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This Updated/Latest 2025–2026 test bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition by Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, and Amy Hall is a comprehensive educational resource designed to help nursing students build a strong foundation in essential nursing knowledge, clinical skills, and evidence-based patient care. Covering all chapters, this resource includes chapter-by-chapter practice questions, detailed answer rationales, NCLEX-style examinations, clinical case studies, skills-based exercises, and critical-thinking activities that reinforce classroom learning and support safe nursing practice. Topics include the nursing process, clinical judgment, patient-centered care, communication, documentation, cultural competence, legal and ethical principles, health assessment, infection prevention, medication administration, mobility, nutrition, elimination, oxygenation, fluid and electrolyte balance, pain management, perioperative care, wound care, patient safety, health promotion, and interprofessional collaboration. This study resource supports examination preparation, self-assessment, and professional development while strengthening the competencies required for successful nursing education, NCLEX preparation, and safe clinical practice throughout 2025–2026. The 9th edition provides comprehensive coverage of nursing fundamentals, including 51 skills demonstrations and step-by-step clinical procedures integrated with the nursing process.

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1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on
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health?
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Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses
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connected poorsanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and
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Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her
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own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into universities.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry
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2. The nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome. Which
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standard ofnursing practice is the nurse following?
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a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
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In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and
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3. An experienced medical-surgical nurse chooses to work in obstetrics. Which
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level ofproficiency is the nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor?
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A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no
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previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to now
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practice in home health) is an example of a novice nurse. A proficient nurse perceives a
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patient’s clinical situationas a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can readily
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transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A
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competent nurse understands the organization andspecific care required by the type of
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patients (e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic patients).
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This nurse is a competent practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and
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establish long-range goals. A nurse who has had some level of experience with the
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situation is an advanced beginner. This experience may only be observational in
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nature, but the nurse is able to identifymeaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
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4. A nurse assesses a patient’s fluid status and decides that the patient needs to drink
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more fluids.The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids. Which concept is
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the nurse demonstrating?
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a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability

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Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
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independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the
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United States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN®. Beyond the NCLEX-
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RN®, the nurse maychoose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing
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practice. Accountability means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for
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the type and quality of nursing care provided.
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5. A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is
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the nurseimplementing?
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a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
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A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing
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care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or
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facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the
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reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities,
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reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As
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a patient advocate, you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and provide
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assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.As a caregiver, you help patients
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maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level
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function and independence through the healing process.
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6. The nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an advanced
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practice nurse. However, the nurse has a strong desire to pursue research and theory
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development. To fulfill this desire, which program should the nurse attend?
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Some doctoral programs prepare nurses for more rigorous research and theory
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development andaward the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing.
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research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares
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advanced practice nurses such as nurse practitioners.
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7. A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the
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American NursesAssociation. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
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universities,hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations,
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and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in
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instruction or training provided by a healthcare facility or institution. Registered nurse
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education is the education preparation for an individual intending to be an RN.
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8. A nurse identifies gaps between local and best practices. Which Quality and Safety
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Educationfor Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating?
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individual performance. Patient-centered care recognizes the patient or designee as the
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source of control and full partnerin providing compassionate and coordinated care
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based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Teamwork and
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collaboration allows effective functioning within nursing andinterprofessional teams,
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fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making.
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