NURS 101-FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS(UPDATED 2025)|COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
1. hemostasis
occurs immediately after intial injury, blood vessels constrict and clotting
begins, exudate(drainage) forms and causes swelling and pain, increased
perfusion results in heat and redness, platelets stimulate other cells to
migrate to injury to participate in phases of healing
2. inflammatory phase
follows hemostasis and lasts 4-6 days, white blood cells move to wound,
macrophages enter wound and remain extended time, they ingest debris and
release growth factors, pt has generalized body repsonse
3. origination of the word "nurse"
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
4. Interrelated roles of nurses
communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
5. coping with disability and death
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
,6. The Nursing Process
-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
7. Nurse Practice Acts
-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
8. 5 vital signs
respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
9. Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
-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
, 10.Florence Nightingale
defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from
medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder
of modern nursing
11.Clara Barton
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
12.sources of knowledge
-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)
13.objective
you can see the object
14.subjective
coming from that subject
15.types of knowledge
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS(UPDATED 2025)|COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
1. hemostasis
occurs immediately after intial injury, blood vessels constrict and clotting
begins, exudate(drainage) forms and causes swelling and pain, increased
perfusion results in heat and redness, platelets stimulate other cells to
migrate to injury to participate in phases of healing
2. inflammatory phase
follows hemostasis and lasts 4-6 days, white blood cells move to wound,
macrophages enter wound and remain extended time, they ingest debris and
release growth factors, pt has generalized body repsonse
3. origination of the word "nurse"
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
4. Interrelated roles of nurses
communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
5. coping with disability and death
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
,6. The Nursing Process
-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
7. Nurse Practice Acts
-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
8. 5 vital signs
respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
9. Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
-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
, 10.Florence Nightingale
defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from
medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder
of modern nursing
11.Clara Barton
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
12.sources of knowledge
-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)
13.objective
you can see the object
14.subjective
coming from that subject
15.types of knowledge
