NURS 105 Final Exam Review – BYUI
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the purpose of NURS 105 - CORRECT ANSWER 1. To see if nursing is right for you
2. Obtain essential information and skills to jump-start you into the nursing program
ISBARR stands for - CORRECT ANSWER Identity/Introduction
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
Read back of orders
Identity/Introduction - CORRECT ANSWER Who are you (name and title)
Who are you calling or talking about (name, room #, and admitting diagnosis)
Situation - CORRECT ANSWER Why did you call or why are you having this conversation?
Background - CORRECT ANSWER What is the important background information that the
person you are communicating with needs to know such as: test results, pending procedures,
diagnosis, date of admission, patient hx, code status, significant health problems,
meds/fluids/allergies, etc.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER What are important assessment findings that relate to the
reason you are communicating. What is currently going on?
Recommendation - CORRECT ANSWER What do you want?
Read Back - CORRECT ANSWER After the person you are communicating with gives you
orders or an assignment. Read them back to ensure accuracy.
,A nurse can recommend something that is out of their scope of practice.
1. True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER False
Nurse Jean Ward - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who realized that a few hours of sunlight
can help babies born with jaundice and cure the disease (1950)
Fatu Ketula - CORRECT ANSWER student nurse that used all the resources she had to hep
save lives during Ebola out break (2014)
Nurse Elizabeth Kenny - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who discovered that movement and
physical therapy had far better results for patients suffering from polio (1939)
What approach did nurses take to help patients during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic (1983)? -
CORRECT ANSWER Nurses defied convention and embraced patients who were quarantined
with compassion
Nurse Rebecca Koszalinski - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who made it possible for patients
with cerebral palsy to be able to speak through technology
Gallup Polls - CORRECT ANSWER identified nurses as the most honest and ethical
professionals for the past 9 years.
What percentage of all nurses are happy with their career path - CORRECT ANSWER 93% -
98%
How much do Registered Nurses (rns) make annually? - CORRECT ANSWER $75.330 as of
2020
How much do Advance Practice Nurses (nps, Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives) make annually? -
CORRECT ANSWER $117,670 as of 2020
,60% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Hospitals
18% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Ambulatory care
7% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Nursing and residential care facilities
5% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Government
3% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Educational services
What percentage of Registered Nurses work in nursing full time? - CORRECT
ANSWER 64.9%
What percentage of lpns and lvns work in nursing full time? - CORRECT ANSWER 65.7%
What is meant by working full time in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER 36 hours = 3 (12 hrs)
shifts
Nurse Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'
2. Pioneer of modern healthcare/ medicine
3. Reformer and advocate of public health
4. Introduced proper sanitation during health care : fresh air and water, food and clean laundry.
NIGHTINGALE'S NURSING
THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER a) Nursing is separate from medicine.
B)The goal of nursing is to put the patient in the best possible condition in order for nature to act.
C) Nursing is "the activities that promote health which occur in any caregiving situation."
D) Health is "not only to be well, but to be able to use well every power we have."
THE TEN MAJOR CONCEPTS OF
, THE ENVIRONMENT THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER Ventilation and warming• Light and
noise• Cleanliness of the area• Health of houses• Bed and bedding• Personal cleanliness• Variety•
Offering hope and advice• Food• Observation
What contributions did Joseph Lister make to nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Instrumental in
developing practical applications of the germ theory of disease with respect to sanitation in medical
settings and aseptic surgical procedures
Created the first solution (carbolic acid) to sterilize pieces of equipment, patients' skin, soothers, and
physician's hands)
Clara Barton was known as - CORRECT ANSWER the ' Angel of the Battlefield'
In her childhood, Clara Barton was motivated by her - CORRECT ANSWER Father
Clara Barton's first profession was a - CORRECT ANSWER Teacher
Clara Barton was working in what U.S. city when she first recognized a need to feed and care for
wounded troops? - CORRECT ANSWER Washington DC
Clara quickly discovered what problem in the Civil War? - CORRECT ANSWER No one was
looking after the wounded on the battlefield
During the battle of Sharpsberg Clara made what strategic maneuver? - CORRECT
ANSWER Moved to the front lines to care for the troops
By the end of the war Clara held which position? - CORRECT ANSWER Superintendent of the
Army of Nurses
Where did Clara Barton first hear about the Red Cross? - CORRECT ANSWER Switzerland
A great fire in Michigan finally helped the U.S. to see the value in The Red Cross by seeing -
CORRECT ANSWER victims being linked with those who wanted to help
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the purpose of NURS 105 - CORRECT ANSWER 1. To see if nursing is right for you
2. Obtain essential information and skills to jump-start you into the nursing program
ISBARR stands for - CORRECT ANSWER Identity/Introduction
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
Read back of orders
Identity/Introduction - CORRECT ANSWER Who are you (name and title)
Who are you calling or talking about (name, room #, and admitting diagnosis)
Situation - CORRECT ANSWER Why did you call or why are you having this conversation?
