NURS 307 Exam 1 questions with correct answers
Four broad aims of nursing Correct Answer-1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
3. To restore health
4. To facilitate coping with disability or death
A nurse has recently completed the administration of seasonal influenza
vaccinations for the residents of a long-term care facility. Which aim of
nursing has the nurse most clearly demonstrated? Correct Answer-
Preventing illness
Which nursing action best exemplifies the nurse's role in promoting
health? Correct Answer-Encouraging a group of junior high school
students to engage in regular physical activity
Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early
civilization to the 16th century? Correct Answer-Most early civilizations
believed that illness had supernatural causes
What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the
United States after the Civil War? Correct Answer-Lack of educational
standards
Which individual provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing? Correct Answer-Lillian Ward
,The standards of practice provides nurses with: Correct Answer-
Guidelines for providing care
The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for
nursing practice? Correct Answer-Nursing process
Which theory emphasizes the relationships between the whole and the
parts, and describes how parts function and behave? Correct Answer-
General systems theory
A nurse researcher is examining the cause-and-effect relationship
between the consumption of tap water containing minimal amounts of
bleach, and the incidence of cancer in rats. The research is taking place
in a laboratory setting. What type of quantitative research is being used
based upon this description? Correct Answer-Experimental
(because it examines the cause-and-effect)
When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final
step of the process? Correct Answer-Evaluating practice change
For which research activity is a phenomenological research method most
appropriate? Correct Answer-Attempting to understand non-English
speaking immigrants' experiences of being hospital clients
A group of nurses is planning to investigate the effectiveness of turning
immobilized stroke clients more frequently in order to prevent skin
breakdown. The team has begun by formulating a PICO question. Which
, of the following will the "O" in the team's PICO question refer to?
Correct Answer-Preventing skin breakdown
("O" stands for the outcome)
What statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
Correct Answer-Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and
practice.
Who is considered to be the first nursing theorist who conceptualized
nursing in terms of manipulating the environment? Correct Answer-
Florence Nightengale
One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to: Correct Answer-
Generate knowledge to guide practice
Who is considered to be the first nursing researcher? Correct Answer-
Florence Nightengale
The nurse researcher would like togather data about the attitudes of
young adults on spirituality and health care. What is the most effective
form of research on this topic? Correct Answer-Qualitative data
(It is based more on subjective, narrative materials)
What is the best explanation for the way evidence-based practice (EBP)
has changed the way nursing care is done? Correct Answer-Nursing care
now uses EBP as a means of ensuring quality care
Four broad aims of nursing Correct Answer-1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
3. To restore health
4. To facilitate coping with disability or death
A nurse has recently completed the administration of seasonal influenza
vaccinations for the residents of a long-term care facility. Which aim of
nursing has the nurse most clearly demonstrated? Correct Answer-
Preventing illness
Which nursing action best exemplifies the nurse's role in promoting
health? Correct Answer-Encouraging a group of junior high school
students to engage in regular physical activity
Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early
civilization to the 16th century? Correct Answer-Most early civilizations
believed that illness had supernatural causes
What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the
United States after the Civil War? Correct Answer-Lack of educational
standards
Which individual provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing? Correct Answer-Lillian Ward
,The standards of practice provides nurses with: Correct Answer-
Guidelines for providing care
The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for
nursing practice? Correct Answer-Nursing process
Which theory emphasizes the relationships between the whole and the
parts, and describes how parts function and behave? Correct Answer-
General systems theory
A nurse researcher is examining the cause-and-effect relationship
between the consumption of tap water containing minimal amounts of
bleach, and the incidence of cancer in rats. The research is taking place
in a laboratory setting. What type of quantitative research is being used
based upon this description? Correct Answer-Experimental
(because it examines the cause-and-effect)
When looking at a model for evidence-based practice, what is the final
step of the process? Correct Answer-Evaluating practice change
For which research activity is a phenomenological research method most
appropriate? Correct Answer-Attempting to understand non-English
speaking immigrants' experiences of being hospital clients
A group of nurses is planning to investigate the effectiveness of turning
immobilized stroke clients more frequently in order to prevent skin
breakdown. The team has begun by formulating a PICO question. Which
, of the following will the "O" in the team's PICO question refer to?
Correct Answer-Preventing skin breakdown
("O" stands for the outcome)
What statement best explains the importance of theoretic frameworks?
Correct Answer-Theoretic frameworks advance nursing knowledge and
practice.
Who is considered to be the first nursing theorist who conceptualized
nursing in terms of manipulating the environment? Correct Answer-
Florence Nightengale
One of the primary focuses of nursing research is to: Correct Answer-
Generate knowledge to guide practice
Who is considered to be the first nursing researcher? Correct Answer-
Florence Nightengale
The nurse researcher would like togather data about the attitudes of
young adults on spirituality and health care. What is the most effective
form of research on this topic? Correct Answer-Qualitative data
(It is based more on subjective, narrative materials)
What is the best explanation for the way evidence-based practice (EBP)
has changed the way nursing care is done? Correct Answer-Nursing care
now uses EBP as a means of ensuring quality care
