ADN 110 - EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
In comparing the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the International Council of
Nurses (ICN) definitions of nursing, what component does the ICN mention that is not
included in ANA's definition and is indicative of a more global focus?
a. Advocacy
b. Health promotion
c. Shaping health policy
d. Prevention of illness - Answers - C
The ICN's definition of nursing expands on the ANA's definition by providing for the
concept of shaping health policy as a responsibility of nursing.
A profession has specific characteristics. In regard to how nursing meets these
characteristics, which criteria are consistent and standardized processes? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Code of ethics
b. Licensing
c. Body of knowledge
d. Educational preparation
e. Altruism - Answers - A, B, C, E
Nursing as a profession has a code of ethics, licensing, a body of knowledge, and
altruism. Because there are multiple paths of education for nursing and not a standard
entry into practice, this is one criterion of a profession that is not standard and
consistent.
What specific aspect of a profession does the development of theories provide?
a. Altruism
b. Body of knowledge
c. Autonomy
d. Accountability - Answers - B
Theories establish a specific nursing body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline,
which is one criterion of a profession.
,Health care workers are discussing a diverse group of patients respectfully and are
being responsive to the health beliefs and practices of these patients. What important
aspect of nursing professional practice are they exhibiting?
a. Autonomy
b. Accountability
c. Cultural competence
d. Autocratic leadership - Answers - C
The nurse and other health care workers are exhibiting cultural competence by being
responsive to patients' health beliefs and practices that are influenced by the individual's
culture.
A nurse makes a medication error, immediately assesses the patient, and reports the
error to the nurse manager and the primary care provider (PCP). Which characteristic of
a professional is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Autonomy
b. Collaboration
c. Accountability
d. Altruism - Answers - C
The nurse is demonstrating accountability by taking responsibility for the error and
reporting it after an initial assessment of the patient. Criteria of a profession include
altruism (public service over personal gain), autonomy (independence), accountability,
and diversity; however, in this case, the nurse is demonstrating accountability. Although
collaboration is important for the health care team, it is not a criterion for a profession.
Which are included in the ANA standards? (Select all that apply.)
a. Standards of professional performance
b. Code of ethics
c. Standards of practice
d. Legal scope of practice
e. Licensure requirements - Answers - A, C
ANA standards have two parts: One is standards of professional performance, and the
other is standards of practice. ANA has a separate document that is a code of ethics.
Nurse practice acts are a legal scope of practice.
Which core competency of advanced practice nursing is the Master of Science in
Nursing (MSN) nurse educator exhibiting when counseling a student in therapeutic
communication techniques?
a. Leadership
b. Ethical decision making
,c. Direct clinical practice
d. Expert coaching - Answers - D
A nurse educator who is teaching and counseling students is practicing expert coaching
and guidance. A nurse educator with a master's degree practices the other
competencies of leadership and ethical decision making in other situations. Although a
nurse educator may also work as a nurse involved in direct patient care, this is not part
of the educator role.
Which statements describe a component discussed in nursing theories? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Optimal functioning of the patient
b. Interaction with components of the environment
c. The conceptual makeup of the administration of the hospital
d. The illness and health concept
e. Safety aspect of medication administration - Answers - A, B, D
There are four components that a nursing theory discusses: (1) the patient, (2) health,
(3) environment, and (4) nursing—not the hospital administration.
Which factors affect the nursing shortage? (Select all that apply.)
a. Aging faculty
b. Increasing elderly population
c. Job satisfaction due to adequate number of nurses
d. Aging nursing workforce
e. Greater autonomy for nurses - Answers - A, B, D
The nursing workforce and nursing faculty are aging. The entire population is aging,
which increases the need for more nurses. The insufficient number of nurses leads to
job dissatisfaction and burnout.
