NURS 151 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Who is Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Founder of modern nursing
What does her theory include?. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅holistic thinking, health and wellness, she
introduced cleanliness and other antiseptic techniques to nursing practices and started nursing
education.
What is critical thinking in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Looking at situations objectively
Determining pertinent information
Recognizing problems or needs
Prioritizing those needs
Considering various actions and probable outcomes
Making informed decisions re: needed interventions based on knowledge, experience, judgment,
research
Evaluating outcomes
basic principles of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Intuition, Reflection, Knowledge,
Experience. Scientific method, perseverance
identify critical thinking attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅responsibility, authority, accountability
What is Informed Consent? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅It is a process of communication between a
patient and physician that results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific
medical intervention.
When is delegation to a CNA or LPN acceptable? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As long the patient is
stable
libel - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed (written)
for the purpose of defaming a person's name
, slander - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an abusive attack on a person's character or good name (verbal)
veracity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅adherence to the truth; truthfulness
malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage, not
doing what you are supposed to be doing
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the quality of being kind or helpful or generous, to the
benefit of the pt even if it causes pain or discomfort, doing whats best for pt
assault - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to harm someone, physically
battery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅forcing treatment without pt approval
Patient Self-determination Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅requires healthcare facilities to provide
written information on the patient's right to execute advance directives, living will, poa & to accept or
refuse medical treatment
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal
law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with
control over how this information is used and distributed.
scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅legal description of what a specific health professional
may and may not do
scope of practice: CNA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅...
scope of practice: RN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅...
ANSWERS
Who is Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Founder of modern nursing
What does her theory include?. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅holistic thinking, health and wellness, she
introduced cleanliness and other antiseptic techniques to nursing practices and started nursing
education.
What is critical thinking in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Looking at situations objectively
Determining pertinent information
Recognizing problems or needs
Prioritizing those needs
Considering various actions and probable outcomes
Making informed decisions re: needed interventions based on knowledge, experience, judgment,
research
Evaluating outcomes
basic principles of Critical Thinking - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Intuition, Reflection, Knowledge,
Experience. Scientific method, perseverance
identify critical thinking attitudes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅responsibility, authority, accountability
What is Informed Consent? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅It is a process of communication between a
patient and physician that results in the patient's authorization or agreement to undergo a specific
medical intervention.
When is delegation to a CNA or LPN acceptable? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As long the patient is
stable
libel - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅a tort consisting of false and malicious publication printed (written)
for the purpose of defaming a person's name
, slander - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an abusive attack on a person's character or good name (verbal)
veracity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅adherence to the truth; truthfulness
malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage, not
doing what you are supposed to be doing
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the quality of being kind or helpful or generous, to the
benefit of the pt even if it causes pain or discomfort, doing whats best for pt
assault - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅to harm someone, physically
battery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅forcing treatment without pt approval
Patient Self-determination Act - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅requires healthcare facilities to provide
written information on the patient's right to execute advance directives, living will, poa & to accept or
refuse medical treatment
HIPAA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal
law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with
control over how this information is used and distributed.
scope of practice - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅legal description of what a specific health professional
may and may not do
scope of practice: CNA - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅...
scope of practice: RN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅...
