Fundamentals of Nursing Exam Questions and
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Origination of the word "nurse"
Ans: from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Quiz Interrelated roles of nurses
Ans: communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
Quiz coping with disability and death
Ans: nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community
support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
Quiz The Nursing Process
Ans: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
,-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
Quiz Nurse Practice Acts
Ans: -define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs
and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
Quiz 5 vital signs
Ans: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Quiz Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
Ans: -well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
,-autonomy and self-regulation
Quiz Florence Nightingale
Ans: defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine, created
freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern nursing
Quiz Clara Barton
Ans: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during civil
war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James
Quiz sources of knowledge
Ans: -traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
Quiz objective
Ans: you can see the object
Quiz subjective
Ans: coming from that subject
, Quiz types of knowledge
Ans: -science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events and
occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop
and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired result)
Quiz goals of nursing research
Ans: -improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
Quiz deductive reasoning
Ans: examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas
Quiz inductive reasoning
Ans: one builds from specific ideas or actions to conclusions about general ideas
Quiz health
Correct (Verified Answers) Already Graded A+
Origination of the word "nurse"
Ans: from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Quiz Interrelated roles of nurses
Ans: communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
Quiz coping with disability and death
Ans: nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community
support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
Quiz The Nursing Process
Ans: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
,-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
Quiz Nurse Practice Acts
Ans: -define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs
and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
Quiz 5 vital signs
Ans: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Quiz Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
Ans: -well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
,-autonomy and self-regulation
Quiz Florence Nightingale
Ans: defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine, created
freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern nursing
Quiz Clara Barton
Ans: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during civil
war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James
Quiz sources of knowledge
Ans: -traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
Quiz objective
Ans: you can see the object
Quiz subjective
Ans: coming from that subject
, Quiz types of knowledge
Ans: -science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events and
occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop
and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired result)
Quiz goals of nursing research
Ans: -improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
Quiz deductive reasoning
Ans: examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas
Quiz inductive reasoning
Ans: one builds from specific ideas or actions to conclusions about general ideas
Quiz health
