NRSG 2001 Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Evidence Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - - Aspires to achieve cost-effective, high quality
patient care based on scientific investigation
- Stimulates nursing research to develop new nursing knowledge
- Applies benefits of the research process to nursing care
- Is based on results of real scientific EVIDENCE - not just opinions, intuition, or past practice
- Utilizes professional practice and scholarly journals to validate nursing interventions
- Contributes to development of practice guidelines and standards of care
This law is also referred to as the Anti- Patient Dumping Statue - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMTALA
What law prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by removing barriers that might
prevent same opportunities available to persons without disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER - ADA
T/F The overall goal of HIPAA is to protect pt privacy - CORRECT ANSWER - true
What does HIPAA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Heath Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
If a nurse sees a parent abusing their child, the nurse must? - CORRECT ANSWER - notify the
appropriate law enforcement
Malpractice example - CORRECT ANSWER - failure to provide informed consent
Who defines the scope of practice for nursing in each state? - CORRECT ANSWER - Board of
Nursing
, Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to act according to standards of what a "reasonable,
prudent nurse" would do
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER - overall goal is to protect patient rights
The nursing is questioning an order from the provider and wants to get clarification. This is an example
of? - CORRECT ANSWER - Accountability
The law that created guidelines for the safe administration of controlled substances - CORRECT
ANSWER - Federal controlled substances act
Who determines CEU needs and monitors completion of required CEU's? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The board of nursing
What is the name of the non- profit organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations in
the US? - CORRECT ANSWER - Joint Commission
My patients called me the Lady with the Lamp when I made my night time sounds to make sure they were
safe. Who am ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale
I founded the American Red Cross. Who am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara Barton
I fought hard and advocated for the rights of the mentally ill. I helped establish mental health care systems
in the United States to provide in-patient care for those mentally ill individuals so they would be safe and
protected. I lobbied Congress and state legislatures until they listened, and they did! Who am I? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorothea Dix
I led the fight for women to have access to birth control information when it was illegal to even discuss
birth control in public and later founded Planned Parenthood. Who am I? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Margaret Sanger
Which component of the environment did Florence Nightingale consider in her Environmental theory to
be the most important factor to health? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pure Clean Air
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Evidence Based Practice - CORRECT ANSWER - - Aspires to achieve cost-effective, high quality
patient care based on scientific investigation
- Stimulates nursing research to develop new nursing knowledge
- Applies benefits of the research process to nursing care
- Is based on results of real scientific EVIDENCE - not just opinions, intuition, or past practice
- Utilizes professional practice and scholarly journals to validate nursing interventions
- Contributes to development of practice guidelines and standards of care
This law is also referred to as the Anti- Patient Dumping Statue - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMTALA
What law prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by removing barriers that might
prevent same opportunities available to persons without disabilities - CORRECT ANSWER - ADA
T/F The overall goal of HIPAA is to protect pt privacy - CORRECT ANSWER - true
What does HIPAA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER - Heath Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act
If a nurse sees a parent abusing their child, the nurse must? - CORRECT ANSWER - notify the
appropriate law enforcement
Malpractice example - CORRECT ANSWER - failure to provide informed consent
Who defines the scope of practice for nursing in each state? - CORRECT ANSWER - Board of
Nursing
, Negligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Failure to act according to standards of what a "reasonable,
prudent nurse" would do
Advocacy - CORRECT ANSWER - overall goal is to protect patient rights
The nursing is questioning an order from the provider and wants to get clarification. This is an example
of? - CORRECT ANSWER - Accountability
The law that created guidelines for the safe administration of controlled substances - CORRECT
ANSWER - Federal controlled substances act
Who determines CEU needs and monitors completion of required CEU's? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The board of nursing
What is the name of the non- profit organization that accredits and certifies health care organizations in
the US? - CORRECT ANSWER - Joint Commission
My patients called me the Lady with the Lamp when I made my night time sounds to make sure they were
safe. Who am ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Florence Nightingale
I founded the American Red Cross. Who am I? - CORRECT ANSWER - Clara Barton
I fought hard and advocated for the rights of the mentally ill. I helped establish mental health care systems
in the United States to provide in-patient care for those mentally ill individuals so they would be safe and
protected. I lobbied Congress and state legislatures until they listened, and they did! Who am I? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Dorothea Dix
I led the fight for women to have access to birth control information when it was illegal to even discuss
birth control in public and later founded Planned Parenthood. Who am I? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Margaret Sanger
Which component of the environment did Florence Nightingale consider in her Environmental theory to
be the most important factor to health? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pure Clean Air
