NSG 122 Fundamentals of Nursing FINAL EXAM |140
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2024/2025 A+ Grade
Despite the variety of work settings available to the RN, data from 2008 indicate that the
primary work site for RNs is
a. ambulatory care settings.
b. community health settings.
c. long-term care facilities.
d. acute care hospitals.
D. acute care hospitals.
One important advantage of clinical ladder programs for hospital-based RNs is that they
a. allow career advancement for nurses who choose to remain at the bedside.
b. encourage nurses to move into management positions in which they can influence
patient care on a broader scale.
c. encourage RNs to become politically active and guide the profession of nursing.
d. provide training to staff nurses so they can move seamlessly across departments.
A. allow career advancement for nurses who choose to remain at the bedside.
Which of the following statements is correct about community health nursing (CHN)?
a. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN.
b. Nursing care is rapidly moving from the home setting to the institutional setting.
c. High-tech care such as ventilators and total parenteral nutrition cannot be handled in
the home.
d. Assessment skills are less important in CHN because patients are not acutely ill.
A. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN.
Which of the following is most essential for the nurse entrepreneur to be successful?
a. Ability to take direction well
b. Excellent time-management skills
,c. Avoidance of risks
d. A college degree in business
B. Excellent time-management skills
The major benefit of serving as a military nurse is
a. broader responsibilities and scope of practice than civilian nurses.
b. working with entirely baccalaureate-prepared peers on active duty.
c. serving as an officer on active duty or in the reserves.
d. the financial support to seek advanced degrees
D. the financial support to seek advanced degrees
Which of the following statements explains why the school nurse of today is truly a
community health nurse?
a. The school nurse may be called on to care for a students family members in
underserved areas.
b. The school nurses primary responsibility is centered on the well child.
c. The school nurses primary responsibility is to maintain immunization records.
d. The school nurse must be certified in CHN.
A. The school nurse may be called on to care for a students family members in underserved
areas.
What has been found about the outcomes of patients cared for in hospitals with a higher
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses as compared to patients in hospitals with a lower
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses?
a. Patient outcomes are more dependent on nurse-patient ratios.
b. Outcomes were better in hospitals with more BSN-prepared nurses.
c. Outcomes were similar in both types of hospitals.
d. Medical patients had better outcomes, but surgical patients fared the same.
B. Outcomes were better in hospitals with more BSN-prepared nurses.
Faith community nursing (FCN) was founded on which of the following premises?
a. Nurses faith beliefs do not play a part in healing.
b. The spiritual aspect takes precedence over the physical body in healing.
,c. Spiritual health is central to a persons well-being.
d. Faith community nurses must receive formal training as a minister or clergy.
C. Spiritual health is central to a persons well-being.
One important advantage of the evolution of nursing informatics is that
a. it allows any RN to become a certified informatics nurse.
b. informatics nurses are best able to design systems with the needs and skills of nurses
who use them.
c. informatics nurses will reduce the need for direct caregivers to document care.
d. benefits of informatics advancements include improved patient safety and increased
variability of care.
B. informatics nurses are best able to design systems with the needs and skills of nurses who
use them.
Which of the following nursing roles is not considered an advanced practice role?
a. Certified nurse-midwife (CNM)
b. Community health nurse
c. Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)
d. Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
B. Community health nurse
NPs are advanced practice nurses who
a. are required to have physician collaboration or supervision.
b. function under a set of universal advanced practitioner laws.
c. cannot receive direct reimbursement for their services.
d. can diagnose and treat common and chronic conditions.
D. can diagnose and treat common and chronic conditions.
The clinical nurse leader (CNL) is a recently proposed role. The responsibilities of the
person in this role include which of the following?
a. Oversee and manage care delivery in specific settings.
b. Manage and streamline operations in multiple nursing units.
, c. Replace the outdated CNS role.
d. Provide daily care to a specific subset of patients with similar needs.
A. Oversee and manage care delivery in specific settings.
Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first African-American public health nurse.
b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement.
c. founding the American Red Cross.
d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools.
C. founding the American Red Cross.
Which bill provided for construction of new hospitals?
a. Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act
B. Hill-Burton Act
The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
D. Lillian Wald.
Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing
pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
A. Lillian Wald
Questions with Verified Answers and Rationale | Latest
2024/2025 A+ Grade
Despite the variety of work settings available to the RN, data from 2008 indicate that the
primary work site for RNs is
a. ambulatory care settings.
b. community health settings.
c. long-term care facilities.
d. acute care hospitals.
