NRS 2012 EXAM MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the 3 things that nursing is? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Independent,
2. autonomous
3. scientific healthcare discipline
Nurses Practice ____________, NOT practice __________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. nursing
2. medicine
Nurses are _______ medical professionals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NOT
What are Registered Nurses? (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. healthcare professionals
2. largest (in #) healthcare profession
3. members of their inter-personal team
4. have their own schooling(s)
5. Doctoral degrees can teach BSN thru PhD
RNs have their own: SSL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- schools/colleges/education
- scope and standards of practice
- licensure requirements
What kind of nurses are allowed to teach BSN thru PhD programs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Only those
with Doctoral lvl of Nursing
What is the goal of nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅facilitate a + pt outcome
What is the name for the practice that presents the
1. framework
2. context of
,3. professional nursing practice
4. expectations of professional nurses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
(ANA, 2021)
Definition of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the art/sciecne of caring and focuses on 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
Nursing is the _______ and _________ of human responses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. diagnosis
2. treatment
Groups of people nurses advocate for: (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. individuals (pt)
2. families
3. groups
4. communities
5. populations
**size of population get bigger and bigger
phenomenon of concern _______ ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Human Health
What is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Focus
What is the focus of care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Holistic
Nursing can occur _________ and ________ there is a need for nursing knowledge, wisdom, caring,
leadership, practice, or education. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. whenever
2. wherever
, T/F: Nursing can occur in any environment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The ANA Standards serve as the standards of: NPP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. nursing care
2. practice
3. performance
Nursing is a __________ profession butilt on a ________ _______ of knowledge that reflects its dual
components of art and science. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. learned
2. core body
what is the art of nursing based on?? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅caring and respect for human dignity
What are the 4 things that the science of nursing is consistent with and shares the characteristics of
other scientific disciplines? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Distinct body of knowledge
2. Distinct schools/colleges
3. Baccalaureate is the entry level
4. Doctoral education is the terminal degree and is discipline specific
Nursing practice is based on nursing knowledge that is ______________/_____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅- scientifically/empirically based.
What are the two kinds of evidence does a nursing use to guide their nursing practice? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅QUALITATIVE
- subjective
QUANITATIVE
- objective
What is nursing philosophy of care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- holistic
- pt centered
- outcome focused
What are the 3 things that nursing is? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Independent,
2. autonomous
3. scientific healthcare discipline
Nurses Practice ____________, NOT practice __________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. nursing
2. medicine
Nurses are _______ medical professionals - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NOT
What are Registered Nurses? (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. healthcare professionals
2. largest (in #) healthcare profession
3. members of their inter-personal team
4. have their own schooling(s)
5. Doctoral degrees can teach BSN thru PhD
RNs have their own: SSL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- schools/colleges/education
- scope and standards of practice
- licensure requirements
What kind of nurses are allowed to teach BSN thru PhD programs? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Only those
with Doctoral lvl of Nursing
What is the goal of nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅facilitate a + pt outcome
What is the name for the practice that presents the
1. framework
2. context of
,3. professional nursing practice
4. expectations of professional nurses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
(ANA, 2021)
Definition of Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the art/sciecne of caring and focuses on 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
Nursing is the _______ and _________ of human responses - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. diagnosis
2. treatment
Groups of people nurses advocate for: (5) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. individuals (pt)
2. families
3. groups
4. communities
5. populations
**size of population get bigger and bigger
phenomenon of concern _______ ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Human Health
What is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Focus
What is the focus of care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Holistic
Nursing can occur _________ and ________ there is a need for nursing knowledge, wisdom, caring,
leadership, practice, or education. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. whenever
2. wherever
, T/F: Nursing can occur in any environment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TRUE
The ANA Standards serve as the standards of: NPP - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. nursing care
2. practice
3. performance
Nursing is a __________ profession butilt on a ________ _______ of knowledge that reflects its dual
components of art and science. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. learned
2. core body
what is the art of nursing based on?? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅caring and respect for human dignity
What are the 4 things that the science of nursing is consistent with and shares the characteristics of
other scientific disciplines? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Distinct body of knowledge
2. Distinct schools/colleges
3. Baccalaureate is the entry level
4. Doctoral education is the terminal degree and is discipline specific
Nursing practice is based on nursing knowledge that is ______________/_____________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅- scientifically/empirically based.
What are the two kinds of evidence does a nursing use to guide their nursing practice? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅QUALITATIVE
- subjective
QUANITATIVE
- objective
What is nursing philosophy of care? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- holistic
- pt centered
- outcome focused
