Fundamentals of Nursing Questions With All
Correct Answers
Aims of nursing correct answer -promoting health, preventing illness,
restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or death
promoting health correct answer -promoting good physical, mental and
emotional health by identifying, analyzing, and maximizing the patient's
strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health and
facilitating coping with disability or death
preventing illness correct answer -reduce the risk of illness by avoiding or
achieving early detection of illness or to maintain function within the
constraints of an illness. Teach by example, educational programs, community
programs, literature, and health assessments
restoring health correct answer -performing assessments that detect an
illness refering questions and findings to other healthcare providers,
providing direct care, collaborating, planning, teaching and carrying out
rehabilitation for illnesses, working in rehab programs
facilitating coping with disability or death correct answer -hospice, refer
to support groups
roles of nurses correct answer -caregiver, communicator,
teacher/educator, leader, advocate
LPN correct answer -1 year program, can do most nursing functions
RN correct answer -AS or BSN degree, completes all nursing skills,
specialized training, BSN level looking into evidence-based practice, papers
focused on research
Graduate education-masters correct answer -nurse practitioner, educator,
management
doctorate correct answer -higher level of practice
, professional nursing organizations correct answer -to be considered a
profession a professional organization needs to be in place to set standards
for practice and education. This sets education minimums, and continuity of
care
ANA correct answer -Professional organization for RN's in the US.
Publicizes standards of Practice to ensure knowledgeable, safe,
comprehensive, nursing care by those who will receive a license
Nurse practice act correct answer -defines legal scope of practice, excludes
untrained or unlicensed people from practicing, establishes education and
licensing criteria, creates a state board of nursing, makes and enforces rules
and regulations
nursing process correct answer -assess, nursing diagnosis, identify
expected outcomes, implement care, evaluate results
assess correct answer -collect, validate and communicate patient data,
vital step-all remaining steps depend on complete, accurate, factual data,
made at the beginning of care and throughout the course of care, goal is to
come up with dx and interventions.
four essential competencies correct answer -cognitive, technical,
interpersonal, ethical/legal
nursing diagnosis correct answer -actual and potential health problems
that nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. the goal of the nursing
diagnosis is to focus on the patient's responses to health problems (NANDA)
identify expected outcomes correct answer -what do we want the patient
to achieve as a result of nursing care?
Implement the care correct answer -have patient exercise, eat more fiber,
increase fluids, give meds for constipation, etc.
evaluate the results correct answer -was the outcome achieved-did the pt
have a bowel movement within two days?
Correct Answers
Aims of nursing correct answer -promoting health, preventing illness,
restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or death
promoting health correct answer -promoting good physical, mental and
emotional health by identifying, analyzing, and maximizing the patient's
strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health and
facilitating coping with disability or death
preventing illness correct answer -reduce the risk of illness by avoiding or
achieving early detection of illness or to maintain function within the
constraints of an illness. Teach by example, educational programs, community
programs, literature, and health assessments
restoring health correct answer -performing assessments that detect an
illness refering questions and findings to other healthcare providers,
providing direct care, collaborating, planning, teaching and carrying out
rehabilitation for illnesses, working in rehab programs
facilitating coping with disability or death correct answer -hospice, refer
to support groups
roles of nurses correct answer -caregiver, communicator,
teacher/educator, leader, advocate
LPN correct answer -1 year program, can do most nursing functions
RN correct answer -AS or BSN degree, completes all nursing skills,
specialized training, BSN level looking into evidence-based practice, papers
focused on research
Graduate education-masters correct answer -nurse practitioner, educator,
management
doctorate correct answer -higher level of practice
, professional nursing organizations correct answer -to be considered a
profession a professional organization needs to be in place to set standards
for practice and education. This sets education minimums, and continuity of
care
ANA correct answer -Professional organization for RN's in the US.
Publicizes standards of Practice to ensure knowledgeable, safe,
comprehensive, nursing care by those who will receive a license
Nurse practice act correct answer -defines legal scope of practice, excludes
untrained or unlicensed people from practicing, establishes education and
licensing criteria, creates a state board of nursing, makes and enforces rules
and regulations
nursing process correct answer -assess, nursing diagnosis, identify
expected outcomes, implement care, evaluate results
assess correct answer -collect, validate and communicate patient data,
vital step-all remaining steps depend on complete, accurate, factual data,
made at the beginning of care and throughout the course of care, goal is to
come up with dx and interventions.
four essential competencies correct answer -cognitive, technical,
interpersonal, ethical/legal
nursing diagnosis correct answer -actual and potential health problems
that nursing intervention can prevent or resolve. the goal of the nursing
diagnosis is to focus on the patient's responses to health problems (NANDA)
identify expected outcomes correct answer -what do we want the patient
to achieve as a result of nursing care?
Implement the care correct answer -have patient exercise, eat more fiber,
increase fluids, give meds for constipation, etc.
evaluate the results correct answer -was the outcome achieved-did the pt
have a bowel movement within two days?
