Newly Updated 11th Edition Test Bank for
Fundamental Nursing
Florence Nightingale - correct answer✔✔First nurse epidemiologist who connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery.
Mary Nutting - correct answer✔✔Contributed to moving nursing education into universities.
Clara Barton - correct answer✔✔Founded the American Red Cross.
Lillian Wald - correct answer✔✔Helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
Planning - correct answer✔✔Involves developing a plan with strategies to attain expected
outcomes.
Novice - correct answer✔✔A beginning nurse with no previous experience in a specific area.
Proficient - correct answer✔✔Nurse who can assess a situation as a whole and transfer
knowledge from previous experiences.
Competent - correct answer✔✔Nurse who understands specific care required by different types
of patients.
Advanced beginner - correct answer✔✔Nurse with some observational experience in a situation.
Autonomy - correct answer✔✔Initiating independent nursing interventions without medical
orders.
Licensure - correct answer✔✔Requirement to pass the NCLEX-RN to practice as a registered
nurse.
, Certification - correct answer✔✔Optional process to specialize in a specific area of nursing
practice.
Accountability - correct answer✔✔Being responsible, professionally and legally, for the quality
of nursing care provided.
Manager - correct answer✔✔Coordinates nursing staff activities with personnel, policy, and
budgetary responsibilities.
Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) - correct answer✔✔Prepares nurses for rigorous research
and theory development.
Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) - correct answer✔✔Practice doctorate preparing
advanced practice nurses.
Continuing education - correct answer✔✔Formal educational programs offered post-
baccalaureate by various institutions.
Quality improvement - correct answer✔✔Identifying gaps between local and best practices.
Safety - correct answer✔✔One of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
competencies.
Patient-centered care - correct answer✔✔Focusing on individual patient needs and preferences.
Educator - correct answer✔✔Explains health concepts, demonstrates procedures, and evaluates
patient progress.
Advocate - correct answer✔✔Protects patient rights and provides assistance in asserting these
rights.
Fundamental Nursing
Florence Nightingale - correct answer✔✔First nurse epidemiologist who connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery.
Mary Nutting - correct answer✔✔Contributed to moving nursing education into universities.
Clara Barton - correct answer✔✔Founded the American Red Cross.
Lillian Wald - correct answer✔✔Helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
Planning - correct answer✔✔Involves developing a plan with strategies to attain expected
outcomes.
Novice - correct answer✔✔A beginning nurse with no previous experience in a specific area.
Proficient - correct answer✔✔Nurse who can assess a situation as a whole and transfer
knowledge from previous experiences.
Competent - correct answer✔✔Nurse who understands specific care required by different types
of patients.
Advanced beginner - correct answer✔✔Nurse with some observational experience in a situation.
Autonomy - correct answer✔✔Initiating independent nursing interventions without medical
orders.
Licensure - correct answer✔✔Requirement to pass the NCLEX-RN to practice as a registered
nurse.
, Certification - correct answer✔✔Optional process to specialize in a specific area of nursing
practice.
Accountability - correct answer✔✔Being responsible, professionally and legally, for the quality
of nursing care provided.
Manager - correct answer✔✔Coordinates nursing staff activities with personnel, policy, and
budgetary responsibilities.
Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) - correct answer✔✔Prepares nurses for rigorous research
and theory development.
Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) - correct answer✔✔Practice doctorate preparing
advanced practice nurses.
Continuing education - correct answer✔✔Formal educational programs offered post-
baccalaureate by various institutions.
Quality improvement - correct answer✔✔Identifying gaps between local and best practices.
Safety - correct answer✔✔One of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
competencies.
Patient-centered care - correct answer✔✔Focusing on individual patient needs and preferences.
Educator - correct answer✔✔Explains health concepts, demonstrates procedures, and evaluates
patient progress.
Advocate - correct answer✔✔Protects patient rights and provides assistance in asserting these
rights.
