NURS 103 FUNDAMENTALS OF
NURSING WEEK 1 COMPREHENSIVE
QUIZ 2026
1. Which nursing theorist is best known for the ‘Self-Care Deficit’ theory, emphasizing that
nursing is required when an adult is unable to perform self-care to maintain life and health?
A. Dorothea Orem
B. Jean Watson
C. Sister Callista Roy
D. Martha Rogers
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Dorothea Orem’s theory focuses on the patient’s self-care needs
and the role of the nurse in providing assistance when those needs cannot be met by the
patient.
2. When applying the nursing process, which step involves the systematic collection and
verification of data about a patient’s health status?
A. Assessment
B. Implementation
,C. Diagnosis
D. Planning
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Assessment is the first step of the nursing process, involving
data collection through observation, interviews, and physical examination.
3. A nurse provides a patient with the information needed to make an informed decision
about a surgical procedure. Which ethical principle is the nurse upholding?
A. Beneficence
B. Justice
C. Autonomy
D. Nonmaleficence
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Autonomy refers to the right of patients to make their own
decisions about their medical care.
4. Which historical figure is considered the founder of modern nursing and established the
first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration?
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Mary Mahoney
, D. Lillian Wald
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Florence Nightingale is recognized as the founder of modern
nursing, emphasizing hygiene and the environment’s role in health.
5. A nurse is caring for a patient with a respiratory infection. Which link in the chain of
infection is broken when the nurse performs hand hygiene before and after patient contact?
A. Source of infection
B. Portal of entry
C. Susceptible host
D. Mode of transmission
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Hand hygiene is the most effective way to break the mode of
transmission link in the chain of infection.
6. During the assessment phase, which of the following is considered subjective data?
A. Blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg
B. A recorded temperature of 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit
C. Pitting edema in the lower extremities
D. A patient reporting a ‘throbbing’ headache
NURSING WEEK 1 COMPREHENSIVE
QUIZ 2026
1. Which nursing theorist is best known for the ‘Self-Care Deficit’ theory, emphasizing that
nursing is required when an adult is unable to perform self-care to maintain life and health?
A. Dorothea Orem
B. Jean Watson
C. Sister Callista Roy
D. Martha Rogers
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Dorothea Orem’s theory focuses on the patient’s self-care needs
and the role of the nurse in providing assistance when those needs cannot be met by the
patient.
2. When applying the nursing process, which step involves the systematic collection and
verification of data about a patient’s health status?
A. Assessment
B. Implementation
,C. Diagnosis
D. Planning
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Assessment is the first step of the nursing process, involving
data collection through observation, interviews, and physical examination.
3. A nurse provides a patient with the information needed to make an informed decision
about a surgical procedure. Which ethical principle is the nurse upholding?
A. Beneficence
B. Justice
C. Autonomy
D. Nonmaleficence
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Autonomy refers to the right of patients to make their own
decisions about their medical care.
4. Which historical figure is considered the founder of modern nursing and established the
first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration?
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Mary Mahoney
, D. Lillian Wald
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Florence Nightingale is recognized as the founder of modern
nursing, emphasizing hygiene and the environment’s role in health.
5. A nurse is caring for a patient with a respiratory infection. Which link in the chain of
infection is broken when the nurse performs hand hygiene before and after patient contact?
A. Source of infection
B. Portal of entry
C. Susceptible host
D. Mode of transmission
Answer: D
Conceptual Explanation: Hand hygiene is the most effective way to break the mode of
transmission link in the chain of infection.
6. During the assessment phase, which of the following is considered subjective data?
A. Blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg
B. A recorded temperature of 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit
C. Pitting edema in the lower extremities
D. A patient reporting a ‘throbbing’ headache
