,Test Bank - Chapter 01 ANSWER KEY
25 questions
01 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A group of nursing students are discussing the impact of non nursing theories in clinical
practice. Which theory incorporates the developmental needs throughout various stages
in a lifespan?
(A) Paul’s Critical-Thinking Theory
(B) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(C) Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory — Correct
(D) Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model
02 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is preparing to provide discharge instructions to a patient. According to Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs, which need should be addressed first?
(A) A request for a snack — Correct
(B) An inquiry about insurance coverage
(C) A visit from the hospital chaplain
(D) Concern about the loss of independence
03 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The
student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
(A) The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for
health. — Correct
(B) The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and patient.
(C) The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
(D) Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields.
04 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during the Civil
War?
(A) Dorothea Dix
(B) Linda Richards
(C) Lena Higbee
(D) Clara Barton — Correct
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,05 MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following describes the role of the nurse that is governed by a minimum set
of criteria?
(A) The Patient Bill of Rights
(B) The Nursing Standards of Practice — Correct
(C) The Nursing Code of Ethics
(D) The Nursing Advanced Practice Act
06 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fill existing staffing vacancies.
When hiring graduate nurses, the nurse manager realizes that they will probably not be
considered “competent” until they complete which task?
(A) They graduate and pass NCLEX.
(B) They have worked 2 to 3 years. — Correct
(C) Their last year of nursing school.
(D) They are actually hired.
07 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which
degree would best match the student’s desire for leadership and contribution to the body
of nursing research often at the university level?
(A) Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
(B) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
(C) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
(D) Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) — Correct
08 MULTIPLE CHOICE
During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospital will be seeking
Magnet status. To explain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager will contact
which organization?
(A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
(B) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) — Correct
(C) National League for Nursing (NLN)
(D) Joint Commission
09 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses two units of packed red blood cells. When
the nurse notifies the health care provider of the patient’s decision, the nurse is acting in
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,which role?
(A) Manager
(B) Change agent
(C) Advocate — Correct
(D) Educator
10 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse manager is discussing the importance of Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) during
a staff meeting. Which of the following statements best reflects the benefits of EBP into
nursing practice?
(A) Incorporates personal experience into clinical decision-making
(B) Ensures that traditional, long-standing practices are maintained
(C) Easily applied to all patient situations and clinical settings
(D) Improves patient outcomes by enhancing the quality of care — Correct
11 MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following nurses would be the best choice to precept a new graduate
orientee?
(A) A nurse with excellent clinical skills but avoids any leadership roles — Correct
(B) A nurse with 2 years of experience and competence with patient care
(C) An advanced practice nurse responsible for prescribing patient care
(D) A nurse with 10 years of experience that recently transferred to the unit
12 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient admitted with fever of unknown origin. The
patient states, “I never got past the fifth grade in school. Don’t read much. Never saw
much sense in it. But I do OK. I can read most stuff. But my doctor explains things good
and doesn’t think that my sickness is serious.” In this situation, what is the goal for health
literacy?
(A) Provide discharge medication information from a professional source to provide the most
thorough information.
(B) Coordinate with other healthcare professionals to offer information that is
understandable to the patient. — Correct
(C) Assume that the physician and the patient have a good rapport and that the physician will
clarify everything.
(D) Defer offering the patient the opportunity to sign up for wellness classes due to the low literacy
rate.
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,13 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is caring for a patient who lost a large amount of blood during childbirth. The
nurse provides the opportunity for the patient to maintain her activity level while providing
adequate periods of rest and encouragement. Which nursing theory would the nurse most
likely choose as a framework for addressing the fatigue associated with the low blood
count?
(A) Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
(B) Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming
(C) Roy’s Adaptation Model — Correct
(D) Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings
14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse recognizes which nursing theorist who described the relationship between the
nurse and the patient as an interpersonal and therapeutic process?
(A) Virginia Henderson
(B) Betty Neuman
(C) Imogene King
(D) Hildegard Peplau — Correct
15 MULTIPLE CHOICE
When a nursing class volunteers to serve hot meals at a local homeless shelter on a
Saturday afternoon, which term identifies this focus on serving the community?
