NUR 313 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Florence Nightingale - Answer -Founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - Answer -Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the
Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.
Isabel Hampton Robb - Answer -founded American Nurses Association and fought for
license and fought for licensing exams and registration to protect the public from
incompetent nursing care
Lillian D. Wald - Answer -With Mary Brewster, established the Henry Street Settlement
on the lower east side of NYC.
Founded public health nursing
Mary Breckenridge - Answer -Established the first organized midwifery program in the
U.S.
Mary Brewster - Answer -Established Henry St. Settlement in home she shared with
Lillian Wald
Standards of Nursing Practice - Answer -assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification, planning, implementation, evaluation
The nurse administers pain medications, repositions the client, and dims the room
lights. Twenty minutes later, the nurse returns to check on the client's level of pain. The
nurse is performing which standard of practice?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - Answer -D
The philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care
are known as: - Answer -the code of ethics
An essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of independent
nursing interventions without medical orders is known as: - Answer -Autonomy
Nurses help their patients regain health and find their maximum level of independent
function through the healing process. Healing involves the body, mind, and spirit. This is
the nurse's role of: - Answer -Caregiver
,Nurses protect the human and legal rights of their patients and help patients assert
those rights when needed. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Advocate
Your teaching can be formal or informal and will involve the patient, family, significant
other, or other support systems. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Educator
You know that communication is central to the nurse-patient relationship. Again, it is
important to develop a communication style for use with patients and members of their
support system, as well as a style for communicating with other members of the health
care team. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Communicator
Collaborate with others to help your patients meet their established outcomes and will
evaluate the manner in whichcare is administered. As a manager of care, you will
evaluate staff nurses to determine whether they meet professional and health care
facility standards. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Manager
What is the difference between licensure and certification? - Answer -Certification
proves that an individual has attained a certain level of knowledge or achievement that
qualifies one for a line of work.
Licensure is a legal designation that can result in jail time or fines if practicing without a
license.
Ex: Certification shows completion of studies, licensure is required to legally operate
and work.
What are the characteristics of a profession? - Answer -autonomy, responsibility,
accountability,
Extended education
T/F Health includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity. - Answer -True
T/F Graduates of a diploma nursing program are not eligible to take the NCLEX-RN
examination. - Answer -True- All students who graduate from schools of nursing are
eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
T/F A current trend for the next 10 to 20 years is an abundance of practicing nurses. -
Answer -False- The nursing shortage affects all aspects of nursing such as patient care,
administration, and nursing education, but it also presents challenges and opportunities
for the profession.
T/F Nurse Practice Acts are laws established in each state in the United States to
regulate the practice of nursing. - Answer -True- Individual State Boards of Nursing
oversee the Nurse Practice Acts that regulate the scope of nursing practice and protect
public health, safety, and welfare
, T/F Health promotion activities that are the framework for nursing activities are
considered nurse-centered. - Answer -True
What help to describe, explain, and/or predict nursing care measures? - Answer -
Theories
Recipient of nursing care (individuals, groups, families, communities) - Answer -
Person/patient
Different meanings for each patient; nurses provide care based on patient's level of
health and health care needs - Answer -Health
Settings in which health care needs occur - Answer -Environment/situation
Diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems -
Answer -Nursing
A scientific, clinical reasoning approach to patient care; assessment, analysis, planning,
implementation, evaluation - Answer -Nursing process
Term, description or label; describes an idea or responses about an event, a situation, a
process, a group of events, or a group of situations - Answer -Phenomena
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from lowest level to top - Answer -1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love/belonging
4. Esteem needs
5. Self-actualization
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Answer -1. Sensorimotor (0-2 yrs)
2. Preoperational (2-7 yrs)
3. Concrete operational (7-11 yrs)
4. Formal operational (11 yrs+)
Hildegard Peplau - Answer -"Mother of Psychiatric Nursing"
Created nurse-patient relationship & therapeutic touch
Virginia Henderson - Answer -Defined the patient as an individual who requires help to
reach independence, contribute to better, health or provide a peaceful death
Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - Answer --14 fundamental needs define
health
-nurse assists in needs
What are Virginia Henderson's 14 needs? - Answer -1.Breathe normally.
Florence Nightingale - Answer -Founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - Answer -Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the
Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.
