NSG 1000 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers

NSG 1000 Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers ANA defines nursing as "the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through: - Ans:-the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness What role did Christianity have on the development of modern nursing? - Ans:-Christianity provides biblical principles and values as a basis for nursing practice Who were America's first two trained/educated nurses? - Ans:-Linda Richards and Mary Mahoney The founder of the American Red Cross is: - Ans:-Clara Barton The nurse who was a supervisor of nursing for the Union army during the Civil war was: - Ans:- Dorthea Dix The "lady with the lamp" and the founder of modern day nursing is: - Ans:-Florence Nightingale The two American Civil war nurses that were active with the underground railroad and slave safety and care were: - Ans:-Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/21 The four curricular organizers for the CU nursing program are: Culture, Godly Living, - Ans:- Information Management, and Care The end focus of all we do in nursing at Cedarville is to educate students and prepare graduates to - Ans:-Develop as nurses grounded in Biblical truth. The art of nursing is: - Ans:-to deliver care artfully with compassion, caring, and respect for each patients dignity and personhood. The science of nursing is: - Ans:-based on a body of knowledge that is continually changing with new discoveries/innovations Who is considered the center of nursing practice? - Ans:-The patient; individual, family, and/or community Who founded the American Nurses Association (AMA)? - Ans:-Isabel Hampton Robb Who was involved in the Henry St. Settlement and provided care for the poor? - Ans:-Lillian Wald What types of procedures were influenced because of war? - Ans:-Wound care/surgical management, salvaging procedures, temporary vascular shunts/surgery, infection control, burn care/management ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/21 Major modern influences on nursing - Ans:-Demographic change (aging of Baby Boomers), Women's health care issues, human rights movement, medically underserved (access to care), threat of bioterrorism Influences of Health Care Delivery System - Ans:-Rising healthcare costs, evidence-based practice, biomedical research, nursing shortage Nurse's paradigm includes: - Ans:-Person, Environment, Health, and Nursing Define theory - Ans:-A creative an rigorous structuring of ideas that project a tentative, purposeful and systematic view of phenomena A nurse is caring for a patient with a severe head injury, and pays close attention to lighting, atmosphere, and environmental surroundings. The nurse is functioning according to which theorist? - Ans:-The theorist Florence Nightingale Which nurse theorist focused her theory on adaption? - Ans:-Theorist Sister Callistra Roy Which nurse theorist developed the theory of Human Caring? - Ans:-Theorist Jean Watson What would be the purpose for developing a Christian Theory of Nursing? - Ans:-To practice nursing reflecting the values of Christ and Scripture A value is defined as - Ans:-Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object, idea or action ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 4/21 Altruism is defined as: - Ans:-The nurse's concern for the welfare and well-being of others Integrity is defined as - Ans:-Being honest and trustworthy in all aspects of nursing A nurse will demonstrate the value of Social Justice by: - Ans:-Working to ensure equal access to quality health care What is the nursing domain? - Ans:-The knowledge of nursing practice as well as nursing history, nursing theory, education, and research. What is the relationship between nursing theory and nursing practice? - Ans:-Nursing practice is theory-based. A theory can direct how a nurse uses the nursing process. In order for nurses to gain power and influence in their future, they must... - Ans:-join together in professional unity Professional nursing organizations are involved in - Ans:-creating standards to improve practice and lobbying for nurses at state and national level Nurse practice acts were developed so that licensure and nurse accountability could be regulated by - Ans:-State Boards of Nursing What are tasks performed by BSN graduates? - Ans:-completing a five-dimensional assessment and delegating care to technicians or care assistants ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 5/21 The primary purpose of the State Board of Nursing is to - Ans:-protect the public Why is primarily responsible for developing standards for nursing practice? - Ans:-professional nursing organizations Purposes for nursing standards: - Ans:-outline professional role responsibilities and hold nurses accountable for safe, quality nursing care The nursing code of ethics for professional RN's - Ans:-Defines the principles by which nurses provide care to their clients Advanced practice nurses (APN's) generally: - Ans:-function independently Define Primary Heath Care - Ans:-Health Promotion. Preventing disease by exercising good health care. Local health dept., Physician Offices, Occupational