NUR 301 Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
What |are |the |four |nursing |aims? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Promote |health
2. |Prevent |illness
3. |Restore |health
4. |Facilitate |coping |with |disability |or |death
How |do |nurses |prevent |illness? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |prevent |illness |primarily |by |
teaching |and |by |personal |example
How |do |nurses |promote |health? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |promote |health |by |
identifying, |analyzing, |and |maximizing |each |patient's |own |individual |strengths |as |components |
of |prevention |illness, |restoring |health, |and |facilitating |coping |with |disability |or |death.
How |do |nurses |restore |health? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |restore |health |by |performing |
assessments |that |detect |an |illness, |referring |questions |and |abnormal |findings |to |other |health |
care |providers |as |appropriate, |providing |direct |care |of |the |person |who |is |ill, |collaborating |with
|other |healthcare |providers, |planning/teaching
How |do |nurses |facilitate |coping |with |disability |or |death? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-facilitate |
patient |and |family |coping |with |altered |function, |life |crisis, |and |death, |maximizing |the |person's |
strengths |and |potentials, |through |teaching |and |through |referral |to |community |support |
systems
What |are |the |seven |criteria |of |the |nursing |profession? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Well |
defined |body |of |specific |and |unique |knowledge
,2. |Strong |service |orientation
3. |Recognized |authority |by |a |professional |group
4. |Code |of |Ethics
5. |Professional |organizations |that |sets |standards
6. |Ongoing |research
7. |Autonomy |and |self-regulation
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |well |defined |body |of |specific |and |
unique |knowledge? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-specialized |skills |and |application |of |knowledge |
based |on |an |education |that |has |both |theoretical |and |clinical |practice |components.
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |strong |service |orientation? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-person-centered |process |that |maximizes |potential |in |all |human |
dimensinos
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |recognized |authority |by |a |
professional |group? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-scholarly |with |academic |qualifications, |research, |
and |publications |specific |to |the |profession |that |are |widely |accepted |and |respected
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |professional |organizations |that |sets |
standards? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-guided |by |standards |set |by |professional |organizations |and
|an |established |code |of |ethics
,Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |ongoing |research? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-our |nursing |interventions |are |focused |on |EBP, |which |is |practice |based |on |
research |and |NOT |intuition
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |autonomy |and |self |regulation? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-focuses |on |human |responses |to |actual |or |potential |health |problems |
and |is |increasingly |focused |on |wellness, |an |area |of |caring |that |encompasses |nursing's |unique |
knowledge |and |abilities
What |makes |a |BSN |different |from |an |ADN? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-BSNs |encompass |
traditional |knowledge, |scientific |knowledge, |and |authoritative |knowledge
Both |have |clinical |components, |but |ADN's |don't |incorporate |nursing |research, |community |
research, |and |management
BSN |allows |for |advanced |education |- |ADNs |do |not.
What |exam |do |registered |nurses |take |to |obtain |their |license? |What |oversight |body |manages |
this |exam? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-NCLEX
overseen |by |NCSBN
Do |diploma, |ADN, |and |BSN |new |graduates |take |the |same |licensing |exam? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-ADN |and |BSN |take |the |same |licensing |exam
Diploma |do |not |but |are |encouraged |too
What |were |the |19th |and |20th |century |barriers |resulting |in |slow |progress |toward |nursing |
developing |as |a |profession? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Hospitals |saw |nursing |students |as |an |
, economic |advantage |in |having |their |own |schools, |and |most |hospital |schools |were |organized |to
|provided |more |easily |controlled |and |less |expensive |staff |for |the |hospitals. |
This |resulted |in |a |lack |of |clear |guidelines |separating |nursing |service |and |nursing |education.
Baptist |Tabernacle |Infirmary |Training |School |for |Christian |Nurses |was |founded |in |what |year? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1902
Mercer |University |was |founded |under |the |leadership |of |Jesse |Mercer, |prominent |Baptist |from |
Georgia, |in |what |year? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1833
What |was |the |first |"modern |school |of |nursing"? |When |was |it |founded |and |by |whom? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Who, |although |not |trained |as |a |nurse, |served |as |a |nurse |during |the |American |Civil |War, |
founded |the |American |Red |Cross, |and |was |know |as |the |"Angel |of |the |Battlefield"? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Clara |Barton
Who |was |the |first |African |American |nurse |to |graduate |from |a |formal |school |of |nursing |in |1879
|and |advocated |to |eliminate |discrimination |in |the |nursing |field? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mary |
Eliza |Mahoney
Which |influential |nursing |figure |founded |the |Henry |Street |Settlement |house, |which |still |
operates |as |a |non-profit |social |organization |offering |health |and |wellness |services |in |New |
York's |lower |east |side? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Lillian |Wald
What |influential |nursing |leader |founded |the |Frontier |Nursing |Service |in |1925 |which |
formalized? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mary |Breckinridge
What |prominent |nurse |wrote |a |book |entitled |Materia |Medica |for |Nurses |about |drugs |and |
solutions, |was |assistant |superintendent |of |the |Johns |Hopkins |School |of |Nursing, |and |devoted |
Answers
What |are |the |four |nursing |aims? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Promote |health
2. |Prevent |illness
3. |Restore |health
4. |Facilitate |coping |with |disability |or |death
How |do |nurses |prevent |illness? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |prevent |illness |primarily |by |
teaching |and |by |personal |example
How |do |nurses |promote |health? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |promote |health |by |
identifying, |analyzing, |and |maximizing |each |patient's |own |individual |strengths |as |components |
of |prevention |illness, |restoring |health, |and |facilitating |coping |with |disability |or |death.
