NUR 110 Exam 1 Practice Questions
A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement of nurses' role,
economic interests, and health care is the:
a. State Boards of Nursing
b. American Nurses Association
c. American Hospital Association
d. National Student Nurses Association - ------------ANSWER: b.
A nursing diagnosis:
a. identifies nursing problems
b. is not changed during the course of a patients hospitalization
c. is derived from the physicians history and physical examination
d. is a statement of a patient response to a health problem that requires nursing
intervention - ------------ANSWER: d.
A patient and his/her family facing the end stages of a terminal illness might best be
served by a:
a. hospice
b. rehabilitation center
c. extended care facility
d. crisis intervention center - ------------ANSWER: a.
An example of an extended care facility is a :
a. home care agency
b. skilled nursing facility
c. suicide prevention center
d. state-owned psychiatric hospital - ------------ANSWER: b.
Any variable increasing the vulnerability of an individual or a group to an illness or
accident is a(an):
a. risk factor
b. illness behavior
c. lifestyle determinant
d. negative health behavior - ------------ANSWER: a.
Clinical decision making requires nurses to:
a. improve a patient's health
b. standardize care for the patient
c. follow the health care provider's orders for patient care
d. establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a patient -
------------ANSWER: d.
A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement of nurses' role,
economic interests, and health care is the:
a. State Boards of Nursing
b. American Nurses Association
c. American Hospital Association
d. National Student Nurses Association - ------------ANSWER: b.
A nursing diagnosis:
a. identifies nursing problems
b. is not changed during the course of a patients hospitalization
c. is derived from the physicians history and physical examination
d. is a statement of a patient response to a health problem that requires nursing
intervention - ------------ANSWER: d.
A patient and his/her family facing the end stages of a terminal illness might best be
served by a:
a. hospice
b. rehabilitation center
c. extended care facility
d. crisis intervention center - ------------ANSWER: a.
An example of an extended care facility is a :
a. home care agency
b. skilled nursing facility
c. suicide prevention center
d. state-owned psychiatric hospital - ------------ANSWER: b.
Any variable increasing the vulnerability of an individual or a group to an illness or
accident is a(an):
a. risk factor
b. illness behavior
c. lifestyle determinant
d. negative health behavior - ------------ANSWER: a.
Clinical decision making requires nurses to:
a. improve a patient's health
b. standardize care for the patient
c. follow the health care provider's orders for patient care
d. establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a patient -
------------ANSWER: d.
