NUR 1290 EVALUATION EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Autonomy in nursing - ✔✔- the right to self-determination
- nurses respect the patient autonomy when they respect patients rights to make
decisions about their care
✔✔characteristics of a profession - ✔✔- control of professional policy
- service to the public
- education within institutions of higher education
- possession of a body of knowledge
- a code of ethics
✔✔difference between nursing and medicine - ✔✔is the goals and purposes of each
✔✔The nursing profession - ✔✔is concerned with providing holistic care in a variety of
health related situations
✔✔Professionalism - ✔✔related to attitude, dress, and conduct
✔✔Diploma Nursing Program - ✔✔- 2-3 yr. program taught in hospitals
- position provides basic RN care in hospitals & agencies
- More clinical hours than AD or BSN
- Based on Needs of Hospital
✔✔Associate Degree in Nursing - ✔✔- Created by Mildred Montag
- Focuses more on technical nursing with fewer liberal arts classes
- NCLEX to get title of RN
✔✔Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing - ✔✔- a degree from a 4-year nursing program in
a higher education institution
- generic
- accelerated
- LPN to RN
- RN to BSN
- has the greatest number of graduates
- one disadvantage is loss of connection to hospitals and negative impact on clinical
experiences
✔✔Graduate Education in Nursing - ✔✔-APRN-advance practice registered nurse ex.
nurse practitioner
-PHD-more research intensive
-DNP- less research oriented
, ✔✔Nursing education reports - ✔✔- addressed the need for better preparation of
nurses to practice
- stated that students should be engaged in learning process
- greater emphasis on clinical experience throughout the curriculum
✔✔Issues in Nursing Education - ✔✔-Faculty shortage
-Limited number of clinical placements
- both of these lead to clinical simulation (valuable tool to provide students the
opportunity to experience real health care event)
✔✔Accreditation - ✔✔- process by which an educational program is evaluated and then
recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education
- ACEN, CCNE, NLN CNEA are programs that conduct accreditation
✔✔Nurse Practice Act - ✔✔- defines the legal parameters of professional and practical
nursing
- ensures that patients are receiving quality care and promote patient safety
-define scope of practice
- must need license for work
✔✔NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) - ✔✔- primary purpose to
protect licensed nurses
- nursing regulatory bodies act and counsel together on matters of common interest and
concern affecting public health, safety, and welfare including the development of
NCLEX
✔✔NCLEX-RN - ✔✔- Categorizes questions according to the steps of the nursing
process
- must pass this exam to work in each state
✔✔Licensure in Nursing - ✔✔- RN have to take the NCLEX and get licensure in their
state.
- nurses were first profession to require applicants across the US to take the same
licensure examination
✔✔Certification in Nursing - ✔✔validation of specific qualifications demonstrated by a
registered nurse in a defined area of practice
✔✔standard of care - ✔✔written by legal or professional organizations so that patients
are not exposed to unreasonable risk or harm.
✔✔most working nurses - ✔✔do not have a graduate degree
✔✔Esther Lucille Brown - ✔✔- a list of accredited schools should be published and
distributed
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Autonomy in nursing - ✔✔- the right to self-determination
- nurses respect the patient autonomy when they respect patients rights to make
decisions about their care
✔✔characteristics of a profession - ✔✔- control of professional policy
- service to the public
- education within institutions of higher education
- possession of a body of knowledge
- a code of ethics
✔✔difference between nursing and medicine - ✔✔is the goals and purposes of each
✔✔The nursing profession - ✔✔is concerned with providing holistic care in a variety of
health related situations
✔✔Professionalism - ✔✔related to attitude, dress, and conduct
✔✔Diploma Nursing Program - ✔✔- 2-3 yr. program taught in hospitals
- position provides basic RN care in hospitals & agencies
- More clinical hours than AD or BSN
- Based on Needs of Hospital
✔✔Associate Degree in Nursing - ✔✔- Created by Mildred Montag
- Focuses more on technical nursing with fewer liberal arts classes
- NCLEX to get title of RN
✔✔Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing - ✔✔- a degree from a 4-year nursing program in
a higher education institution
- generic
- accelerated
- LPN to RN
- RN to BSN
- has the greatest number of graduates
- one disadvantage is loss of connection to hospitals and negative impact on clinical
experiences
✔✔Graduate Education in Nursing - ✔✔-APRN-advance practice registered nurse ex.
nurse practitioner
-PHD-more research intensive
-DNP- less research oriented
, ✔✔Nursing education reports - ✔✔- addressed the need for better preparation of
nurses to practice
- stated that students should be engaged in learning process
- greater emphasis on clinical experience throughout the curriculum
✔✔Issues in Nursing Education - ✔✔-Faculty shortage
-Limited number of clinical placements
- both of these lead to clinical simulation (valuable tool to provide students the
opportunity to experience real health care event)
✔✔Accreditation - ✔✔- process by which an educational program is evaluated and then
recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education
- ACEN, CCNE, NLN CNEA are programs that conduct accreditation
✔✔Nurse Practice Act - ✔✔- defines the legal parameters of professional and practical
nursing
- ensures that patients are receiving quality care and promote patient safety
-define scope of practice
- must need license for work
✔✔NCSBN (National Council of State Boards of Nursing) - ✔✔- primary purpose to
protect licensed nurses
- nursing regulatory bodies act and counsel together on matters of common interest and
concern affecting public health, safety, and welfare including the development of
NCLEX
✔✔NCLEX-RN - ✔✔- Categorizes questions according to the steps of the nursing
process
- must pass this exam to work in each state
✔✔Licensure in Nursing - ✔✔- RN have to take the NCLEX and get licensure in their
state.
- nurses were first profession to require applicants across the US to take the same
licensure examination
✔✔Certification in Nursing - ✔✔validation of specific qualifications demonstrated by a
registered nurse in a defined area of practice
✔✔standard of care - ✔✔written by legal or professional organizations so that patients
are not exposed to unreasonable risk or harm.
✔✔most working nurses - ✔✔do not have a graduate degree
✔✔Esther Lucille Brown - ✔✔- a list of accredited schools should be published and
distributed
