Fundamentals of Nursing
Exam Study Guide – Practice
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origination of the word "nurse" - Answer✔✔-from the latin word "nutrix"
meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses - Answer✔✔-communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death - Answer✔✔-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
The Nursing Process - Answer✔✔--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
,Nurse Practice Acts - Answer✔✔--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
5 vital signs - Answer✔✔-respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature,
and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - Answer✔✔--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
Florence Nightingale - Answer✔✔-defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education,
published books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - Answer✔✔-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
, sources of knowledge - Answer✔✔--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)
objective - Answer✔✔-you can see the object
subjective - Answer✔✔-coming from that subject
types of knowledge - Answer✔✔--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)
goals of nursing research - Answer✔✔--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
deductive reasoning - Answer✔✔-examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
Exam Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Verified
Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update
origination of the word "nurse" - Answer✔✔-from the latin word "nutrix"
meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses - Answer✔✔-communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death - Answer✔✔-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
The Nursing Process - Answer✔✔--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
,Nurse Practice Acts - Answer✔✔--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
5 vital signs - Answer✔✔-respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature,
and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - Answer✔✔--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
Florence Nightingale - Answer✔✔-defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education,
published books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - Answer✔✔-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
, sources of knowledge - Answer✔✔--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)
objective - Answer✔✔-you can see the object
subjective - Answer✔✔-coming from that subject
types of knowledge - Answer✔✔--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)
goals of nursing research - Answer✔✔--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
deductive reasoning - Answer✔✔-examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
