NSG 117 Exam 1 Review Questions – Medical-Surgical Nursing Fundamentals
Study Guide
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses
a. perform specific skills
b. practice autonomy
c. utilize knowledge from the medical discipline
d. charge a fee for services rendered - ANS ✔✔a
Professional nursing specialty organizations seek to:
a. improve standards of practice
b. expand nursing roles
c. improve the welfare of nurses in specialty areas
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔d.
Nursing theories provide nurses with perspectives from which to
a. analyze patient data
b. predict phenomena
c. formulate legislation
d. link science to nursing - ANS ✔✔
Nursing process is central to nursing practice. Nursing practice:
, a. is a theory
b. is derived from a theory
c. is not adaptable to all patients
d. generates knowledge for use in practice - ANS ✔✔A
A female patient has just found a large lump in her breast. The physician needs to perform a
breast biopsy. The nurse helps the patient into the proper position and offers support during the
biopsy. The nurse is demonstrating:
a. enabling
b. comforting
c. a sense of presence
d. maintain belief - ANS ✔✔B
When a nurse enters a patient's room and says "Good morning" before starting care, the nurse
combines nursing tasks and conversation. An important aspect of care for the nurse to
remember is the need to:
a. establish a relationship
b. gather assessment data
c. treat discomforts quickly
d. assess the patient's emotional needs - ANS ✔✔A
Is nursing a profession? What makes it a profession? - ANS ✔✔Yes; degrees, skill set,
knowledge, rules, ethics, code of conduct
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it:
Study Guide
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurses
a. perform specific skills
b. practice autonomy
c. utilize knowledge from the medical discipline
d. charge a fee for services rendered - ANS ✔✔a
Professional nursing specialty organizations seek to:
a. improve standards of practice
b. expand nursing roles
c. improve the welfare of nurses in specialty areas
d. all of the above - ANS ✔✔d.
Nursing theories provide nurses with perspectives from which to
a. analyze patient data
b. predict phenomena
c. formulate legislation
d. link science to nursing - ANS ✔✔
Nursing process is central to nursing practice. Nursing practice:
, a. is a theory
b. is derived from a theory
c. is not adaptable to all patients
d. generates knowledge for use in practice - ANS ✔✔A
A female patient has just found a large lump in her breast. The physician needs to perform a
breast biopsy. The nurse helps the patient into the proper position and offers support during the
biopsy. The nurse is demonstrating:
a. enabling
b. comforting
c. a sense of presence
d. maintain belief - ANS ✔✔B
When a nurse enters a patient's room and says "Good morning" before starting care, the nurse
combines nursing tasks and conversation. An important aspect of care for the nurse to
remember is the need to:
a. establish a relationship
b. gather assessment data
c. treat discomforts quickly
d. assess the patient's emotional needs - ANS ✔✔A
Is nursing a profession? What makes it a profession? - ANS ✔✔Yes; degrees, skill set,
knowledge, rules, ethics, code of conduct
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it:
