Nurs 310 Exam Study Guide
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2026/2027 Update.
Florence Nightingale what is nursing? - Answer "to put the patient in the best condition for
nature to act upon him"
What is nursing? - Answer It is 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
Who is Virginia Henderson? - Answer Gave this definition the unique function of the nurse is
to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health
or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as
rapidly as possible
The nursing process - Answer The scientific process that nurses use to care for patients. As a
care provider, the nurse follows this process to assess patient data, prioritize nursing diagnoses,
plan the care of the patient, implement the appropriate interventions, and evaluate care in an
ongoing cycle.
Roles of a nurse - Answer Care provider
Educator
Advocate
Leader
Change Agent
Manager
Researcher
Collaborator
Delegator
A nurse as a care provider - Answer "The nurse's primary professional responsibility is to
people requiring nursing care". Through education, the nurse acquires critical-thinking skills to
determine the necessary course of action, psychomotor skills to perform the necessary
interventions, interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with the patient and family, and
ethical and legal skills to function within the scope of practice and in accordance with the
profession's code of ethics.
,A nurse as an educator - Answer The nurse ensures that patients receive sufficient
information on which to base consent for care and related treatment. The nurse assesses
learning needs, plans to meet those needs through specific teaching strategies, and evaluates
the effectiveness of patient teaching. Patients need to be informed about their medications,
procedures, diagnostics, and health promotion measures. Education becomes a major focus of
discharge planning so that patients will be prepared to handle their own needs at home.
The nurse as an advocate - Answer As the patient's advocate, the nurse interprets
information and provides the necessary education. The nurse then accepts and respects the
patient's decisions even if they are different from the nurse's own beliefs. It is up to the nurse to
advocate for their patient.
The nurse as a leader - Answer They must have a sense of commitment toward common
goals. Characteristics of a leader are integrity, creativity, interpersonal skills, and the ability to
think critically and problem-solve.
A nurse as a change agent - Answer This role requires knowledge of change theory, which
encourages change and provides strategies for effecting change. In this role the nurse works
with patients to address their health concerns and with staff members to address change in an
organization or within a community. This role can be extended to bringing about change in the
legislation on health policy issues.
A nurse as a manager - Answer A nurse manages all of the activities and treatments for
patients. Promoting, restoring, and maintaining the patient's health requires coordinating all of
the health care providers' services.
A nurse as a researcher - Answer Although not all nurses may have had research
methodology in their coursework, nurses are often involved in research. Nurses concur research
studies and apply research to practice. They also use Evidence based practice.
A nurse as a collaborator - Answer Collaboration is the process by which two or more people
work together toward a common goal. In nursing, collaboration occurs when RNs, UAP, LPNs,
primary care providers, social workers, clergy, and therapists all interact productively to provide
high-quality patient care.
A nurse as a delegator - Answer Delegation is the process of entrusting or transferring the
responsibility for certain tasks to other personnel, including UAP, licensed vocational nurses
(LVNs), and LPNs. The RN needs to know the scope of practice or capabilities of each health care
member.
Metaparadigm - Answer the most abstract level of knowledge, is defined as a global set of
concepts that identify and describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the
relationship between those concepts
, Philosophy - Answer The next level after Metapradigm. is a statement about the beliefs and
values of nursing in relation to a specific phenomenon such as health. A philosophy provides
guidance in practice.
Conceptual framework or model - Answer It is the third level of knowledge. It is a collection
of interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice, research, and education.
Nursing theory - Answer The fourth level. It represents a group of concepts that can be
tested in practice and can be derived from a conceptual model.
Grand theory - Answer Consists of a global conceptual framework that defines broad
perspectives for nursing practice and provides ways of looking at nursing phenomena from a
distinct nursing perspective. Although grand theories are derived from conceptual frameworks,
they remain almost as broad as the framework itself.
Middle-range theory - Answer Is moderately abstract and has a limited number of variables.
Therefore middle-range theories are more concrete and narrowly focused on a specific
condition or population than are grand theories
Ethics - Answer is the standards of right and wrong behavior. The ICN and the ANA each have
developed a code of ethics for nurses. Public opinion polls show that nurses are admired for
their nursing ethics and honesty by rating them the highest of all professionals.
Nurse practice acts - Answer provide the scope of practice defined by each state or
jurisdiction and set forth the legal limits of nursing practice. These acts are laws that the nurse
must be familiar with to function in practice.
LPN's or LVN - Answer are not RNs. They complete an educational program consisting of 12 to
18 months of training, and then they must pass the National Council Licensure Examination for
Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) to practice as an LPN/LVN. They are under the supervision of an RN
in most institutions and are able to collect data but cannot perform an assessment requiring
decision making, cannot formulate a nursing diagnosis, and cannot initiate a care plan. They
may update care plans and administer medications with the exception of certain IV medications.
Belief - Answer Is a mental representation of reality or a person's perceptions about what is
right (correct), true, or real, or what the person expects to happen in a given situation
Value - Answer Are enduring ideas about what a person considers is the good, the best, and
the "right" thing to do and their opposites—the bad, worst, and wrong things to do—and about
what is desirable or has worth in life
Questions with Guaranteed Pass
Solutions 2026/2027 Update.
