FNP Final Exam Practice Questions |
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____ 1. What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1)
Physicians need for handmaidens
2)
Societal need for healthcare outside the home
3)
Military demand for nurses in the field
4)
Germ theory influence on sanitation - ✔✔3
____ 2. Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that apply.
1)
Encouraging the use of a food diary
2)
Joining a cancer support group
3)
Administering immunization for HPV
4)
Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - ✔✔3
- food diary- health promotion activity
____ 3. Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on
improving patients health?
1)
,Providing a clean environment
2)
Improving nursing education
3)
Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4)
Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - ✔✔1
____ 4. All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the
nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel - ✔✔1
____ 5. Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and skills. - ✔✔2
,Movement through the stages is not constant. Benners model is based on integration of knowledge,
technical skill, and intuition in the development of clinical wisdom. The model does not mention
experience in many areas. The model does not mention years of experience.
____ 6. Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition
of nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - ✔✔ANS: 2
The conflicting images of nursing make it more important to develop a definition; they may also make it
more difficult, but not to the extent that constant change does. Healthcare is constantly changing and
with it come changes in where, how, and what nursing care is delivered. Constant changes make it
difficult to develop a definition. Although different nursing organizations have different definitions, they
are similar in most ways. The different education pathways affect entry into practice, not the definition
of nursing.
____ 7. Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the
following factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. - ✔✔ANS: 1
, Nurses are trusted professionals and the largest health professional group. As such, they have political
power to effect changes. If nursing were a small group, there would be little potential for power in
shaping policies, even if all the other answers were true. Serving the public, while positive, does not
necessarily help nurses to be influential in establishing health policy. Independence from physicians,
although positive, does not necessarily make nurses influential in establishing healthcare policy. Refuting
negative media, although positive, does not necessarily make nurses influential in establishing
healthcare policy.
____ 8. Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
1)
Buddhism
2)
Christianity
3)
Hinduism
4)
Judaism - ✔✔ANS: 3
The Vedas, the sacred books of the Hindu faith, described Indian healthcare practices and were the
earliest writings of a distinct nursing occupation.
____ 9. The American Red Cross was established by
1)
Louisa May Alcott
2)
Clara Barton
3)
Dorothea Dix
4)
Harriet Tubman - ✔✔2
____ 10. Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?
100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest
2024 Version
____ 1. What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1)
Physicians need for handmaidens
2)
Societal need for healthcare outside the home
3)
Military demand for nurses in the field
4)
Germ theory influence on sanitation - ✔✔3
____ 2. Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that apply.
1)
Encouraging the use of a food diary
2)
Joining a cancer support group
3)
Administering immunization for HPV
4)
Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - ✔✔3
- food diary- health promotion activity
____ 3. Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on
improving patients health?
1)
,Providing a clean environment
2)
Improving nursing education
3)
Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4)
Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - ✔✔1
____ 4. All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the
nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel - ✔✔1
____ 5. Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and skills. - ✔✔2
,Movement through the stages is not constant. Benners model is based on integration of knowledge,
technical skill, and intuition in the development of clinical wisdom. The model does not mention
experience in many areas. The model does not mention years of experience.
____ 6. Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition
of nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - ✔✔ANS: 2
The conflicting images of nursing make it more important to develop a definition; they may also make it
more difficult, but not to the extent that constant change does. Healthcare is constantly changing and
with it come changes in where, how, and what nursing care is delivered. Constant changes make it
difficult to develop a definition. Although different nursing organizations have different definitions, they
are similar in most ways. The different education pathways affect entry into practice, not the definition
of nursing.
____ 7. Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the
following factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. - ✔✔ANS: 1
, Nurses are trusted professionals and the largest health professional group. As such, they have political
power to effect changes. If nursing were a small group, there would be little potential for power in
shaping policies, even if all the other answers were true. Serving the public, while positive, does not
necessarily help nurses to be influential in establishing health policy. Independence from physicians,
although positive, does not necessarily make nurses influential in establishing healthcare policy. Refuting
negative media, although positive, does not necessarily make nurses influential in establishing
healthcare policy.
____ 8. Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
1)
Buddhism
2)
Christianity
3)
Hinduism
4)
Judaism - ✔✔ANS: 3
The Vedas, the sacred books of the Hindu faith, described Indian healthcare practices and were the
earliest writings of a distinct nursing occupation.
____ 9. The American Red Cross was established by
1)
Louisa May Alcott
2)
Clara Barton
3)
Dorothea Dix
4)
Harriet Tubman - ✔✔2
____ 10. Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?
