NUR 134 TEST 3 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death -
ANS What are the 4 nursing aims?
to promote health - ANS nursing aim motivated by desire to increase a person's well-being
and health potential
to prevent illness - ANS nursing aim that is anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or to minimize its effects after it has occurred.
to restore health - ANS nursing aim that involves identifying & reporting abnormal findings,
providing direct care, planning/teaching/evaluating treatments
to facilitate coping with disability or death - ANS nursing aim that helps patient & family cope
with altered function, life crisis, and death. helps maximize person's strengths & potential with
disability, and provide & maintain comfort in end of life
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal - ANS Competencies of Nursing (skills)
cognitive skills - ANS critical thinking/ reasoning, analysis, evaluation,
acquiring/comprehending knowledge
technical skills - ANS "hands on" skills, equipment use
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,interpersonal skills - ANS communication, listening, decision-making, ability to interact/get
along with others
ethical/legal skills - ANS values, respecting others, know your scope
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, quality improvement, safety, EBP, informatics -
ANS QSEN competencies (6)
patient-centered care - ANS focuses on including patients in all decisions and providing
compassionate care that is based on patient's needs and values
teamwork & collaboration - ANS focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations and shared
decision-making among the healthcare team
quality improvement - ANS data collection, evaluation, and improvement of patient
outcomes
safety - ANS preventing harm to patients and creating a "culture of ________"
EBP - ANS utilization of current research/evidence in practices/providing care
informatics - ANS utilization of technology to promote safety and quality
voluntary standards - ANS developed and implemented by the nursing profession; not
mandatory but used as guidelines for peer review
voluntary - ANS The ANA standards of practice are examples of which type of standards?
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,legal standards - ANS Developed by a legislature and are implemented by state authority;
determine the minimum standards for nurse education, licensing requirements
legal - ANS Nursing practice acts are examples of which type of standards?
nursing practice act - ANS laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing;
can vary among states but all have certain elements in common such as protecting the public by
defining legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board to make/enforce rules, etc
credentialing - ANS refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
Accreditation, licensure,
certification - ANS What 3 processes are used for credentialing in nursing?
accreditation - ANS the process by which a nursing program is evaluated and recognized as
having met certain standards
licensure - ANS process by which a state determines that a candidate meets certain minimum
requirements to practice in the profession and grants a license to do so
certification - ANS process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by a
nongovernmental association is granted recognition in a specified practice area
legal, voluntary - ANS What are the 2 types of accreditation for a nursing program?
legal - ANS State approved accreditation done by the state boards of nursing--legally required
voluntary - ANS Accreditation done by the National League for Nursing Accreditation
Commission (AACN) or American Association of Colleges of Nursing (NLNAC)-- not a legal
requirement
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, licensure - ANS specialized form of credentialing based on laws passed by state legislature
license (licsensure) - ANS Allows an individual to offer nursing skills to the public; allows one
to act with basic competence and is NOT appealed without due process
licensure, certification - ANS ___________ measures entry-level competence and ________
validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical judgement
certification - ANS confirms speciality knowledge, expertise, and clinical judgement;
advanced knowledge and skill proficiency; requires additional testing
certification - ANS credentialing acquired by advance practice nurses are which type of
credential?
law - ANS standard or rule of behavior established and enforced by the government to
protect the rights of the public
litigation - ANS process of taking legal action/bringing and trying a lawsuit
legal violations - ANS wrongful acts committed against another person or his/her property
crime - ANS an act or omission that violates the law
state/federal - ANS crimes are punishable at what level?
tort - ANS a wrongful act that injures/interferes with another's person or property
civil - ANS tort is punishable at what level?
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Promote health, prevent illness, restore health, facilitate coping with disability or death -
ANS What are the 4 nursing aims?
to promote health - ANS nursing aim motivated by desire to increase a person's well-being
and health potential
to prevent illness - ANS nursing aim that is anticipatory action taken to prevent the
occurrence of an event or to minimize its effects after it has occurred.
to restore health - ANS nursing aim that involves identifying & reporting abnormal findings,
providing direct care, planning/teaching/evaluating treatments
to facilitate coping with disability or death - ANS nursing aim that helps patient & family cope
with altered function, life crisis, and death. helps maximize person's strengths & potential with
disability, and provide & maintain comfort in end of life
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal - ANS Competencies of Nursing (skills)
cognitive skills - ANS critical thinking/ reasoning, analysis, evaluation,
acquiring/comprehending knowledge
technical skills - ANS "hands on" skills, equipment use
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,interpersonal skills - ANS communication, listening, decision-making, ability to interact/get
along with others
ethical/legal skills - ANS values, respecting others, know your scope
patient-centered care, teamwork/collaboration, quality improvement, safety, EBP, informatics -
ANS QSEN competencies (6)
patient-centered care - ANS focuses on including patients in all decisions and providing
compassionate care that is based on patient's needs and values
teamwork & collaboration - ANS focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations and shared
decision-making among the healthcare team
quality improvement - ANS data collection, evaluation, and improvement of patient
outcomes
safety - ANS preventing harm to patients and creating a "culture of ________"
EBP - ANS utilization of current research/evidence in practices/providing care
informatics - ANS utilization of technology to promote safety and quality
voluntary standards - ANS developed and implemented by the nursing profession; not
mandatory but used as guidelines for peer review
voluntary - ANS The ANA standards of practice are examples of which type of standards?
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,legal standards - ANS Developed by a legislature and are implemented by state authority;
determine the minimum standards for nurse education, licensing requirements
legal - ANS Nursing practice acts are examples of which type of standards?
nursing practice act - ANS laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing;
can vary among states but all have certain elements in common such as protecting the public by
defining legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board to make/enforce rules, etc
credentialing - ANS refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and
maintained
Accreditation, licensure,
certification - ANS What 3 processes are used for credentialing in nursing?
accreditation - ANS the process by which a nursing program is evaluated and recognized as
having met certain standards
licensure - ANS process by which a state determines that a candidate meets certain minimum
requirements to practice in the profession and grants a license to do so
certification - ANS process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by a
nongovernmental association is granted recognition in a specified practice area
legal, voluntary - ANS What are the 2 types of accreditation for a nursing program?
legal - ANS State approved accreditation done by the state boards of nursing--legally required
voluntary - ANS Accreditation done by the National League for Nursing Accreditation
Commission (AACN) or American Association of Colleges of Nursing (NLNAC)-- not a legal
requirement
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, licensure - ANS specialized form of credentialing based on laws passed by state legislature
license (licsensure) - ANS Allows an individual to offer nursing skills to the public; allows one
to act with basic competence and is NOT appealed without due process
licensure, certification - ANS ___________ measures entry-level competence and ________
validates specialty knowledge, experience, and clinical judgement
certification - ANS confirms speciality knowledge, expertise, and clinical judgement;
advanced knowledge and skill proficiency; requires additional testing
certification - ANS credentialing acquired by advance practice nurses are which type of
credential?
law - ANS standard or rule of behavior established and enforced by the government to
protect the rights of the public
litigation - ANS process of taking legal action/bringing and trying a lawsuit
legal violations - ANS wrongful acts committed against another person or his/her property
crime - ANS an act or omission that violates the law
state/federal - ANS crimes are punishable at what level?
tort - ANS a wrongful act that injures/interferes with another's person or property
civil - ANS tort is punishable at what level?
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