PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE QUIZ 1
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Who launched the American journal of Nursing to shape nursing practice and
events?
A) Mary Breckenridge
B)Lavinia Dock
C)Sophia Palmer
D Lillian Wald
C)Sophia Palmer
Which of these views is applicable while performing patient assessment in order
to consider the psychosocial aspects of the patient?
A) Florence Nitingale's holistic view of health, which considers the body and
mind of a person
B) Dorothea Dix's view that mental illness is not all incurable
C) Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing as helping a patient to gain
independence as rapidly as possible
D) None of these is correct
A) Florence Nitingale's holistic view of health, which considers the body and mind
of a person
What is Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing?
A) Having "charge of the personal health of somebody . . . and what nursing has
to do . . . is to put the patient in the best possible condition for nature to act
upon him."
, B) "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in
the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to
peaceful death) and that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain
independence as rapidly as possible."
C) "The process by which this body of knowledge, nursing science, is used for
the purpose of assisting human beings to achieve maximum health within the
potential of each person."
D) "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of
suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
B) "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the
performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to
peaceful death) and that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain
independence as rapidly as possible."
Ms. Tina, a psychiatric RN, is planning to get a psychiatric nursing certification.
Which agency offers this certification?
A) ANA
B ) ANCC
C) AAN
D) ANF
B ) ANCC- American Nurses Credentialing Center
The nursing profession maintains control of its practices responsibility through:
A) The framework for professional practice
B Standardized formal higher education
C) Using standards and a code of ethics.
D) Using autonomy, responsibility, and accountability.
C) Using standards and a code of ethics.
QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Who launched the American journal of Nursing to shape nursing practice and
events?
A) Mary Breckenridge
B)Lavinia Dock
C)Sophia Palmer
D Lillian Wald
C)Sophia Palmer
Which of these views is applicable while performing patient assessment in order
to consider the psychosocial aspects of the patient?
A) Florence Nitingale's holistic view of health, which considers the body and
mind of a person
B) Dorothea Dix's view that mental illness is not all incurable
C) Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing as helping a patient to gain
independence as rapidly as possible
D) None of these is correct
A) Florence Nitingale's holistic view of health, which considers the body and mind
of a person
What is Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing?
A) Having "charge of the personal health of somebody . . . and what nursing has
to do . . . is to put the patient in the best possible condition for nature to act
upon him."
, B) "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in
the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to
peaceful death) and that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain
independence as rapidly as possible."
C) "The process by which this body of knowledge, nursing science, is used for
the purpose of assisting human beings to achieve maximum health within the
potential of each person."
D) "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of
suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses, and
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
B) "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the
performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to
peaceful death) and that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary
strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain
independence as rapidly as possible."
Ms. Tina, a psychiatric RN, is planning to get a psychiatric nursing certification.
Which agency offers this certification?
A) ANA
B ) ANCC
C) AAN
D) ANF
B ) ANCC- American Nurses Credentialing Center
The nursing profession maintains control of its practices responsibility through:
A) The framework for professional practice
B Standardized formal higher education
C) Using standards and a code of ethics.
D) Using autonomy, responsibility, and accountability.
C) Using standards and a code of ethics.
