APHY 101 FUNDAMENTALS OF
NURSING STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
100% PASS (2025/2026) EDITION
Origination of the word "nurse"
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses
communicator
teacher
counselor
leader
researcher
advocate
collaborator
coping with disability and death
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
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
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
respirations
pulse rate
blood pressure
temperature
pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
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
, defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from
medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder
of modern nursing
Clara Barton
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
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
you can see the object
subjective
coming from that subject
types of knowledge
NURSING STUDY GUIDE
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
100% PASS (2025/2026) EDITION
Origination of the word "nurse"
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses
communicator
teacher
counselor
leader
researcher
advocate
collaborator
coping with disability and death
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
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
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
respirations
pulse rate
blood pressure
temperature
pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
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
, defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from
medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder
of modern nursing
Clara Barton
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
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
you can see the object
subjective
coming from that subject
types of knowledge
