Foundations of Professional Nursing exam questions with verified answers

1. Foundations of Professional Nursing Test Questions
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Nursing is both _____ and _______? -
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An art and science
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Science is based on a body of what? -
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Knowledge that is constantly changing and evolving
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Art is based on the practice of what? -
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Compassion, respect, and dignity rendered to the client and family members alike.
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When rendering care, you will be guided by a code of ethics developed by who? -
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American Nurses Association
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What three areas will you incorporate as you begin your practice? -
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ANA standards, evidence-based practice, and critical thinking skills
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What are a nurse's four tasks? -
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1) Respond to needs of patients
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2) Actively participate in policy
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3) Respond and adapt to challenges
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4) Make clinical judgments and decisions about patients' health care needs based on
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knowledge, experience, and standards of care d d d d d




In nursing, care is provided according to what? -
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Standards of practice and a code of ethics
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The health care needs of society are influenced by what three variables? -
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Economic, social, and cultural values of a specific era
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Nurses have been able to carry on the traditions of which public figure? -
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Florence Nightingale
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The twenty-first century nurse deals with what four factors? -
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Pain management, nutrition management, care of the elder population, and care of
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the infant and the underserved child
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Nursing definitions reflect what and bring about what? -
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They reflect changes in the practice of nursing and help bring about changes by
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identifying the domain of nursing practice and guiding research, practice, and education.
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What was the focus of Florence Nightingale's career? -
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Health maintenance and restoration
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What event in history stimulated the development of nursing? -
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, Men were nurses, but since they had to go to war, women took over the nursing
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field to care for the injured.
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What six types of changes in society lead to changes in nursing? -
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1) Health care reform
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2) Demographic changes
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3) Women's Health Care Issues
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4) Medically underserved
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5) Threat of bioterrorism
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6) Rising health care costs
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Protecting the rights of those who are underinsured or uninsured and giving them
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the chance to earn healthcare benefits.
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Demographic changes (rural to urban) - d d d d d d



Access to health care in rural areas have become a serious problem, due to a severe
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shortage of primary care providers.
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Medically Underserved - d d d



These conditions include those who have socioeconomic problems, limited
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transportation access, language barriers, or mentally ill patients. d d d d d d d




Threat of Bioterrorism - d d d d



Health care agencies are training future and practicing nurses to deal with nuclear,
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chemical, and biological events. d d d




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It doesn't benefit everyone. Also, the perception of quality of life differs for every
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individual.

What type of changes affect health care (demographics)? -
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Women's demand for equality. Their demand to receive better care causes new
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advances to be made in obstetrics (giving birth), oncology (treatment of tumors), and
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research.

The delivery of health care causes what four factors? -
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-Rising health care costs
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-Nursing and biomedical research d d d



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Because of rising health care costs, what is your responsibility as a nurse? -
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Practice safe nursing care while staying fiscally sound.
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What are the benefits of researches? -
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Nursing knowledge advances and nurses become better able to provide up-to date,
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higher quality nursing care.
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