Nursing 101 Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
questions 2025, practice Exam 1 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE (A+
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What is the major difference between nursing students today and nursing
students 50 years ago?
A)
Todays students are less caring.
B)
Todays students are more intelligent.
C)
Todays students reflect a more diverse population.
D)
Todays students are less likely to be competent nurses - Ans: C
Feedback:
Nursing students 50 years ago were mostly women and entered nursing
school immediately after graduating from high school. Many of todays
nursing students have pursued other career paths prior to nursing, are of
various ethnic backgrounds, and have jobs and families to consider
while attending nursing school. In addition, many more men have
entered the field of nursing over the last 50 years
The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient who expresses the desire to learn
more about a diabetic diet in an attempt to gain better control of his blood
,sugar. The nurses actions will be based on which non-nursing theory?
A)
Change theoryB)
Maslows hierarchy of human needs
C)
Neumans systems model
D)
Watsons theory of caring - Ans:A
Feedback:
The patient has identified a need for change, which will guide the
nurses actions. Maslows hierarchy of human needs helps nurses
prioritize actions. Neuman and Watson are nursing theorists
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing
history. The student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of
nursing?
a.
The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the
capacity for health.
b.
The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and
patient.
c.
The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
d.
Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields - ANS: A
, Florence Nightingale's (1860) concept of the environment emphasized prevention
and clean air, water, and housing. This theory states that the imbalance between the
patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health and does not allow
for conservation of energy. Hildegard Peplau (1952) focused on the roles played by
the nurse and the interpersonal process between a nurse and a patient. Virginia
Henderson described the nurse's role as substitutive (doing for the person),
supplementary (helping the person), or complementary (working with the person),
with the goal of independence for the patient. Martha Rogers (1970) developed the
Science of Unitary Human Beings. She stated that human beings and their
environments are interacting in continuous motion as infinite energy fields
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during
the Civil War?
a.
Dorothea Dix
b.
Linda Richards
c.
Lena Higbee
d.
Clara Barton - ANS: D
Clara Barton practiced nursing in the Civil War and established the American Red
Cross. Dorothea Dix was the head of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which was a
forerunner of the Army Nurse Corps. Linda Richards was America's first trained
nurse, graduating from Boston's Women's Hospital in 1873, and Lena Higbee,
superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, was awarded the Navy Cross in
questions 2025, practice Exam 1 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION GUIDE (A+
GRADED 100% VERIFIED) LATEST VERSION
What is the major difference between nursing students today and nursing
students 50 years ago?
A)
Todays students are less caring.
B)
Todays students are more intelligent.
C)
Todays students reflect a more diverse population.
D)
Todays students are less likely to be competent nurses - Ans: C
Feedback:
Nursing students 50 years ago were mostly women and entered nursing
school immediately after graduating from high school. Many of todays
nursing students have pursued other career paths prior to nursing, are of
various ethnic backgrounds, and have jobs and families to consider
while attending nursing school. In addition, many more men have
entered the field of nursing over the last 50 years
The nurse is caring for a diabetic patient who expresses the desire to learn
more about a diabetic diet in an attempt to gain better control of his blood
,sugar. The nurses actions will be based on which non-nursing theory?
A)
Change theoryB)
Maslows hierarchy of human needs
C)
Neumans systems model
D)
Watsons theory of caring - Ans:A
Feedback:
The patient has identified a need for change, which will guide the
nurses actions. Maslows hierarchy of human needs helps nurses
prioritize actions. Neuman and Watson are nursing theorists
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing
history. The student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of
nursing?
a.
The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the
capacity for health.
b.
The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and
patient.
c.
The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
d.
Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields - ANS: A
, Florence Nightingale's (1860) concept of the environment emphasized prevention
and clean air, water, and housing. This theory states that the imbalance between the
patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health and does not allow
for conservation of energy. Hildegard Peplau (1952) focused on the roles played by
the nurse and the interpersonal process between a nurse and a patient. Virginia
Henderson described the nurse's role as substitutive (doing for the person),
supplementary (helping the person), or complementary (working with the person),
with the goal of independence for the patient. Martha Rogers (1970) developed the
Science of Unitary Human Beings. She stated that human beings and their
environments are interacting in continuous motion as infinite energy fields
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during
the Civil War?
a.
Dorothea Dix
b.
Linda Richards
c.
Lena Higbee
d.
Clara Barton - ANS: D
Clara Barton practiced nursing in the Civil War and established the American Red
Cross. Dorothea Dix was the head of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which was a
forerunner of the Army Nurse Corps. Linda Richards was America's first trained
nurse, graduating from Boston's Women's Hospital in 1873, and Lena Higbee,
superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, was awarded the Navy Cross in
