Keiser University (Answered Latest 2022) NUR4825PN I & II QUIZ 1 / Professional Nursing, I & II OL Quiz 1

Professional Nursing, I & II OL Quiz 1 1. In the 1970s, this publication established the connection between social issues and the role of the nurse: A) The IOM Report on Medicine B) The IOM Core Competencies C) Hospitals, Paternalism, and the Role of the Nurse D) National Nursing Journal 2. What did Isabel Hampton Robb do as the first president of the American Nurses Association? A) Ensured that vulnerable populations were recognized by nurses B) Wrote forceful editorials C) Obtained medical care for mothers and babies in rural America D) Organized the nursing profession at the national level 3. How did the Industrial Revolution affect health care? A) It brought many more caretakers into the workforce as doctors and nurses. B) It created crowded workplaces that were breeding grounds for disease. C) It forced children to become independent at a younger age. D) It brought about many new public health laws. 4. How did the 1948 Brown report on nursing education change the focus of nursing education? A) Nursing schools began to view accreditation and standardization as necessary steps for success. B) Nurses were then required to attend baccalaureate programs. C) There was a movement toward hospital-based nursing schools. D) The National League for Nursing was created in response to this report. 5. How might a critic of Florence Nightingale's nursing image describe a nurse? A) As powerless B) As uncaring C) As a change agent D) As uneducated 6. What does belonging to a professional nursing association do for the nurse? A) It costs money and time. B) It allows nurses to be nationally/locally active and to improve leadership skills. C) It gives lobbyists more money to use in Washington, DC. D) It helps nurses get jobs. 7. The standards of practice for the American Nurses Association include which of the following? A) Assessment B) Crisis management C) Data recording D) Rounding practices 8. Knowledge workers recognize that change is: A) something to be avoided. B) inevitable in health care. C) a barrier in many situations. D) experienced mostly by patients. 9. Dichotomous thinking limits choices because it means someone is looking at an issue as being: A) either good or bad. B) partially right and partially wrong. C) correct or incorrect D) unfounded. 10. What is the best response to the statement that medicine focuses on curing and nursing on caring? A) This is an accurate statement. B) This statement is simplistic. C) This statement adds conflict and creates difficulty in conversation. D) This statement puts nurses in the crucial role of understanding patients holistically. 11. How do nurses use critical thinking in health care? A) Applying personal judgment B) Maintaining confidentiality C) Through research and quality improvement projects D) Gaining promotion to management 12. Which of the following is one of the key issues identified by the American Nurses Association related to a nurse's knowledge base? A) Leadership B) Informatics C) Research D) Health literacy 13. Which of the following is an example of a routine part of a nurse's work? A) Recognizing a lab value that is dangerously low B) Taking blood pressure C) Responding to an emergent situation D) Paging the physician to discuss a patient's pain management 14. What is one factor that leads to fewer new nurses entering the profession? A) Lack of nursing jobs B) Lack of nursing faculty C) Lack of nursing schools D) Increase in nursing master's programs 15. Which of the following would be considered a practice that meets one of the five core competencies suggested by the Institute of Medicine? A) Using evidence to support a change in bedside practice B) Working individually as nurses to care for patients in the hospital C) Avoiding the use of technology at the bedside to minimize complexity D) Working to separate the nurse and the physician at the bedside 16. What is one-way nursing schools are overcoming the barrier to decreased clinical settings? A) Ensuring that programs are always run on a 9-month schedule B) Utilizing simulation experiences to provide opportunities students would get in the clinical setting C) Hiring more clinical instructors D) Decreasing the amount of clinical time necessary to graduate 17. Accreditation is part of quality assurance in nursing programs a. True b.False 18. Accountability is the obligation to accept responsibility a. True b. False 19. The definition of Nursing per the ANA is Nursing is the protection, and the option of health and abilities, prevention of the illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of the human response, and the advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations a. True b. False 20. Clinical Judgement is the process by which nurses come to understand problems better, issues, and concerns; it includes both conscious decisions making and intuitive response a. True b. False 21. Clinical reasoning is the nurse's ability to assess the patients' problems or needs and analyze data to identify the issues in the environment. a. True b. False 22. The primary purpose of the State Board of Nursing is to protect the health and safety of the patient a. True b. False 23. The RN delivers external cardiac compression to a client during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Which of the following actions by the RN is best? A). Maintain a position close to the client's side with the nurse's knees apart. B). Positions hands on the lower half of the sternum during compressions. C). Lean on the chest between compression to prevent full chest wall recoil. D). Check for return of the client's pulse after every 8 breaths by the nurse. 24. A patient is admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a diagnosis of "Acute Myocardial Infarction." The patient appears tearful and tells the RN, "I’m scared. I think I am going to die.” Which of the following responses by the RN would be most appropriate? A). “Everything is going to be just fine. We’ll take good care of you.” B). “I know what you mean. A few months back, I thought I was having a heart attack.” C). “Well, it may just be your time to go.” D). “It is normal to feel frightened. We are going to do Everything we can for you.” 25. Which of these actions by the RN is the most effective means of preventing infection? A). When hands are visibly contaminated with body fluids, rub hands with Clorox wipes. B). Perform hand hygiene at home before reporting for work. C). Wear sterile gloves when giving IV medications. D). When hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer rub for routine hand decontamination.