Study guide
Fundamentals of Nursing
9th Edition Potter – Perry
Test Bank
origination of the word "nurse" - ANSWER ✓✓✓from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses - ANSWER ✓✓✓communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death - ANSWER ✓✓✓nurses use optimal function of
maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community support systems; provide care to
families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
The Nursing Process - ANSWER ✓✓✓-one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
nursing theory - ANSWER ✓✓✓differentiates nursing from other disciplines and
activities in that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and
controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
Nurse Practice Acts - ANSWER ✓✓✓-define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles
for RNs and LPNs
,- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs - ANSWER ✓✓✓respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature,
and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - ANSWER ✓✓✓-well
defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER ✓✓✓defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published
books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - ANSWER ✓✓✓established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds
and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of
James
sources of knowledge - ANSWER ✓✓✓-traditional ( passed down from generation to
generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived
expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
objective - ANSWER ✓✓✓you can see the object
subjective - ANSWER ✓✓✓coming from that subject
types of knowledge - ANSWER ✓✓✓-science (observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to
develop and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired
result)
goals of nursing research - ANSWER ✓✓✓-improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
, deductive reasoning - ANSWER ✓✓✓examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
inductive reasoning - ANSWER ✓✓✓one builds from specific ideas or actions to
conclusions about general ideas
health - ANSWER ✓✓✓a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal
process involving changed level of functioning
wellness - ANSWER ✓✓✓an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle
promoting good physical, mental, and emotional health
evidence-based practice (EBP) - ANSWER ✓✓✓a problem-solving approach to
making clinical decisions, using the best evidence available; blends both science and
art of nursing so best outcomes are achieved; may consist of specific nursing
interventions or use guidelines established for the care of patients
steps in implementing EBP - ANSWER ✓✓✓Step 1: ask a question about a clinical
area of interest or an intervention
Step 2: collect the most relevant and best evidence
Step 3: Critically appraise the evidence
Step 4: integrate the evidence w/ clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values in
making a decision to change
Step 5: evaluate the practice decision or change
human dimensions that compose the whole person - ANSWER ✓✓✓physical,
intellectual, environmental, spiritual, sociocultural, and emotional
acute illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a short time;
examples: cold, diarrhea, pneumonia, appendicitis
chronic illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓slow onset, characteristics: permanent change,
caused by change in anatomy, requires special patient education, long period of care or
support; examples: heart disease, diabetes, lung diseases, and arthritis
stages-of-illness behaviors - ANSWER ✓✓✓Stage 1: experiencing symptoms
Stage 2: assuming the sick role
Stage 3: assuming a dependent role
Stage 4: achieving recovery and rehabilitation
Fundamentals of Nursing
9th Edition Potter – Perry
Test Bank
origination of the word "nurse" - ANSWER ✓✓✓from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses - ANSWER ✓✓✓communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death - ANSWER ✓✓✓nurses use optimal function of
maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community support systems; provide care to
families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
The Nursing Process - ANSWER ✓✓✓-one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
nursing theory - ANSWER ✓✓✓differentiates nursing from other disciplines and
activities in that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and
controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
Nurse Practice Acts - ANSWER ✓✓✓-define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles
for RNs and LPNs
,- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs - ANSWER ✓✓✓respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature,
and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - ANSWER ✓✓✓-well
defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER ✓✓✓defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published
books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton - ANSWER ✓✓✓established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds
and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of
James
sources of knowledge - ANSWER ✓✓✓-traditional ( passed down from generation to
generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived
expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
objective - ANSWER ✓✓✓you can see the object
subjective - ANSWER ✓✓✓coming from that subject
types of knowledge - ANSWER ✓✓✓-science (observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to
develop and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired
result)
goals of nursing research - ANSWER ✓✓✓-improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
, deductive reasoning - ANSWER ✓✓✓examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
inductive reasoning - ANSWER ✓✓✓one builds from specific ideas or actions to
conclusions about general ideas
health - ANSWER ✓✓✓a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal
process involving changed level of functioning
wellness - ANSWER ✓✓✓an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle
promoting good physical, mental, and emotional health
evidence-based practice (EBP) - ANSWER ✓✓✓a problem-solving approach to
making clinical decisions, using the best evidence available; blends both science and
art of nursing so best outcomes are achieved; may consist of specific nursing
interventions or use guidelines established for the care of patients
steps in implementing EBP - ANSWER ✓✓✓Step 1: ask a question about a clinical
area of interest or an intervention
Step 2: collect the most relevant and best evidence
Step 3: Critically appraise the evidence
Step 4: integrate the evidence w/ clinical expertise, patient preferences, and values in
making a decision to change
Step 5: evaluate the practice decision or change
human dimensions that compose the whole person - ANSWER ✓✓✓physical,
intellectual, environmental, spiritual, sociocultural, and emotional
acute illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a short time;
examples: cold, diarrhea, pneumonia, appendicitis
chronic illness - ANSWER ✓✓✓slow onset, characteristics: permanent change,
caused by change in anatomy, requires special patient education, long period of care or
support; examples: heart disease, diabetes, lung diseases, and arthritis
stages-of-illness behaviors - ANSWER ✓✓✓Stage 1: experiencing symptoms
Stage 2: assuming the sick role
Stage 3: assuming a dependent role
Stage 4: achieving recovery and rehabilitation