D. acute care hospitals.
One important advantage of clinical ladder programs for hospital-based RNs is that they
a. allow career advancement for nurses who choose to remain at the bedside.
b. encourage nurses to move into management positions in which they can influence
patient care on a broader scale.
c. encourage RNs to become politically active and guide the profession of nursing.
d. provide training to staff nurses so they can move seamlessly across departments.
A. allow career advancement for nurses who choose to remain at the bedside.
Which of the following statements is correct about community health nursing (CHN)?
a. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN.
b. Nursing care is rapidly moving from the home setting to the institutional setting.
c. High-tech care such as ventilators and total parenteral nutrition cannot be handled in
the home.
d. Assessment skills are less important in CHN because patients are not acutely ill.
A. Prevention and community education are the cornerstones of CHN.
Which of the following is most essential for the nurse entrepreneur to be successful?
a. Ability to take direction well
b. Excellent time-management skills
,c. Avoidance of risks
d. A college degree in business
B. Excellent time-management skills
The major benefit of serving as a military nurse is
a. broader responsibilities and scope of practice than civilian nurses.
b. working with entirely baccalaureate-prepared peers on active duty.
c. serving as an officer on active duty or in the reserves.
d. the financial support to seek advanced degrees
D. the financial support to seek advanced degrees
Which of the following statements explains why the school nurse of today is truly a
community health nurse?
a. The school nurse may be called on to care for a students family members in
underserved areas.
b. The school nurses primary responsibility is centered on the well child.
c. The school nurses primary responsibility is to maintain immunization records.
d. The school nurse must be certified in CHN.
A. The school nurse may be called on to care for a students family members in underserved
areas.
What has been found about the outcomes of patients cared for in hospitals with a higher
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses as compared to patients in hospitals with a lower
percentage of BSN-prepared nurses?
a. Patient outcomes are more dependent on nurse-patient ratios.
b. Outcomes were better in hospitals with more BSN-prepared nurses.
c. Outcomes were similar in both types of hospitals.
d. Medical patients had better outcomes, but surgical patients fared the same.
B. Outcomes were better in hospitals with more BSN-prepared nurses.
Faith community nursing (FCN) was founded on which of the following premises?
a. Nurses faith beliefs do not play a part in healing.
b. The spiritual aspect takes precedence over the physical body in healing.
,c. Spiritual health is central to a persons well-being.
d. Faith community nurses must receive formal training as a minister or clergy.
C. Spiritual health is central to a persons well-being.
One important advantage of the evolution of nursing informatics is that
a. it allows any RN to become a certified informatics nurse.
b. informatics nurses are best able to design systems with the needs and skills of nurses
who use them.
c. informatics nurses will reduce the need for direct caregivers to document care.
d. benefits of informatics advancements include improved patient safety and increased
variability of care.
B. informatics nurses are best able to design systems with the needs and skills of nurses who
use them.
Which of the following nursing roles is not considered an advanced practice role?
a. Certified nurse-midwife (CNM)
b. Community health nurse
c. Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)
d. Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
B. Community health nurse
NPs are advanced practice nurses who
a. are required to have physician collaboration or supervision.
b. function under a set of universal advanced practitioner laws.
c. cannot receive direct reimbursement for their services.
d. can diagnose and treat common and chronic conditions.
D. can diagnose and treat common and chronic conditions.
The clinical nurse leader (CNL) is a recently proposed role. The responsibilities of the
person in this role include which of the following?
a. Oversee and manage care delivery in specific settings.
b. Manage and streamline operations in multiple nursing units.
, c. Replace the outdated CNS role.
d. Provide daily care to a specific subset of patients with similar needs.
A. Oversee and manage care delivery in specific settings.
Clara Barton is known for:
a. becoming the first African-American public health nurse.
b. establishing the Henry Street Settlement.
c. founding the American Red Cross.
d. publicizing the inadequacies of hospital-based nursing schools.
C. founding the American Red Cross.
Which bill provided for construction of new hospitals?
a. Social Security Act
b. Hill-Burton Act
c. Sheppard-Towner Act
d. U.S. Civil Service Act
B. Hill-Burton Act
The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to:
a. Mary Breckenridge.
b. Mary Seacole.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Lillian Wald.
D. Lillian Wald.
Occupational health nursing features beliefs similar to those of which early nursing
pioneer?
a. Lillian Wald
b. Florence Nightingale
c. Clara Barton
d. Mary Seacole
A. Lillian Wald
