2026 Hondros NUR 205 Exam 1 Test Bank
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Questions & Rationales
1. What are the key characteristics of nursing?: 1. Holistic Care
2. Specialized knowledge and training
3. Professional organization
4. Code of ethics for nursing
5. Scope and standards of practice
6. ANA definition of nursing
2. Nursing is seen as care: holistic
3. What is holistic care?: looks at physical, mental, emotional, and social well being of those we are caring
for
4. Nursing is a rather than a job: Profession
5. Profession is an: occupation that has specialized body of knowledge and training
6. A profession has a: duty to the public good
7. The standards of practice: describe the minimum set of criteria for giving quality care
8. The standards of practice assure: competency and quality care
9. Who publishes scope and standards of practice: The American Nursing Association
10. The scope of nursing describes: what the profession of nursing does and how it is done
11. ANA definition of nursing: -the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
-prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
-alleviation of suttering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
12. What is the professional organization for nursing?: American Nursing Association (ANA)
13. Code of Ethics for Nurses are: statements of the values and belief of nurses, which are based on
ethical principles
14. What are the roles and functions of the nurse?: 1. Care Provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
,4. Leader
5. Change Agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
, 8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
15. What is the primary role of the nurse: Care provider
16. nurse as educator: -ensure patient receives suflcient information to base consent for care and treat-
ments
-focus on discharge planning
17. Nurse as advocate: -interprets information and provides necessary education
-supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care providers
-situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
18. Nurse as a Leader: -provides direction and purpose
-motivates to work toward common goal
19. nurse as a manager: -coordinating all care that a patient needs
-oversee the statt, budget, and resources
20. nurse as researcher: -critique studies
-apply to practice
-problems we identify become research
21. Nursing research is how: nursing care is improved
22. Nurse as a Collaborator: -working with other health care providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
23. nurse as delegator: -entrusting tasks to other health care providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
24. The profession of nursing developed through: war
25. Who established American Red Cross: Clara Barton
26. Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps): Dorothea Dix
27. During wars, nurses emerged as and had more and : leaders,
autonomy, responsibility
28. Nursing religious roots come from: -nurses (males) in Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
29. When did the profession begin and who started it: -in the 1850's during the Crimean
War
-Florence Nightingale
Answers | Nursing FundamentaPractice
Questions & Rationales
1. What are the key characteristics of nursing?: 1. Holistic Care
2. Specialized knowledge and training
3. Professional organization
4. Code of ethics for nursing
5. Scope and standards of practice
6. ANA definition of nursing
2. Nursing is seen as care: holistic
3. What is holistic care?: looks at physical, mental, emotional, and social well being of those we are caring
for
4. Nursing is a rather than a job: Profession
5. Profession is an: occupation that has specialized body of knowledge and training
6. A profession has a: duty to the public good
7. The standards of practice: describe the minimum set of criteria for giving quality care
8. The standards of practice assure: competency and quality care
9. Who publishes scope and standards of practice: The American Nursing Association
10. The scope of nursing describes: what the profession of nursing does and how it is done
11. ANA definition of nursing: -the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
-prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
-alleviation of suttering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
12. What is the professional organization for nursing?: American Nursing Association (ANA)
13. Code of Ethics for Nurses are: statements of the values and belief of nurses, which are based on
ethical principles
14. What are the roles and functions of the nurse?: 1. Care Provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
,4. Leader
5. Change Agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
, 8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
15. What is the primary role of the nurse: Care provider
16. nurse as educator: -ensure patient receives suflcient information to base consent for care and treat-
ments
-focus on discharge planning
17. Nurse as advocate: -interprets information and provides necessary education
-supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care providers
-situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
18. Nurse as a Leader: -provides direction and purpose
-motivates to work toward common goal
19. nurse as a manager: -coordinating all care that a patient needs
-oversee the statt, budget, and resources
20. nurse as researcher: -critique studies
-apply to practice
-problems we identify become research
21. Nursing research is how: nursing care is improved
22. Nurse as a Collaborator: -working with other health care providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
23. nurse as delegator: -entrusting tasks to other health care providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
24. The profession of nursing developed through: war
25. Who established American Red Cross: Clara Barton
26. Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps): Dorothea Dix
27. During wars, nurses emerged as and had more and : leaders,
autonomy, responsibility
28. Nursing religious roots come from: -nurses (males) in Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
29. When did the profession begin and who started it: -in the 1850's during the Crimean
War
-Florence Nightingale
