FOUNDATIONS MIDTERM JERSEY COLLEGE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
,advocate - ANSWER the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for
all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions
about their health and lives
caregiver - ANSWER The provision of care to patients that combines both the art and
the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and
spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher,
counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through
activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death.
The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse.
4 Nursing Aims - ANSWER 1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of
modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
nursing profession criteria - ANSWER well defined body of specific and unique
knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
Standards of Nursing Practice - ANSWER allow nurses to carry out professional roles,
serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is
provided
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER laws established in each state in the US to regulate the
practice of nursing
Nursing Process - ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
, Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and strengths, to establish
and carry out a care plan to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the
plan
nursing theory - ANSWER differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by
serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired
outcomes of nursing care practices
deductive reasoning - ANSWER general to specific
inductive reasoning - ANSWER specific to general
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories - ANSWER Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing
Sister Callista Roy - ANSWER Nursing interventions are needed when individuals
demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive modes. adaptation model,
relationships between persons, universe, god, Adaptation model: assistance with the
adaptation to stressors to facilitate the integration process of the client. Theory helps the
"biospsychosocial" client modify external stimuli, adaptation will occur
evidence-based practice - ANSWER in nursing is a problem solving approach to making
clinical decisions using the best evidence available
PICOT format - ANSWER Patient population
Intervention or issue of interest
Comparison intervention
Outcome
Time frame
holistic health care - ANSWER care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise
the whole person- the nurse must understand and respect each persons own definition
of health and responses to illness
acute illness - ANSWER has a rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short
time
chronic illness - ANSWER irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!!
,advocate - ANSWER the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for
all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions
about their health and lives
caregiver - ANSWER The provision of care to patients that combines both the art and
the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and
spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher,
counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through
activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death.
The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse.
4 Nursing Aims - ANSWER 1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of
modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
nursing profession criteria - ANSWER well defined body of specific and unique
knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
Standards of Nursing Practice - ANSWER allow nurses to carry out professional roles,
serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is
provided
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER laws established in each state in the US to regulate the
practice of nursing
Nursing Process - ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
, Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and strengths, to establish
and carry out a care plan to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the
plan
nursing theory - ANSWER differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by
serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired
outcomes of nursing care practices
deductive reasoning - ANSWER general to specific
inductive reasoning - ANSWER specific to general
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories - ANSWER Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing
Sister Callista Roy - ANSWER Nursing interventions are needed when individuals
demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive modes. adaptation model,
relationships between persons, universe, god, Adaptation model: assistance with the
adaptation to stressors to facilitate the integration process of the client. Theory helps the
"biospsychosocial" client modify external stimuli, adaptation will occur
evidence-based practice - ANSWER in nursing is a problem solving approach to making
clinical decisions using the best evidence available
PICOT format - ANSWER Patient population
Intervention or issue of interest
Comparison intervention
Outcome
Time frame
holistic health care - ANSWER care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise
the whole person- the nurse must understand and respect each persons own definition
of health and responses to illness
acute illness - ANSWER has a rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short
time
chronic illness - ANSWER irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
