NUR 134 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026/2027
promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death -
Answers What are the 4 nursing aims?
to promote health - Answers nursing aim motivate
ed by desire to increase a person's well-being and health potential
to prevent illness - Answers nursing aim that is anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or to minimize its effects after it has occurred.
to restore health - Answers nursing aim that involves identifying & reporting abnormal findings,
providing direct care, planning/teaching/evaluating treatments
to facilitate coping with disability or death - Answers nursing aim that helps patient & family
cope with altered function, life crisis, and death. helps maximize person's strengths & potential
with disability, and provide & maintain comfort in end of life
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal - Answers Competencies of Nursing (skills)
cognitive skills - Answers critical thinking/ reasoning, analysis, evaluation,
acquiring/comprehending knowledge
technical skills - Answers "hands on" skills, equipment use
interpersonal skills - Answers communication, listening, decision-making, ability to interact/get
along with others
ethical/legal skills - Answers values, respecting others, know your scope
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, quality improvement, safety, EBP, informatics -
Answers QSEN competencies (6)
patient-centered care - Answers focuses on including patients in all decisions and providing
compassionate care that is based on patient's needs and values
teamwork & collaboration - Answers focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations and shared
decision-making among the healthcare team
quality improvement - Answers data collection, evaluation, and improvement of patient
outcomes
safety - Answers preventing harm to patients and creating a "culture of ________"
EBP - Answers utilization of current research/evidence in practices/providing care
,informatics - Answers utilization of technology to promote safety and quality
voluntary standards - Answers developed and implemented by the nursing profession; not
mandatory but used as guidelines for peer review
voluntary - Answers The ANA standards of practice are examples of which type of standards?
legal standards - Answers Developed by a legislature and are implemented by state authority;
determine the minimum standards for nurse education, licensing requirements
legal - Answers Nursing practice acts are examples of which type of standards?
nursing practice act - Answers laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing;
can vary among states but all have certain elements in common such as protecting the public by
defining legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board to make/enforce rules, etc
credentialing - Answers refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
Accreditation, licensure,
certification - Answers What 3 processes are used for credentialing in nursing?
accreditation - Answers the process by which a nursing program is evaluated and recognized as
having met certain standards
licensure - Answers process by which a state determines that a candidate meets certain
minimum requirements to practice in the profession and grants a license to do so
certification - Answers process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by a
nongovernmental association is granted recognition in a specified practice area
legal, voluntary - Answers What are the 2 types of accreditation for a nursing program?
legal - Answers State approved accreditation done by the state boards of nursing--legally
required
voluntary - Answers Accreditation done by the National League for Nursing Accreditation
Commission (AACN) or American Association of Colleges of Nursing (NLNAC)-- not a legal
requirement
licensure - Answers specialized form of credentialing based on laws passed by state legislature
license (licsensure) - Answers Allows an individual to offer nursing skills to the public; allows one
to act with basic competence and is NOT appealed without due process
, licensure, certification - Answers ___________ measures entry-level competence and ________
validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical judgement
certification - Answers confirms speciality knowledge, expertise, and clinical judgement;
advanced knowledge and skill proficiency; requires additional testing
certification - Answers credentialing acquired by advance practice nurses are which type of
credential?
law - Answers standard or rule of behavior established and enforced by the government to
protect the rights of the public
litigation - Answers process of taking legal action/bringing and trying a lawsuit
legal violations - Answers wrongful acts committed against another person or his/her property
crime - Answers an act or omission that violates the law
state/federal - Answers crimes are punishable at what level?
tort - Answers a wrongful act that injures/interferes with another's person or property
civil - Answers tort is punishable at what level?
intentional, unintentional - Answers what are the 2 types of torts?
intentional tort - Answers invasion of privacy, false imprisonment, fraud, assault, battery,
defamation
assault - Answers a threat or attempt to make bodily contact with someone without consent
battery - Answers assault that is carried out or acted upon; willful, angry, or violent touching of
another person without consent
True - Answers (T/F) Battery can include well-intentioned acts
defamation - Answers occurs when an individual makes derogatory remarks about another
person to negatively impact his/her reputation, without good reason to believe they are true
slander - Answers oral defamation
libel - Answers written defamation
invasion of privacy - Answers breach of confidentiality
HIPAA - Answers What protects patients' privacy rights?
