University of Calgary CPNP 101 quiz bank answered.

WEEK 1 AND 2 1. Which of the following is associated with standards of practice that are determined by the individuals who perform the work? ○ a. Vocation ○ b. Profession ○ c. Occupation ○ d. Organization 2. Which statement is true about professional nursing organizations in Canada? ○ a. They are primarily interested in providing professional journals, and information on conferences related to nursing in Canada ○ b. They serve as official representatives of the nursing profession and interact with government officials on issues concerning the health of the population ○ c. They regulate nursing education and nursing standards of practice throughout all the provinces and territories ○ d. They work closely with the hospitals and health care agencies in providing education for specialized nurses 3. What does advanced nursing practice refer to? ○ a. The number of years of university education a nurse has completed ○ b. Those nurses who are either clinical nurse specialists or nurse practitioners ○ c. An area of nursing that requires a technologically progressive healthcare professional ○ d. All those nurses that are working in acute and intensive care units of hospitals 4. Which statement is true about standards of professional practice? ○ a. They are objective guidelines nurses follow to provide and evaluate care ○ b. They are expectations of what nurses need to learn to maintain their registration/license ○ c. They include specific tests nurses need to pass to maintain their professional designation ○ d. They have to be changed annually as the needs of practice change and evolve 5. Nursing practice in the 21st century is an art and a science that is centered on which of the following? ○ a. Patients ○ b. Health care facilities ○ c. The nursing process ○ d. Cultural diversity 6. Which of the following distinguished nurses is credited with decreasing mortality by improving sanitation on the battlefields, resulting in a decrease in illness and infection? ○ a. Isabel Hampton Robb ○ b. Florence Nightingale ○ c. Ethel Johns○ d. Callista Roy 7. What was the primary health problem in the early settlements in pre-Confederation Canada? ○ a. Scurvy ○ b. Vitamin D deficiency ○ c. Poor nutrition ○ d. Epidemics of infectious diseases 8. Which of the following was considered to be the main driving force for the modernization of nursing? ○ a. Globalization ○ b. The Crimean War ○ c. Missionary nursing ○ d. The women’s suffrage movement 9. Which of the following is the primary motivator of nursing? ○ a. Money ○ b. Altruism ○ c. Self-efficacy ○ d. A curative model of care 10. What is the primary purpose of licensure laws for the nursing profession? ○ a. To protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners ○ b. To enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadians’ health outcomes ○ c. To ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of professional roles ○ d. To provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a specialty 11. According to Maslow, once a need is completely met, the individual: ○ a. Has achieved total health ○ b. Is no longer aware of the need ○ c. Focuses upon gaining knowledge ○ d. Is considered to be self-actualized 12. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is useful to nurses, who must continually prioritize a client’s nursing care needs. The most basic or first-level needs include which of the following? ○ a. Self-actualization ○ b. Love and belonging ○ c. Air, water, and food ○ d. Esteem and self-esteem QUIZ TWO 1. Evidence-informed nursing practice is the end result of which of the following? ○ a. Prescriptive theory ○ b. Use of practical knowledge ○ c. Application of theoretical knowledge○ d. Theory-generating and theory-testing research 2. Which theorist was the founding president of a nursing union, the founder of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, and a founding member of the World Health Organization? ○ a. Moyra Allen ○ b. Florence Nightingale ○ c. Jeanne Mance ○ d. Erik Erikson 3. What are the goals of theoretical knowledge? ○ a. To stimulate thinking and create a broad understanding of the science and practice of nursing ○ b. It outlines the hierarchy and power dynamics between nurses and patients ○ c. It establishes boundaries on the scope of practice of nurses ○ d. To dictate strict guidelines on how a nurse should think and act in different practice situations 4. What happens in the planning stage of the nursing process? ○ a. Determination if outcomes were achieved ○ b. Issues are prioritized ○ c. Issues are identified and labelled ○ d. Actions are carried out 5. What is known as the unique body of knowledge about the practice of nursing? ○ a. Medicine ○ b. Nursing Process ○ c. Nursing Science ○ d. McGill Model 6. As the nurse admitting a client, you ask questions about their medical history, their signs and symptoms, and conduct a physical assessment. What stage of the nursing process are you functioning in? ○ a. Diagnosis ○ b. Implementation ○ c. Assessment ○ d. Planning 7. An example of