NUR3026 Exam #1 Final Test
Questions with Complete Solutions
2025-2026 Updated.
What is nursing? - Answer American Nurses Association (ANA): "The protection, promotion,
and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering
through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations."
Florence Nightingale - Answer The first nurse: nurse who really looked at nursing as a science
and wanted to add some professionalism into it
The first nurse who developed a nursing program... she really looked as what is it that we do,
how we affectively train other, and how can we spread of science amongst the population and
others
Nightingale was put in charge of nursing British and allied soldiers in Turkey during the Crimean
War. She spent many hours in the wards, and her night rounds giving personal care to the
wounded established her image as the "Lady with the Lamp."
Clara Barton - Answer Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War,
she treated the wounded in the field.
Holistic Care - Answer An integrated approach to health care that treats the "whole" person,
not simply symptoms and disease. Mind and body are integrated and inseparable.
We are looking at how those symptoms affect their day to day lives (what is the patient's reality)
Ex. Patient with pneumonia can't afford their antibiotic or doesn't have transportation to get an
antibiotic (advocate and help them)
Where do acute care nurses practice? - Answer In a hospital setting
Where do non-acute care nurses practice? - Answer Outside of a hospital setting
Staff Nurse (nurse clinician) - Answer direct care, specific patients, assigned times... assigned
times and doing shifts (12 hour rotations (7am-7pm))
Nurse Manager - Answer a registered nurse who assists the director of nursing in carrying
out administrative responsibilities and is in charge of one or more nursing units. They're apart of
leadership
,Nurse Administrator - Answer Nurse who supervises the organization of nursing care to
ensure overall safety and quality
Organizational responsibility- Human resources
Nurse Researcher - Answer Not in every hospital, magnet certified. research, validates with
evidence based data
Nurse educator - Answer teaches, researches, directs, evaluates... giving direction and
teaching staff about upcoming medical equipment
Community based home health nurse - Answer works with at-risk populations, homeless,
parish/church-based
Long Term Care Nurses - Answer Works with patient who have lost some or all ability to
function. Not just older people can be pediatrics as well.
Occupational Health and Industrial Nurses - Answer Works with factories, corporations -
ensure productivity and OSHA standards
Home care Nurse - Answer Homebound patients
Ambulatory care - Answer practice in clinics or surgical centers, medical offices, walk-in
clinics, retail sites/pharmacies
Hospice and palliative care nurses - Answer comfort and quality of life for the
dying/terminally ill
PICO Question to direct critical analysis of the literature - Answer P = Patient
I = Intervention
C = Comparison
O = Outcome
T = Time (optional)
HEALTH PROMOTION - Answer
Define health - Answer "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO)
, health promotion - Answer •Activities that are useful to all individuals because they
encourage optimal function
•Helps individuals develop a state of physical, spiritual, and mental well-being
health protection - Answer the motivation to avoid illness
Primary Health Protection - Answer Activities that prevent or slow the onset of a disease
EX: eating healthy, immunizations, seat belts, no drinking
Secondary Health Protection - Answer Activities that can detect diseases
EX: Self breast exams, health screenings, health assessment, pap smear
Tertiary Health Protection - Answer Activities that SLOW the progression of a diagnosis
EX: adequate blood glucose for a patient with diabetes (the pt. already has the disease),
medication, treatment, rehab, surgery, chemotherapy, chronic pain management. IN RELATION
TO DIAGNOSIS.
Pender's Health Promotion Model - Answer •Utilizes both nursing and behavioral science in
order to evaluate individual motivation.
•Past experiences and perceptions affect responses and behaviors towards promotion
Ex; this didnt happen last time, so what about this?
Wheel of Wellness - Answer •Assesses 6 domains of wellness:
physical, mental, emotional, social/family, spiritual, occupation (POMESS)
•All domains must be working together
Transtheorectical model of change - Answer Individual growth through a 6-step process
1. Pre-contemplation: how am I going to do this, can i do it?
2. Contemplation: making a commitment
3. Preparing: what is going to be the commitment, how am i gonna do it?
4. Action: I am here
5. Maintenance: fitting it in the schedule
6. Termination: keep going or completing the goal
Questions with Complete Solutions
2025-2026 Updated.
