EXAM.
What is the minimal grade to pass? Correct Answer: 77C
ULL department of nursing missions statement Correct Answer: to seek to promote, expand & validate
scientific knowledge & evidence-based practice to advance health & provide an atmosphere of scholarly
inquiry, an appreciation of professional values, inter-professional collaboration & active community
service
What happens if you miss a test? Correct Answer: will receive an unexcused absence and grade 0
What is required if you are applying for your first clinical course? Correct Answer: File an application
with the LA State Board of Nursing (LSBN) & have criminal background history using fingerprints
Florence Nightingale's Theory of Practice Correct Answer: 1st nursing theorist;
Foundation for health promotion & guidance for the practice of professional nursing
Florence Nightingale's theory of practice- environmental adaptation theory Correct Answer: -ventilation
& warming
-Noise
-Variety
-Diet
-Light
-Chattering hopes & advice
-cleanliness (health of houses)
Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring Correct Answer: -Transpersonal Caring (art of nursing)- caring
amount nurses, environment, and client is essential to healing
-Holistic outlook- effect and importance of altruism, sensitivity, trust, and interpersonal skills
Dorothy Orem's Self-Care deficit model Correct Answer: -goal: restore clients self-care capability
-Purposeful Nursing Intervention-Facilitates client self-care by measuring the client's deficit relative to
self-care needs; Implements appropriate measures to assist the client in meeting these needs by
matching them with an appropriate supportive intervention
Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert Correct Answer: stages of clinical competence; one of the most
useful frameworks for assessing nurses' needs at different stages of professional growth
Patricia Benner's 5 levels of nursing experience Correct Answer: novice, advanced, beginner,
competent, proficient, and expert
what is the minimum GPA required for admission into the 200 level nursing course? Correct Answer: 2.8
, Students who earn a D or F in 2 or more required non-nursing courses Correct Answer: Will not be
allowed to major in nursing at UL Lafayette
patient centered care Correct Answer: providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual
patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Correct Answer: Mandates protection of an
individual's privacy by health care providers and throughout society
Nurse Practice Act Correct Answer: right granted by a state to protect those who need nursing care. The
guidelines of the NPA and its rules provide safe parameters within which to work and protect patients
from unprofessional and unsafe nursing practice
NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination) Correct Answer: a nationwide examination for the
licensing of nurses in the United States; administered through the state boards of nursing
State Board of Nursing Correct Answer: A state board of nursing holds the legal authority for nursing
practice and regulates nursing practice through:
Establishing the requirements to obtain a
nursing license
Issuing nursing licenses
Determining the scope of practice
Setting minimum education standards
Managing disciplinary procedures
What do you have to do if wanting to work as a nurse in a different state? Correct Answer: contact that
state's board of nursing and see what they require of you
State Board's process if you did something bad. Correct Answer: they first investigate, then they put you
into a program to help with whatever you did, they are never looking to take your license (as long as
what you did was not to intentionally to harm someone else)
Drinking blood alcohol concentration? Correct Answer: over 21- 0.08%
under 21- 0.00%
Nurse Licensure Compact Correct Answer: • Mutual recognition model for nursing licensure; maintain
home state license, but may practice in any party state
What enables nurses to work in different states using the same license? Correct Answer: the nurse
licensure compact (24 states in it)