A nurse has performed a physical examination of the patient and reviewed the
laboratory results and diagnostics on the patient's chart. The nurse is performing which
specific nursing function?
a. Diagnosis
b. Assessment
c. Education
d. Advocacy - Answers - B
The nurse is performing the first step in the nursing process—assessment
A registered nurse having education beyond the basic nursing education and certified
by a nationally recognized professional organization in a nursing specialty, or meeting
, other criteria established by a Board of Nursing - Answers - Advanced practice
registered nurse (APRN)
Mutual sharing and working together to achieve common goals in such a way that all
persons or groups are recognized and growth is enhanced. - Answers - Collaboration
A group of concepts that are broadly defined and systematically organized to provide a
focus, a rationale, and a tool for the integration and interpretation of information. -
Answers - Conceptual Framework or Model
Process in which the health care professional continually strives to achieve the ability
and availability to work effectively with individuals, families, and communities. - Answers
- Cultural Competence
A nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as
transfer of responsibility for the performance of patient care while retaining
accountability for the outcome. - Answers - Delegation
The structure an adult sets for a child's life, designed to allow the child to interact
socially in the real world in an appropriate manner; the training expected to produce a
specific type or pattern of behavior. - Answers - Discipline
The science or study of moral values or principles, including ideals of autonomy,
beneficence, and justice. - Answers - Ethics
The practice of health care in which the practitioner systematically finds, appraises, and
uses the most current and valid research findings as the basis for clinical decisions. -
Answers - Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
All-inclusive conceptual structures that tend to include views on person, health, and
environment to create a perspective of nursing. - Answers - Grand Theory
Pertaining to the whole; considering all factors, as holistic medicine. - Answers - Holistic
The granting of permission by a competent authority (usually a government agency) to
an organization or individual to engage in a practice or activity that would otherwise be
illegal. - Answers - Licensure
The most abstract level of knowledge. Defined as a global set of concepts that identify
and describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the relationship
between those concepts.
Focuses on the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing. - Answers -
Metaparadigm
What are the primary roles and functions of a nurse? - Answers - Care Provider
Educator
ANSWERS
In comparing the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the International Council of
Nurses (ICN) definitions of nursing, what component does the ICN mention that is not
included in ANA's definition and is indicative of a more global focus?
a. Advocacy
b. Health promotion
c. Shaping health policy
d. Prevention of illness - Answers - C
The ICN's definition of nursing expands on the ANA's definition by providing for the
concept of shaping health policy as a responsibility of nursing.
A profession has specific characteristics. In regard to how nursing meets these
characteristics, which criteria are consistent and standardized processes? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Code of ethics
b. Licensing
c. Body of knowledge
d. Educational preparation
e. Altruism - Answers - A, B, C, E
Nursing as a profession has a code of ethics, licensing, a body of knowledge, and
altruism. Because there are multiple paths of education for nursing and not a standard
entry into practice, this is one criterion of a profession that is not standard and
consistent.
What specific aspect of a profession does the development of theories provide?
a. Altruism
b. Body of knowledge
c. Autonomy
d. Accountability - Answers - B
Theories establish a specific nursing body of knowledge that is unique to the discipline,
which is one criterion of a profession.
,Health care workers are discussing a diverse group of patients respectfully and are
being responsive to the health beliefs and practices of these patients. What important
aspect of nursing professional practice are they exhibiting?
a. Autonomy
b. Accountability
c. Cultural competence
d. Autocratic leadership - Answers - C
The nurse and other health care workers are exhibiting cultural competence by being
responsive to patients' health beliefs and practices that are influenced by the individual's
culture.
A nurse makes a medication error, immediately assesses the patient, and reports the
error to the nurse manager and the primary care provider (PCP). Which characteristic of
a professional is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Autonomy
b. Collaboration
c. Accountability
d. Altruism - Answers - C
The nurse is demonstrating accountability by taking responsibility for the error and
reporting it after an initial assessment of the patient. Criteria of a profession include
altruism (public service over personal gain), autonomy (independence), accountability,
and diversity; however, in this case, the nurse is demonstrating accountability. Although
collaboration is important for the health care team, it is not a criterion for a profession.