(A) Altruism — Correct
(B) Accountability
(C) Autonomy
(D) Advocate
16 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A patient is being discharged from the hospital with wound care dressing changes. The
nurse recommends a referral for home health nursing care. The nurse is using which
standard of practice?
(A) Assessment
(B) Diagnosis
(C) Planning — Correct
(D) Implementation
17 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse administers a medication to the patient and then realizes that the medication
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,had been discontinued. The nurse immediately assesses the patient and promptly reports
the error to the physician. The nurse recognizes which term that identifies complying with
the standards of professional performance?
(A) Ethics — Correct
(B) Socialization
(C) Altruism
(D) Autonomy
18 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A newly licensed registered nurse is curious about the scope of care that he or she has in
caring for patients undergoing conscious sedation. Which would be the best source of
information for this nurse?
(A) National Student Nurses Association
(B) Nurse Practice Act — Correct
(C) ANA Standards of Professional Performance
(D) National League for Nursing
19 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nursing student is writing a paper about the direct patient care role of advanced
practice nurses. Which advanced practice role would the student include in the report?
(A) Nurse Administrator
(B) Clinical Nurse Leader
(C) Clinical Nurse Specialist — Correct
(D) Nurse Educator
20 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is determining the patient care assignments for a nursing unit. The nurse
knows which responsibility may be delegated to the licensed practical nurse?
(A) Initiating the nursing care plans
(B) Formulating Nursing diagnoses
(C) Assessing a newly admitted patient
(D) Administering oral medications — Correct
21 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nursing student is taking a class in Nursing Research. In class the student has
learned which term that identifies the most abstract level of knowledge?
(A) Metaparadigm — Correct
(B) Philosophy
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, (C) Conceptual framework
(D) Nursing theory
22 MULTIPLE CHOICE
What requirement of a nurse displays competence?
(A) Accreditation
(B) A degree
(C) Licensure — Correct
(D) Certification
23 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
The nurse recognizes which statements contribute to the understanding that nursing is
considered a profession? (Select all that apply.)
(A) Nursing requires specialized training. — Correct
(B) Nursing has a specialized body of knowledge. — Correct
(C) The ANA regulates nursing practice. — Correct
(D) Nurses make independent decisions within their scope of practice. — Correct
(E) Once licensure is complete, no further education is required. — Correct
24 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
What are contributors to the nursing shortage? (Select all that apply.)
(A) The number of clinical sites — Correct
(B) Job dissatisfaction — Correct
(C) An aging population — Correct
(D) Number of faculty members — Correct
(E) Lack of available jobs — Correct
25 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
The nurse is conducting a health assessment on a patient from a foreign country. Which
concepts should be addressed by the nurse during the interview? (Select all that apply.)
(A) Food preferences — Correct
(B) Religious practices — Correct
(C) Health beliefs — Correct
(D) Family orientation — Correct
(E) Politics — Correct
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,Test Bank - Chapter 02 ANSWER KEY
25 questions
01 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse identifies the concept of enduring ideas about what a person considers
desirable or has worth in life is known by which term?
(A) Values — Correct
(B) First-order belief
(C) Higher order belief
(D) Stereotype
02 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A group of nursing students are discussing the history of nursing to a staff nurse. When a
student states, “Yeah, nurses used to be called the doctors’ handmaidens.” the staff nurse
recognizes that this comment is identified by which term?
(A) Prejudice
(B) Generalization
(C) Stereotype — Correct
(D) Belief
03 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A value system is a set of somewhat consistent values and measures that are organized
hierarchically into a belief system on a continuum of relative importance. The nurse knows
that a value system is also identified by which concept?
(A) It is culturally based. — Correct
(B) It is unique to each individual.
(C) It is a poor basis for making decisions.
(D) It is rigid and uniform within a culture.
04 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is caring for a patient who is under arrest for murder. The nurse is attempting to
perform nursing care duties while, at the same time, feeling a sense of repugnance
toward the patient. The nurse recognizes this situation is identified by which term?
(A) Values clarification
(B) Values conflict — Correct
(C) First-order beliefs
(D) Higher order beliefs
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25 questions
01 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A group of nursing students are discussing the impact of non nursing theories in clinical
practice. Which theory incorporates the developmental needs throughout various stages
in a lifespan?
