NFDN 1001 Units 1-6 Exam Questions with Verified Solutions Latest Update 2026/2027
Marie Rollet Hebert - Answers Respected aboriginal people for their knowledge and health
practices (home remedies)
Jeanne Mance - Answers Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital, CNA
gives an award in her honor
Marguerite d'Youville - Answers Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became
known as the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - Answers Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led
to reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - Answers First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School
of Nursing, recognized nursing as a unique profession
WHO Definition of Health - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - Answers Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - Answers Focuses on treatment of disease; fixing the problem
Behavioral Approach - Answers Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - Answers Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied
to the social structure (poverty, air pollution)
Nursing Theory - Answers Set of ideas used to describe, explain or predict the physical and
social worlds
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers Physiological, Safety, Belonging/Love, Self Esteem and
Self Actualization
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development - Answers Trust vs Mistrust (birth-1), Autonomy
vs Sense of Shame and Doubt (1-3), Initiative vs Guilt (3-6), Industry vs Inferiority (6-11), Identity
vs Role Confusion (12-18), Intimacy vs Isolation (18-35), Generativity vs Self Absorption and
Stagnation (35-65), Integrity vs Despair (65 and over)
Inductive Reasoning - Answers Leads to broad ideas
Deductive Reasoning - Answers Leads to specific ideas
Critical Thinking - Answers Combination of skills and dispositions to maximize one's ability to
purposely reflect and think deeply
Basic Critical Thinking - Answers Trusting the experts; step by step
, Complex Critical Thinking - Answers Seeing complex alternatives or alternative solutions; able
to anticipate and weight risks and benefits
Evidence Informed Practice - Answers Decisions about practice should include the best
available evidence from clinical research, patient preferences, expert opinion, resource
availability and contextual information
Holistic Care - Answers Focuses on the physical, mental and social well-being (person as a
whole)
Metaparadigm - Answers A set of concepts or ideas that are important to the discipline of
nursing
What are the core concepts of metaparadigm? - Answers Person, Health, Nursing, Environment
and Social Justice
Ethics - Answers Moral-ethical reasoning in nursing
Personal Knowing - Answers Knowledge from personal experiences
Artful Nursing - Answers Manual skill, ability to connect with patients, ability to critically think
5 Concepts of Artful Nursing - Answers Grasps meaning in patient encounters, establishes
meaningful connection with patient, skillfully performs nursing activities, rationally determines
appropriate action and morally conducts one's practice
Culture - Answers The values, beliefs and practices common or inherent to a group of people
Culture Sensitivity - Answers There is a preferred norm outside of which sensitivity and
tolerance are required; minorities are tolerated by a dominate majority
Cultural Competence - Answers Being able to appraise and understand clients' cultural beliefs,
values and practices; developing a more critical understanding of the contexts that shape
experiences of culture
Cultural Safety - Answers Understanding of culture that recognizes that cultures are dynamic
and constantly shifting in relation to power dynamics in our society
Therapeutic Communication - Answers Intentional and purposeful interpersonal communication
techniques used by health-care workers with the goal of enhancing the physical, emotional and
spiritual needs of a patient
Phases of Nurse-Client Relationship - Answers Pre-Orientation, Orientation, Working Phase and
Termination
Colonialism - Answers Loss of Culture, knowledge, traditions, way of life, role in family and
community, spirituality and health
Marie Rollet Hebert - Answers Respected aboriginal people for their knowledge and health
practices (home remedies)
Jeanne Mance - Answers Founded Hotel Dieu de Ville in Montreal; Founded first hospital, CNA
gives an award in her honor
Marguerite d'Youville - Answers Founder of Sisters of Charity of Montreal, which later became
known as the Grey Nuns
Florence Nightingale - Answers Founder of modern nursing; Proved that a clean environment led
to reduced disease and wound infection
Mary Agnes Snively - Answers First nursing superintendent of Toronto General Hospital School
of Nursing, recognized nursing as a unique profession
WHO Definition of Health - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 Historical Approaches to Health - Answers Medical, Behavioral and Soci-Environmental
Medical Approach - Answers Focuses on treatment of disease; fixing the problem
Behavioral Approach - Answers Promoted individual responsibility for health
Socio-Environmental - Answers Combination of medical and behavioral approach; health is tied
to the social structure (poverty, air pollution)
Nursing Theory - Answers Set of ideas used to describe, explain or predict the physical and
social worlds
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers Physiological, Safety, Belonging/Love, Self Esteem and
Self Actualization
Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development - Answers Trust vs Mistrust (birth-1), Autonomy
vs Sense of Shame and Doubt (1-3), Initiative vs Guilt (3-6), Industry vs Inferiority (6-11), Identity
vs Role Confusion (12-18), Intimacy vs Isolation (18-35), Generativity vs Self Absorption and
Stagnation (35-65), Integrity vs Despair (65 and over)
Inductive Reasoning - Answers Leads to broad ideas
Deductive Reasoning - Answers Leads to specific ideas
Critical Thinking - Answers Combination of skills and dispositions to maximize one's ability to
purposely reflect and think deeply
Basic Critical Thinking - Answers Trusting the experts; step by step
, Complex Critical Thinking - Answers Seeing complex alternatives or alternative solutions; able
to anticipate and weight risks and benefits
Evidence Informed Practice - Answers Decisions about practice should include the best
available evidence from clinical research, patient preferences, expert opinion, resource
availability and contextual information
Holistic Care - Answers Focuses on the physical, mental and social well-being (person as a
whole)
Metaparadigm - Answers A set of concepts or ideas that are important to the discipline of
nursing
What are the core concepts of metaparadigm? - Answers Person, Health, Nursing, Environment
and Social Justice
Ethics - Answers Moral-ethical reasoning in nursing
Personal Knowing - Answers Knowledge from personal experiences
Artful Nursing - Answers Manual skill, ability to connect with patients, ability to critically think
5 Concepts of Artful Nursing - Answers Grasps meaning in patient encounters, establishes
meaningful connection with patient, skillfully performs nursing activities, rationally determines
appropriate action and morally conducts one's practice
Culture - Answers The values, beliefs and practices common or inherent to a group of people
Culture Sensitivity - Answers There is a preferred norm outside of which sensitivity and
tolerance are required; minorities are tolerated by a dominate majority
Cultural Competence - Answers Being able to appraise and understand clients' cultural beliefs,
values and practices; developing a more critical understanding of the contexts that shape
experiences of culture
Cultural Safety - Answers Understanding of culture that recognizes that cultures are dynamic
and constantly shifting in relation to power dynamics in our society
Therapeutic Communication - Answers Intentional and purposeful interpersonal communication
techniques used by health-care workers with the goal of enhancing the physical, emotional and
spiritual needs of a patient
Phases of Nurse-Client Relationship - Answers Pre-Orientation, Orientation, Working Phase and
Termination
Colonialism - Answers Loss of Culture, knowledge, traditions, way of life, role in family and
community, spirituality and health
