NUR 139 QUIZ QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
Aims of Nursing - Answers To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with disability or death
Meeting the aims of nursing - Answers nurses use knowledge, skills and critical thinking
nurses give care in a variety of traditional and expanding nursing skills
nurses use cognitive, technical, interpersonal and ethical/legal skills
Nurses use cognitive skills... - Answers involve thinking about the nature of thing sufficiently to
make decisions regarding care
Nurses use technical skills... - Answers enable nurse to manipulate equipment to produce a
desired outcome
Nurses use interpersonal skills... - Answers involve caring relationships
Nurses use ethical/legal skills... - Answers enable nurses to conduct themselves morally an
professionally
Nursing as a profession - Answers a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged
training and a formal qualification
a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation; a
principle calling, vocation, or employment; the whole body of persons engaged in a calling
Nursing as a discipline - Answers a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher
education.
-a paid occupation
-a branch of knowledge
The ANA: American Nurses Association - Answers Is the only full service professional
organization representing the interests of the nations 3.6 millions registered nurses through its
constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates
ANA Scope and Standards of Practice - Answers defines activities that specific and unique to
nursing
,allow nurses to carry our professional roles
serve as protection for the nurse, client and HC institution
6 Standards of Practice
11 Standards of Professional Performance
6 Standards of Practice - Answers Standard 1: Assessment
2: Diagnosis
3: Outcome Identification
4: Planning
5: Implementation
6: Evaluation
11 Standards of Professional Performance - Answers Standard 7: Ethics
8: Culturally Congruent Practice
9: Communication
10: Collaboration
11: Leadership
12: Education
13: Evidence-Based Practice
14: Quality of Practice
15: Professional-Practice Evaluation
16: Resource Utilization
17: Environmental Health
3 Purposes for the Code of Ethics document - Answers 1. A succinct statement of the ethical
obligations and duties
2. The profession's nonnegotiable ethical standards
3. An expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment
Current Trends in Nursing - Answers nursing shortage
, evidence-based practice
community-based nursing
decreased length of hospital stay
aging population
increase in chronic care conditions
independent nursing practice
culturally competent care
Benefits of Nursing Theory - Answers Directs nurses toward common goal
Leads to improved client care
Provides rational and knowledgeable reasons for nursing actions
Gives nurses knowledge base necessary for appropriate actions
Helps resolve current nursing issues
Prepares nurses to question assumptions and values
Serves research, education and practice
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories - Answers Person (patient/client)
Environment
Health
Nursing
Goal of Theoretical Frameworks - Answers Holistic client care
Individualized care to meet needs of clients
Promotion of health
Prevention or treatment of illness
What is evidence based practice? - Answers Conscious use/integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient preferences in nursing practice
-EBP is more than research utilization
-includes knowledge gained through experience
Aims of Nursing - Answers To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with disability or death
Meeting the aims of nursing - Answers nurses use knowledge, skills and critical thinking
nurses give care in a variety of traditional and expanding nursing skills
nurses use cognitive, technical, interpersonal and ethical/legal skills
Nurses use cognitive skills... - Answers involve thinking about the nature of thing sufficiently to
make decisions regarding care
Nurses use technical skills... - Answers enable nurse to manipulate equipment to produce a
desired outcome
Nurses use interpersonal skills... - Answers involve caring relationships
Nurses use ethical/legal skills... - Answers enable nurses to conduct themselves morally an
professionally
Nursing as a profession - Answers a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged
training and a formal qualification
a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation; a
principle calling, vocation, or employment; the whole body of persons engaged in a calling
Nursing as a discipline - Answers a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher
education.
-a paid occupation
-a branch of knowledge
The ANA: American Nurses Association - Answers Is the only full service professional
organization representing the interests of the nations 3.6 millions registered nurses through its
constituent and state nurses associations and its organizational affiliates
ANA Scope and Standards of Practice - Answers defines activities that specific and unique to
nursing
,allow nurses to carry our professional roles
serve as protection for the nurse, client and HC institution
6 Standards of Practice
11 Standards of Professional Performance
6 Standards of Practice - Answers Standard 1: Assessment
2: Diagnosis
3: Outcome Identification
4: Planning
5: Implementation
6: Evaluation
11 Standards of Professional Performance - Answers Standard 7: Ethics
8: Culturally Congruent Practice
9: Communication
10: Collaboration
11: Leadership
12: Education
13: Evidence-Based Practice
14: Quality of Practice
15: Professional-Practice Evaluation
16: Resource Utilization
17: Environmental Health
3 Purposes for the Code of Ethics document - Answers 1. A succinct statement of the ethical
obligations and duties
2. The profession's nonnegotiable ethical standards
3. An expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment
Current Trends in Nursing - Answers nursing shortage
, evidence-based practice
community-based nursing
decreased length of hospital stay
aging population
increase in chronic care conditions
independent nursing practice
culturally competent care
Benefits of Nursing Theory - Answers Directs nurses toward common goal
Leads to improved client care
Provides rational and knowledgeable reasons for nursing actions
Gives nurses knowledge base necessary for appropriate actions
Helps resolve current nursing issues
Prepares nurses to question assumptions and values
Serves research, education and practice
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories - Answers Person (patient/client)
Environment
Health
Nursing
Goal of Theoretical Frameworks - Answers Holistic client care
Individualized care to meet needs of clients
Promotion of health
Prevention or treatment of illness
What is evidence based practice? - Answers Conscious use/integration of the best research
evidence with clinical expertise and patient preferences in nursing practice
-EBP is more than research utilization
-includes knowledge gained through experience