(A) Paul’s Critical-Thinking Theory
(B) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
(C) Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory — Correct
(D) Rosenstock’s Health Belief Model
02 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is preparing to provide discharge instructions to a patient. According to Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs, which need should be addressed first?
(A) A request for a snack — Correct
(B) An inquiry about insurance coverage
(C) A visit from the hospital chaplain
(D) Concern about the loss of independence
03 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The
student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
(A) The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for
health. — Correct
(B) The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and patient.
(C) The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
(D) Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields.
04 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during the Civil
War?
(A) Dorothea Dix
(B) Linda Richards
(C) Lena Higbee
(D) Clara Barton — Correct
1/6
,05 MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following describes the role of the nurse that is governed by a minimum set
of criteria?
(A) The Patient Bill of Rights
(B) The Nursing Standards of Practice — Correct
(C) The Nursing Code of Ethics
(D) The Nursing Advanced Practice Act
06 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fill existing staffing vacancies.
When hiring graduate nurses, the nurse manager realizes that they will probably not be
considered “competent” until they complete which task?
(A) They graduate and pass NCLEX.
(B) They have worked 2 to 3 years. — Correct
(C) Their last year of nursing school.
(D) They are actually hired.
07 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which
degree would best match the student’s desire for leadership and contribution to the body
of nursing research often at the university level?
(A) Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
(B) Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
(C) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
(D) Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) — Correct
08 MULTIPLE CHOICE
During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospital will be seeking
Magnet status. To explain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager will contact
which organization?
(A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
(B) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) — Correct
(C) National League for Nursing (NLN)
(D) Joint Commission
09 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses two units of packed red blood cells. When
the nurse notifies the health care provider of the patient’s decision, the nurse is acting in
2/6
,which role?
(A) Manager
(B) Change agent
(C) Advocate — Correct
(D) Educator
10 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse manager is discussing the importance of Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) during
a staff meeting. Which of the following statements best reflects the benefits of EBP into
nursing practice?
(A) Incorporates personal experience into clinical decision-making
(B) Ensures that traditional, long-standing practices are maintained
(C) Easily applied to all patient situations and clinical settings
(D) Improves patient outcomes by enhancing the quality of care — Correct
11 MULTIPLE CHOICE
Which of the following nurses would be the best choice to precept a new graduate
orientee?
(A) A nurse with excellent clinical skills but avoids any leadership roles — Correct
(B) A nurse with 2 years of experience and competence with patient care
(C) An advanced practice nurse responsible for prescribing patient care
(D) A nurse with 10 years of experience that recently transferred to the unit
12 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient admitted with fever of unknown origin. The
patient states, “I never got past the fifth grade in school. Don’t read much. Never saw
much sense in it. But I do OK. I can read most stuff. But my doctor explains things good
and doesn’t think that my sickness is serious.” In this situation, what is the goal for health
literacy?
(A) Provide discharge medication information from a professional source to provide the most
thorough information.
(B) Coordinate with other healthcare professionals to offer information that is
understandable to the patient. — Correct
(C) Assume that the physician and the patient have a good rapport and that the physician will
clarify everything.
(D) Defer offering the patient the opportunity to sign up for wellness classes due to the low literacy
rate.
3/6
,13 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is caring for a patient who lost a large amount of blood during childbirth. The
nurse provides the opportunity for the patient to maintain her activity level while providing
adequate periods of rest and encouragement. Which nursing theory would the nurse most
likely choose as a framework for addressing the fatigue associated with the low blood
count?
(A) Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
(B) Parse’s Theory of Human Becoming
(C) Roy’s Adaptation Model — Correct
(D) Rogers’s Science of Unitary Human Beings
14 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse recognizes which nursing theorist who described the relationship between the
nurse and the patient as an interpersonal and therapeutic process?
(A) Virginia Henderson
(B) Betty Neuman
(C) Imogene King
(D) Hildegard Peplau — Correct
15 MULTIPLE CHOICE
When a nursing class volunteers to serve hot meals at a local homeless shelter on a
Saturday afternoon, which term identifies this focus on serving the community?
