** All Chapters included
,Table of Contents are given below
1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring
3. Communication
4. Clinical Judgment in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Nursing Diagnosis/Problem Identification
8. Planning
9. Implementation and Evaluation
10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting
11. Ethical and Legal Considerations
12. Leadership and Management
13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
14. Health Literacy and Patient Education
15. Nursing Informatics
16. Health and Wellness
17. Human Development: Conception Through Adolescence
18. Human Development: Young Adult Through Older Adult
19. Vital Signs
20. Health History and Physical Assessment
21. Culture
22. Spiritual Health
23. Public Health and Community Health
24. Human Sexuality
25. Safety
26. Asepsis and Infection Control
27. Hygiene and Personal Care
28. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement
29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
30. Nutrition
31. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations
32. Stress and Coping
33. Sleep
34. Diagnostic Testing
35. Medication Administration
36. Pain Management
37. Perioperative Nursing Care
38. Oxygenation and Tissue Perfusion
39. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
40. Bowel Elimination
41. Urinary Elimination
42. Death and Loss
, Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition - Yoost
UNIT 1: NURSING BASICS
Chapter 01, 4th Edition
Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
Question 1. A group of nursing students are discussing the impact of non nursing theories in
clinical practice. Which theory incorporates the developmental needs throughout various stages in
a lifespan?
Paul’s Critical-Thinking Theory
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model
Question 2. A nurse is preparing to provide discharge instructions to a patient. According to
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which need should be addressed first?
A request for a snack
An inquiry about insurance coverage
A visit from the hospital chaplain
Concern about the loss of independence
Question 3. A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history.
The student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health.
The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and patient.
The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields.
Question 4. The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during the Civil
War?
Dorothea Dix
Linda Richards
Lena Higbee
Clara Barton
Question 5. Which of the following describes the role of the nurse that is governed by a minimum
set of criteria?
The Patient Bill of Rights
The Nursing Standards of Practice
The Nursing Code of Ethics
The Nursing Advanced Practice Act
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, Question 6. The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fill existing staffing vacancies.
When hiring graduate nurses, the nurse manager realizes that they will probably not be considered
“competent” until they complete which task?
They graduate and pass NCLEX.
They have worked 2 to 3 years.
Their last year of nursing school.
They are actually hired.
Question 7. The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing.
Which degree would best match the student’s desire for leadership and contribution to the body of
nursing research often at the university level?
Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
Question 8. During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospital will be seeking
Magnet status. To explain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager will contact which
organization?
American Nurses Association (ANA)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
National League for Nursing (NLN)
Joint Commission
Question 9. The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses two units of packed red blood cells.
When the nurse notifies the health care provider of the patient’s decision, the nurse is acting in
which role?
Manager
Change agent
Advocate
Educator
Question 10. A nurse manager is discussing the importance of Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP)
during a staff meeting. Which of the following statements best reflects the benefits of EBP into
nursing practice?
Incorporates personal experience into clinical decision-making
Ensures that traditional, long-standing practices are maintained
Easily applied to all patient situations and clinical settings
Improves patient outcomes by enhancing the quality of care
Question 11. Which of the following nurses would be the best choice to precept a new graduate
orientee?
A nurse with excellent clinical skills but avoids any leadership roles
A nurse with 2 years of experience and competence with patient care
An advanced practice nurse responsible for prescribing patient care
A nurse with 10 years of experience that recently transferred to the unit
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