Test Bank For Hamric and Hansons Advanced Practice Nursing
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What are the three primary thinking skills that Nurses use to care for their patients? - ANSWER:
Clinical Judgement
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
What is Clinical Judgement? - ANSWER: Observing, comparing,contrasting, and evaluating the client's
condition to determine whether change has occurred.
What is Critical Thinking? - ANSWER: Involves collecting and analyzing information and carefully
considering options for action.
Problem Solving? - ANSWER: Considering an issue and attempting to find a satisfactory solution to
achieve the best outcomes.
3 Reasons why Defining Nursing is important. - ANSWER: *Helps the public understand the value of
Nursing.
*Helps differentiate activities of Nursing from those of medicine.
*Helps students understand what is expected of them.
ANA's Defintion of Nursing is.. The______and treatment of ___________ to actual and potential
Health Problems. - ANSWER: The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential
Health Problems.
What are the 10 roles of a Nurse? - ANSWER: 1.) Direct Care provider
2.) Communicator
3.) Client Family educator
4.) Client Advocate
5.)Counselor
6.) Change Agent
7.) Leader
8.)Manager
9.)Case Manager
10.)Research Consumer.
What are the 5 Traits listed in Florence Nightingale's Notes to the Hospitals? - ANSWER: 1.) Air
2.) Light
3.) Nutrition
4.) Adequate Ventilation
5.) Space
What are Florence Nightingales 5 Major Contributions? - ANSWER: 1.)The Establishment of Nursing as
a distinct profession.
2.)Introduction to a broad based Liberal education for Nurses.
3.)Major reforms for the delivery of Health care in Hospitals
4.)Introduction of the standards to prevent the spread of diseases in hospitals.
5.)Major reforms in healthcare for the Military.
Is Nursing a ........... and why?
a.) Discipline
, b.) occupation
c.) Profession - ANSWER: c.) profession-because it uses technical and scientific knowledge, and is
evaluated by a community of peers, have a service orientation, and a code of ethics.
What are the 5 educational pathways to nursing? - ANSWER: LPN
ADN
BSN
MSN
DNP/PHD
What are the 5 Phases of Nursing? - ANSWER: 1.) Novice- Student
2.) Advanced Beginner- New Graduate
3.)Competence-A few years after you graduate and gain more direct experience
4.)Proficient-good mentors/preceptors
5.)Expert- expert skills and consulted often trust intuitions.
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER: Regulate the practice of nurses in individual states. Group of laws in a
state that protect the public health. It defines the scope of practice for nurses in a state, and also
include the license and education requirements for each state.
How is the Nursing Practice Regulated? - ANSWER: BY the state boards of Nursing, Nurse practice
acts, and scope of practice.
Scope of practice - ANSWER: defines the roles of each license or certifications and defines what we
can or can't do based on certifications.
NSNA stands for what - ANSWER: National Student Nurse Asociation
What are the 4 purposes of Nursing Care? - ANSWER: Health Promotion
Illness Prevention
Health Restoration
End Of Life Care
Health Promotion - ANSWER: Activities that foster the highest state of well being. Ex: pre natal
vitamins
Illness prevention - ANSWER: focuses on the avoidance of disease, infections and other combinations.
Ex: flu vaccination
Health Restoration - ANSWER: Activities that Foster a return to health for those already ill. To restore
health the nurse provides direct care to the individual, group, families, or communities.
End of Life Care - ANSWER: Caring for the terminally ill or dying by means of providing comfort,
spiritual ease, and maintain quality of life.
Nursing theory - ANSWER: An organized set of related ideas and concepts that
assist in finding meaning in our experiences
organize our thinking around an idea
develop new ideas and insights into the work we do
Inductive and Deductive reasoning - ANSWER: inductive- conclude
deductive-move from general to specific, deduce reasons as you go along
Nursing Theories - ANSWER: Describe, explain, and predict Human behavior. Used in Practice,
education, and research.
