RASMUSSEN FUNDAMENTALS OF
NURSING EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
How does WHO define health? - Correct Answer ✔✔ State of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Spiritual Wellness - Correct Answer ✔✔ Self-actualization; Having peace and harmony
within
Maslow's - Physiological Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oxygen, water, food elimination,
temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest.
Maslow's - Safety and Security Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Security of body,
employment, resources, morality, family, health, property.
Physical safety and security means being protected from potential or actual harm.
Emotional safety and security involves trusting others and being free of fear, anxiety,
and apprehension.
Maslow's - Love and Belonging Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The understanding and
acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of belonging to
groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and a community.
Maslow's - Self-Esteem Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The need for a person to feel good
about oneself, to feel pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others
also respect and appreciate those accomplishments.
Maslow's - Self-Actualization Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The need for individuals to
reach their full potential through development of their unique capabilities.
Evidence Based Practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ A problem solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available. Blends both the science and art of
nursing so that the best patient outcomes are achieved.
Traditional Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ That part of nursing practice passed down
from generation to generation, "we've always done it that way."
Authoritative Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ Comes from an expert, accepted as truth
because it is an authoritative person's perceived expertise. (teacher, doctor, anyone
who has authority)
, Scientific Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ Knowledge obtained through the scientific
method (implying thorough research). This is where new ideas are tested and measured
systematically using objective criteria.
4 Aims of Nursing - Correct Answer ✔✔ To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with illness, disability, or death
Promoting Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each
patient's individual strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health, and
facilitating coping with disability or death.
Preventing Illness - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses prevent illness primarily by teaching by
personal example. This can be done by educational programs, community programs,
literature, TV, radio, and health assessments in clinics.
Restoring Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Performing assessments that detect an illness
Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers, as
appropriate
Providing direct care to the person who is ill
Collaborating with other health care providers in providing care
Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as heart attacks,
arthritis, and strokes
Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs
Facilitating and Coping with Disability and Death - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses provide
care to both patients and families during end-of-life care, and they do so in hospitals,
long term care facilities, hospices, and homes.
What are the appropriate types of literature reviews to locate reputable sources of
information based on research? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Systemic reviews
Guideline databases
Professional organizations
Online clinical databases
Journals
Physical Dimension - Correct Answer ✔✔ Genetic inheritance, age, developmental
level, race, and gender.
NURSING EXAM 1 QUESTIONS &
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
How does WHO define health? - Correct Answer ✔✔ State of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Spiritual Wellness - Correct Answer ✔✔ Self-actualization; Having peace and harmony
within
Maslow's - Physiological Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Oxygen, water, food elimination,
temperature, sexuality, physical activity, and rest.
Maslow's - Safety and Security Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ Security of body,
employment, resources, morality, family, health, property.
Physical safety and security means being protected from potential or actual harm.
Emotional safety and security involves trusting others and being free of fear, anxiety,
and apprehension.
Maslow's - Love and Belonging Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The understanding and
acceptance of others in both giving and receiving love, and the feeling of belonging to
groups such as families, peers, friends, a neighborhood, and a community.
Maslow's - Self-Esteem Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The need for a person to feel good
about oneself, to feel pride and a sense of accomplishment, and to believe that others
also respect and appreciate those accomplishments.
Maslow's - Self-Actualization Needs - Correct Answer ✔✔ The need for individuals to
reach their full potential through development of their unique capabilities.
Evidence Based Practice - Correct Answer ✔✔ A problem solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available. Blends both the science and art of
nursing so that the best patient outcomes are achieved.
Traditional Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ That part of nursing practice passed down
from generation to generation, "we've always done it that way."
Authoritative Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ Comes from an expert, accepted as truth
because it is an authoritative person's perceived expertise. (teacher, doctor, anyone
who has authority)
, Scientific Knowledge - Correct Answer ✔✔ Knowledge obtained through the scientific
method (implying thorough research). This is where new ideas are tested and measured
systematically using objective criteria.
4 Aims of Nursing - Correct Answer ✔✔ To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with illness, disability, or death
Promoting Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each
patient's individual strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health, and
facilitating coping with disability or death.
Preventing Illness - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses prevent illness primarily by teaching by
personal example. This can be done by educational programs, community programs,
literature, TV, radio, and health assessments in clinics.
Restoring Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Performing assessments that detect an illness
Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers, as
appropriate
Providing direct care to the person who is ill
Collaborating with other health care providers in providing care
Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as heart attacks,
arthritis, and strokes
Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs
Facilitating and Coping with Disability and Death - Correct Answer ✔✔ Nurses provide
care to both patients and families during end-of-life care, and they do so in hospitals,
long term care facilities, hospices, and homes.
What are the appropriate types of literature reviews to locate reputable sources of
information based on research? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Systemic reviews
Guideline databases
Professional organizations
Online clinical databases
Journals
Physical Dimension - Correct Answer ✔✔ Genetic inheritance, age, developmental
level, race, and gender.
