NUR 100 –FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ (UPDATED 2026)
origination of the word "nurse" –ANSWER
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses-ANSWER
communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death-ANSWER
nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to
community support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-
life care, hospice
The Nursing Process-ANSWER
-one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
,Nurse Practice Acts-ANSWER
-define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and
titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs-ANSWER
respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria-ANSWER
-well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale-ANSWER
defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine,
created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern
nursing
, Clara Barton-ANSWER
established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers
during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James
sources of knowledge-ANSWER
-traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived
expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
Objective-ANSWER
you can see the object
subjective-ANSWER
coming from that subject
types of knowledge-ANSWER
-science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events
and occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used
to develop and construct on perception on life)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+ (UPDATED 2026)
origination of the word "nurse" –ANSWER
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses-ANSWER
communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death-ANSWER
nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to
community support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-
life care, hospice
The Nursing Process-ANSWER
-one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
,Nurse Practice Acts-ANSWER
-define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and
titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs-ANSWER
respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria-ANSWER
-well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale-ANSWER
defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine,
created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern
nursing
, Clara Barton-ANSWER
established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers
during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James
sources of knowledge-ANSWER
-traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived
expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
Objective-ANSWER
you can see the object
subjective-ANSWER
coming from that subject
types of knowledge-ANSWER
-science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events
and occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used
to develop and construct on perception on life)
