Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered nurses. This
code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - ANSWER D. The code of ethics is
the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles the nurse will use to provide care
to clients. A code of ethics does not ensure identical care to all clients (which would not be acceptable).
The nursing code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician asks the
nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine the level of
comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of
practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANSWER C. The nurse is assessing the client. Diagnosis occurs after all assessments
are completed. Then a plan is developed and implemented. The process is completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment now and
in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANSWER D. Implementation is the actual delivery of care. Assessment is data
gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis and the planning occurs with the
diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing process.
,Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on oxygen
therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical procedure. The nurse
explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the client's wishes with the
family. The nurse is acting as the client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - ANSWER C. An advocate helps speak for the client, communicating the client's concerns
and wishes to family and other caregivers. A caregiver assists in meeting all health care needs of the
client, including taking measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. A manager
coordinates all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has
personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit or agency. An educator
explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures such as self-care activities,
reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - ANSWER C. Evidence-
based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that uses the best available evidence,
along with the nurse's expertise and the client's preference and values, in making decisions about care.
The other answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - ANSWER D. The RN licensure examination
provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses. The examination cannot guarantee or ensure
care for clients.
,Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - ANSWER B. APNs are generally the most independently functioning
nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or restorative care setting. The setting may be a private,
public, or university facility. The APN may function as a clinician, educator, case manager, consultant, or
researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - ANSWER A. The client is the correct choice. The health care facility is where
the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing process is how nurses proceed to plan care for the
client. Cultural diversity is not the correct choice.
Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a decline
in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - ANSWER D. Florence Nightingale is the correct choice. Barton founded the Red
Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply lines to support the troops of the Union Army. Wald
opened the first community health service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of cultural
diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
, Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANSWER B. Mary Mahoney, the first African American professional nurse,
worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race, color, background, or religion. Tubman
assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War. Hampton founded the Nurses Associated Alumnae of
the United States and Canada, which later became the American Nurses Association (ANA). Nutting was
instrumental in the affiliation of nursing education with universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known as:
A) Notes on Nursing
B) Last Acts Campaign
C) Healthy People 2010
D) Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 - ANSWER C. Healthy People 2010, a federal document, outlines
goals for the public. Notes on Nursing set forth Nightingale's first nursing philosophy. The Last Acts
Campaign has developed standards and policies for end-of-life care. Nursing Principles and Practice
2010—current readings in journals are necessary for all nurses in practice.
A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process to provide effective quality care to
individuals is known as:
A) An advanced care nurse
B) A clinical decision maker
C) A member of a multidisciplinary practice
D) An evidence-based practitioner - ANSWER B. This process may be carried out with other members of
the health care team, and client and family members may be included. All nurses use critical thinking. An
advanced care nurse has advanced educational preparation. An evidence-based practitioner draws on
research findings as well as clinical expertise and client values. A multidisciplinary practice includes
health care members from various fields of activity, such as physical therapy and dietary therapy, along
with nursing.
Which of the following assures clients that they will receive quality care from a competent nurse?
A) Standards of care
B) Nurse Practice Act
Solutions.
Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered nurses. This
code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the client from harm
C) Ensures identical care to all clients
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients - ANSWER D. The code of ethics is
the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles the nurse will use to provide care
to clients. A code of ethics does not ensure identical care to all clients (which would not be acceptable).
The nursing code of ethics does not protect clients from harm or improve self-health care.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician asks the
nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine the level of
comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of
practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANSWER C. The nurse is assessing the client. Diagnosis occurs after all assessments
are completed. Then a plan is developed and implemented. The process is completed with evaluation.
A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment now and
in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Planning
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation - ANSWER D. Implementation is the actual delivery of care. Assessment is data
gathering. Then the information is developed into a diagnosis and the planning occurs with the
diagnosis. Evaluation is the final step of the nursing process.
,Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on oxygen
therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical procedure. The nurse
explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the client's wishes with the
family. The nurse is acting as the client's:
A) Manager
B) Educator
C) Advocate
D) Caregiver - ANSWER C. An advocate helps speak for the client, communicating the client's concerns
and wishes to family and other caregivers. A caregiver assists in meeting all health care needs of the
client, including taking measures to restore emotional, spiritual, and social well-being. A manager
coordinates all the activities of the members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has
personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities for a specific nursing unit or agency. An educator
explains concepts and facts about health, demonstrates procedures such as self-care activities,
reinforces learning or client behavior, and evaluates the client's progress in learning.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature
C) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
D) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - ANSWER C. Evidence-
based practice is a problem-solving approach to clinical practice that uses the best available evidence,
along with the nurse's expertise and the client's preference and values, in making decisions about care.
The other answers are incorrect.
The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice - ANSWER D. The RN licensure examination
provides a minimum standard of knowledge for nurses. The examination cannot guarantee or ensure
care for clients.
,Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function independently
C) Function as unit directors
D) Work in the university setting - ANSWER B. APNs are generally the most independently functioning
nurses. An APN can work in a primary, acute, or restorative care setting. The setting may be a private,
public, or university facility. The APN may function as a clinician, educator, case manager, consultant, or
researcher.
Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The client
B) The nursing process
C) Cultural diversity
D) The health care facility - ANSWER A. The client is the correct choice. The health care facility is where
the client goes to receive treatment. The nursing process is how nurses proceed to plan care for the
client. Cultural diversity is not the correct choice.
Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a decline
in illness and infection?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Clara Barton
D) Florence Nightingale - ANSWER D. Florence Nightingale is the correct choice. Barton founded the Red
Cross. Dix organized hospitals, nurses, and supply lines to support the troops of the Union Army. Wald
opened the first community health service for the poor.
The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of cultural
diversity was:
A) Harriet Tubman
, Nursing 110 Test #1with 192 Complete
Solutions.
B) Mary Mahoney
C) Isabel Hampton
D) Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANSWER B. Mary Mahoney, the first African American professional nurse,
worked to bring respect to individuals regardless of race, color, background, or religion. Tubman
assisted slaves to freedom during the Civil War. Hampton founded the Nurses Associated Alumnae of
the United States and Canada, which later became the American Nurses Association (ANA). Nutting was
instrumental in the affiliation of nursing education with universities.
The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known as:
A) Notes on Nursing
B) Last Acts Campaign
C) Healthy People 2010
D) Nursing Principles and Practice 2010 - ANSWER C. Healthy People 2010, a federal document, outlines
goals for the public. Notes on Nursing set forth Nightingale's first nursing philosophy. The Last Acts
Campaign has developed standards and policies for end-of-life care. Nursing Principles and Practice
2010—current readings in journals are necessary for all nurses in practice.
A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process to provide effective quality care to
individuals is known as:
A) An advanced care nurse
B) A clinical decision maker
C) A member of a multidisciplinary practice
D) An evidence-based practitioner - ANSWER B. This process may be carried out with other members of
the health care team, and client and family members may be included. All nurses use critical thinking. An
advanced care nurse has advanced educational preparation. An evidence-based practitioner draws on
research findings as well as clinical expertise and client values. A multidisciplinary practice includes
health care members from various fields of activity, such as physical therapy and dietary therapy, along
with nursing.
Which of the following assures clients that they will receive quality care from a competent nurse?
A) Standards of care
B) Nurse Practice Act