(A) Altruism — Correct
(B) Accountability
(C) Autonomy
(D) Advocate
16 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A patient is being discharged from the hospital with wound care dressing changes. The
nurse recommends a referral for home health nursing care. The nurse is using which
standard of practice?
(A) Assessment
(B) Diagnosis
(C) Planning — Correct
(D) Implementation
17 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse administers a medication to the patient and then realizes that the medication
4/6
,had been discontinued. The nurse immediately assesses the patient and promptly reports
the error to the physician. The nurse recognizes which term that identifies complying with
the standards of professional performance?
(A) Ethics — Correct
(B) Socialization
(C) Altruism
(D) Autonomy
18 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A newly licensed registered nurse is curious about the scope of care that he or she has in
caring for patients undergoing conscious sedation. Which would be the best source of
information for this nurse?
(A) National Student Nurses Association
(B) Nurse Practice Act — Correct
(C) ANA Standards of Professional Performance
(D) National League for Nursing
19 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nursing student is writing a paper about the direct patient care role of advanced
practice nurses. Which advanced practice role would the student include in the report?
(A) Nurse Administrator
(B) Clinical Nurse Leader
(C) Clinical Nurse Specialist — Correct
(D) Nurse Educator
20 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse is determining the patient care assignments for a nursing unit. The nurse
knows which responsibility may be delegated to the licensed practical nurse?
(A) Initiating the nursing care plans
(B) Formulating Nursing diagnoses
(C) Assessing a newly admitted patient
(D) Administering oral medications — Correct
21 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nursing student is taking a class in Nursing Research. In class the student has
learned which term that identifies the most abstract level of knowledge?
(A) Metaparadigm — Correct
(B) Philosophy
5/6
, (C) Conceptual framework
(D) Nursing theory
22 MULTIPLE CHOICE
What requirement of a nurse displays competence?
(A) Accreditation
(B) A degree
(C) Licensure — Correct
(D) Certification
23 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
The nurse recognizes which statements contribute to the understanding that nursing is
considered a profession? (Select all that apply.)
(A) Nursing requires specialized training. — Correct
(B) Nursing has a specialized body of knowledge. — Correct
(C) The ANA regulates nursing practice. — Correct
(D) Nurses make independent decisions within their scope of practice. — Correct
(E) Once licensure is complete, no further education is required. — Correct
24 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
What are contributors to the nursing shortage? (Select all that apply.)
(A) The number of clinical sites — Correct
(B) Job dissatisfaction — Correct
(C) An aging population — Correct
(D) Number of faculty members — Correct
(E) Lack of available jobs — Correct
25 MULTIPLE CHOICE (MULTI-ANSWER)
The nurse is conducting a health assessment on a patient from a foreign country. Which
concepts should be addressed by the nurse during the interview? (Select all that apply.)
(A) Food preferences — Correct
(B) Religious practices — Correct
(C) Health beliefs — Correct
(D) Family orientation — Correct
(E) Politics — Correct
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,Test Bank - Chapter 02 ANSWER KEY
25 questions
01 MULTIPLE CHOICE
The nurse identifies the concept of enduring ideas about what a person considers
desirable or has worth in life is known by which term?
(A) Values — Correct
(B) First-order belief
(C) Higher order belief
(D) Stereotype
02 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A group of nursing students are discussing the history of nursing to a staff nurse. When a
student states, “Yeah, nurses used to be called the doctors’ handmaidens.” the staff nurse
recognizes that this comment is identified by which term?
(A) Prejudice
(B) Generalization
(C) Stereotype — Correct
(D) Belief
03 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A value system is a set of somewhat consistent values and measures that are organized
hierarchically into a belief system on a continuum of relative importance. The nurse knows
that a value system is also identified by which concept?
(A) It is culturally based. — Correct
(B) It is unique to each individual.
(C) It is a poor basis for making decisions.
(D) It is rigid and uniform within a culture.
04 MULTIPLE CHOICE
A nurse is caring for a patient who is under arrest for murder. The nurse is attempting to
perform nursing care duties while, at the same time, feeling a sense of repugnance
toward the patient. The nurse recognizes this situation is identified by which term?
(A) Values clarification
(B) Values conflict — Correct
(C) First-order beliefs
(D) Higher order beliefs
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