An Integrative Approach, 7th Edition (Tracy, 2023), Chapter 1-
23 | 9780323777117 | All Chapters with Answers and
Rationals
What are the three primary thinking skills that Nurses use to care for their patients? - ANSWER:
Clinical Judgement
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
What is Clinical Judgement? - ANSWER: Observing, comparing,contrasting, and evaluating the client's
condition to determine whether change has occurred.
What is Critical Thinking? - ANSWER: Involves collecting and analyzing information and carefully
considering options for action.
Problem Solving? - ANSWER: Considering an issue and attempting to find a satisfactory solution to
achieve the best outcomes.
3 Reasons why Defining Nursing is important. - ANSWER: *Helps the public understand the value of
Nursing.
*Helps differentiate activities of Nursing from those of medicine.
*Helps students understand what is expected of them.
ANA's Defintion of Nursing is.. The______and treatment of ___________ to actual and potential
Health Problems. - ANSWER: The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential
Health Problems.
What are the 10 roles of a Nurse? - ANSWER: 1.) Direct Care provider
2.) Communicator
3.) Client Family educator
4.) Client Advocate
5.)Counselor
6.) Change Agent
7.) Leader
8.)Manager
9.)Case Manager
10.)Research Consumer.
What are the 5 Traits listed in Florence Nightingale's Notes to the Hospitals? - ANSWER: 1.) Air
2.) Light
3.) Nutrition
4.) Adequate Ventilation
5.) Space
What are Florence Nightingales 5 Major Contributions? - ANSWER: 1.)The Establishment of Nursing as
a distinct profession.
2.)Introduction to a broad based Liberal education for Nurses.
3.)Major reforms for the delivery of Health care in Hospitals
4.)Introduction of the standards to prevent the spread of diseases in hospitals.
5.)Major reforms in healthcare for the Military.
Is Nursing a ........... and why?
a.) Discipline
, b.) occupation
c.) Profession - ANSWER: c.) profession-because it uses technical and scientific knowledge, and is
evaluated by a community of peers, have a service orientation, and a code of ethics.
What are the 5 educational pathways to nursing? - ANSWER: LPN
ADN
BSN
MSN
DNP/PHD
What are the 5 Phases of Nursing? - ANSWER: 1.) Novice- Student
2.) Advanced Beginner- New Graduate
3.)Competence-A few years after you graduate and gain more direct experience
4.)Proficient-good mentors/preceptors
5.)Expert- expert skills and consulted often trust intuitions.
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER: Regulate the practice of nurses in individual states. Group of laws in a
state that protect the public health. It defines the scope of practice for nurses in a state, and also
include the license and education requirements for each state.
How is the Nursing Practice Regulated? - ANSWER: BY the state boards of Nursing, Nurse practice
acts, and scope of practice.
Scope of practice - ANSWER: defines the roles of each license or certifications and defines what we
can or can't do based on certifications.
NSNA stands for what - ANSWER: National Student Nurse Asociation
What are the 4 purposes of Nursing Care? - ANSWER: Health Promotion
Illness Prevention
Health Restoration
End Of Life Care
Health Promotion - ANSWER: Activities that foster the highest state of well being. Ex: pre natal
vitamins
Illness prevention - ANSWER: focuses on the avoidance of disease, infections and other combinations.
Ex: flu vaccination
Health Restoration - ANSWER: Activities that Foster a return to health for those already ill. To restore
health the nurse provides direct care to the individual, group, families, or communities.
End of Life Care - ANSWER: Caring for the terminally ill or dying by means of providing comfort,
spiritual ease, and maintain quality of life.
Nursing theory - ANSWER: An organized set of related ideas and concepts that
assist in finding meaning in our experiences
organize our thinking around an idea
develop new ideas and insights into the work we do
Inductive and Deductive reasoning - ANSWER: inductive- conclude
deductive-move from general to specific, deduce reasons as you go along
Nursing Theories - ANSWER: Describe, explain, and predict Human behavior. Used in Practice,
education, and research.