Background - CORRECT ANSWER What is the important background information that the
person you are communicating with needs to know such as: test results, pending procedures,
diagnosis, date of admission, patient hx, code status, significant health problems,
meds/fluids/allergies, etc.
Assessment - CORRECT ANSWER What are important assessment findings that relate to the
reason you are communicating. What is currently going on?
Recommendation - CORRECT ANSWER What do you want?
Read Back - CORRECT ANSWER After the person you are communicating with gives you
orders or an assignment. Read them back to ensure accuracy.
,A nurse can recommend something that is out of their scope of practice.
1. True
2. False - CORRECT ANSWER False
Nurse Jean Ward - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who realized that a few hours of sunlight
can help babies born with jaundice and cure the disease (1950)
Fatu Ketula - CORRECT ANSWER student nurse that used all the resources she had to hep
save lives during Ebola out break (2014)
Nurse Elizabeth Kenny - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who discovered that movement and
physical therapy had far better results for patients suffering from polio (1939)
What approach did nurses take to help patients during the dawn of the AIDS epidemic (1983)? -
CORRECT ANSWER Nurses defied convention and embraced patients who were quarantined
with compassion
Nurse Rebecca Koszalinski - CORRECT ANSWER the nurse who made it possible for patients
with cerebral palsy to be able to speak through technology
Gallup Polls - CORRECT ANSWER identified nurses as the most honest and ethical
professionals for the past 9 years.
What percentage of all nurses are happy with their career path - CORRECT ANSWER 93% -
98%
How much do Registered Nurses (rns) make annually? - CORRECT ANSWER $75.330 as of
2020
How much do Advance Practice Nurses (nps, Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives) make annually? -
CORRECT ANSWER $117,670 as of 2020
,60% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Hospitals
18% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Ambulatory care
7% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Nursing and residential care facilities
5% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Government
3% of nurses work here - CORRECT ANSWER Educational services
What percentage of Registered Nurses work in nursing full time? - CORRECT
ANSWER 64.9%
What percentage of lpns and lvns work in nursing full time? - CORRECT ANSWER 65.7%
What is meant by working full time in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER 36 hours = 3 (12 hrs)
shifts
Nurse Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'
2. Pioneer of modern healthcare/ medicine
3. Reformer and advocate of public health
4. Introduced proper sanitation during health care : fresh air and water, food and clean laundry.
NIGHTINGALE'S NURSING
THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER a) Nursing is separate from medicine.
B)The goal of nursing is to put the patient in the best possible condition in order for nature to act.
C) Nursing is "the activities that promote health which occur in any caregiving situation."
D) Health is "not only to be well, but to be able to use well every power we have."
THE TEN MAJOR CONCEPTS OF
, THE ENVIRONMENT THEORY - CORRECT ANSWER Ventilation and warming• Light and
noise• Cleanliness of the area• Health of houses• Bed and bedding• Personal cleanliness• Variety•
Offering hope and advice• Food• Observation
What contributions did Joseph Lister make to nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER Instrumental in
developing practical applications of the germ theory of disease with respect to sanitation in medical
settings and aseptic surgical procedures
Created the first solution (carbolic acid) to sterilize pieces of equipment, patients' skin, soothers, and
physician's hands)
Clara Barton was known as - CORRECT ANSWER the ' Angel of the Battlefield'
In her childhood, Clara Barton was motivated by her - CORRECT ANSWER Father
Clara Barton's first profession was a - CORRECT ANSWER Teacher
Clara Barton was working in what U.S. city when she first recognized a need to feed and care for
wounded troops? - CORRECT ANSWER Washington DC
Clara quickly discovered what problem in the Civil War? - CORRECT ANSWER No one was
looking after the wounded on the battlefield
During the battle of Sharpsberg Clara made what strategic maneuver? - CORRECT
ANSWER Moved to the front lines to care for the troops
By the end of the war Clara held which position? - CORRECT ANSWER Superintendent of the
Army of Nurses
Where did Clara Barton first hear about the Red Cross? - CORRECT ANSWER Switzerland
A great fire in Michigan finally helped the U.S. to see the value in The Red Cross by seeing -
CORRECT ANSWER victims being linked with those who wanted to help
