CONTEMPORARY NURSING STUDY EXAMS GUIDE
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔1970's image of nursing - ✔✔Portrayed negatively on MASH
Clara Maas died while caring for the soldiers with yellow fever
✔✔1980's and 1990's image of nursing - ✔✔Portrayed as nonjudgmental, caring,
knowledgable, and heroic
Sometimes portrayed as sex objects
✔✔2000's image of nursing - ✔✔Rise in men in nursing
Image of men usually absent in media
Many tv shows such as Greys, ER, Scrubs, etc
✔✔Who creates and gives the NCLEX exam? - ✔✔It is written by a faculty member who
has a master's or doctorate degree (for the NCLEX-RN exam only) and is responsible
for teaching basic, undergraduate students in the clinical area or currently employed in
clinical nursing practice and working directly with nurses who have entered practice
within the last 12 months may be an item writer
✔✔Nursing models of a 'class without walls' is... - ✔✔Distance mobility programs
External degree model
, Makes it possible for experienced adult learners to earn one of many degrees, including
ADN and BSN, by taking college level examinations or by combining college
coursework with specialized standardized and performance examinations without
attending class
ex: university of phoenix online
✔✔Primary purpose of nursing licensure - ✔✔For protection of the people
✔✔Why are there nurse practice acts? - ✔✔Provided construction costs for nursing
school buildings and funds for traineeships and fellowships for nurses to obtain
advanced degrees for positions in education, administration, practice and research
It provides:
Authority, power and composition of a board of nursing
Education program standards
Standards and scope of nursing practice
Types of titles and licenses
Requirements for licensure
Grounds for disciplinary action, other violations and possible remedies
It ensures safe practice
✔✔Who writes and passes the nurse practice acts? - ✔✔Legislators of each state
✔✔What is Medicare and what is the purpose? - ✔✔Largest health insurance program
in the US
Based on age and disability criteria rather than on need
Part A- inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, and home health benefits
Part B- covers physician services
Part D- provides a prescription medication benefit
✔✔What group of nurses were the first to become certified and concerned about
certification? - ✔✔Nurse anesthetists became the first nursing specialty to certify
practitioners in 1946
✔✔Who writes and passes the nursing practice acts? - ✔✔Legislators of each state
✔✔Why do we use certification? - ✔✔For standardization and organization
✔✔Nightingale as a theorist - ✔✔Environmental adaptation theory
Foundation for health promotion
Noise, variety, diet, light, chattering hopes and advices, cleanliness
✔✔Mishel's uncertainty or illness theory - ✔✔Uncertainty in illness is stress-producing
and can contribute to negative physical and/or psychological outcomes
Uncertainty exists when clients is unsure about a diagnosed illness
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔1970's image of nursing - ✔✔Portrayed negatively on MASH
Clara Maas died while caring for the soldiers with yellow fever
✔✔1980's and 1990's image of nursing - ✔✔Portrayed as nonjudgmental, caring,
knowledgable, and heroic
Sometimes portrayed as sex objects
✔✔2000's image of nursing - ✔✔Rise in men in nursing
Image of men usually absent in media
Many tv shows such as Greys, ER, Scrubs, etc
✔✔Who creates and gives the NCLEX exam? - ✔✔It is written by a faculty member who
has a master's or doctorate degree (for the NCLEX-RN exam only) and is responsible
for teaching basic, undergraduate students in the clinical area or currently employed in
clinical nursing practice and working directly with nurses who have entered practice
within the last 12 months may be an item writer
✔✔Nursing models of a 'class without walls' is... - ✔✔Distance mobility programs
External degree model
, Makes it possible for experienced adult learners to earn one of many degrees, including
ADN and BSN, by taking college level examinations or by combining college
coursework with specialized standardized and performance examinations without
attending class
ex: university of phoenix online
✔✔Primary purpose of nursing licensure - ✔✔For protection of the people
✔✔Why are there nurse practice acts? - ✔✔Provided construction costs for nursing
school buildings and funds for traineeships and fellowships for nurses to obtain
advanced degrees for positions in education, administration, practice and research
It provides:
Authority, power and composition of a board of nursing
Education program standards
Standards and scope of nursing practice
Types of titles and licenses
Requirements for licensure
Grounds for disciplinary action, other violations and possible remedies
It ensures safe practice
✔✔Who writes and passes the nurse practice acts? - ✔✔Legislators of each state
✔✔What is Medicare and what is the purpose? - ✔✔Largest health insurance program
in the US
Based on age and disability criteria rather than on need
Part A- inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, and home health benefits
Part B- covers physician services
Part D- provides a prescription medication benefit
✔✔What group of nurses were the first to become certified and concerned about
certification? - ✔✔Nurse anesthetists became the first nursing specialty to certify
practitioners in 1946
✔✔Who writes and passes the nursing practice acts? - ✔✔Legislators of each state
✔✔Why do we use certification? - ✔✔For standardization and organization
✔✔Nightingale as a theorist - ✔✔Environmental adaptation theory
Foundation for health promotion
Noise, variety, diet, light, chattering hopes and advices, cleanliness
✔✔Mishel's uncertainty or illness theory - ✔✔Uncertainty in illness is stress-producing
and can contribute to negative physical and/or psychological outcomes
Uncertainty exists when clients is unsure about a diagnosed illness
