Nursing 1108 Final exam questions || All Answers are Flawless.
A nurse is caring for a pt in the ICU who is being monitored for a possible cerebral aneurysm
following a loss of consciousness in the emergency room. The nurse anticipates preparing the pt
for ordered diagnostic tests. This nurses knowledge of the dx procedures for this condition
reflects which aspect of nursing?
A. The art of nursing
B. The science of nursing
C. The caring aspect of nurisng
D. The holistic approach to nursing correct answers B. The science of nursing
The science of nursing is the knowledge for care that is provided.
Which nurse who was influential in the development of nursing in North America is regarded as
the founder of American nursing?
a. Clara Barton
b. Lillian Wald
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Florence Nightingale correct answers D. Florence Nightingale
Which phrase describes a purpose of the ANA's Nursing Social Policy Statement? Select all that
apply
A. To describe the nurse as a dependent caregiver
B. To provide standards for nursing educational programs
C. To define the scope of nursing practice
D. To establish a knowledge base for nursing practice
E. To describe nursings social responsibility
F. To regulate nursing research correct answers C, D,E
,One of the four broad aims of nursing practice is to restore health. Which examples of nursing
interventions reflect this goal? Select all that apply.
a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program.
b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest.
c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin.
d. A nurse recommends a yoga class for a busy executive.
e. A nurse provides hospice care for a patient with end-stage cancer.
f. A nurse teaches a nutrition class at a local high school. correct answers A,B,C
Nursing is recognized increasingly as a profession based on which defining criteria? Select all
that apply.
a. Well defined body of general knowledge
b. Interventions dependent upon the medical practice
c. Recognized authority by a professional group
d. Regulation by the medical industry
e. Code of ethics
f. Ongoing research correct answers C, E , F
Nurse practice acts are established in each state of the United States to regulate nursing practice.
What is a common element of every state practice act?
A. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
B. Providing continuing education programs
C. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX exam
D. Creating institutional policies for health care practices correct answers A
,The national advisory council on nurse education and practice identifies critical challenges to
nursing practice in the 21st century. What is the current health care trend contributing to these
challenges
A. Decreased number of hospitalized patients
B. Older and more acutely ill patient s
C. Decreasing health care costs to managed care
D. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology correct answers B. Older and more
acutely ill patients
When you ask an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's bed every day, the
nurse says, "I guess we have just always done it that way." This answer is an example of what
type of knowledge?
a. Instinctive knowledge
b. Scientific knowledge
c. Authoritative knowledge
d. Traditional knowledge correct answers D. Traditional knowledge
Which nursing actions reflect the use of philosophy as a knowledge base when delivering
evidence based care to patients. Select all that apply
A. A nurse interviews and examines a new patient diagnosed with pre hypertension to formulate
a care plan
B. A nurse draws from personal experience of being a patient to establish a therapeutic
relationship with a patient
C. A nurse searches the Internet to find the latest treatments for type 2 diabetes
D. A nurse uses spiritual training to draw strength when counseling a patient who is in hospice
for an inoperable brain tumor
E. A nurse follows the protocol for assessing postoperative patients in the ICU
F. A nursing student studies anatomy and physiology of the body systems to understand the
disease states of assigned patients correct answers B, D
, A nurse is using general systems to describe the role of nursing to provide health promotion and
patient teaching. Which statements reflect key points of this theory? Select all that apply
A. A system is a set of individual elements that rarely interact with each other
B. The whole system is always greater than its parts
C. Boundaries separate systems from each other and their environments
D. A change in one subsystem will not affect other subsystems
E. To survive open systems maintain balance though feedback
F. A closed system allows input from and to the environment correct answers B, C, E
A student nurse interacting with patients on a cardiac unit recognizes the four concepts in nursing
theory that determine nursing practice. Of these four, which is the most important?
A. Person
B. Environment
C. Health
D. Nursing correct answers A person
A nurse assesses patients in a physicians office who are experiencing different levels of health
and illness. Which statements best define the concepts of health and illness? Select all that apply
A. Health and illness are the same for all people
B. Health and illness are individually defined by each person
C. People with acute illnesses are are actually healthy
D. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs
E. Health is more than absence of illness
F. Illness is the response of a person to a disease correct answers B, E, F
The student nurse learns that illnesses are classified as either acute or chronic. Which are
examples of chronic illnesses? Select all that apply
A nurse is caring for a pt in the ICU who is being monitored for a possible cerebral aneurysm
following a loss of consciousness in the emergency room. The nurse anticipates preparing the pt
for ordered diagnostic tests. This nurses knowledge of the dx procedures for this condition
reflects which aspect of nursing?