True - Answers (T/F) Patients have the right to be left alone and have information maintained
confidential
promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death -
Answers What are the 4 nursing aims?
to promote health - Answers nursing aim motivate
ed by desire to increase a person's well-being and health potential
to prevent illness - Answers nursing aim that is anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or to minimize its effects after it has occurred.
to restore health - Answers nursing aim that involves identifying & reporting abnormal findings,
providing direct care, planning/teaching/evaluating treatments
to facilitate coping with disability or death - Answers nursing aim that helps patient & family
cope with altered function, life crisis, and death. helps maximize person's strengths & potential
with disability, and provide & maintain comfort in end of life
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal - Answers Competencies of Nursing (skills)
cognitive skills - Answers critical thinking/ reasoning, analysis, evaluation,
acquiring/comprehending knowledge
technical skills - Answers "hands on" skills, equipment use
interpersonal skills - Answers communication, listening, decision-making, ability to interact/get
along with others
ethical/legal skills - Answers values, respecting others, know your scope
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, quality improvement, safety, EBP, informatics -
Answers QSEN competencies (6)
patient-centered care - Answers focuses on including patients in all decisions and providing
compassionate care that is based on patient's needs and values
teamwork & collaboration - Answers focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations and shared
decision-making among the healthcare team
quality improvement - Answers data collection, evaluation, and improvement of patient
outcomes
safety - Answers preventing harm to patients and creating a "culture of ________"
EBP - Answers utilization of current research/evidence in practices/providing care
,informatics - Answers utilization of technology to promote safety and quality
voluntary standards - Answers developed and implemented by the nursing profession; not
mandatory but used as guidelines for peer review
voluntary - Answers The ANA standards of practice are examples of which type of standards?
legal standards - Answers Developed by a legislature and are implemented by state authority;
determine the minimum standards for nurse education, licensing requirements
legal - Answers Nursing practice acts are examples of which type of standards?
nursing practice act - Answers laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing;
can vary among states but all have certain elements in common such as protecting the public by
defining legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board to make/enforce rules, etc
credentialing - Answers refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
Accreditation, licensure,
certification - Answers What 3 processes are used for credentialing in nursing?
accreditation - Answers the process by which a nursing program is evaluated and recognized as
having met certain standards
licensure - Answers process by which a state determines that a candidate meets certain
minimum requirements to practice in the profession and grants a license to do so
certification - Answers process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by a
nongovernmental association is granted recognition in a specified practice area
legal, voluntary - Answers What are the 2 types of accreditation for a nursing program?
legal - Answers State approved accreditation done by the state boards of nursing--legally
required
voluntary - Answers Accreditation done by the National League for Nursing Accreditation
Commission (AACN) or American Association of Colleges of Nursing (NLNAC)-- not a legal
requirement
licensure - Answers specialized form of credentialing based on laws passed by state legislature
license (licsensure) - Answers Allows an individual to offer nursing skills to the public; allows one
to act with basic competence and is NOT appealed without due process
, licensure, certification - Answers ___________ measures entry-level competence and ________
validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical judgement
certification - Answers confirms speciality knowledge, expertise, and clinical judgement;
advanced knowledge and skill proficiency; requires additional testing
certification - Answers credentialing acquired by advance practice nurses are which type of
credential?
law - Answers standard or rule of behavior established and enforced by the government to
protect the rights of the public
litigation - Answers process of taking legal action/bringing and trying a lawsuit
legal violations - Answers wrongful acts committed against another person or his/her property
crime - Answers an act or omission that violates the law
state/federal - Answers crimes are punishable at what level?
tort - Answers a wrongful act that injures/interferes with another's person or property
civil - Answers tort is punishable at what level?
intentional, unintentional - Answers what are the 2 types of torts?
intentional tort - Answers invasion of privacy, false imprisonment, fraud, assault, battery,
defamation
assault - Answers a threat or attempt to make bodily contact with someone without consent
battery - Answers assault that is carried out or acted upon; willful, angry, or violent touching of
another person without consent
True - Answers (T/F) Battery can include well-intentioned acts
defamation - Answers occurs when an individual makes derogatory remarks about another
person to negatively impact his/her reputation, without good reason to believe they are true
slander - Answers oral defamation
libel - Answers written defamation
invasion of privacy - Answers breach of confidentiality
HIPAA - Answers What protects patients' privacy rights?
True - Answers (T/F) Patients have the right to be left alone and have information maintained
confidential
