Fundamentals of Nursing Exam Entails
Aims of Nursing Latest Updated 2025
origination of the word "nurse" – ANSWER
from the Latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses – ANSWER
communicator, teacher, counsellor, leader,
researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death – ANSWER
nurses use optimal function of maximum
strengths and potentials, refer to community
support systems; provide care to families and
patients during end-of-life care, hospice
,The Nursing Process - ANSWER-one of
major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and
clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the
domain of nursing
Nurse Practice Acts - ANSWER-define legal
scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and
enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in
nursing, including legal requirements and
titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and
licensure of nurses
5 vital signs – ANSWER- respirations, pulse
rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on
what criteria - ANSWER-well defined body
specific and unique knowledge
,-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group
(ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale – ANSWER -defined
nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created
freestanding nursing education, published
books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton – ANSWER established red
cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed
union soldiers during civil war; served as
supervisor of nurses for the army of James
sources of knowledge - ANSWER-traditional (
passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted
as truth based on person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific
method-research)
, objective – ANSWER- you can see the object
subjective – ANSWER -coming from that
subject
types of knowledge - ANSWER-science
(observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and
occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom,
fundamental knowledge, and the processes
used to develop and construct on perception
on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or
functions intended to bring about a desired
result)
goals of nursing research - ANSWER-improve
care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy
development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a
profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
Aims of Nursing Latest Updated 2025
origination of the word "nurse" – ANSWER
from the Latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses – ANSWER
communicator, teacher, counsellor, leader,
researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death – ANSWER
nurses use optimal function of maximum
strengths and potentials, refer to community
support systems; provide care to families and
patients during end-of-life care, hospice
,The Nursing Process - ANSWER-one of
major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and
clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the
domain of nursing
Nurse Practice Acts - ANSWER-define legal
scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and
enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in
nursing, including legal requirements and
titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and
licensure of nurses
5 vital signs – ANSWER- respirations, pulse
rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on
what criteria - ANSWER-well defined body
specific and unique knowledge
,-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group
(ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale – ANSWER -defined
nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created
freestanding nursing education, published
books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton – ANSWER established red
cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed
union soldiers during civil war; served as
supervisor of nurses for the army of James
sources of knowledge - ANSWER-traditional (
passed down from generation to generation)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted
as truth based on person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific
method-research)
, objective – ANSWER- you can see the object
subjective – ANSWER -coming from that
subject
types of knowledge - ANSWER-science
(observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and
occurences that are perceived in world)
-philosophy (the study of wisdom,
fundamental knowledge, and the processes
used to develop and construct on perception
on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or
functions intended to bring about a desired
result)
goals of nursing research - ANSWER-improve
care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy
development, ethics, nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a
profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
