NR 103: Week 3 Quiz - Transition to the Nursing Profession 2026
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1. According to Benner’s stages of nursing proficiency, a nurse who has been in
the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years and understands the specific care
required by the type of patients is at which level?
A. Novice
B. Advanced Beginner
C. Competent
D. Proficient
Answer: C
Rationale: A competent nurse has been in the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years and is
able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals.
2. Which professional nursing role involves protecting a patient’s human and
legal rights and providing assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises?
A. Manager
B. Patient Advocate
C. Educator
D. Caregiver
Answer: B
Rationale: As a patient advocate, you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and
provide assistance in asserting these rights.
,3. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to nursing are best summarized by her
focus on which of the following?
A. Advanced surgical techniques
B. Environmental sanitation and hygiene
C. Psychological counseling techniques
D. Legislative reform for nurses’ pay
Answer: B
Rationale: Nightingale emphasized the role of the environment in health, focusing on
cleanliness, fresh air, and light to help patients recover.
4. Which organization is responsible for the Nurse Practice Acts, which regulate
the scope of nursing practice in each state?
A. The American Nurses Association (ANA)
B. The National League for Nursing (NLN)
C. The International Council of Nurses (ICN)
D. State Boards of Nursing
E. None of the above
Answer: D
Rationale: In the United States, State Boards of Nursing oversee the Nurse Practice Acts,
which define the legal scope of nursing practice.
5. A nurse who is able to perceive a patient’s situation as a whole and has more
than 2 to 3 years of experience in the same clinical position is considered:
A. Competent
B. Expert
C. Advanced Beginner
D. Proficient
Answer: D
, Rationale: A proficient nurse perceives a patient’s situation as a whole rather than in parts
and focuses on managing care rather than performing skills.
6. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency that involves
using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes is:
A. Patient-Centered Care
B. Teamwork and Collaboration
C. Quality Improvement
D. Evidence-Based Practice
Answer: C
Rationale: Quality Improvement involves using data to monitor the outcomes of care
processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes.
7. Which nurse was the first professionally trained African American nurse and
was concerned with relationships between cultures and races?
A. Sojourner Truth
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Mary Mahoney
D. Clara Barton
Answer: C
Rationale: Mary Mahoney was the first professionally trained African American nurse and
advocated for cultural diversity and racial equality in nursing.
8. The use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge,
mitigate error, and support decision making describes which QSEN competency?
A. Teamwork
B. Safety
C. Evidence-Based Practice
D. Informatics
Answer: D
|Chamberlain
1. According to Benner’s stages of nursing proficiency, a nurse who has been in
the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years and understands the specific care
required by the type of patients is at which level?
A. Novice
B. Advanced Beginner
C. Competent
D. Proficient
Answer: C
Rationale: A competent nurse has been in the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years and is
able to anticipate nursing care and establish long-range goals.
2. Which professional nursing role involves protecting a patient’s human and
legal rights and providing assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises?
A. Manager
B. Patient Advocate
C. Educator
D. Caregiver
Answer: B
Rationale: As a patient advocate, you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and
provide assistance in asserting these rights.
,3. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to nursing are best summarized by her
focus on which of the following?
A. Advanced surgical techniques
B. Environmental sanitation and hygiene
C. Psychological counseling techniques
D. Legislative reform for nurses’ pay
Answer: B
Rationale: Nightingale emphasized the role of the environment in health, focusing on
cleanliness, fresh air, and light to help patients recover.
4. Which organization is responsible for the Nurse Practice Acts, which regulate
the scope of nursing practice in each state?
A. The American Nurses Association (ANA)
B. The National League for Nursing (NLN)
C. The International Council of Nurses (ICN)
D. State Boards of Nursing
E. None of the above
Answer: D
Rationale: In the United States, State Boards of Nursing oversee the Nurse Practice Acts,
which define the legal scope of nursing practice.
5. A nurse who is able to perceive a patient’s situation as a whole and has more
than 2 to 3 years of experience in the same clinical position is considered:
A. Competent
B. Expert
C. Advanced Beginner
D. Proficient
Answer: D
, Rationale: A proficient nurse perceives a patient’s situation as a whole rather than in parts
and focuses on managing care rather than performing skills.
6. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency that involves
using data to monitor the outcomes of care processes is:
A. Patient-Centered Care
B. Teamwork and Collaboration
C. Quality Improvement
D. Evidence-Based Practice
Answer: C
Rationale: Quality Improvement involves using data to monitor the outcomes of care
processes and using improvement methods to design and test changes.
7. Which nurse was the first professionally trained African American nurse and
was concerned with relationships between cultures and races?
A. Sojourner Truth
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Mary Mahoney
D. Clara Barton
Answer: C
Rationale: Mary Mahoney was the first professionally trained African American nurse and
advocated for cultural diversity and racial equality in nursing.
8. The use of information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge,
mitigate error, and support decision making describes which QSEN competency?
A. Teamwork
B. Safety
C. Evidence-Based Practice
D. Informatics
Answer: D
