Nursing 100 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Health A state of optimal well-being
Licensure The legal authority to practice as a professional nurse
Nurse Practice Acts Laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing
Describes the nurse as a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects; and who is
Nursing
prepared to take care of sick, injured, and aged people
, The essential activities involved in the nursing process are assessing, diagnosing,
Nursing process
planning, implementing, and evaluating process
Based on being a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge. Strong
service orientation. Recognized authority by a professional group. Code of ethics.
Profession
Professional organization that sets standards. Ongoing research. Autonomy & self
regulation.
Recipprcity Allows a nurse to apply for endorsed as a registered nurse by another state
Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the
Standards
patient, and the institution where Healthcare is provided
What does NCLEX stand for? National Council Licensure Examination
Why do you take the NCLEX? To obtain your license as a Registered Nurse
What is the NCLEX testing for? Minimum competency, based on behaviors that are needed for entry level practice
What is CAT? Computer Adaptive Test
Each test is interactively based on accuracy of the candidates response to the
What does CAT do? questions. Ensuring that the questions you are answering are not "too hard" or "too
easy". To pass maintain minimum competency
*Multiple choice
*Select all that apply
*Chart/Exhibit
What types of Questions are on the *Drag and drop
NCLEX? *Fill in the blank calculations
*Hot spots
*Audio
*Graphics
*Cannot skip a question
What are the NCLEX question guidelines? *Cannot return to a question
*As long as you are still getting questions you are still in the game!
How many questions does the NCLEX 75 - 265
have?
*White board (do not brain dump)
*No electronic devices or watches
What are the rules for NCLEX?
*prefer you take only your keys, best not to access locker during exam
*get the attendants attention by raising your hand
Nurse portrayed as mother caring for family. Belief that good and bad spirits bring
Pre-Civilization Nursing
health or illness. Physician as medicine man
Nurses were viewed as slaves carrying out menial tasks ordered by the priest
Early Christian Period Nursing
(physician). The belief existed that illness is cause by sin and gods' displeasure.
Shortage of Nurses so, criminals were recruited which made nurses disreputable. The
16th century
focus was more toward warfare than religion
Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing education, elevated the status of
19th-20th Century
nursing to a respected occupation, and improved quality of nursing.
WWII brought large amounts of women into the workforce. Nursing broadened to
1950s to Present become a profession. Emphasis on Evidence-based practice, health promotion,
service orientation, a specific body of knowledge, and nursing research.
Health A state of optimal well-being
Licensure The legal authority to practice as a professional nurse
Nurse Practice Acts Laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing
Describes the nurse as a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects; and who is
Nursing
prepared to take care of sick, injured, and aged people
, The essential activities involved in the nursing process are assessing, diagnosing,
Nursing process
planning, implementing, and evaluating process
Based on being a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge. Strong
service orientation. Recognized authority by a professional group. Code of ethics.
Profession
Professional organization that sets standards. Ongoing research. Autonomy & self
regulation.
Recipprcity Allows a nurse to apply for endorsed as a registered nurse by another state
Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the
Standards
patient, and the institution where Healthcare is provided
What does NCLEX stand for? National Council Licensure Examination
Why do you take the NCLEX? To obtain your license as a Registered Nurse
What is the NCLEX testing for? Minimum competency, based on behaviors that are needed for entry level practice
What is CAT? Computer Adaptive Test
Each test is interactively based on accuracy of the candidates response to the
What does CAT do? questions. Ensuring that the questions you are answering are not "too hard" or "too
easy". To pass maintain minimum competency
*Multiple choice
*Select all that apply
*Chart/Exhibit
What types of Questions are on the *Drag and drop
NCLEX? *Fill in the blank calculations
*Hot spots
*Audio
*Graphics
*Cannot skip a question
What are the NCLEX question guidelines? *Cannot return to a question
*As long as you are still getting questions you are still in the game!
How many questions does the NCLEX 75 - 265
have?
*White board (do not brain dump)
*No electronic devices or watches
What are the rules for NCLEX?
*prefer you take only your keys, best not to access locker during exam
*get the attendants attention by raising your hand
Nurse portrayed as mother caring for family. Belief that good and bad spirits bring
Pre-Civilization Nursing
health or illness. Physician as medicine man
Nurses were viewed as slaves carrying out menial tasks ordered by the priest
Early Christian Period Nursing
(physician). The belief existed that illness is cause by sin and gods' displeasure.
Shortage of Nurses so, criminals were recruited which made nurses disreputable. The
16th century
focus was more toward warfare than religion
Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing education, elevated the status of
19th-20th Century
nursing to a respected occupation, and improved quality of nursing.
WWII brought large amounts of women into the workforce. Nursing broadened to
1950s to Present become a profession. Emphasis on Evidence-based practice, health promotion,
service orientation, a specific body of knowledge, and nursing research.
