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NSG 252 Final Questions and Correct
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Definition of Nursing (ANA)
Ans: Nursing protects, promotes health, prevents illness, and
advocates for individuals and communities.
Art of Nursing
Ans: Compassion, caring, patient-centered approach.
Science of Nursing
Ans: Research, evidence-based practice, clinical knowledge.
What defines a profession
Ans: Prolonged education, specialized knowledge, autonomy,
licensure, ethical code.
Process approach to profession
Ans: Profession develops continuously over time.
Power approach to profession
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Ans: Level of influence and independence.
Trait approach to profession
Ans: Specialized knowledge, licensure, ethics, commitment to
service.
Sources of power in nursing
Ans: Expert, referent, legitimate, reward, coercive, collective.
How nurses gain power
Ans: Education, experience, unity, political action, professional
organizations.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, improved sanitation and
hospital conditions.
Clara Barton
Ans: Founder of the American Red Cross.
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Mary Mahoney
Ans: First African American professional nurse.
Lillian Wald
Ans: Founder of public health nursing.
Isabel Hampton Robb
Ans: Nursing education standards and licensing advocacy.
Annie Goodrich
Ans: University-level nursing education.
Loretta Ford
Ans: Co-founder of the Nurse Practitioner role.
Patricia Benner
Ans: Developed the Novice to Expert theory.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) 2010
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Ans: Expanded access to health insurance and improved quality
of care.
Value-Based Purchasing
Ans: Hospital payment based on patient outcomes and
satisfaction.
Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs)
Ans: Preventable hospital complications not reimbursed by
Medicare.
Preventative Care
Ans: Disease prevention and health promotion.
Primary Care
Ans: Basic or general health services.
Secondary Care
Ans: Specialized care by referral.
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NSG 252 Final Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
Definition of Nursing (ANA)
Ans: Nursing protects, promotes health, prevents illness, and
advocates for individuals and communities.
Art of Nursing
Ans: Compassion, caring, patient-centered approach.
Science of Nursing
Ans: Research, evidence-based practice, clinical knowledge.
What defines a profession
Ans: Prolonged education, specialized knowledge, autonomy,
licensure, ethical code.
Process approach to profession
Ans: Profession develops continuously over time.
Power approach to profession
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Ans: Level of influence and independence.
Trait approach to profession
Ans: Specialized knowledge, licensure, ethics, commitment to
service.
Sources of power in nursing
Ans: Expert, referent, legitimate, reward, coercive, collective.
How nurses gain power
Ans: Education, experience, unity, political action, professional
organizations.
Florence Nightingale
Ans: Founder of modern nursing, improved sanitation and
hospital conditions.
Clara Barton
Ans: Founder of the American Red Cross.
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Mary Mahoney
Ans: First African American professional nurse.
Lillian Wald
Ans: Founder of public health nursing.
Isabel Hampton Robb
Ans: Nursing education standards and licensing advocacy.
Annie Goodrich
Ans: University-level nursing education.
Loretta Ford
Ans: Co-founder of the Nurse Practitioner role.
Patricia Benner
Ans: Developed the Novice to Expert theory.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) 2010
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Ans: Expanded access to health insurance and improved quality
of care.
Value-Based Purchasing
Ans: Hospital payment based on patient outcomes and
satisfaction.
Hospital Acquired Conditions (HACs)
Ans: Preventable hospital complications not reimbursed by
Medicare.
Preventative Care
Ans: Disease prevention and health promotion.
Primary Care
Ans: Basic or general health services.
Secondary Care
Ans: Specialized care by referral.
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