Which are included in the ANA standards? (Select all that apply.)
a. Standards of professional performance
b. Code of ethics
c. Standards of practice
d. Legal scope of practice
e. Licensure requirements - Answers - A, C
ANA standards have two parts: One is standards of professional performance, and the
other is standards of practice. ANA has a separate document that is a code of ethics.
Nurse practice acts are a legal scope of practice.
Which core competency of advanced practice nursing is the Master of Science in
Nursing (MSN) nurse educator exhibiting when counseling a student in therapeutic
communication techniques?
a. Leadership
b. Ethical decision making
,c. Direct clinical practice
d. Expert coaching - Answers - D
A nurse educator who is teaching and counseling students is practicing expert coaching
and guidance. A nurse educator with a master's degree practices the other
competencies of leadership and ethical decision making in other situations. Although a
nurse educator may also work as a nurse involved in direct patient care, this is not part
of the educator role.
Which statements describe a component discussed in nursing theories? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Optimal functioning of the patient
b. Interaction with components of the environment
c. The conceptual makeup of the administration of the hospital
d. The illness and health concept
e. Safety aspect of medication administration - Answers - A, B, D
There are four components that a nursing theory discusses: (1) the patient, (2) health,
(3) environment, and (4) nursing—not the hospital administration.
Which factors affect the nursing shortage? (Select all that apply.)
a. Aging faculty
b. Increasing elderly population
c. Job satisfaction due to adequate number of nurses
d. Aging nursing workforce
e. Greater autonomy for nurses - Answers - A, B, D
The nursing workforce and nursing faculty are aging. The entire population is aging,
which increases the need for more nurses. The insufficient number of nurses leads to
job dissatisfaction and burnout.
A nurse has performed a physical examination of the patient and reviewed the
laboratory results and diagnostics on the patient's chart. The nurse is performing which
specific nursing function?
a. Diagnosis
b. Assessment
c. Education
d. Advocacy - Answers - B
The nurse is performing the first step in the nursing process—assessment
A registered nurse having education beyond the basic nursing education and certified
by a nationally recognized professional organization in a nursing specialty, or meeting
, other criteria established by a Board of Nursing - Answers - Advanced practice
registered nurse (APRN)
Mutual sharing and working together to achieve common goals in such a way that all
persons or groups are recognized and growth is enhanced. - Answers - Collaboration
A group of concepts that are broadly defined and systematically organized to provide a
focus, a rationale, and a tool for the integration and interpretation of information. -
Answers - Conceptual Framework or Model
Process in which the health care professional continually strives to achieve the ability
and availability to work effectively with individuals, families, and communities. - Answers
- Cultural Competence
A nursing intervention from the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) defined as
transfer of responsibility for the performance of patient care while retaining
accountability for the outcome. - Answers - Delegation
The structure an adult sets for a child's life, designed to allow the child to interact
socially in the real world in an appropriate manner; the training expected to produce a
specific type or pattern of behavior. - Answers - Discipline
The science or study of moral values or principles, including ideals of autonomy,
beneficence, and justice. - Answers - Ethics
The practice of health care in which the practitioner systematically finds, appraises, and
uses the most current and valid research findings as the basis for clinical decisions. -
Answers - Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
All-inclusive conceptual structures that tend to include views on person, health, and
environment to create a perspective of nursing. - Answers - Grand Theory
Pertaining to the whole; considering all factors, as holistic medicine. - Answers - Holistic
The granting of permission by a competent authority (usually a government agency) to
an organization or individual to engage in a practice or activity that would otherwise be
illegal. - Answers - Licensure
The most abstract level of knowledge. Defined as a global set of concepts that identify
and describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the relationship
between those concepts.
Focuses on the concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing. - Answers -
Metaparadigm
What are the primary roles and functions of a nurse? - Answers - Care Provider
Educator
