NSG 101 Exam 1 Practice Questions
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 - ✔✔ correct answer B
Which nurse in history is credited with establishing nursing education?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lillian Wald
C. Lavinia Dock
D. Florence Nightingale - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer D
A school nurse is teaching a class of junior high students about the effects of smoking. This
educational program will meet which aims of nursing?
, NSG 101 Exam 1 Practice Questions
A. Promoting health
B. Preventing illness
C. Restoring health
D. Facilitating coping with disability or death - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer C
A nurse has decided to volunteer to give influenza injections at a local clinic. What level of care is she
demonstrating?
A. Tertiary
B. Secondary
C. Primary
D. Promotive - ✔✔ correct answer C
A nurses neighbor says, "I have a high temp, feel awful, and I'm not going to work." What stage of
illness behavior is the neighbor experiencing?
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 - ✔✔ correct answer B
Which nurse in history is credited with establishing nursing education?
A. Clara Barton
B. Lillian Wald
C. Lavinia Dock
D. Florence Nightingale - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer D
A school nurse is teaching a class of junior high students about the effects of smoking. This
educational program will meet which aims of nursing?
, NSG 101 Exam 1 Practice Questions
A. Promoting health
B. Preventing illness
C. Restoring health
D. Facilitating coping with disability or death - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer 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 - ✔✔ correct answer C
A nurse has decided to volunteer to give influenza injections at a local clinic. What level of care is she
demonstrating?
A. Tertiary
B. Secondary
C. Primary
D. Promotive - ✔✔ correct answer C
A nurses neighbor says, "I have a high temp, feel awful, and I'm not going to work." What stage of
illness behavior is the neighbor experiencing?
