2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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origination of the word "nurse"
ANSWERS;from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses
ANSWERS;communicator, teacher, counselor, leader,
researcher, advocate, collaborator
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coping with disability and death
ANSWERS;nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths
and potentials, refer to community support systems; provide
care to families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
,The Nursing Process
ANSWERS;-one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
Nurse Practice Acts
ANSWERS;-define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and
regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal
requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs
ANSWERS;respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure,
temperature, and pain
,Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
ANSWERS;-well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale
ANSWERS;defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding
nursing education, published books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton
ANSWERS;established red cross; volunteered to care for
wounds and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as
supervisor of nurses for the army of James
, sources of knowledge
ANSWERS;-traditional ( passed down from generation to
generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based
on person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
objective
ANSWERS;you can see the object
subjective
ANSWERS;coming from that subject
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types of knowledge