NSG 6006 PRE-SPECIALITY EXAM: SOUTH UNIVERSITY
1. The leadership core competency of advanced practice nursing includes which three
characteristics?
- Mentoring, Innovation, Activism MIA
2. Which three primary criteria for advanced nursing are identified in Hamric'ss Integrative
Model of Advanced Practice Nursing?
- Guidance
Graduate education
Patient-focused practice
3. What four components of advanced practice nursing (APN) are specified by the National
Council for State Boards of Nursing Consensus Model for APRN regulation?
- Licensure, Accredtation, Certification, Education
4. To meet Medicare's coverage requirements, the Nurse Practitioner's services must be:
- Provided to state restrictions and supervision requirement
5. The APN wants to develop a community education program for hypertension and stroke
prevention. She recognizes that the individual's lifestyle and pattern of behavior need to
be addressed for the program to be successful. Which theory would be most approopriate
to guide the program development?
- Health as Expanding Consciousness
6. Place the following four steps of APN core competency of evidence based practice in
order
- Critically appraise and extract evidence
Formulate a measurable clinical question
Review literature for relevant studies
Implement useful findings in clinical decision making CFRI
7. When considering a theory for use in guiding practice, the APN should examine the
Conceptual-Theoretical-Empirical (C-T-E) linkages by for which criteria?
- Specification adequadecy
8. Which two options are barriers to the conceptualization of Advanced Practice Nursing?
- Need to differentiate between advanced practice nursing and medicine
9. A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) is seeking additional support from ancillary health
services for a diabetic client who is noncompliant with nuncompliant with nutrition,
exercise and medicaion. Which barrier to ethical practice is influencing the NPs practice
- Organizational/Environmental
10. A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) is seeking additional support from ancillary health
services for a diabetic client who is noncompliant with nutrition, exercise and medication.
Which barrier to ethical practice is influencing the NPs practice
- Organizational/Environmental
11. metaparadigm must include which of the following 3 characteristics?
- Encompass all phenomena of interest
- be perspective-neutral
- be global in scope
, 12. An adult gerontology nurse practitioner is employed in a rural practice that is
initiating a school based primary healthcare program.
- All nurse practitioners in the practice are required to initiate preparations to facilitate
conducting patient visits in the new setting.
13. Which role concepts best describes what the adult gerontology nurse practitioner is
experiencing?
- Role incongruity
14. What set of components is essential in a scientific theory?
I- nterrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions
15. The leadership core competency of advanced practice nursing includes which three
characteristics?
- Mentoring, Innovation, Activism
16. Utilizing Fawcett's evaluation of the Conceptual-Theoretical-Empirical Structure (CTE) of a
theory the APN knows that the empirical indicators of a theory are examined for?
- Empirical adequacy
17. Which of the following statements defines Hamric's conceptual definition of advanced
practice nursing?
- The patient-focused application of an expanded range of competencies to improve health
outcomes for patients and populations within a specialized clinical area of the larger
discipline of nursing
18. Which leadership style involves development of unity between the leader and followers to
achieve a collective purpose?
Transformational
19. A newborn is in respiratory distress and requires ventilation. Tests reveals that he does not
produce surfactant due to the abscence of:
Type II alveolar cells
20. According to Madeline Leininger, cultural care/accommodation/negotiation refers to actions/
decisions that help a particular culture
adapt to or negotiate with others for satisfying healthcare outcomes
21. The analysis of a theory or conceptual model includes examining the origins. Which would
not be considered an aspect of origin of the theory/model
The unique focus
22 Which statement provides the most accurate information regarding the transmission of herpes
simplex virus (HSV).
the risk of transmission is present even during latent periods
23. How does health policy specifically influence health care practice in the United States
Health policy directs efforts by the CDC and protects Americans against population based
disease.
24. Team STEPPS training through the Agency for Health Research and Quality is focused
on patient safety. The primary tenets of this training are focused specifically on
- All of the above (Interdisciplinary collaboration, Communication, Teamwork)
25. Currently 10,000 Baby Boomers are entering Medicare system daily. The Affordable
Care Act was designed to improve health care delivery through prevention and promotion
programs. What initiative specifically focuses on the aging American
- Mult chronic conditions
1. The leadership core competency of advanced practice nursing includes which three
characteristics?