Florence Nightingale what is nursing? - Answer "to put the patient in the best condition for
nature to act upon him"
What is nursing? - Answer It is 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
Who is Virginia Henderson? - Answer Gave this definition the unique function of the nurse is
to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health
or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as
rapidly as possible
The nursing process - Answer The scientific process that nurses use to care for patients. As a
care provider, the nurse follows this process to assess patient data, prioritize nursing diagnoses,
plan the care of the patient, implement the appropriate interventions, and evaluate care in an
ongoing cycle.
Roles of a nurse - Answer Care provider
Educator
Advocate
Leader
Change Agent
Manager
Researcher
Collaborator
Delegator
A nurse as a care provider - Answer "The nurse's primary professional responsibility is to
people requiring nursing care". Through education, the nurse acquires critical-thinking skills to
determine the necessary course of action, psychomotor skills to perform the necessary
interventions, interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with the patient and family, and
ethical and legal skills to function within the scope of practice and in accordance with the
profession's code of ethics.
,A nurse as an educator - Answer The nurse ensures that patients receive sufficient
information on which to base consent for care and related treatment. The nurse assesses
learning needs, plans to meet those needs through specific teaching strategies, and evaluates
the effectiveness of patient teaching. Patients need to be informed about their medications,
procedures, diagnostics, and health promotion measures. Education becomes a major focus of
discharge planning so that patients will be prepared to handle their own needs at home.
The nurse as an advocate - Answer As the patient's advocate, the nurse interprets
information and provides the necessary education. The nurse then accepts and respects the
patient's decisions even if they are different from the nurse's own beliefs. It is up to the nurse to
advocate for their patient.
The nurse as a leader - Answer They must have a sense of commitment toward common
goals. Characteristics of a leader are integrity, creativity, interpersonal skills, and the ability to
think critically and problem-solve.
A nurse as a change agent - Answer This role requires knowledge of change theory, which
encourages change and provides strategies for effecting change. In this role the nurse works
with patients to address their health concerns and with staff members to address change in an
organization or within a community. This role can be extended to bringing about change in the
legislation on health policy issues.
A nurse as a manager - Answer A nurse manages all of the activities and treatments for
patients. Promoting, restoring, and maintaining the patient's health requires coordinating all of
the health care providers' services.
A nurse as a researcher - Answer Although not all nurses may have had research
methodology in their coursework, nurses are often involved in research. Nurses concur research
studies and apply research to practice. They also use Evidence based practice.
A nurse as a collaborator - Answer Collaboration is the process by which two or more people
work together toward a common goal. In nursing, collaboration occurs when RNs, UAP, LPNs,
primary care providers, social workers, clergy, and therapists all interact productively to provide
high-quality patient care.
A nurse as a delegator - Answer Delegation is the process of entrusting or transferring the
responsibility for certain tasks to other personnel, including UAP, licensed vocational nurses
(LVNs), and LPNs. The RN needs to know the scope of practice or capabilities of each health care
member.
Metaparadigm - Answer the most abstract level of knowledge, is defined as a global set of
concepts that identify and describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the
relationship between those concepts
, Philosophy - Answer The next level after Metapradigm. is a statement about the beliefs and
values of nursing in relation to a specific phenomenon such as health. A philosophy provides
guidance in practice.
Conceptual framework or model - Answer It is the third level of knowledge. It is a collection
of interrelated concepts that provides direction for nursing practice, research, and education.
Nursing theory - Answer The fourth level. It represents a group of concepts that can be
tested in practice and can be derived from a conceptual model.
Grand theory - Answer Consists of a global conceptual framework that defines broad
perspectives for nursing practice and provides ways of looking at nursing phenomena from a
distinct nursing perspective. Although grand theories are derived from conceptual frameworks,
they remain almost as broad as the framework itself.
Middle-range theory - Answer Is moderately abstract and has a limited number of variables.
Therefore middle-range theories are more concrete and narrowly focused on a specific
condition or population than are grand theories
Ethics - Answer is the standards of right and wrong behavior. The ICN and the ANA each have
developed a code of ethics for nurses. Public opinion polls show that nurses are admired for
their nursing ethics and honesty by rating them the highest of all professionals.
Nurse practice acts - Answer provide the scope of practice defined by each state or
jurisdiction and set forth the legal limits of nursing practice. These acts are laws that the nurse
must be familiar with to function in practice.
LPN's or LVN - Answer are not RNs. They complete an educational program consisting of 12 to
18 months of training, and then they must pass the National Council Licensure Examination for
Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN) to practice as an LPN/LVN. They are under the supervision of an RN
in most institutions and are able to collect data but cannot perform an assessment requiring
decision making, cannot formulate a nursing diagnosis, and cannot initiate a care plan. They
may update care plans and administer medications with the exception of certain IV medications.
Belief - Answer Is a mental representation of reality or a person's perceptions about what is
right (correct), true, or real, or what the person expects to happen in a given situation
Value - Answer Are enduring ideas about what a person considers is the good, the best, and
the "right" thing to do and their opposites—the bad, worst, and wrong things to do—and about
what is desirable or has worth in life
