NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a
group of new mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit. -
correct answer ✅Ans: Health is being connected in body, mind,
and spirit.
Feedback: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in
the preamble to its constitution as a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorrect because they
are not congruent with the WHO definition of health.
A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students
about what it is like to be a nurse. What is one characteristic the
nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective nurse?
,NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism -
correct answer ✅Ans: Sensitivity to cultural differences
Feedback: To promote an effective nurse-patient relationship and
positive outcomes of care, nursing care must be culturally
competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural differences. Team-
focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are not
characteristics needed to be an effective nurse. The ability to
handle criticism is important, but to a lesser degree than cultural
competence.
With increases in longevity, people have had to become more
knowledgeable about their health and the professional health care
that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is the
development of organized self-care education programs. Which of
the following do these programs prioritize?
,NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying
C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness -
correct answer ✅Ans: Management of illness
Feedback: Organized self-care education programs emphasize
health promotion, disease prevention, management of illness, self-
care, and judicious use of the professional health care system.
Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities are secondary.
The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in
planning the patients return to work after surgery and the
development of postsurgical complications. The nurse is preparing
a plan of care that addresses the patients multifaceted needs. To
which level of Maslows hierarchy of basic needs does the patients
need for self-fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
, NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
B) Transcendence
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-actualization -
correct answer ✅Ans: Self-actualization
Feedback: Maslows highest level of human needs is self-
actualization, which includes self-fulfillment, desire to know and
understand, and aesthetic needs. The other answers are incorrect
because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them.
The view that health and illness are not static states but that they
exist on a continuum is central to professional healthcare systems.
When planning care, this view aids the nurse in appreciating which
of the following?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of disease.
B) A persons state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a
group of new mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Health is being disease free.
B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.
C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.
D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit. -
correct answer ✅Ans: Health is being connected in body, mind,
and spirit.
Feedback: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in
the preamble to its constitution as a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorrect because they
are not congruent with the WHO definition of health.
A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students
about what it is like to be a nurse. What is one characteristic the
nurse would cite as necessary to possess to be an effective nurse?
,NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving
C) Strict adherence to routine
D) Ability to face criticism -
correct answer ✅Ans: Sensitivity to cultural differences
Feedback: To promote an effective nurse-patient relationship and
positive outcomes of care, nursing care must be culturally
competent, appropriate, and sensitive to cultural differences. Team-
focused nursing and strict adherence to routine are not
characteristics needed to be an effective nurse. The ability to
handle criticism is important, but to a lesser degree than cultural
competence.
With increases in longevity, people have had to become more
knowledgeable about their health and the professional health care
that they receive. One outcome of this phenomenon is the
development of organized self-care education programs. Which of
the following do these programs prioritize?
,NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying
C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness -
correct answer ✅Ans: Management of illness
Feedback: Organized self-care education programs emphasize
health promotion, disease prevention, management of illness, self-
care, and judicious use of the professional health care system.
Prenatal care, lobbying, and Internet activities are secondary.
The home health nurse is assisting a patient and his family in
planning the patients return to work after surgery and the
development of postsurgical complications. The nurse is preparing
a plan of care that addresses the patients multifaceted needs. To
which level of Maslows hierarchy of basic needs does the patients
need for self-fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
, NUR108 #1 - Chapter 1: Professional
Nursing Practice Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
B) Transcendence
C) Love and belonging
D) Self-actualization -
correct answer ✅Ans: Self-actualization
Feedback: Maslows highest level of human needs is self-
actualization, which includes self-fulfillment, desire to know and
understand, and aesthetic needs. The other answers are incorrect
because self-fulfillment does not relate directly to them.
The view that health and illness are not static states but that they
exist on a continuum is central to professional healthcare systems.
When planning care, this view aids the nurse in appreciating which
of the following?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of disease.
B) A persons state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
