NS 101 Final Exam (Practice Questions and Answers
With rationale)
A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a physician, social worker, physical therapist,
and home healthcare nurse to provide nursing care for a patient following a MVA. What
should be the central focus of this care?
A. The nurses
B. The physician
C. The nursing care plan
D. The patient
E. The physical therapist
D. The patient
Rationale: The central focus in all definitions of nursing is the patient (person receiving
care). The care is holistic, meaning, it includes the physical, emotional, social, and
spiritual dimensions of that person. Nursing is no longer considered to be concerned
primarily with illness care.
A nurse who uses critical thinking skills to develop a nursing care plan for an expectant
mother of triplets is said to be using which of the following skills?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical/Legal
A. Cognitive
Rationale:
Cognitive skills involve thinking about the nature of things sufficiently to make decisions
regarding care.
Technical skills enable nurses to manipulate equipment to produce a desired outcome.
Interpersonal skills involve caring relationships.
Ethical.legal skills enable nurses to conduct themselves morally and professionally.
Which one of the following establishes criteria for the education and licensure of
nurses?
A. Nursing process
B. Nurse Practice Acts
C. ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
D. National League for Nursing
B. Nurse Practice Acts
, Rationale:
Nurse practice acts regulate the practice of nursing including education and licensure.
Nursing process is a guideline for nursing practice enabling nurses to implement their
roles.
ANA Standards of Nursing Practice protect and allow nurses to carry out professional
roles.
The National League of Nursing fosters the development and improvement of nursing
services
True/ False? The U.S. has two major professional organizations for nurses:
1. American Nurses Association (ANA)
2. National League for Nursing (NLN)
True
Which National Nursing Organization fosters the development and improvement of all
nursing services and nursing education?
NLN
Which National Nursing Organization establishes standards of nursing practice?
ANA
Who is the largest group of healthcare providers in the U.S.?
A. Registered Nurses
B. Physicians
C. Physical Therapists
D. Social Workers
A. Registered Nurses
True/False: Florence Nightingale believed that nursing was distinct and separate from
medicine.
True
True/False: Florence Nightingale established nursing education and nursing as a
respected occupation for women.
True
True/False: The prevention of illness is the central focus of all definitions of nursing.
False
True/False: The nursing process integrates the art and science of nursing.
True
True/False: A current nursing trend for the decades to come is an abundance of
practicing nurses.
False
Select the four aims of nursing from the following:
A. Caregiver
B. Promote health
C. Prevent Illness
With rationale)
A hospital nurse works collaboratively with a physician, social worker, physical therapist,
and home healthcare nurse to provide nursing care for a patient following a MVA. What
should be the central focus of this care?
A. The nurses
B. The physician
C. The nursing care plan
D. The patient
E. The physical therapist
D. The patient
Rationale: The central focus in all definitions of nursing is the patient (person receiving
care). The care is holistic, meaning, it includes the physical, emotional, social, and
spiritual dimensions of that person. Nursing is no longer considered to be concerned
primarily with illness care.
A nurse who uses critical thinking skills to develop a nursing care plan for an expectant
mother of triplets is said to be using which of the following skills?
A. Cognitive
B. Technical
C. Interpersonal
D. Ethical/Legal
A. Cognitive
Rationale:
Cognitive skills involve thinking about the nature of things sufficiently to make decisions
regarding care.
Technical skills enable nurses to manipulate equipment to produce a desired outcome.
Interpersonal skills involve caring relationships.
Ethical.legal skills enable nurses to conduct themselves morally and professionally.
Which one of the following establishes criteria for the education and licensure of
nurses?
A. Nursing process
B. Nurse Practice Acts
C. ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
D. National League for Nursing
B. Nurse Practice Acts
, Rationale:
Nurse practice acts regulate the practice of nursing including education and licensure.
Nursing process is a guideline for nursing practice enabling nurses to implement their
roles.
ANA Standards of Nursing Practice protect and allow nurses to carry out professional
roles.
The National League of Nursing fosters the development and improvement of nursing
services
True/ False? The U.S. has two major professional organizations for nurses:
1. American Nurses Association (ANA)
2. National League for Nursing (NLN)
True
Which National Nursing Organization fosters the development and improvement of all
nursing services and nursing education?
NLN
Which National Nursing Organization establishes standards of nursing practice?
ANA
Who is the largest group of healthcare providers in the U.S.?
A. Registered Nurses
B. Physicians
C. Physical Therapists
D. Social Workers
A. Registered Nurses
True/False: Florence Nightingale believed that nursing was distinct and separate from
medicine.
True
True/False: Florence Nightingale established nursing education and nursing as a
respected occupation for women.
True
True/False: The prevention of illness is the central focus of all definitions of nursing.
False
True/False: The nursing process integrates the art and science of nursing.
True
True/False: A current nursing trend for the decades to come is an abundance of
practicing nurses.
False
Select the four aims of nursing from the following:
A. Caregiver
B. Promote health
C. Prevent Illness