How |do |nurses |restore |health? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-nurses |restore |health |by |performing |
assessments |that |detect |an |illness, |referring |questions |and |abnormal |findings |to |other |health |
care |providers |as |appropriate, |providing |direct |care |of |the |person |who |is |ill, |collaborating |with
|other |healthcare |providers, |planning/teaching
How |do |nurses |facilitate |coping |with |disability |or |death? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-facilitate |
patient |and |family |coping |with |altered |function, |life |crisis, |and |death, |maximizing |the |person's |
strengths |and |potentials, |through |teaching |and |through |referral |to |community |support |
systems
What |are |the |seven |criteria |of |the |nursing |profession? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Well |
defined |body |of |specific |and |unique |knowledge
,2. |Strong |service |orientation
3. |Recognized |authority |by |a |professional |group
4. |Code |of |Ethics
5. |Professional |organizations |that |sets |standards
6. |Ongoing |research
7. |Autonomy |and |self-regulation
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |well |defined |body |of |specific |and |
unique |knowledge? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-specialized |skills |and |application |of |knowledge |
based |on |an |education |that |has |both |theoretical |and |clinical |practice |components.
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |strong |service |orientation? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-person-centered |process |that |maximizes |potential |in |all |human |
dimensinos
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |recognized |authority |by |a |
professional |group? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-scholarly |with |academic |qualifications, |research, |
and |publications |specific |to |the |profession |that |are |widely |accepted |and |respected
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |professional |organizations |that |sets |
standards? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-guided |by |standards |set |by |professional |organizations |and
|an |established |code |of |ethics
,Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |ongoing |research? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-our |nursing |interventions |are |focused |on |EBP, |which |is |practice |based |on |
research |and |NOT |intuition
Identify |examples |of |how |nursing |achieves |the |criteria |of: |autonomy |and |self |regulation? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-focuses |on |human |responses |to |actual |or |potential |health |problems |
and |is |increasingly |focused |on |wellness, |an |area |of |caring |that |encompasses |nursing's |unique |
knowledge |and |abilities
What |makes |a |BSN |different |from |an |ADN? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-BSNs |encompass |
traditional |knowledge, |scientific |knowledge, |and |authoritative |knowledge
Both |have |clinical |components, |but |ADN's |don't |incorporate |nursing |research, |community |
research, |and |management
BSN |allows |for |advanced |education |- |ADNs |do |not.
What |exam |do |registered |nurses |take |to |obtain |their |license? |What |oversight |body |manages |
this |exam? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-NCLEX
overseen |by |NCSBN
Do |diploma, |ADN, |and |BSN |new |graduates |take |the |same |licensing |exam? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-ADN |and |BSN |take |the |same |licensing |exam
Diploma |do |not |but |are |encouraged |too
What |were |the |19th |and |20th |century |barriers |resulting |in |slow |progress |toward |nursing |
developing |as |a |profession? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Hospitals |saw |nursing |students |as |an |
, economic |advantage |in |having |their |own |schools, |and |most |hospital |schools |were |organized |to
|provided |more |easily |controlled |and |less |expensive |staff |for |the |hospitals. |
This |resulted |in |a |lack |of |clear |guidelines |separating |nursing |service |and |nursing |education.
Baptist |Tabernacle |Infirmary |Training |School |for |Christian |Nurses |was |founded |in |what |year? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1902
Mercer |University |was |founded |under |the |leadership |of |Jesse |Mercer, |prominent |Baptist |from |
Georgia, |in |what |year? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1833
What |was |the |first |"modern |school |of |nursing"? |When |was |it |founded |and |by |whom? |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Who, |although |not |trained |as |a |nurse, |served |as |a |nurse |during |the |American |Civil |War, |
founded |the |American |Red |Cross, |and |was |know |as |the |"Angel |of |the |Battlefield"? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Clara |Barton
Who |was |the |first |African |American |nurse |to |graduate |from |a |formal |school |of |nursing |in |1879
|and |advocated |to |eliminate |discrimination |in |the |nursing |field? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mary |
Eliza |Mahoney
Which |influential |nursing |figure |founded |the |Henry |Street |Settlement |house, |which |still |
operates |as |a |non-profit |social |organization |offering |health |and |wellness |services |in |New |
York's |lower |east |side? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Lillian |Wald
What |influential |nursing |leader |founded |the |Frontier |Nursing |Service |in |1925 |which |
formalized? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Mary |Breckinridge
What |prominent |nurse |wrote |a |book |entitled |Materia |Medica |for |Nurses |about |drugs |and |
solutions, |was |assistant |superintendent |of |the |Johns |Hopkins |School |of |Nursing, |and |devoted |
