FNP Final Exam
Practice Questions
Latest Update
____ 1. What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1)
Physicians need for handmaidens
2)
Societal need for healthcare outside the home
3)
Military demand for nurses in the field
4)
Germ theory influence on sanitation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3
____ 2. Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity?
Select all that apply.
,1)
Encouraging the use of a food diary
2)
Joining a cancer support group
3)
Administering immunization for HPV
4)
Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3
- food diary- health promotion activity
____ 3. Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an
immediate impact on improving patients health?
1)
Providing a clean environment
2)
Improving nursing education
3)
Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4)
Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1
____ 4. All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which
one is essential for the nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
,Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1
____ 5. Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical
competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient
stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and
technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and
skills. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2
Movement through the stages is not constant. Benners model is based on
integration of knowledge, technical skill, and intuition in the development of
clinical wisdom. The model does not mention experience in many areas. The
model does not mention years of experience.
____ 6. Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession
to develop a definition of nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
, 2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
ANS: 2
The conflicting images of nursing make it more important to develop a definition;
they may also make it more difficult, but not to the extent that constant change
does. Healthcare is constantly changing and with it come changes in where, how,
and what nursing care is delivered. Constant changes make it difficult to develop a
definition. Although different nursing organizations have different definitions, they
are similar in most ways. The different education pathways affect entry into
practice, not the definition of nursing.
____ 7. Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare
policy. Which of the following factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. -
✔✔✔ANSWER-ANS: 1
Nurses are trusted professionals and the largest health professional group. As such,
they have political power to effect changes. If nursing were a small group, there
would be little potential for power in shaping policies, even if all the other answers
Practice Questions
Latest Update
____ 1. What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1)
Physicians need for handmaidens
2)
Societal need for healthcare outside the home
3)
Military demand for nurses in the field
4)
Germ theory influence on sanitation - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3
____ 2. Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity?
Select all that apply.
,1)
Encouraging the use of a food diary
2)
Joining a cancer support group
3)
Administering immunization for HPV
4)
Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - ✔✔✔ANSWER-3
- food diary- health promotion activity
____ 3. Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an
immediate impact on improving patients health?
1)
Providing a clean environment
2)
Improving nursing education
3)
Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4)
Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1
____ 4. All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which
one is essential for the nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
,Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel - ✔✔✔ANSWER-1
____ 5. Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical
competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient
stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and
technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and
skills. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-2
Movement through the stages is not constant. Benners model is based on
integration of knowledge, technical skill, and intuition in the development of
clinical wisdom. The model does not mention experience in many areas. The
model does not mention years of experience.
____ 6. Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession
to develop a definition of nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
, 2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
ANS: 2
The conflicting images of nursing make it more important to develop a definition;
they may also make it more difficult, but not to the extent that constant change
does. Healthcare is constantly changing and with it come changes in where, how,
and what nursing care is delivered. Constant changes make it difficult to develop a
definition. Although different nursing organizations have different definitions, they
are similar in most ways. The different education pathways affect entry into
practice, not the definition of nursing.
____ 7. Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare
policy. Which of the following factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. -
✔✔✔ANSWER-ANS: 1
Nurses are trusted professionals and the largest health professional group. As such,
they have political power to effect changes. If nursing were a small group, there
would be little potential for power in shaping policies, even if all the other answers
