WGU D439 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE ESSENTIAL
CONCEPTS 72 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Your answers
1 of 72
Term
Which of the following are considered outcome competencies of
Standards of Practice under most Nurse Practice Acts (select all that apply)
Give this one a go later!
Access to very poor & those unable
to work due to illness/disability
, Biofeedback This is the basis of many welfare
Guided imagery programs available today
a.Provider of Patient-Centered
Care
Transportation services for all health b. Member of the Profession
care services c. Member of the Health
Care team
d. Patient Safety Advocate
Don't know?
2 of 72
Term
Most theories relating to nursing practice address four major
components. These include:
Give this one a go later!
- treatment, diagnosis, - person, health, philosophy of
healthcare policy, and patient health/nursing, and purpose
education
- community, wellness, medical - environment, disease management,
procedures, and patient nursing ethics, and technology
satisfaction
Don't know?
3 of 72
, Term
Which of the following health care practices are considered
complementary to Western medical practices in the United States
today? Choose all that apply.
Give this one a go later!
Biofeedback
Hand Washing Guided imagery
Balance
In health-forces that work together Transportation services for all health
need to be balanced to achieve care services
wellness
Don't know?
4 of 72
Term
Describe how the Whistle Blower Law and the Safe Harbor Law
protects both patients and nurses.
Give this one a go later!
, Some include:
Florence Nightingale- Mother of Nursing
Clara Barton-American Red Cross
Lillian Wald-created Henry Street Settlement House/Public Health Nursing
Harriet Tubman-Civil war nurse, Abolitionist Breckenridge-Frontier Nursing Service
Dorothea Dix- Advocate for the mentally ill, army nurse corps during civil war Mary
Adelaide Nutting- 1st professor of nursing Lavinia Dock- Nurse academician,
Women suffrage
-Whistle Blower Law: Protects nurse from retaliation when substandard
practices are exposed-protects from being fired or blocked from employment
because they exposed unsafe practice
-Safe Harbor Law: Protects nurse from engaging in behaviors that potentially
put patients at risk-like an in an unsafe staffing situation
- Nursing process-systematic, organized, step-by-step strategy-a means by which
to provide quality care-is ongoing; is essential in order to individualize care.
-Consists of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervening, and evaluating
-Independent actions: What nurse can do and should do without being told-like
keeping a safe environment
-Dependent actions: Responsibilities ordered or authorized by the attending
physician
Don't know?
CONCEPTS 72 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Your answers
1 of 72
Term
Which of the following are considered outcome competencies of
Standards of Practice under most Nurse Practice Acts (select all that apply)
Give this one a go later!
Access to very poor & those unable
to work due to illness/disability
, Biofeedback This is the basis of many welfare
Guided imagery programs available today
a.Provider of Patient-Centered
Care
Transportation services for all health b. Member of the Profession
care services c. Member of the Health
Care team
d. Patient Safety Advocate
Don't know?
2 of 72
Term
Most theories relating to nursing practice address four major
components. These include:
Give this one a go later!
- treatment, diagnosis, - person, health, philosophy of
healthcare policy, and patient health/nursing, and purpose
education
- community, wellness, medical - environment, disease management,
procedures, and patient nursing ethics, and technology
satisfaction
Don't know?
3 of 72
, Term
Which of the following health care practices are considered
complementary to Western medical practices in the United States
today? Choose all that apply.
Give this one a go later!
Biofeedback
Hand Washing Guided imagery
Balance
In health-forces that work together Transportation services for all health
need to be balanced to achieve care services
wellness
Don't know?
4 of 72
Term
Describe how the Whistle Blower Law and the Safe Harbor Law
protects both patients and nurses.
Give this one a go later!
, Some include:
Florence Nightingale- Mother of Nursing
Clara Barton-American Red Cross
Lillian Wald-created Henry Street Settlement House/Public Health Nursing
Harriet Tubman-Civil war nurse, Abolitionist Breckenridge-Frontier Nursing Service
Dorothea Dix- Advocate for the mentally ill, army nurse corps during civil war Mary
Adelaide Nutting- 1st professor of nursing Lavinia Dock- Nurse academician,
Women suffrage
-Whistle Blower Law: Protects nurse from retaliation when substandard
practices are exposed-protects from being fired or blocked from employment
because they exposed unsafe practice
-Safe Harbor Law: Protects nurse from engaging in behaviors that potentially
put patients at risk-like an in an unsafe staffing situation
- Nursing process-systematic, organized, step-by-step strategy-a means by which
to provide quality care-is ongoing; is essential in order to individualize care.
-Consists of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervening, and evaluating
-Independent actions: What nurse can do and should do without being told-like
keeping a safe environment
-Dependent actions: Responsibilities ordered or authorized by the attending
physician
Don't know?