- Mentoring, Innovation, Activism MIA
2. Which three primary criteria for advanced nursing are identified in Hamric'ss Integrative
Model of Advanced Practice Nursing?
- Guidance
Graduate education
Patient-focused practice
3. What four components of advanced practice nursing (APN) are specified by the National
Council for State Boards of Nursing Consensus Model for APRN regulation?
- Licensure, Accredtation, Certification, Education
4. To meet Medicare's coverage requirements, the Nurse Practitioner's services must be:
- Provided to state restrictions and supervision requirement
5. The APN wants to develop a community education program for hypertension and stroke
prevention. She recognizes that the individual's lifestyle and pattern of behavior need to
be addressed for the program to be successful. Which theory would be most approopriate
to guide the program development?
- Health as Expanding Consciousness
6. Place the following four steps of APN core competency of evidence based practice in
order
- Critically appraise and extract evidence
Formulate a measurable clinical question
Review literature for relevant studies
Implement useful findings in clinical decision making CFRI
7. When considering a theory for use in guiding practice, the APN should examine the
Conceptual-Theoretical-Empirical (C-T-E) linkages by for which criteria?
- Specification adequadecy
8. Which two options are barriers to the conceptualization of Advanced Practice Nursing?
- Need to differentiate between advanced practice nursing and medicine
9. A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) is seeking additional support from ancillary health
services for a diabetic client who is noncompliant with nuncompliant with nutrition,
exercise and medicaion. Which barrier to ethical practice is influencing the NPs practice
- Organizational/Environmental
10. A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) is seeking additional support from ancillary health
services for a diabetic client who is noncompliant with nutrition, exercise and medication.
Which barrier to ethical practice is influencing the NPs practice
- Organizational/Environmental
11. metaparadigm must include which of the following 3 characteristics?
- Encompass all phenomena of interest
- be perspective-neutral
- be global in scope
, 12. An adult gerontology nurse practitioner is employed in a rural practice that is
initiating a school based primary healthcare program.
- All nurse practitioners in the practice are required to initiate preparations to facilitate
conducting patient visits in the new setting.
13. Which role concepts best describes what the adult gerontology nurse practitioner is
experiencing?
- Role incongruity
14. What set of components is essential in a scientific theory?
I- nterrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions
15. The leadership core competency of advanced practice nursing includes which three
characteristics?
- Mentoring, Innovation, Activism
16. Utilizing Fawcett's evaluation of the Conceptual-Theoretical-Empirical Structure (CTE) of a
theory the APN knows that the empirical indicators of a theory are examined for?
- Empirical adequacy
17. Which of the following statements defines Hamric's conceptual definition of advanced
practice nursing?
- The patient-focused application of an expanded range of competencies to improve health
outcomes for patients and populations within a specialized clinical area of the larger
discipline of nursing
18. Which leadership style involves development of unity between the leader and followers to
achieve a collective purpose?
Transformational
19. A newborn is in respiratory distress and requires ventilation. Tests reveals that he does not
produce surfactant due to the abscence of:
Type II alveolar cells
20. According to Madeline Leininger, cultural care/accommodation/negotiation refers to actions/
decisions that help a particular culture
adapt to or negotiate with others for satisfying healthcare outcomes
21. The analysis of a theory or conceptual model includes examining the origins. Which would
not be considered an aspect of origin of the theory/model
The unique focus
22 Which statement provides the most accurate information regarding the transmission of herpes
simplex virus (HSV).
the risk of transmission is present even during latent periods
23. How does health policy specifically influence health care practice in the United States
Health policy directs efforts by the CDC and protects Americans against population based
disease.
24. Team STEPPS training through the Agency for Health Research and Quality is focused
on patient safety. The primary tenets of this training are focused specifically on
- All of the above (Interdisciplinary collaboration, Communication, Teamwork)
25. Currently 10,000 Baby Boomers are entering Medicare system daily. The Affordable
Care Act was designed to improve health care delivery through prevention and promotion
programs. What initiative specifically focuses on the aging American
- Mult chronic conditions