the generativity as viewed by Erikson involves which of the following? ○ a. Separation anxiety ○ b. An imaginary friend ○ c. Volunteering at the hospital ○ d. Loss of bladder control 8. Trying out different looks and changing one’s appearance is associated with which one of Erikson’s stages? ○ a. Integrity versus despair ○ b. Industry versus inferiority ○ c. Identity versus role confusion ○ d. Intimacy versus isolation 9. What is known as the nurse’s perspective on the appropriate focus for the patient? ○ a. Conceptual framework ○ b. Nursing diagnosis○ c. Model for nursing ○ d. Grand theory 10. When examining how the patient copes with problems and achieves life goals, which metaparadigm is in question? ○ a. Health ○ b. Environment ○ c. Individual ○ d. Nursing QUIZ TWO (continued) 11. The McGill Model defines nursing as which of the following? ○ a. The context of the individual ○ b. Qualities of the setting ○ c. The social context in which learning takes place ○ d. The art and science of health-promoting interactions 12. What is the purpose of nursing theories? ○ a. It is a unique body of knowledge about the practice ○ b. It is a declarative assertion ○ c. They are a range of health states ○ d. To provide a perspective from which to view client situations, organize data and analyze/interpret it 13. The McGill Model encompasses four main concepts. What are they? ○ a. Patient-centred care, nursing, determinants of health, environment ○ b. Health, nursing, individual, environment ○ c. Mental, physical, social, spiritual ○ d. Context of family, qualities of the setting, coping, education 14. When Florence Nightingale applied her observations from the battlefield, such as sanitation and the effects of the environment, to the improvement of nursing care and health promotion, which theoretical model does this demonstrate? ○ a. Maslow’s hierarchy ○ b. Erikson’s theory of eight stages of life ○ c. Practice-based ○ d. Needs theory 15. What is a problem-solving approach that puts nursing theories into practice? ○ a. Evidence-informed practice ○ b. Nursing science ○ c. Descriptive theory ○ d. Nursing process QUIZ THREE 1. What is the best action the practical nurse can perform to individualize care? ○ a. Support the client’s homeostatic mechanisms ○ b. Have family members take part in the client’s care○ c. Be knowledgeable about the pathophysiology of the client’s disease ○ d. Determine how the client perceives and interprets what is happening to him 2. What is the purpose of 'assessment'? ○ a. Implement nursing care ○ b. Delegate nursing responsibility ○ c. Teach the client about his or her health ○ d. Establish a database concerning the client 3. Once a practical nurse assesses a client’s condition and identifies the appropriate nursing diagnoses, what happens? ○ a. Physical assessment begins ○ b. List of priorities is determined ○ c. Plan is developed for nursing care ○ d. Review of the assessment is conducted with other team members 4. What is an example of critical thinking at the complex level? ○ a. Following a procedure for catheterization step by step ○ b. Giving medication at the time ordered ○ c. Discussing alternative pain management techniques ○ d. Reviewing the client’s medical records thoroughly 5. Nursing interventions can be indirect or direct. Which of the following is an example of an indirect nursing intervention? ○ a. Administering an intramuscular injection ○ b. Safety and infection control ○ c. Client teaching ○ d. Listening to a client’s concerns 6. A nursing intervention includes an evaluation of goal achievement. This is a process that includes which following variable? ○ a. Data collection and outcome criteria ○ b. Outcome criteria and client response ○ c. Client decision making and response ○ d. Outcome criteria and physician feedback 7. Nursing outcomes or goals of nursing need to be what? ○ a. Measurable and time-limited ○ b. Interesting and specific ○ c. Broad and client-centred ○ d. Achievable and nurse-centred 8. A nurse has made a nursing assessment of her patient. The nurse has a good understanding of the clinical variables, the condition, and the medical diagnosis of the patient. What do all of these factors assist the nurse to do? ○ a. Communicate positively with the patient’s family ○ b. Make appropriate nursing interventions ○ c. Predict what is going to happen next to the patient ○ d. Realize that certain health situations produce certain results 9. Evaluation as part of the nursing process is a step that: ○ a. Is an ongoing process ○ b. Assesses expected outcomes ○ c. May redirect nursing care ○ d. Includes all of the aboveQuiz Four The primary social context in which health promotion and disease prevention take place is: a. In the family b. At educational institutions c. From physicians and nurses d. From friends and colleagues For which one of the following reasons might the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) be followed as a framework? a. To evaluate which of the health determinants have an impact on family functioning b. To complete a thorough family assessment c. To provide