NURSING 110 TEST #1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional
registered nurses. This code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - CORRECT
ANSWER- D. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that
define the principles the nurse will use to provide care to clients. A code of ethics does
not ensure identical care to all clients (which would not be acceptable). The nursing
code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The
physician asks the nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart
sounds, determine the level of comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for
analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER- C. The nurse is assessing the client.
Diagnosis occurs after all assessments are completed. Then a plan is developed and
implemented. The process is completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer
treatment now and in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
,D) Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER- D. Implementation is the actual delivery of
care. Assessment is data gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis
and the planning occurs with the diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing
process.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go
home on oxygen therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a
new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the
family and discusses the client's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the
client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - CORRECT ANSWER- C. An advocate helps speak for the client,
communicating the client's concerns and wishes to family and other caregivers. A
caregiver assists in meeting all health care needs of the client, including taking
measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. A manager coordinates
all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has
personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit or agency.
An educator explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures such
as self-care activities, reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's
progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner -
CORRECT ANSWER- C. Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to
clinical practice that uses the best available evidence, along with the nurse's expertise
,and the client's preference and values, in making decisions about care. The other
answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every
state in the United States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - CORRECT ANSWER- D.
The RN licensure examination provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses.
The examination cannot guarantee or ensure care for clients.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - CORRECT ANSWER- B. APNs are generally the
most independently functioning nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or
restorative care setting. The setting may be a private, public, or university facility. The
APN may function as a clinician, educator, case manager, consultant, or researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - CORRECT ANSWER- A. The client is the correct choice.
The health care facility is where the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing
process is how nurses proceed to plan care for the client. Cultural diversity is not the
correct choice.
, Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which
resulted in a decline in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER- D. Florence Nightingale is the correct
choice. Barton founded the Red Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply
lines to support the troops of the Union Army. Wald opened the first community health
service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and
awareness of cultural diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - CORRECT ANSWER- B. Mary Mahoney, the first African
American professional nurse, worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race,
color, background, or religion. Tubman assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War.
Hampton founded the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada,
which later became the American Nurses Association (ANA). Nutting was instrumental
in the affiliation of nursing education with universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is
known as:
A) Notes on Nursing
B) Last Acts Campaign
C) Healthy People 2010
D) Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Healthy People
2010, a federal document, outlines goals for the public. Notes on Nursing set forth
Nightingale's first nursing philosophy. The Last Acts Campaign has developed
ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional
registered nurses. This code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - CORRECT
ANSWER- D. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that
define the principles the nurse will use to provide care to clients. A code of ethics does
not ensure identical care to all clients (which would not be acceptable). The nursing
code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The
physician asks the nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart
sounds, determine the level of comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for
analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER- C. The nurse is assessing the client.
Diagnosis occurs after all assessments are completed. Then a plan is developed and
implemented. The process is completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer
treatment now and in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
,D) Implementation - CORRECT ANSWER- D. Implementation is the actual delivery of
care. Assessment is data gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis
and the planning occurs with the diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing
process.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go
home on oxygen therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a
new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the
family and discusses the client's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the
client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - CORRECT ANSWER- C. An advocate helps speak for the client,
communicating the client's concerns and wishes to family and other caregivers. A
caregiver assists in meeting all health care needs of the client, including taking
measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. A manager coordinates
all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has
personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit or agency.
An educator explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures such
as self-care activities, reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's
progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner -
CORRECT ANSWER- C. Evidence-based practice is a problem-solving approach to
clinical practice that uses the best available evidence, along with the nurse's expertise
,and the client's preference and values, in making decisions about care. The other
answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every
state in the United States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - CORRECT ANSWER- D.
The RN licensure examination provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses.
The examination cannot guarantee or ensure care for clients.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - CORRECT ANSWER- B. APNs are generally the
most independently functioning nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or
restorative care setting. The setting may be a private, public, or university facility. The
APN may function as a clinician, educator, case manager, consultant, or researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - CORRECT ANSWER- A. The client is the correct choice.
The health care facility is where the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing
process is how nurses proceed to plan care for the client. Cultural diversity is not the
correct choice.
, Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which
resulted in a decline in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER- D. Florence Nightingale is the correct
choice. Barton founded the Red Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply
lines to support the troops of the Union Army. Wald opened the first community health
service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and
awareness of cultural diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - CORRECT ANSWER- B. Mary Mahoney, the first African
American professional nurse, worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race,
color, background, or religion. Tubman assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War.
Hampton founded the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada,
which later became the American Nurses Association (ANA). Nutting was instrumental
in the affiliation of nursing education with universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is
known as:
A) Notes on Nursing
B) Last Acts Campaign
C) Healthy People 2010
D) Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 - CORRECT ANSWER- C. Healthy People
2010, a federal document, outlines goals for the public. Notes on Nursing set forth
Nightingale's first nursing philosophy. The Last Acts Campaign has developed
