NSG 101 Exam 1 Practice Questions and answers
2025-2026 update
Which phrase best describes the science of nursing?
A. The skilled application of knowledge
B. The knowledge base for care
C. Hands-on care, such as giving a bath
D. Respect for each individual patient - ✔✔ANS B
Which nurse in history is credited with establishing nursing education?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lillian Wald
C. Lavinia Dock
D. Florence Nightingale - ✔✔ANS D
What historic event in the 20th century led to an increased emphasis on nursing
and broadened the role of nurses?
A. Religious reform
B. Crimean War
C. World War II
D. Vietnam War - ✔✔ANS C
, Which of the following phrases describes one of the purposes of the ANA's
Nursing's social policy statement?
A. To describe the nurse as a dependent caregiver
B. To provide standards for nursing educational programs
C. To regulate nursing research
D. To describe nursing's values and social responsibility - ✔✔ANS D
A school nurse is teaching a class of junior high students about the effects o
smoking. This educational program will meet which aims of nursing?
A. Promoting health
B. Preventing illness
C. Restoring health
D. Facilitating coping with disability or death - ✔✔ANS B
What is the purpose of the ANA's scope and standards of practice?
A. To describe the ethical responsibility of nurses
B. To define the activities that are special and unique to nursing
C. To establish nursing as an independent and free-standing profession
D. To regulate the practice of nursing - ✔✔ANS B
What type of authority regulates the practice of nursing?
A. International standards and codes
B. Federal guidelines and regulations
C. State nurse practice acts
D. Institutional polices - ✔✔ANS C
2025-2026 update
Which phrase best describes the science of nursing?
A. The skilled application of knowledge
B. The knowledge base for care
C. Hands-on care, such as giving a bath
D. Respect for each individual patient - ✔✔ANS B
Which nurse in history is credited with establishing nursing education?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lillian Wald
C. Lavinia Dock
D. Florence Nightingale - ✔✔ANS D
What historic event in the 20th century led to an increased emphasis on nursing
and broadened the role of nurses?
A. Religious reform
B. Crimean War
C. World War II
D. Vietnam War - ✔✔ANS C
, Which of the following phrases describes one of the purposes of the ANA's
Nursing's social policy statement?
A. To describe the nurse as a dependent caregiver
B. To provide standards for nursing educational programs
C. To regulate nursing research
D. To describe nursing's values and social responsibility - ✔✔ANS D
A school nurse is teaching a class of junior high students about the effects o
smoking. This educational program will meet which aims of nursing?
A. Promoting health
B. Preventing illness
C. Restoring health
D. Facilitating coping with disability or death - ✔✔ANS B
What is the purpose of the ANA's scope and standards of practice?
A. To describe the ethical responsibility of nurses
B. To define the activities that are special and unique to nursing
C. To establish nursing as an independent and free-standing profession
D. To regulate the practice of nursing - ✔✔ANS B
What type of authority regulates the practice of nursing?
A. International standards and codes
B. Federal guidelines and regulations
C. State nurse practice acts
D. Institutional polices - ✔✔ANS C
