UTMB Intro Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of modern nursing, Implemented during
Crimean, improved sanitation, implemented research
Seacole - CORRECT ANSWER - Jamaican minority, setup clinics during crimean war
Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - Asylum movement, reform for mentally ill & prisoners
Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - first president of American Red Cross
Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - First African American nurse in the US
Wald - CORRECT ANSWER - Henry Street Settlement, first public health nurse
Ford - CORRECT ANSWER - started first NP program
Nutting - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from Johns Hopkins, expanded nursing
curriculum to 2-3 yrs, added clinicals, limited hours students could work, established the library
there, and Army Nurse Corps
Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - The first trained nurse in the United States, started
Japanese nursing program, created pt records & night shift
Patient Abandonment - CORRECT ANSWER - Terminating the relationship with the
patient without giving reasonable notice or providing a competent replacement, resulting in a
lack of necessary medical care
,Assault - CORRECT ANSWER - threat or attempt to injure
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER - physical harm
Boundary Crossing - CORRECT ANSWER - a departure from a commonly accepted
practice that could potentially benefit a client (non-exploitative)
Boundary Violation - CORRECT ANSWER - a serious breach that results in harm to
clients and is therefore unethical (exploitative)
BON Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - To protect and promote welfare of people in Texas
ensuring that each person who holds a license as a nurse is competent to practice safely.
(SAFETY)
Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER - Pt knows Pros AND Cons of procedure,
detailed description of its purpose and who is performing the procedure. Surgeon's responsibility
to get consent. RNs responsibility to ensure pt understands
UTMB honor pledge - CORRECT ANSWER - On my honor, as a member of the UTMB
community, I pledge to act with integrity, compassion, and respect in all my academic and
professional endeavors.
Professionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - The quality of performing at a high level and
conducting oneself with purpose and pride
EBP (evidence based practice) from IOM (institute of Medicine) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Integrating best research with clinical expertise and pt values for optimum care and participating
in learning and research activities to the extent flexible
Steps in EBP Process - CORRECT ANSWER - -Cultivating a spirit of inquiry
, -Asking clinical questions
-Searching for the best evidence (literature review)
-Critically appraising the evidence
-Integrating the evidence with clinical expertise, client preferences, and values*
-Evaluating the outcomes of the practice decisions or changes based on evidence
-Share EBP results
Evidence of Hierarchy Pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER - - Systematic reviews and
metaanalysis of RCTs
- One well-designed RCT
- Well-designed controlled trials w/o randomization
- Well-designed case control studies
- Systematic reviews of descriptive and qualitative studies
- Single descriptive or qualitative studies
- Opinion of authorities or expert committees
PICOT format - CORRECT ANSWER - *P* - Identify the population or problem (age,
gender, ethnicity, disease/disorder)
*I* - Intervention (exposure to disease, risk behavior, education)
*C* - What will you compare the intervention against? (Treatment vs no treatment, Test scores
before/after)
*O* - Outcome - What doe you hope to observe/achieve? (higher test scores with tutoring)
*T* - Time it takes for intervention to achieve the outcome
Purpose of informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER - education of the patient and to
ensure they are a willing participant
Tuskegee Study - CORRECT ANSWER - an unethical study about syphilis in which
subjects were denied treatment so that the effects of the disease could be studied
NO INFORMED CONSENT --> UNETHICAL
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - Founder of modern nursing, Implemented during
Crimean, improved sanitation, implemented research
Seacole - CORRECT ANSWER - Jamaican minority, setup clinics during crimean war
Dix - CORRECT ANSWER - Asylum movement, reform for mentally ill & prisoners
Barton - CORRECT ANSWER - first president of American Red Cross
Mahoney - CORRECT ANSWER - First African American nurse in the US
Wald - CORRECT ANSWER - Henry Street Settlement, first public health nurse
Ford - CORRECT ANSWER - started first NP program
Nutting - CORRECT ANSWER - Graduated from Johns Hopkins, expanded nursing
curriculum to 2-3 yrs, added clinicals, limited hours students could work, established the library
there, and Army Nurse Corps
Richards - CORRECT ANSWER - The first trained nurse in the United States, started
Japanese nursing program, created pt records & night shift
Patient Abandonment - CORRECT ANSWER - Terminating the relationship with the
patient without giving reasonable notice or providing a competent replacement, resulting in a
lack of necessary medical care
,Assault - CORRECT ANSWER - threat or attempt to injure
Battery - CORRECT ANSWER - physical harm
Boundary Crossing - CORRECT ANSWER - a departure from a commonly accepted
practice that could potentially benefit a client (non-exploitative)
Boundary Violation - CORRECT ANSWER - a serious breach that results in harm to
clients and is therefore unethical (exploitative)
BON Purpose - CORRECT ANSWER - To protect and promote welfare of people in Texas
ensuring that each person who holds a license as a nurse is competent to practice safely.
(SAFETY)
Informed Consent - CORRECT ANSWER - Pt knows Pros AND Cons of procedure,
detailed description of its purpose and who is performing the procedure. Surgeon's responsibility
to get consent. RNs responsibility to ensure pt understands
UTMB honor pledge - CORRECT ANSWER - On my honor, as a member of the UTMB
community, I pledge to act with integrity, compassion, and respect in all my academic and
professional endeavors.
Professionalism - CORRECT ANSWER - The quality of performing at a high level and
conducting oneself with purpose and pride
EBP (evidence based practice) from IOM (institute of Medicine) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Integrating best research with clinical expertise and pt values for optimum care and participating
in learning and research activities to the extent flexible
Steps in EBP Process - CORRECT ANSWER - -Cultivating a spirit of inquiry
, -Asking clinical questions
-Searching for the best evidence (literature review)
-Critically appraising the evidence
-Integrating the evidence with clinical expertise, client preferences, and values*
-Evaluating the outcomes of the practice decisions or changes based on evidence
-Share EBP results
Evidence of Hierarchy Pyramid - CORRECT ANSWER - - Systematic reviews and
metaanalysis of RCTs
- One well-designed RCT
- Well-designed controlled trials w/o randomization
- Well-designed case control studies
- Systematic reviews of descriptive and qualitative studies
- Single descriptive or qualitative studies
- Opinion of authorities or expert committees
PICOT format - CORRECT ANSWER - *P* - Identify the population or problem (age,
gender, ethnicity, disease/disorder)
*I* - Intervention (exposure to disease, risk behavior, education)
*C* - What will you compare the intervention against? (Treatment vs no treatment, Test scores
before/after)
*O* - Outcome - What doe you hope to observe/achieve? (higher test scores with tutoring)
*T* - Time it takes for intervention to achieve the outcome
Purpose of informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER - education of the patient and to
ensure they are a willing participant
Tuskegee Study - CORRECT ANSWER - an unethical study about syphilis in which
subjects were denied treatment so that the effects of the disease could be studied
NO INFORMED CONSENT --> UNETHICAL
