NURS 3016 EXAM 1 PRACTICE 2026 REVISION
NOTES AND STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL
NURSING OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ spectator sport. Answer: Nursing is NOT a what?
◉ nutrix. Answer: Nursing originated from the Latin word
________________________, meaning to nourish.
◉ patient. Answer: Who/what is the central focus of all definitions,
including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of the
patient?
◉ nursing. Answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of
suffering through the diagnoses and treatment of human response
and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations (American Nurses Association (ANA)) 2004
◉ D. Answer: A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a
physician, social worker, physical therapist, and home healthcare
nurse to provide nursing care for a patient following a motor vehicle
accident. What should be the central focus of this care?
,A. the nurses
B. the physician
C. the nursing care plan
D. the patient
E. the physical therapist
◉ settings. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires
you to practice in a wide variety of _____________________.
◉ body of knowledge. Answer: Nursing as a profession and
discipline requires you to develop a specific ________________________.
◉ nursing research. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline
requires you to conduct and publish _____________________________.
◉ health. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires
you to recognize role in promoting _____________________.
◉ to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, and to
facilitate coping with disability or death. Answer: What are the four
aims of nursing?
◉ clinical judgement. Answer: observes, compares, contrast, and
evaluates client's condition (assessment).
,◉ critical thinking. Answer: collection of information, analyzing
information, and available options/actions (nursing care).
◉ problem solving. Answer: attempt to find a solution.
◉ assess. Answer: LPNs are not allowed to __________________ patients
because they do not have that knowledge. They must practice under
RNs.
◉ 24. Answer: Every 2 years, _______ contact hours of continuing
education are required by the Alabama Board of Nursing to uphold
licensure requirements.
◉ bachelor degree (BSN). Answer: 4 yr. university undergraduate
program for RN.
◉ master's degree (MSN). Answer: BSN required, 2 yr. graduate
program, advanced practice nurses.
◉ doctorate (DNP). Answer: MSN required, PhD-research focused,
advanced clinical practice.
◉ associate degree (ADN). Answer: 2 yr. community college for RN.
, ◉ diploma. Answer: 3 yr. hospital based program for RN.
◉ licensed practical/vocational nursing (LPN/LVN). Answer: 1 yr.
program with classroom and clinical teaching, must pass NCLEX-PN,
work under the registered nurse or physician.
◉ caregiver, communication, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate,
nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, etc.. Answer:
Give some nursing roles on all settings.
◉ hospitals, public health, ambulatory care, nursing homes, nursing
education, homes, schools, workplaces, community centers. Answer:
What are some common sites where you can practice as a nurse?
◉ children's camps, homeless shelters, tourist sites. Answer: What
are some uncommon sites where you can practice as a nurse?
◉ Alabama Board of Nursing. Answer: define the legal scope of
nursing practice, establish criteria for RN and LPN to become a
nurse, determine the scope of practice for nurses, make and enforce
rules and regulations, excludes untrained or unlicensed people from
practicing nursing, licensing for nurses, disciplinary actions.
NOTES AND STRUCTURED PROFESSIONAL
NURSING OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ spectator sport. Answer: Nursing is NOT a what?
◉ nutrix. Answer: Nursing originated from the Latin word
________________________, meaning to nourish.
◉ patient. Answer: Who/what is the central focus of all definitions,
including physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of the
patient?
◉ nursing. Answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of
suffering through the diagnoses and treatment of human response
and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations (American Nurses Association (ANA)) 2004
◉ D. Answer: A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a
physician, social worker, physical therapist, and home healthcare
nurse to provide nursing care for a patient following a motor vehicle
accident. What should be the central focus of this care?
,A. the nurses
B. the physician
C. the nursing care plan
D. the patient
E. the physical therapist
◉ settings. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires
you to practice in a wide variety of _____________________.
◉ body of knowledge. Answer: Nursing as a profession and
discipline requires you to develop a specific ________________________.
◉ nursing research. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline
requires you to conduct and publish _____________________________.
◉ health. Answer: Nursing as a profession and discipline requires
you to recognize role in promoting _____________________.
◉ to promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, and to
facilitate coping with disability or death. Answer: What are the four
aims of nursing?
◉ clinical judgement. Answer: observes, compares, contrast, and
evaluates client's condition (assessment).
,◉ critical thinking. Answer: collection of information, analyzing
information, and available options/actions (nursing care).
◉ problem solving. Answer: attempt to find a solution.
◉ assess. Answer: LPNs are not allowed to __________________ patients
because they do not have that knowledge. They must practice under
RNs.
◉ 24. Answer: Every 2 years, _______ contact hours of continuing
education are required by the Alabama Board of Nursing to uphold
licensure requirements.
◉ bachelor degree (BSN). Answer: 4 yr. university undergraduate
program for RN.
◉ master's degree (MSN). Answer: BSN required, 2 yr. graduate
program, advanced practice nurses.
◉ doctorate (DNP). Answer: MSN required, PhD-research focused,
advanced clinical practice.
◉ associate degree (ADN). Answer: 2 yr. community college for RN.
, ◉ diploma. Answer: 3 yr. hospital based program for RN.
◉ licensed practical/vocational nursing (LPN/LVN). Answer: 1 yr.
program with classroom and clinical teaching, must pass NCLEX-PN,
work under the registered nurse or physician.
◉ caregiver, communication, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate,
nurse practitioner, nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, etc.. Answer:
Give some nursing roles on all settings.
◉ hospitals, public health, ambulatory care, nursing homes, nursing
education, homes, schools, workplaces, community centers. Answer:
What are some common sites where you can practice as a nurse?
◉ children's camps, homeless shelters, tourist sites. Answer: What
are some uncommon sites where you can practice as a nurse?
◉ Alabama Board of Nursing. Answer: define the legal scope of
nursing practice, establish criteria for RN and LPN to become a
nurse, determine the scope of practice for nurses, make and enforce
rules and regulations, excludes untrained or unlicensed people from
practicing nursing, licensing for nurses, disciplinary actions.