guidelines when conducting family interviewsd. To effectively match the family with the appropriate community resources A family includes a mother, a stepfather, two teenaged biological daughters of the mother, and an adult biological daughter of the father. The adult daughter of the father moves home after the loss of a job in another city. The family converts a study into another bedroom and redistributes household chores. The family members feel they are able to adjust to lifestyle changes. Which family attribute does this demonstrate? a. Diversity b. Durability c. Resiliency d. Configuration Which of the following terms is used for a family that includes a parent, a step-parent and the biological children of both parents? a. A nuclear family b. A blended family c. An extended family d. An alternative familyCommunication among family members is an example of which aspect of the family? a. Goals b. Functioning c. Structure d. Development Which of the following increases a family’s access to opportunities for education and sound nutrition, and decreases a family’s stress? a. Development b. Family function c. Family structure d. Economic stability When nurses view the family as a patient, their primary focus is on which of the following? a. The family within a system b.The family process and relationships c. The interactions between family members d. The health and development of an individual family member When providing care to a member of a family, the nurse should consider it a first priority to do which of the following? a. Assess the needs of the entire family b. Provide personal care to the ill member of the family c. Refer family members to available community resources d. Teach the family caregivers how to perform needed procedures Family-centered nursing involves which of the following? a. Supporting the coping abilities of the family b. Determining who can be included in the family c. Dealing with the whole family instead of the individuals in it d. Applying your own beliefs about family in each situationWhich of the following statements describes a societal trend that has a significant impact on the family today? a. The economic status of families is improving b. Adolescents living in blended families are more common c. More families must deal with aging parents and grandparents d. Grandparents are participating more in the rearing of grandchildren When the nurse teaches a family, it is important that the nurse do which of the following? a. Help the family members to feel that they are in control b. Focus on the positive aspects of the situation c. Act as the authority in making decisions regarding the family’s care d. Take over the functions of the family until the ill family member recovers A nurse is caring for a family that has recently immigrated to Canada. The nurse demonstrates ethnically sensitive practice when she does which of the following? a.Chooses one family member with whom to interact to avoid confusion b. Uses clear and direct communication when dealing with the family c. Refers the family to a clinic that has health care providers of the same culture d. Carefully writes specific dietary instructions that differ from the family’s usual customs The nurse is observing for the signs of a healthy family. While assessing a health family, what would the nurse expect to find? a. Change is viewed as detrimental to the family processes b. A passive response exists to stressors c. The structure is flexible enough to adapt to crisis d. Minimal influence is exerted on the environment In assessing the family, how should the nurse define “family”? a. Identifying those members who are related biologically b. Applying one of the family forms that are recognized by society c. Referring to family forms that social scientists and legislators have identified d.Accepting that “family” is defined by individuals In the structural assessment of the family, the nurse determines which one of the following? a. How household tasks are shared among the family members b. The stage of life at which the family find itself presently c. The emotional links between family dyads d. Which factors influence the roles and behaviours within the family What is the nurse’s ultimate goal when offering interventions to families? a. Suggesting new coping measures b. Increasing the family’s autonomy in solving their own problems c. Providing families with specific guidelines on how to manage their time and resources more effectively d. Referring families to the appropriate support What are the developmental, structural and functional dimensions all components of? a.A genogram b. An ecomap c. The Calgary Family Assessment Model d. The stages of a family life cycle To whom does the term caregiver strain refer? a. Individuals who care for an ill/elderly family member for long periods at a time b. Individuals who are not getting paid for caring for those who are sick c. Individuals who are hired to take care of a patient and are having a difficult time d. Individuals who feel they should not have to take care of an ill/elderly family member