NUR 211 Exam 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER A sense of oneself that is influenced by
characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual
thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
LCC end of program student learning outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Patient-
centered care
2. Nursing judgment and evidence-based care
3. Professional identity
4. Safety and quality
5. Teamwork and collaboration skills
6. Informatics
Primary roles and functions of the nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Care provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
4. Leader
5. Change agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
Nurse Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER These acts provide the scope of practice
defined by each state or jurisdiction and set forth the legal limits of nursing practice.
Standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER Part 1: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes
identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Part 2: standards of professional
performance; this includes ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication,
,collaboration, leadership, education, EBP and research, quality of practice, professional
practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.
Nursing Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER Two types: LVN/LPN and RN. Legal
permission to practice is granted by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education,
Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing, and the Commission for Nursing
Education Accreditation.
Socialization and transformation process of a nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Novice
2. Advanced beginner (beginning situational perception but still limited)
3. Competent (has been working 2-3 years)
4. Proficient (Sees situations holistically rather than in terms of aspects, uses maxims for
guidance)
5. Expert (no longer relies on rules, guidelines, or maxims)
Factors that affect future directions in nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Nursing
shortage
2. Quality and safety education for nurses
3. Institute of medicine (aka national academy of medicine) report
4. National patient safety goals
5. Independent nursing practice
(Yoost, p. 16-17)
Behaviors that communicate professionalism in the nursing role. - CORRECT
ANSWER Listen to others, and provide information and advice clearly so every patient
can understand. Make well-informed decisions that are best for the patient. Do not accept
gifts for preferential treatment. Individual Treatment - Treat patients and colleagues as
individuals with their own unique values, beliefs, and needs.
Compare and contrast research and evidence-based-practice - CORRECT
ANSWER Research applies a methodology (quantitative or qualitative) to develop new
knowledge. EBP seeks and applies the best clinical evidence, often from research, toward
making patient-care decisions. QI uses systematic processes to improve patient outcomes.
, Professional Identity Formation - CORRECT ANSWER Institutional roles, behavioral
competencies, and emerging identities. Becoming an individual who thinks, acts and feels
like a nurse.
Evidence-based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER Clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis
and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
Human Response - CORRECT ANSWER reactions to an event or stressor such as
disease or injury
Holistic - CORRECT ANSWER concerning the whole rather than the parts
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER a job that needs special education and training
Care Provider - CORRECT ANSWER one who helps identify the health care needs of
an individual and also personally performs the caregiving service
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER five-step systematic method for giving patient
care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Educator - CORRECT ANSWER Promoting health literacy towards your patients.
Ensuring that patients receive sufficient information on which to base consent for care and
related treatment.
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Professional Identity - CORRECT ANSWER A sense of oneself that is influenced by
characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual
thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse.
LCC end of program student learning outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Patient-
centered care
2. Nursing judgment and evidence-based care
3. Professional identity
4. Safety and quality
5. Teamwork and collaboration skills
6. Informatics
Primary roles and functions of the nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Care provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
4. Leader
5. Change agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
Nurse Practice Acts - CORRECT ANSWER These acts provide the scope of practice
defined by each state or jurisdiction and set forth the legal limits of nursing practice.
Standards of practice - CORRECT ANSWER Part 1: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes
identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Part 2: standards of professional
performance; this includes ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication,
,collaboration, leadership, education, EBP and research, quality of practice, professional
practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.
Nursing Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER Two types: LVN/LPN and RN. Legal
permission to practice is granted by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education,
Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing, and the Commission for Nursing
Education Accreditation.
Socialization and transformation process of a nurse. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Novice
2. Advanced beginner (beginning situational perception but still limited)
3. Competent (has been working 2-3 years)
4. Proficient (Sees situations holistically rather than in terms of aspects, uses maxims for
guidance)
5. Expert (no longer relies on rules, guidelines, or maxims)
Factors that affect future directions in nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Nursing
shortage
2. Quality and safety education for nurses
3. Institute of medicine (aka national academy of medicine) report
4. National patient safety goals
5. Independent nursing practice
(Yoost, p. 16-17)
Behaviors that communicate professionalism in the nursing role. - CORRECT
ANSWER Listen to others, and provide information and advice clearly so every patient
can understand. Make well-informed decisions that are best for the patient. Do not accept
gifts for preferential treatment. Individual Treatment - Treat patients and colleagues as
individuals with their own unique values, beliefs, and needs.
Compare and contrast research and evidence-based-practice - CORRECT
ANSWER Research applies a methodology (quantitative or qualitative) to develop new
knowledge. EBP seeks and applies the best clinical evidence, often from research, toward
making patient-care decisions. QI uses systematic processes to improve patient outcomes.
, Professional Identity Formation - CORRECT ANSWER Institutional roles, behavioral
competencies, and emerging identities. Becoming an individual who thinks, acts and feels
like a nurse.
Evidence-based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER Clinical decision making that
integrates the best available research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and
preferences
Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis
and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
Human Response - CORRECT ANSWER reactions to an event or stressor such as
disease or injury
Holistic - CORRECT ANSWER concerning the whole rather than the parts
Profession - CORRECT ANSWER a job that needs special education and training
Care Provider - CORRECT ANSWER one who helps identify the health care needs of
an individual and also personally performs the caregiving service
Nursing Process - CORRECT ANSWER five-step systematic method for giving patient
care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating
Educator - CORRECT ANSWER Promoting health literacy towards your patients.
Ensuring that patients receive sufficient information on which to base consent for care and
related treatment.
