PROFESSIONAL NURSING EXAM 1 FINAL
PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE PACK
●● What healthcare professional is the largest provider?
Answer: RNs
●● What kind of workforce is fundamental to meeting healthcare needs
in the U.S.?
Answer: a diverse nursing workforce
●● What other fundamental goals could be met with a diverse nursing
workforce?
Answer: -Address health inequities
-Provide access to care among historically underserved communities.
●● Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 39.9% of the U.S. population
today but only ______ of the RN population, what percent is made up of
nurses?
Answer: 19%
●● What ethnic group has the highest disparity of the RN population?
Also include their statistics in nursing.
,Answer: Hispanics/Latinos, they make up 5.6% of RNs
●● What is the Black/African American and non-Hispanics population
in nursing?
Answer: 6.7% of RNs
●● What is the Asian population in nursing?
Answer: 7.2%
●● Out of all the ethnic groups in nursing, which of them are
overrepresented?
Answer: Asian
●● In 1995 fewer than ____ of students enrolled in a professional
nursing program were from underrepresented racial or ethnic minority
groups, in contrast to more than ____ in 2019
Answer: 18% in 1995
34.2% in 2019
●● What is the primary worksite for RNs?
Answer: acute care hospitals
,●● Where can nurses work?
Answer: in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, including
hospitals, extended care facilities, ambulatory care, and community or
home health settings
●● What is palliative care?
Answer: symptom management to improve quality of life of persons
with serious and/or chronic conditions.
●● What is ambulatory care?
Answer: Health services provided to those who visit a clinic or hospital
as outpatients and depart after treatment on the same day.
●● what is a clinical ladder in nursing?
Answer: a multi-step program that begins with entry-level staff nurse
positions.
●● what are the benefits of the clinical ladder?
Answer: -It allows career advancements for nurses who want to remain
at the bedside.
-help improve patient safety and quality of care
, ●● what are some examples of nursing positions while using the clinical
ladder?
Answer: -staff nurse
-nurse manager
-clinical nurse specialist (CNS) (use evidence based practice.)
●● what are the benefits of having a Bachelors degree in Nursing
(BSN)?
Answer: -Patients on surgical units with more BSN-prepared nurses had
fewer complications than patients on units with fewer BSN nurses.
●● outcomes are better in hospitals with _______.
Answer: A higher number of BSN prepared nurses
●● This type of nursing was previously known as parish nursing. What
is it called now?
Answer: faith community nursing (FCN)
●● This type of nursing practice specializes in focusing on the
intentional care of the spirit, promotion of an integrative model of
health, and prevention and minimization of illness within the context of
a faith community.
Answer: faith community nursing (FCN)
PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE RESOURCE PACK
●● What healthcare professional is the largest provider?
Answer: RNs
●● What kind of workforce is fundamental to meeting healthcare needs
in the U.S.?
Answer: a diverse nursing workforce
●● What other fundamental goals could be met with a diverse nursing
workforce?
Answer: -Address health inequities
-Provide access to care among historically underserved communities.
●● Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 39.9% of the U.S. population
today but only ______ of the RN population, what percent is made up of
nurses?
Answer: 19%
●● What ethnic group has the highest disparity of the RN population?
Also include their statistics in nursing.
,Answer: Hispanics/Latinos, they make up 5.6% of RNs
●● What is the Black/African American and non-Hispanics population
in nursing?
Answer: 6.7% of RNs
●● What is the Asian population in nursing?
Answer: 7.2%
●● Out of all the ethnic groups in nursing, which of them are
overrepresented?
Answer: Asian
●● In 1995 fewer than ____ of students enrolled in a professional
nursing program were from underrepresented racial or ethnic minority
groups, in contrast to more than ____ in 2019
Answer: 18% in 1995
34.2% in 2019
●● What is the primary worksite for RNs?
Answer: acute care hospitals
,●● Where can nurses work?
Answer: in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings, including
hospitals, extended care facilities, ambulatory care, and community or
home health settings
●● What is palliative care?
Answer: symptom management to improve quality of life of persons
with serious and/or chronic conditions.
●● What is ambulatory care?
Answer: Health services provided to those who visit a clinic or hospital
as outpatients and depart after treatment on the same day.
●● what is a clinical ladder in nursing?
Answer: a multi-step program that begins with entry-level staff nurse
positions.
●● what are the benefits of the clinical ladder?
Answer: -It allows career advancements for nurses who want to remain
at the bedside.
-help improve patient safety and quality of care
, ●● what are some examples of nursing positions while using the clinical
ladder?
Answer: -staff nurse
-nurse manager
-clinical nurse specialist (CNS) (use evidence based practice.)
●● what are the benefits of having a Bachelors degree in Nursing
(BSN)?
Answer: -Patients on surgical units with more BSN-prepared nurses had
fewer complications than patients on units with fewer BSN nurses.
●● outcomes are better in hospitals with _______.
Answer: A higher number of BSN prepared nurses
●● This type of nursing was previously known as parish nursing. What
is it called now?
Answer: faith community nursing (FCN)
●● This type of nursing practice specializes in focusing on the
intentional care of the spirit, promotion of an integrative model of
health, and prevention and minimization of illness within the context of
a faith community.
Answer: faith community nursing (FCN)