What is nursing? - Answer American Nurses Association (ANA): "The protection, promotion,
and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering
through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations."
Florence Nightingale - Answer The first nurse: nurse who really looked at nursing as a science
and wanted to add some professionalism into it
The first nurse who developed a nursing program... she really looked as what is it that we do,
how we affectively train other, and how can we spread of science amongst the population and
others
Nightingale was put in charge of nursing British and allied soldiers in Turkey during the Crimean
War. She spent many hours in the wards, and her night rounds giving personal care to the
wounded established her image as the "Lady with the Lamp."
Clara Barton - Answer Launched the American Red Cross in 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War,
she treated the wounded in the field.
Holistic Care - Answer An integrated approach to health care that treats the "whole" person,
not simply symptoms and disease. Mind and body are integrated and inseparable.
We are looking at how those symptoms affect their day to day lives (what is the patient's reality)
Ex. Patient with pneumonia can't afford their antibiotic or doesn't have transportation to get an
antibiotic (advocate and help them)
Where do acute care nurses practice? - Answer In a hospital setting
Where do non-acute care nurses practice? - Answer Outside of a hospital setting
Staff Nurse (nurse clinician) - Answer direct care, specific patients, assigned times... assigned
times and doing shifts (12 hour rotations (7am-7pm))
Nurse Manager - Answer a registered nurse who assists the director of nursing in carrying
out administrative responsibilities and is in charge of one or more nursing units. They're apart of
leadership
,Nurse Administrator - Answer Nurse who supervises the organization of nursing care to
ensure overall safety and quality
Organizational responsibility- Human resources
Nurse Researcher - Answer Not in every hospital, magnet certified. research, validates with
evidence based data
Nurse educator - Answer teaches, researches, directs, evaluates... giving direction and
teaching staff about upcoming medical equipment
Community based home health nurse - Answer works with at-risk populations, homeless,
parish/church-based
Long Term Care Nurses - Answer Works with patient who have lost some or all ability to
function. Not just older people can be pediatrics as well.
Occupational Health and Industrial Nurses - Answer Works with factories, corporations -
ensure productivity and OSHA standards
Home care Nurse - Answer Homebound patients
Ambulatory care - Answer practice in clinics or surgical centers, medical offices, walk-in
clinics, retail sites/pharmacies
Hospice and palliative care nurses - Answer comfort and quality of life for the
dying/terminally ill
PICO Question to direct critical analysis of the literature - Answer P = Patient
I = Intervention
C = Comparison
O = Outcome
T = Time (optional)
HEALTH PROMOTION - Answer
Define health - Answer "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO)
, health promotion - Answer •Activities that are useful to all individuals because they
encourage optimal function
•Helps individuals develop a state of physical, spiritual, and mental well-being
health protection - Answer the motivation to avoid illness
Primary Health Protection - Answer Activities that prevent or slow the onset of a disease
EX: eating healthy, immunizations, seat belts, no drinking
Secondary Health Protection - Answer Activities that can detect diseases
EX: Self breast exams, health screenings, health assessment, pap smear
Tertiary Health Protection - Answer Activities that SLOW the progression of a diagnosis
EX: adequate blood glucose for a patient with diabetes (the pt. already has the disease),
medication, treatment, rehab, surgery, chemotherapy, chronic pain management. IN RELATION
TO DIAGNOSIS.
Pender's Health Promotion Model - Answer •Utilizes both nursing and behavioral science in
order to evaluate individual motivation.
•Past experiences and perceptions affect responses and behaviors towards promotion
Ex; this didnt happen last time, so what about this?
Wheel of Wellness - Answer •Assesses 6 domains of wellness:
physical, mental, emotional, social/family, spiritual, occupation (POMESS)
•All domains must be working together
Transtheorectical model of change - Answer Individual growth through a 6-step process
1. Pre-contemplation: how am I going to do this, can i do it?
2. Contemplation: making a commitment
3. Preparing: what is going to be the commitment, how am i gonna do it?
4. Action: I am here
5. Maintenance: fitting it in the schedule
6. Termination: keep going or completing the goal
