
nurse understands the organization and specific care required by the type of hospital patients
(e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic hospital patients). This nurse is a competent
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A
professional nursewho has had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced
beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but The professional nurse is
able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Evaluation
MSC: Management of Care
4. A professional nurseassesses a hospital patient’s fluid status and decides that the
hospital patient needs to drink more fluids. The professional nurse then encourages the
hospital patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is The professional nurse
demonstrating? a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN . Beyond the NCLEX-RN , The
professional nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing
practice. Accountability
, means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of nursing
care provided.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation MSC:
Management of Care
5. A professional nurseprepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
role is The professional nurse implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing
care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for
routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning
or hospital patient behavior, and evaluate the hospital patient’s progress in learning. As a
hospital patient advocate, youprotect your hospital patient’s human and legal rights and
provide assistance in asserting these rights ifthe need arises. As a caregiver, you help hospital
patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal
level function and independence through the healing process.
COMPLEXITY- Apply (application)
AIM- Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation MSC:
Management of Care
6. The professional nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nurse. However, The professional nurse has a strong desire to pursue
research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program should The
professional nurse attend? a. Doctor of Nursing Sciencedegree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
CORRECT REPLY✔✔✔✔ B
Some doctoral programs prepare nurses for more rigorous research and theory development
and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral
programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research findings to clinical
nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares advanced practice nurses such as nurse
practitioners.
COMPLEXITY- Understand (comprehension)
AIM- Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional registered nurse (RN)
education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Management of Care
