Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
Nursing
The protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation
of healing; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis
and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populations.
Pre-Licensure Diploma Program
Oldest type of program. 2-3 years, hospital-based
program. Less than 100 programs remain in the U.S.
Prepared to provide direct patient care.
Associate Degree (ADN)
2-year program aimed to allow nurses to enter direct
patient care more quickly (About 47% of RNs).
Baccalaureate Degree Program (BSN)
4-year program prepared to enter workforce with direct
patient care and/or move into advanced degree
programs (About 53% of RNs).
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
,Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
Required by all states for license renewal EVERY year.
WV=12, KY=14, OH=24 contact hours to maintain
licensure.
American Nurses Association
Used to advocate for policy changes in nursing.
National League for Nursing
Faculty nurses and leaders in education, educational
development.
WV Center for Nursing
Focuses on recruitment and retainment.
ANA Standards of Practice
Describe a competent level of nursing care
demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as
the nursing process.
Interdisciplinary Teams
Collaborative teams where the nurse is the primary
caregiver on the nursing unit.
Critical Thinking in Nursing
Helps anticipate/understand changes in the patient's
condition, make favorable decisions, contribute to
,Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
innovative improvements, and improve patient
outcomes.
Homeostasis
The state of dynamic equilibrium among body systems
to respond to internal and external changes.
Values
Deeply held personal beliefs about the worth of
something.
Value Clarification
Knowing and being aware of your own biases and
values.
Ethics in Nursing
Systematic study of right and wrong conduct, formal
process for making consistent moral decisions.
Autonomy
A person's right to choose and ability to act on that
choice.
respecting a pt's choice
Nonmaleficence
The duty to do no harm.
, Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
Beneficence
The duty to do or promote good.
Fidelity in Nursing
The duty to keep promises.
Promising to return quickly to help a pt with education
and returning in an appropriate amount of time
Veracity in Nursing
The duty to tell the truth.
do not give pt false hope
Justice in Nursing
The obligation to be fair.
Communication Forms
Therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication, both
verbal and nonverbal.
Communication Role in Nursing
Essential for advocacy, teamwork, and collaboration in
delivering high-quality, safe patient care.
EBP in nursing
Nursing
The protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation
of healing; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis
and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and
populations.
Pre-Licensure Diploma Program
Oldest type of program. 2-3 years, hospital-based
program. Less than 100 programs remain in the U.S.
Prepared to provide direct patient care.
Associate Degree (ADN)
2-year program aimed to allow nurses to enter direct
patient care more quickly (About 47% of RNs).
Baccalaureate Degree Program (BSN)
4-year program prepared to enter workforce with direct
patient care and/or move into advanced degree
programs (About 53% of RNs).
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
,Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
Required by all states for license renewal EVERY year.
WV=12, KY=14, OH=24 contact hours to maintain
licensure.
American Nurses Association
Used to advocate for policy changes in nursing.
National League for Nursing
Faculty nurses and leaders in education, educational
development.
WV Center for Nursing
Focuses on recruitment and retainment.
ANA Standards of Practice
Describe a competent level of nursing care
demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as
the nursing process.
Interdisciplinary Teams
Collaborative teams where the nurse is the primary
caregiver on the nursing unit.
Critical Thinking in Nursing
Helps anticipate/understand changes in the patient's
condition, make favorable decisions, contribute to
,Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
innovative improvements, and improve patient
outcomes.
Homeostasis
The state of dynamic equilibrium among body systems
to respond to internal and external changes.
Values
Deeply held personal beliefs about the worth of
something.
Value Clarification
Knowing and being aware of your own biases and
values.
Ethics in Nursing
Systematic study of right and wrong conduct, formal
process for making consistent moral decisions.
Autonomy
A person's right to choose and ability to act on that
choice.
respecting a pt's choice
Nonmaleficence
The duty to do no harm.
, Nursing 120 Exam One.Final Test Paper 2026\2027.
Beneficence
The duty to do or promote good.
Fidelity in Nursing
The duty to keep promises.
Promising to return quickly to help a pt with education
and returning in an appropriate amount of time
Veracity in Nursing
The duty to tell the truth.
do not give pt false hope
Justice in Nursing
The obligation to be fair.
Communication Forms
Therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication, both
verbal and nonverbal.
Communication Role in Nursing
Essential for advocacy, teamwork, and collaboration in
delivering high-quality, safe patient care.
EBP in nursing
