ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDG
2025- 2026 UPDATE QUIZZES WITH CORRECT
REPLYWERS
Chapter1 Introduction to the Role of Advanced
Practices Nursing Multiple Choice
1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing
(AACN) introduced the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002
The AACN introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice
nurses (APRNs) to meet challenges and standardize practice beyond master’s
degree programs.
2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree?
a. To compete against master’s degree programs
b. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
c. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
d. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
REPLY: D
,Although allREPLY wers are influenced by the DNP core competencies,
the DNP program creation in 2004 bythe AACN was designed to address
curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs.
3. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
a. Clinical Nurse Specialist
b. Family nurse practitioner
c. Pediatric nurse practitioner
d. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
,REPLY: D
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939
to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first
recognized group promoting advanced nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded
the AANM at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the
APNs over the last 25 years?
a. Lack of access to health care providers
b. Standardized curriculum development
c. Payment for services
d. Societal forces
REPLY: B
As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and
needs are identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization
these roles have solidified the APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
5. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of
the following increased demand for access to health care?
a. Poverty
b. War
c. Rural access to care
d. Availability of training
REPLY: B
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war
, when numbers of physici REPLY were inadequate. The earliest records date
back to the American Civil War with the administration of chloroform. During
World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained anesthetists, traveled
into battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the
validation and need for APNs.
6. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in
Rochester, NY. He is known for some of the earliest recruitment and
specialized training of nurses in which of the following roles?
a. Pediatrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
d. Research and statistics
e. Family nursing
2025- 2026 UPDATE QUIZZES WITH CORRECT
REPLYWERS
Chapter1 Introduction to the Role of Advanced
Practices Nursing Multiple Choice
1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing
(AACN) introduced the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002
The AACN introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice
nurses (APRNs) to meet challenges and standardize practice beyond master’s
degree programs.
2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree?
a. To compete against master’s degree programs
b. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
c. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
d. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
REPLY: D
,Although allREPLY wers are influenced by the DNP core competencies,
the DNP program creation in 2004 bythe AACN was designed to address
curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs.
3. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
a. Clinical Nurse Specialist
b. Family nurse practitioner
c. Pediatric nurse practitioner
d. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
,REPLY: D
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939
to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first
recognized group promoting advanced nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded
the AANM at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the
APNs over the last 25 years?
a. Lack of access to health care providers
b. Standardized curriculum development
c. Payment for services
d. Societal forces
REPLY: B
As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and
needs are identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization
these roles have solidified the APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
5. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of
the following increased demand for access to health care?
a. Poverty
b. War
c. Rural access to care
d. Availability of training
REPLY: B
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war
, when numbers of physici REPLY were inadequate. The earliest records date
back to the American Civil War with the administration of chloroform. During
World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained anesthetists, traveled
into battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the
validation and need for APNs.
6. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in
Rochester, NY. He is known for some of the earliest recruitment and
specialized training of nurses in which of the following roles?
a. Pediatrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
d. Research and statistics
e. Family nursing
