NURSING DETAILED EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED SOLUTIONS 2025

What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession? 1) Physicians need for handmaidens 2) Societal need for healthcare outside the home 3) Military demand for nurses in the field 4) Germ theory influence on sanitation - Correct Ans-3 Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that apply. 1) Encouraging the use of a food diary 2) Joining a cancer support group 3) Administering immunization for HPV 4) Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - Correct Ans-3 Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on improving patients health? 1) Providing a clean environment 2) Improving nursing education 3) Changing the delivery of care in hospitals 4) Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - Correct Ans-1 All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others? 1) Thinking and reasoning about the clients care 2) Providing hands-on client care Nursing Nursing 3) Carrying out physician orders 4) Delegating to assistive personnel - Correct Ans-1 Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true? 1) Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage. 2) Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and technical skills. 3) The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert. 4) The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and skills. - Correct Ans-2 Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition of nursing? 1) There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses. 2) There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses. 3) There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations. 4) There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - Correct Ans-2 Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the following factors contributes most to nurses influence? 1) Nurses are the largest health professional group. 2) Nurses have a long history of serving the public. 3) Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years. 4) Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. - Correct Ans-1 Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith? 1) Buddhism 2) Christianity Nursing Nursing 3) Hinduism 4) Judaism - Correct Ans-3 The American Red Cross was established by 1) Louisa May Alcott 2) Clara Barton 3) Dorothea Dix 4) Harriet Tubman - Correct Ans-2 Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing? 1) Recruit more informed people into the nursing profession 2) Evaluate the degree of role satisfaction 3) Dispel the stereotypical images of nurses and nursing 4) Differentiate nursing activities from those of other health professionals - Correct Ans-4 Which of the following provides evidence-based support for the contribution that advanced practice nurses (APNs) make within healthcare? 1) Reduced usage of diagnostics using advanced technology 2) Decreased number of unnecessary visits to the emergency department 3) Improved patient compliance with prescribed treatments 4) Increased usage of complementary alternative therapies - Correct Ans-3 Which of the following is an example of what traditional medicine and complementary and alternative medicine therapies have in common? 1) Both can produce adverse effects in some patients. 2) Both use prescription medications. 3) Both are usually reimbursed by insurance programs. 4) Both are regulated by the FDA. - Correct Ans-1 Nursing Nursing Of the following, the biggest disadvantage of having nursing assistive personnel (NAP) help nurses is that the nurse 1) Must know what aspects of care can legally and safely be delegated to the NAP 2) May rely too heavily on information gathered by the NAP when making patient care decisions 3) Is removed from many components of direct patient care that have been delegated to the NAP 4) Still maintains responsibility for the patient care given by the NAP - Correct Ans-2 An older adult has type 1 diabetes. He can perform self-care activities but needs help with shopping and meal preparation as well as with blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration. Which type of healthcare facility would be most appropriate for him? 1) Acute care facility 2) Ambulatory care facility 3) Extended care facility 4) Assisted living facility - Correct Ans-4 The nurse in the intensive care unit is providing care for only one patient, who was admitted in septic shock. Based on this information, which care delivery model can you infer that this nurse is following? 1) Functional 2) Primary 3) Case method 4) Team - Correct Ans-3 Which healthcare worker should the nurse consult to counsel a patient about financial and family stressors affecting healthcare? 1) Social worker 2) Occupational therapist 3) Nursing Nursing Physicians assistant 4) Technologist - Correct Ans-1 Which type of managed care allows patients the greatest choice of providers, medications, and medical devices? 1) Health maintenance organization 2) Integrated delivery network 3) Preferred provider organization 4) Employment-based private insurance - Correct Ans-3 A patient who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy is assisted out of bed as soon as her vital signs are stable. This intervention is most likely being directed by a 1) Critical pathway 2) Nursing care plan 3) Case manager 4) Traditional care model - Correct Ans-1 Which member of the healthcare team typically serves as the case manager? 1) Occupational therapist 2) Physician 3) Physicians assistant 4) Registered nurse - Correct Ans-4 Which of the following is considered a primary care service? 1) Providing wound care 2) Administering childhood immunizations 3) Providing drug rehabilitation 4) Outpatient hernia repair - Correct Ans-2 Nursing Nursing Which of the following nursing activities represent direct care? Choose all that apply. 1) Bathing a patient 2) Administering a medication 3) Documenting an assessment 4) Making work assignments for the shift - Correct Ans-1 An 80-year-old patient fell and fractured her hip and is in the hospital. Before the fall, she lived at home with her husband and managed their activities of daily living very well. The goal is for the patient to recover from the injury and return to her home. The hospital is ready to discharge her because she has exceeded the recommended length of stay in a hospital. However, she cannot walk or care for herself yet, and she will require lengthy physical therapy and further monitoring of her medications and her physical and mental status. To which type of facility should she be transferred? 1) Nursing home 2) Rehabilitation center 3) Outpatient therapy center 4) None of these; she should receive home healthcare - Correct Ans-2 Which of the following are examples of a health-promotion activity? Select all that apply. 1) Helping a client develop a plan for a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet 2) Disinfecting an abraded knee after a child falls off a bicycle 3) Administering a tetanus vaccination after an injury from a car accident 4) Distributing educational brochures about the benefits of exercise - Correct Ans-1,4 Which of the following characteristics do the various definitions of critical thinking have in common? Critical thinking 1) Requires reasoned thought 2) Asks the questions why? or how? 3) Is a hierarchical process 4) Demands specialized thinking skills - Correct Ans-1 Nursing Nursing A few nurses on a unit have proposed to the nurse manager that the process for documenting care on the unit be changed. They have described a completely new system. Why is it important for the nurse manager to have a critical attitude? It will help the manager to 1) Consider all the possible advantages and disadvantages 2) Maintain an open mind about the proposed change 3) Apply the nursing process to the situation 4) Make a decision based on past experience with documentation - Correct Ans-2 The nurse has just been assigned to the clinical care of a newly admitted patient. To know how to best care for the patient, the nurse uses the nursing process. Which