POTTER PERRY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
11TH EDITION
ALL CHAPTERS 1-50 complete
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nursing attendant most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects
onhealth?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
CORRECT
ANSWER A
RationaleNightingale was the first practicing nursing attendant epidemiologist. Her
statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting,
ClaraBarton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing
profession in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education
into universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open
the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nursing attendant prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
Whichstandard of nursing practice is the nursing attendant following?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT
ANSWER C
REASONING:->>In planning, the nursing attendant develops a plan that prescribes
strategiesand alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the nursing
attendant collects comprehensive data pertinent to the hospital client ’s health and/or the
situation. In diagnosis, the nursing attendant analyzes the assessment data to determine the
diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the nursing attendant implements (carries out)
the identified plan.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles.
TOPIC:
-Planning MSC: Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical nursing attendant chooses to work in
obstetrics.Which level of proficiency is the nursing attendant upon initial
transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT
ANSWER A
, REASONING:->>A beginning nursing student or any nursing attendant entering a
situation in which there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating
room nursingattendant chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice
nursing attendant
. A proficient nursing attendant perceives a hospital client ’s clinical situation as a whole, is
able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple
previous experiences to a situation. A competent nursing attendant understands the
organization and specific care required by the type of hospital client s (e.g., surgical,
oncology, or orthopedic hospital client s). This nursing attendant is a competent
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A nursing
attendant whohas had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced beginner.
This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nursing attendant is able to
identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles.
TOPIC:
-Evaluation MSC: Management of Care
4. A nursing attendant assesses a hospital client ’s fluid status and decides that the hospital
client needs to drink more fluids. The nursing attendant then encourages the hospital client
to drinkmore fluids. Which concept is the nursing attendant demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
CORRECT ANSWER B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN . Beyond the NCLEX-RN , the
nursingattendant REASONING:->>may choose to work toward certification in a specific
area of nursing practice. Accountability means that you are responsible, professionally and
legally, forthe type and quality of nursing care provided.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
5. A nursing attendant prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
roleis the nursing attendant implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Nursing attendant
CORRECT ANSWER B
, REASONING:->>A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific
nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health,
describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care
activities, reinforce learning or hospital client behavior, and evaluate the hospital client ’s
progress in learning. As a hospital client advocate, you protect your hospital client ’s human
and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises. As a
nursing attendant
, you help hospital client s maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and
attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
6. The nursing attendant has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nursing attendant. However, the nursing attendant has a strong
desire topursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program
should the nursing attendant attend?
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
CORRECT ANSWER B
REASONING:->>Some doctoral programs prepare nursing attendant s for more rigorous
research and theory development and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare
graduates to apply research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate
thatprepares advanced practice nursing attendant s such as nursing attendant
practitioners.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing
attendant(RN) education. TOPIC:-Teaching/Learning
MSC: Management of Care
7. A nursing attendant attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by
the American Nursing attendant s Association. Which type of education did the
nursingattendant receive?
a. Graduate education
b. Inservice education
c. Continuing education
d. Nursing attendant education
CORRECT ANSWER C
REASONING:->>Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs
offered by universities, hospitals, state nursing attendant s associations, professional
nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a
baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s or
doctoral degreein any number of graduate fields, including nursing. In service education
programs are instruction or training provided by a health care facility or institution.
Nursing attendant education is the education preparation for an individual intending to be
an RN.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant (RN)
11TH EDITION
ALL CHAPTERS 1-50 complete
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nursing attendant most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects
onhealth?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
CORRECT
ANSWER A
RationaleNightingale was the first practicing nursing attendant epidemiologist. Her
statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting,
ClaraBarton, and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing
profession in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education
into universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open
the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nursing attendant prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
Whichstandard of nursing practice is the nursing attendant following?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT
ANSWER C
REASONING:->>In planning, the nursing attendant develops a plan that prescribes
strategiesand alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the nursing
attendant collects comprehensive data pertinent to the hospital client ’s health and/or the
situation. In diagnosis, the nursing attendant analyzes the assessment data to determine the
diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the nursing attendant implements (carries out)
the identified plan.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles.
TOPIC:
-Planning MSC: Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical nursing attendant chooses to work in
obstetrics.Which level of proficiency is the nursing attendant upon initial
transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT
ANSWER A
, REASONING:->>A beginning nursing student or any nursing attendant entering a
situation in which there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating
room nursingattendant chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice
nursing attendant
. A proficient nursing attendant perceives a hospital client ’s clinical situation as a whole, is
able to assess an entire situation, and can readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple
previous experiences to a situation. A competent nursing attendant understands the
organization and specific care required by the type of hospital client s (e.g., surgical,
oncology, or orthopedic hospital client s). This nursing attendant is a competent
practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals. A nursing
attendant whohas had some level of experience with the situation is an advanced beginner.
This experience may only be observational in nature, but the nursing attendant is able to
identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles.
TOPIC:
-Evaluation MSC: Management of Care
4. A nursing attendant assesses a hospital client ’s fluid status and decides that the hospital
client needs to drink more fluids. The nursing attendant then encourages the hospital client
to drinkmore fluids. Which concept is the nursing attendant demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
CORRECT ANSWER B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the United
States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN . Beyond the NCLEX-RN , the
nursingattendant REASONING:->>may choose to work toward certification in a specific
area of nursing practice. Accountability means that you are responsible, professionally and
legally, forthe type and quality of nursing care provided.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
5. A nursing attendant prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
roleis the nursing attendant implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Nursing attendant
CORRECT ANSWER B
, REASONING:->>A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific
nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health,
describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care
activities, reinforce learning or hospital client behavior, and evaluate the hospital client ’s
progress in learning. As a hospital client advocate, you protect your hospital client ’s human
and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises. As a
nursing attendant
, you help hospital client s maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and
attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nursing attendant s.
TOPIC:
-Implementation MSC: Management of Care
6. The nursing attendant has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nursing attendant. However, the nursing attendant has a strong
desire topursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program
should the nursing attendant attend?
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
CORRECT ANSWER B
REASONING:->>Some doctoral programs prepare nursing attendant s for more rigorous
research and theory development and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy
(PhD) in nursing. Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare
graduates to apply research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate
thatprepares advanced practice nursing attendant s such as nursing attendant
practitioners.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing
attendant(RN) education. TOPIC:-Teaching/Learning
MSC: Management of Care
7. A nursing attendant attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by
the American Nursing attendant s Association. Which type of education did the
nursingattendant receive?
a. Graduate education
b. Inservice education
c. Continuing education
d. Nursing attendant education
CORRECT ANSWER C
REASONING:->>Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs
offered by universities, hospitals, state nursing attendant s associations, professional
nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a
baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s or
doctoral degreein any number of graduate fields, including nursing. In service education
programs are instruction or training provided by a health care facility or institution.
Nursing attendant education is the education preparation for an individual intending to be
an RN.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional nursing attendant (RN)
