NURS 246 ACTUAL EXAM 1 |230 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH EXPERT
SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
1. Nursing: the protection, promotions, 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 population (ANA)
2. Who is Florence Nightingale?: Known as the founder of nursing
3. What did Florence Nightingale do?: Insisted on better hygiene in field hospitals, hand washing
4. What is Florence Nightingales impact on nursing?: created the 1860 definition of nursing
- put the patient in the best possible condition for nature to act upon them
5. What is the contribution of Clara Barton?: -American version of Florence Nightingale -Started
the American Red Cross
6. What is the contribution of Dorothea Dix?: Advocate for the mentally ill and the indigenous
7. What are the contributions of Harriet Tubman?: The first African American nurse 8. What are
the contributions of Mary Mahoney?: First African American nurse to study nursing, and to work
professionally
-diversity
9. What are the contributions of Isabelle Hampton Robb?: First dean of nursing at John
Hopkins, started the American Journal of medicine
,10. What are the contributions of Virginia Henderson?: founded the Needs Theory, the Nightingale
of modern nursing
11. Needs Theory: doing things for patients that they would do for themselves if they were able to
12. What happened to nursing in the 1980s?: there was ap ush for evidence/science behind the
tasks nurses were completing, there was a shift from just following a task to actually understand the
why behind it
13. Theory: informs the best practice of what we should do
14. What are the Professional Practice Guidelines?: Standards of Nursing practice, Standards
of Professional Performance , and the Code of Ethics
-upheld by the American Nurses Association
15. Nurse Practice Acts: scope of practice, and the Indiana Nurse Practice Act
-outlines what we are allowed to do and not do
-policy and procedures
-self determination
16. Nursing competencies: the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary to provide safe
care
17. What are the six nursing competencies?: Advocacy, Change management, Communication,
Collaboration, Counseling, and Compassion/Honesty/Integrity
18. Advocacy: taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a
health-related belief
,- being the representation for the patient and their wants/beliefs
19. Change Management: Taking charge allowing change to happen, asking the questions and
searching for the answers of the best possible EBP
20. Communication: ability to communicate effectively between the patient, and other staff within
a interpersonal group
21. Collaboration: the act of working together
-working with other professions to improve the quality of care
22. Counseling: the ability of the nurse to guide their patient through the experiences of the hospital
-being the middle man between the patient and the physician and guiding them through their
diagnoses
23. Compassion/Honesty/Integrity: the responsibility of a nurse to exhibit a caring relationship with
their patient, while also an honest responsibility with other professionals
-compassionate care
24. What are the three professional attributes?: accountability, responsibility, and autonomy
25. Accountability: legal obligation
26. Responsibility: perform
27. Autonomy: independent decisions
28. Professional identity: its a combination of the way you envision yourself, and the collective
image society has of nursing as a profession
, 29. National League for Nursing (NLN): promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong
and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community
30. National Patient Safety Goals: -updated every year
-The Joint Commission, they are in charge of keeping the hospital running, they have the ability to
determine if the doors will remain open or the hospital will close
31. What are some of the National Patient Safety Goals?: ID patients, improve staff
communication, medication safety, use alarms safely, prevent infections, identify patient safety risks,
and prevent surgical mistakes
32. What are the functions and services of the ANA?: American Nursing Association
-political action, advocacy, definition of nursing, social policy, standards of practice, and code of
ethics
33. What are the functions and service of the NSNA/USIANS: -National Student Nursing
Association
-USI Association of Nursing Students
-Mentors students for initial licensure as registered nurses, and to convey the standards, ethics, and
skills that students will need as responsible and accountable leaders and members of the profession
34. What are the functions and services of Sigma Theta Tau International?: -global nursing
excellence
-research, leadership. global repository
SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
1. Nursing: the protection, promotions, 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 population (ANA)
2. Who is Florence Nightingale?: Known as the founder of nursing
3. What did Florence Nightingale do?: Insisted on better hygiene in field hospitals, hand washing
4. What is Florence Nightingales impact on nursing?: created the 1860 definition of nursing
- put the patient in the best possible condition for nature to act upon them
5. What is the contribution of Clara Barton?: -American version of Florence Nightingale -Started
the American Red Cross
6. What is the contribution of Dorothea Dix?: Advocate for the mentally ill and the indigenous
7. What are the contributions of Harriet Tubman?: The first African American nurse 8. What are
the contributions of Mary Mahoney?: First African American nurse to study nursing, and to work
professionally
-diversity
9. What are the contributions of Isabelle Hampton Robb?: First dean of nursing at John
Hopkins, started the American Journal of medicine
,10. What are the contributions of Virginia Henderson?: founded the Needs Theory, the Nightingale
of modern nursing
11. Needs Theory: doing things for patients that they would do for themselves if they were able to
12. What happened to nursing in the 1980s?: there was ap ush for evidence/science behind the
tasks nurses were completing, there was a shift from just following a task to actually understand the
why behind it
13. Theory: informs the best practice of what we should do
14. What are the Professional Practice Guidelines?: Standards of Nursing practice, Standards
of Professional Performance , and the Code of Ethics
-upheld by the American Nurses Association
15. Nurse Practice Acts: scope of practice, and the Indiana Nurse Practice Act
-outlines what we are allowed to do and not do
-policy and procedures
-self determination
16. Nursing competencies: the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values necessary to provide safe
care
17. What are the six nursing competencies?: Advocacy, Change management, Communication,
Collaboration, Counseling, and Compassion/Honesty/Integrity
18. Advocacy: taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a
health-related belief
,- being the representation for the patient and their wants/beliefs
19. Change Management: Taking charge allowing change to happen, asking the questions and
searching for the answers of the best possible EBP
20. Communication: ability to communicate effectively between the patient, and other staff within
a interpersonal group
21. Collaboration: the act of working together
-working with other professions to improve the quality of care
22. Counseling: the ability of the nurse to guide their patient through the experiences of the hospital
-being the middle man between the patient and the physician and guiding them through their
diagnoses
23. Compassion/Honesty/Integrity: the responsibility of a nurse to exhibit a caring relationship with
their patient, while also an honest responsibility with other professionals
-compassionate care
24. What are the three professional attributes?: accountability, responsibility, and autonomy
25. Accountability: legal obligation
26. Responsibility: perform
27. Autonomy: independent decisions
28. Professional identity: its a combination of the way you envision yourself, and the collective
image society has of nursing as a profession
, 29. National League for Nursing (NLN): promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong
and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community
30. National Patient Safety Goals: -updated every year
-The Joint Commission, they are in charge of keeping the hospital running, they have the ability to
determine if the doors will remain open or the hospital will close
31. What are some of the National Patient Safety Goals?: ID patients, improve staff
communication, medication safety, use alarms safely, prevent infections, identify patient safety risks,
and prevent surgical mistakes
32. What are the functions and services of the ANA?: American Nursing Association
-political action, advocacy, definition of nursing, social policy, standards of practice, and code of
ethics
33. What are the functions and service of the NSNA/USIANS: -National Student Nursing
Association
-USI Association of Nursing Students
-Mentors students for initial licensure as registered nurses, and to convey the standards, ethics, and
skills that students will need as responsible and accountable leaders and members of the profession
34. What are the functions and services of Sigma Theta Tau International?: -global nursing
excellence
-research, leadership. global repository