Isabel Hampton Robb - Answer -founded American Nurses Association and fought for
license and fought for licensing exams and registration to protect the public from
incompetent nursing care
Lillian D. Wald - Answer -With Mary Brewster, established the Henry Street Settlement
on the lower east side of NYC.
Founded public health nursing
Mary Breckenridge - Answer -Established the first organized midwifery program in the
U.S.
Mary Brewster - Answer -Established Henry St. Settlement in home she shared with
Lillian Wald
Standards of Nursing Practice - Answer -assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification, planning, implementation, evaluation
The nurse administers pain medications, repositions the client, and dims the room
lights. Twenty minutes later, the nurse returns to check on the client's level of pain. The
nurse is performing which standard of practice?
A. Assessment
B. Planning
C. Implementation
D. Evaluation - Answer -D
The philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care
are known as: - Answer -the code of ethics
An essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of independent
nursing interventions without medical orders is known as: - Answer -Autonomy
Nurses help their patients regain health and find their maximum level of independent
function through the healing process. Healing involves the body, mind, and spirit. This is
the nurse's role of: - Answer -Caregiver
,Nurses protect the human and legal rights of their patients and help patients assert
those rights when needed. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Advocate
Your teaching can be formal or informal and will involve the patient, family, significant
other, or other support systems. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Educator
You know that communication is central to the nurse-patient relationship. Again, it is
important to develop a communication style for use with patients and members of their
support system, as well as a style for communicating with other members of the health
care team. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Communicator
Collaborate with others to help your patients meet their established outcomes and will
evaluate the manner in whichcare is administered. As a manager of care, you will
evaluate staff nurses to determine whether they meet professional and health care
facility standards. This is the nurse's role of: - Answer -Manager
What is the difference between licensure and certification? - Answer -Certification
proves that an individual has attained a certain level of knowledge or achievement that
qualifies one for a line of work.
Licensure is a legal designation that can result in jail time or fines if practicing without a
license.
Ex: Certification shows completion of studies, licensure is required to legally operate
and work.
What are the characteristics of a profession? - Answer -autonomy, responsibility,
accountability,
Extended education
T/F Health includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity. - Answer -True
T/F Graduates of a diploma nursing program are not eligible to take the NCLEX-RN
examination. - Answer -True- All students who graduate from schools of nursing are
eligible to take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
T/F A current trend for the next 10 to 20 years is an abundance of practicing nurses. -
Answer -False- The nursing shortage affects all aspects of nursing such as patient care,
administration, and nursing education, but it also presents challenges and opportunities
for the profession.
T/F Nurse Practice Acts are laws established in each state in the United States to
regulate the practice of nursing. - Answer -True- Individual State Boards of Nursing
oversee the Nurse Practice Acts that regulate the scope of nursing practice and protect
public health, safety, and welfare
, T/F Health promotion activities that are the framework for nursing activities are
considered nurse-centered. - Answer -True
What help to describe, explain, and/or predict nursing care measures? - Answer -
Theories
Recipient of nursing care (individuals, groups, families, communities) - Answer -
Person/patient
Different meanings for each patient; nurses provide care based on patient's level of
health and health care needs - Answer -Health
Settings in which health care needs occur - Answer -Environment/situation
Diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems -
Answer -Nursing
A scientific, clinical reasoning approach to patient care; assessment, analysis, planning,
implementation, evaluation - Answer -Nursing process
Term, description or label; describes an idea or responses about an event, a situation, a
process, a group of events, or a group of situations - Answer -Phenomena
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs from lowest level to top - Answer -1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love/belonging
4. Esteem needs
5. Self-actualization
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development - Answer -1. Sensorimotor (0-2 yrs)
2. Preoperational (2-7 yrs)
3. Concrete operational (7-11 yrs)
4. Formal operational (11 yrs+)
Hildegard Peplau - Answer -"Mother of Psychiatric Nursing"
Created nurse-patient relationship & therapeutic touch
Virginia Henderson - Answer -Defined the patient as an individual who requires help to
reach independence, contribute to better, health or provide a peaceful death
Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing - Answer --14 fundamental needs define
health
-nurse assists in needs
What are Virginia Henderson's 14 needs? - Answer -1.Breathe normally.
