NUR 266 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
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Contemporary nursing practice is based on knowledge generated through nursing
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|theories. Florence Nightingale's theory introduced the concept that nursing care
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focuses on: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Health maintenance and restoration;
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Florence Nightingale believed the role of the nurse was to put the client's body in
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|the best state to remain free of disease or to recover from disease.
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Nursing education programs in the United States may seek voluntary
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accreditation by the appropriate Accrediting Commission Council of the: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-National League for Nursing; The National League for
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Nursing (NLN) is the professional nursing organization concerned with nursing
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education. The NLN provides accreditation to nursing programs that seek and
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meet the NLN accreditation requirements.
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For an individual to become a nurse practitioner, specific preparation is required.
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The minimal educational requirement for a nurse practitioner is: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Master's in nursing; A master's degree is nursing is required to | | | | | | | | | | |
become a nurse practitioner. | | |
It is important that the interests of nurses be represented within a political
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framework. A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement
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of Nursing's role, economic interest, and health care is the: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-American Nurses Association (ANA); The ANA hires lobbyists at the | | | | | | | | | |
state and federal level to promote the advancement of health care and the
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economic and general welfare of nurses. | | | | |
, A nurse moves from Seattle to Boston to begin working in a hospital. The most
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important factor for the nurse to consider when moving to another state is the: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act; Although most states
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have similar practice acts, each individual state has its own Nurse Practice Act
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that regulates the licensure and practice of nursing within that state. Knowledge
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of the Nurse Practice Act is necessary to provide safe and legal nursing care.
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A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic renal failure. The client is very
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fatigued and has a knowledge deficit related to the dialysis therapy he will
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perform at home. The nurse states, "We will do everything possible to return you
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to the optimal level of self-care." In putting together an approach to best meet
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the needs of this client, the nurse is fulfilling the role of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Manager; The nurse, in caring for this client, will coordinate the activities of other
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|members of the health care team. This client may require the assistance of a
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nursing assistant to provide personal care until the client is less fatigued. A
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nutritionist may be necessary for diet evaluation, planning and teaching. A nurse
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may provide education on the dialysis therapy and perform the skill necessary
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until the client is able to do so independently.
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Nurses have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of health care agencies
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around the world. The practice setting, however, where the majority of nurses
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continue to work is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Acute care; Most nurses provide
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direct client care in the hospital setting.
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A client is receiving phenytoin (Dilantin) to prevent seizure activity. He seeks
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employment where his physical challenge will not be a problem. To which allied
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health care professional should the nurse refer this client? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Occupational therapist; An occupational therapist is one who | | | | | | | |
provides assessment and intervention to ameliorate physical and psychological
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Answers
Contemporary nursing practice is based on knowledge generated through nursing
| | | | | | | | |
|theories. Florence Nightingale's theory introduced the concept that nursing care
| | | | | | | | | |
focuses on: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Health maintenance and restoration;
| | | | | | | |
Florence Nightingale believed the role of the nurse was to put the client's body in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|the best state to remain free of disease or to recover from disease.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Nursing education programs in the United States may seek voluntary
| | | | | | | | | |
accreditation by the appropriate Accrediting Commission Council of the: -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-National League for Nursing; The National League for
| | | | | | | | |
Nursing (NLN) is the professional nursing organization concerned with nursing
| | | | | | | | | |
education. The NLN provides accreditation to nursing programs that seek and
| | | | | | | | | | |
meet the NLN accreditation requirements.
| | | |
For an individual to become a nurse practitioner, specific preparation is required.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
The minimal educational requirement for a nurse practitioner is: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Master's in nursing; A master's degree is nursing is required to | | | | | | | | | | |
become a nurse practitioner. | | |
It is important that the interests of nurses be represented within a political
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
framework. A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for advancement
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
of Nursing's role, economic interest, and health care is the: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-American Nurses Association (ANA); The ANA hires lobbyists at the | | | | | | | | | |
state and federal level to promote the advancement of health care and the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
economic and general welfare of nurses. | | | | |
, A nurse moves from Seattle to Boston to begin working in a hospital. The most
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
important factor for the nurse to consider when moving to another state is the: -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act; Although most states
| | | | | | | |
have similar practice acts, each individual state has its own Nurse Practice Act
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
that regulates the licensure and practice of nursing within that state. Knowledge
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of the Nurse Practice Act is necessary to provide safe and legal nursing care.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic renal failure. The client is very
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
fatigued and has a knowledge deficit related to the dialysis therapy he will
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
perform at home. The nurse states, "We will do everything possible to return you
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to the optimal level of self-care." In putting together an approach to best meet
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the needs of this client, the nurse is fulfilling the role of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Manager; The nurse, in caring for this client, will coordinate the activities of other
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
|members of the health care team. This client may require the assistance of a
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
nursing assistant to provide personal care until the client is less fatigued. A
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
nutritionist may be necessary for diet evaluation, planning and teaching. A nurse
| | | | | | | | | | | |
may provide education on the dialysis therapy and perform the skill necessary
| | | | | | | | | | | |
until the client is able to do so independently.
| | | | | | | |
Nurses have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of health care agencies
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
around the world. The practice setting, however, where the majority of nurses
| | | | | | | | | | | |
continue to work is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Acute care; Most nurses provide
| | | | | | | | | | |
direct client care in the hospital setting.
| | | | | |
A client is receiving phenytoin (Dilantin) to prevent seizure activity. He seeks
| | | | | | | | | | | |
employment where his physical challenge will not be a problem. To which allied
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
health care professional should the nurse refer this client? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Occupational therapist; An occupational therapist is one who | | | | | | | |
provides assessment and intervention to ameliorate physical and psychological
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