ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING HAMRIC
AND HANSON SEVENTH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Who was the founder of the Red Cross?
Answer: Clara Barton
⩥ Who established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first
midwifery schools in the U.S.?
Answer: Mary Breckenridge
⩥ Who was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the
mentally ill?
Answer: Dorthea Dix
⩥ Who founded Planned Parenthood?
Answer: Margaret Sanger
⩥ What association defines nursing as "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."?
Answer: The ANA: American Nurses Association
⩥ What is the purpose of the American Nurses Association?
Answer: 1. Provide definition of nursing.
2. Defines scope and standards of practice.
3. Professional regulating body.
⩥ Assessing
Answer: Systematic and continuous collection, analysis, validation, and
communication of patient data, or information.
⩥ Database
Answer: Includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the
nurse and other health care professionals.
⩥ Six Nursing Standards
Answer: 1. Assessment.
2. Diagnosis
3. Identification
4. Planning
,5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
⩥ Initial Assessment
Answer: The type of nursing assessment that is performed during the
nurse's initial contact with the patient and involves collecting data about
all aspects of the patient's health.
⩥ Nursing History
Answer: Identifies the patient's health status, strengths, health problems,
health risks, and need for nursing care.
⩥ Medical Assessments v. Nursing Assessments
Answer: Medical assessments target data pointing to pathologic
conditions; nursing assessments focus on the patient's responses to
health problems.
⩥ Nursing Assessment Characteristics
Answer: 1. Purposeful.
2. Prioritized.
3. Systematic.
4. Factual and accurate.
5. Relevant.
, 6. Recorded in a standard manner.
⩥ Types of Nursing Assessments
Answer: 1. Initial Assessment.
2. Focused Assessment.
3. Emergency Assessment.
4. Time-lapsed Assessment.
⩥ Focused Assessment
Answer: The nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has
already been identified.
⩥ Emergency Assessment
Answer: When a physiologic or psychological crisis presents, the nurse
performs an emergency assessment to identify life threatening problems.
⩥ Time-Lapsed Assessment
Answer: Scheduled to compare a patient's current status to the baseline
data obtained earlier.
⩥ Subjective v. Objective Data
Answer: Subjective: Information perceived by the patient (symptoms).
AND HANSON SEVENTH EDITION
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS SET COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ Who was the founder of the Red Cross?
Answer: Clara Barton
⩥ Who established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first
midwifery schools in the U.S.?
Answer: Mary Breckenridge
⩥ Who was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the
mentally ill?
Answer: Dorthea Dix
⩥ Who founded Planned Parenthood?
Answer: Margaret Sanger
⩥ What association defines nursing as "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."?
Answer: The ANA: American Nurses Association
⩥ What is the purpose of the American Nurses Association?
Answer: 1. Provide definition of nursing.
2. Defines scope and standards of practice.
3. Professional regulating body.
⩥ Assessing
Answer: Systematic and continuous collection, analysis, validation, and
communication of patient data, or information.
⩥ Database
Answer: Includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the
nurse and other health care professionals.
⩥ Six Nursing Standards
Answer: 1. Assessment.
2. Diagnosis
3. Identification
4. Planning
,5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
⩥ Initial Assessment
Answer: The type of nursing assessment that is performed during the
nurse's initial contact with the patient and involves collecting data about
all aspects of the patient's health.
⩥ Nursing History
Answer: Identifies the patient's health status, strengths, health problems,
health risks, and need for nursing care.
⩥ Medical Assessments v. Nursing Assessments
Answer: Medical assessments target data pointing to pathologic
conditions; nursing assessments focus on the patient's responses to
health problems.
⩥ Nursing Assessment Characteristics
Answer: 1. Purposeful.
2. Prioritized.
3. Systematic.
4. Factual and accurate.
5. Relevant.
, 6. Recorded in a standard manner.
⩥ Types of Nursing Assessments
Answer: 1. Initial Assessment.
2. Focused Assessment.
3. Emergency Assessment.
4. Time-lapsed Assessment.
⩥ Focused Assessment
Answer: The nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has
already been identified.
⩥ Emergency Assessment
Answer: When a physiologic or psychological crisis presents, the nurse
performs an emergency assessment to identify life threatening problems.
⩥ Time-Lapsed Assessment
Answer: Scheduled to compare a patient's current status to the baseline
data obtained earlier.
⩥ Subjective v. Objective Data
Answer: Subjective: Information perceived by the patient (symptoms).
