NUR 240 Exam 1 with Questions and
Correct Answers Latest 2025
Benner's Five Levels of Proficiency - CORRECT ANSWERS Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
ANA Standards of Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Definition of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS The protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation
of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; advocacy
in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
ANA Standards of Professional Performance - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethics
Education
Evidence based practice and research
Quality of practice
Communication
Leadership
Collaboration
Professional practice evaluation
Resources
Environmental health
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS Independent nursing interventions that the
nurse initiates without medical order
Caregiver - CORRECT ANSWERS Helps the patient maintain and regain health,
manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and
independence
Advocate - CORRECT ANSWERS Protects patients' human and legal rights and
provides assistance in asserting these rights
, Educator - CORRECT ANSWERS Explains, demonstrates, reinforces and
evaluates the patient's progress in learning
Communicator - CORRECT ANSWERS Is central to the nurse-patient
relationship
Manager - CORRECT ANSWERS Has personnel, policy, and budgetary
responsibility for a specific nursing unit
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - CORRECT ANSWERS Four core roles:
certified nurse midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist,
and certified registered nurse anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist - CORRECT ANSWERS Expert clinician in a
specialized area of practice
Nurse Practitioner - CORRECT ANSWERS Detects and manages self-limiting
acute and chronic stable medical conditions
Certified Nurse Midwife - CORRECT ANSWERS Involved the independent care
for women in normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of newborns
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CORRECT ANSWERS Provides
surgical anesthesia
Nurse Educator - CORRECT ANSWERS Works primarily in schools of nursing
and staff development
Nurse Administrator - CORRECT ANSWERS Manages patient care and delivery
of specific nursing services within a healthcare agency
Nurse Researcher - CORRECT ANSWERS Investigates problems to improve
nursing care and to expand the scope of nursing practice
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWERS Founder of the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - CORRECT ANSWERS Opened the Henery
Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
Mary Adelaide Nutting - CORRECT ANSWERS Instrumental in moving nursing
education into universities
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWERS First professionally trained African
American nurse
Correct Answers Latest 2025
Benner's Five Levels of Proficiency - CORRECT ANSWERS Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
ANA Standards of Practice - CORRECT ANSWERS Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome Identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Definition of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWERS The protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation
of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; advocacy
in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
ANA Standards of Professional Performance - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethics
Education
Evidence based practice and research
Quality of practice
Communication
Leadership
Collaboration
Professional practice evaluation
Resources
Environmental health
Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS Independent nursing interventions that the
nurse initiates without medical order
Caregiver - CORRECT ANSWERS Helps the patient maintain and regain health,
manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and
independence
Advocate - CORRECT ANSWERS Protects patients' human and legal rights and
provides assistance in asserting these rights
, Educator - CORRECT ANSWERS Explains, demonstrates, reinforces and
evaluates the patient's progress in learning
Communicator - CORRECT ANSWERS Is central to the nurse-patient
relationship
Manager - CORRECT ANSWERS Has personnel, policy, and budgetary
responsibility for a specific nursing unit
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - CORRECT ANSWERS Four core roles:
certified nurse midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist,
and certified registered nurse anesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist - CORRECT ANSWERS Expert clinician in a
specialized area of practice
Nurse Practitioner - CORRECT ANSWERS Detects and manages self-limiting
acute and chronic stable medical conditions
Certified Nurse Midwife - CORRECT ANSWERS Involved the independent care
for women in normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of newborns
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - CORRECT ANSWERS Provides
surgical anesthesia
Nurse Educator - CORRECT ANSWERS Works primarily in schools of nursing
and staff development
Nurse Administrator - CORRECT ANSWERS Manages patient care and delivery
of specific nursing services within a healthcare agency
Nurse Researcher - CORRECT ANSWERS Investigates problems to improve
nursing care and to expand the scope of nursing practice
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWERS Founder of the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - CORRECT ANSWERS Opened the Henery
Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
Mary Adelaide Nutting - CORRECT ANSWERS Instrumental in moving nursing
education into universities
Mary Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWERS First professionally trained African
American nurse