A. The art of nursing
B. The science of nursing
C. The caring aspect of nurisng
D. The holistic approach to nursing correct answers B. The science of nursing
The science of nursing is the knowledge for care that is provided.
Which nurse who was influential in the development of nursing in North America is regarded as
the founder of American nursing?
a. Clara Barton
b. Lillian Wald
c. Lavinia Dock
d. Florence Nightingale correct answers D. Florence Nightingale
Which phrase describes a purpose of the ANA's Nursing Social Policy Statement? Select all that
apply
A. To describe the nurse as a dependent caregiver
B. To provide standards for nursing educational programs
C. To define the scope of nursing practice
D. To establish a knowledge base for nursing practice
E. To describe nursings social responsibility
F. To regulate nursing research correct answers C, D,E
,One of the four broad aims of nursing practice is to restore health. Which examples of nursing
interventions reflect this goal? Select all that apply.
a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program.
b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest.
c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin.
d. A nurse recommends a yoga class for a busy executive.
e. A nurse provides hospice care for a patient with end-stage cancer.
f. A nurse teaches a nutrition class at a local high school. correct answers A,B,C
Nursing is recognized increasingly as a profession based on which defining criteria? Select all
that apply.
a. Well defined body of general knowledge
b. Interventions dependent upon the medical practice
c. Recognized authority by a professional group
d. Regulation by the medical industry
e. Code of ethics
f. Ongoing research correct answers C, E , F
Nurse practice acts are established in each state of the United States to regulate nursing practice.
What is a common element of every state practice act?
A. Defining the legal scope of nursing practice
B. Providing continuing education programs
C. Determining the content covered in the NCLEX exam
D. Creating institutional policies for health care practices correct answers A
,The national advisory council on nurse education and practice identifies critical challenges to
nursing practice in the 21st century. What is the current health care trend contributing to these
challenges
A. Decreased number of hospitalized patients
B. Older and more acutely ill patient s
C. Decreasing health care costs to managed care
D. Slowed advances in medical knowledge and technology correct answers B. Older and more
acutely ill patients
When you ask an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient's bed every day, the
nurse says, "I guess we have just always done it that way." This answer is an example of what
type of knowledge?
a. Instinctive knowledge
b. Scientific knowledge
c. Authoritative knowledge
d. Traditional knowledge correct answers D. Traditional knowledge
Which nursing actions reflect the use of philosophy as a knowledge base when delivering
evidence based care to patients. Select all that apply
A. A nurse interviews and examines a new patient diagnosed with pre hypertension to formulate
a care plan
B. A nurse draws from personal experience of being a patient to establish a therapeutic
relationship with a patient
C. A nurse searches the Internet to find the latest treatments for type 2 diabetes
D. A nurse uses spiritual training to draw strength when counseling a patient who is in hospice
for an inoperable brain tumor
E. A nurse follows the protocol for assessing postoperative patients in the ICU
F. A nursing student studies anatomy and physiology of the body systems to understand the
disease states of assigned patients correct answers B, D
, A nurse is using general systems to describe the role of nursing to provide health promotion and
patient teaching. Which statements reflect key points of this theory? Select all that apply
A. A system is a set of individual elements that rarely interact with each other
B. The whole system is always greater than its parts
C. Boundaries separate systems from each other and their environments
D. A change in one subsystem will not affect other subsystems
E. To survive open systems maintain balance though feedback
F. A closed system allows input from and to the environment correct answers B, C, E
A student nurse interacting with patients on a cardiac unit recognizes the four concepts in nursing
theory that determine nursing practice. Of these four, which is the most important?
A. Person
B. Environment
C. Health
D. Nursing correct answers A person
A nurse assesses patients in a physicians office who are experiencing different levels of health
and illness. Which statements best define the concepts of health and illness? Select all that apply
A. Health and illness are the same for all people
B. Health and illness are individually defined by each person
C. People with acute illnesses are are actually healthy
D. People with chronic illnesses have poor health beliefs
E. Health is more than absence of illness
F. Illness is the response of a person to a disease correct answers B, E, F
The student nurse learns that illnesses are classified as either acute or chronic. Which are
examples of chronic illnesses? Select all that apply
