Concepts in Nursing Exam 1 Questions With
Correct Answers
Standards |of |Practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-describe |a |competent |level |of |nursing |based |on
|a |decision |making |model |which |includes:
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome |identification
Planning |
Implementation
Evaluation
Scope |of |Practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Authoritative |statements |that |describe |the |
responsibility |of |the |profession. |A |complex |system |of |intertwined |responsibilities, |including |
legal, |ethical, |and |value |components. |
A |social |contract |with |society |of |the |expectations |of |the |profession, |and |the |professions |
expectation |of |itself.
The |purpose |is |to |improve |the |health |and |well-being |of |our |patients, |families, |communities.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Characteristics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Knowledge-based |on |
education |and |practice, |the |"Science |of |Nursing |in |all |its |complexity.
Mission-our |shared |goals, |what |those |we |care |for |can |expect |from |us.
Education-our |formal |preparation
Social |Contract-what |we |promise |society, |what |society |expects |from |us.
,Autonomy-our |independent |capacity |to |make |decisions |for |our |patients |within |the |confines |of |
our |scope |of |practice.
Accountability-ownership |of |our |decision-making.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Respect |for |human |dignity.
Care |for |health |problems |regardless |of |the |nature |of |the |health |problem.
The |patient's |right |to |self |determination.
The |relationship |with |our |nursing |and |non-nursing |colleagues.
Our |total |commitment |to |the |patient.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Barriers |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |lack |of |acknowledgement |the |
nursing |has |a |unique |set |of |knowledge |that |in |some |manner |is |not |entirely |objective, |
observable |and |analytical. |Nursing |knowledge |is |based |on |the |human |response |to |what |is |
happening |to |the |patient |and |encompasses |the |biophysical |as |well |as |psychosocial |realms. |It |is
|holism, |the |mind, |body, |and |spirit |that |make |up |the |human-being.
Gender |stereotyping
Lack |of |clarity |on |what |it |means |to |call |oneself |a |nurse
Appearance |(changing |norms |on |nursing |dress)
Health |care |organizations |controlling |nursing
Health |care |colleagues |such |as |those |in |medicine |consider |nursing |an |"occupation", |not |a |
profession.
Florence |Nightingale |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Believed |the |role |of |the |nurse |was |to |help |the |
body |recover, |and |remain |free |from |disease
Our |first |"nurse |scientist"
An |epidemiologist |who |analyzed |statistics |to |show |the |connection |between |poor |sanitation |
and |disease |such |as |cholera |and |dysentery
, Known |as |the |lady |with |the |lamp, |she |showed |that |fresh |air, |sanitation |and |nutrition |were |key
|aspects |of |treatment |for |wounded |soldiers
Practices |she |advocated |are |still |a |part |of |twenty |first |century |nursing.
Clara |Barton |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Established |the |American |Red |Cross, |is |known |as |the
|"American |Florence |Nightingale." |(Pre |American |Civil |War)
Dorthea |Dix |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-supervisor |of |the |Union |Army |Nurses |(Civil |War)
Mother |Bickerdyke |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-organized |the |ambulance |service |to |transport |
wounded |soldiers |to |battle |field |hospital |(Civil |War)
Harriet |Tubman |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-prominent |in |the |Underground |Railroad |(Civil |War)
Mary |Mahoney |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |first |professionally |education |African |American |
nurse. |A |proponent |of |better |relations |between |the |races. |Believed |care |should |be |provided |
regardless |of |race, |color, |or |religion. |(Civil |War |to |Early |20th |Century)
Isabel |Hampton |Robb |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Formed |the |American |Nurses |Association |(Civil |
War |to |Early |20th |Century)
Lillian |Ward |and |Mary |Brewster |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-started |the |Henry |Street |Settlement |
to |serve |immigrants |living |in |the |tenements |of |New |York |city |(Early |20th |Century)
Lavinia |Dock |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-proposed |a |standardized |licensure |for |nurses
Civil |War |to |Early |20th |Century |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |American |Civil |War |was |the |
impetus |that |put |nursing |on |a |fast |track |to |becoming |a |profession
Nursing |education |moves |into |U.S. |universities.
Correct Answers
Standards |of |Practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-describe |a |competent |level |of |nursing |based |on
|a |decision |making |model |which |includes:
Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcome |identification
Planning |
Implementation
Evaluation
Scope |of |Practice |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Authoritative |statements |that |describe |the |
responsibility |of |the |profession. |A |complex |system |of |intertwined |responsibilities, |including |
legal, |ethical, |and |value |components. |
A |social |contract |with |society |of |the |expectations |of |the |profession, |and |the |professions |
expectation |of |itself.
The |purpose |is |to |improve |the |health |and |well-being |of |our |patients, |families, |communities.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Characteristics |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Knowledge-based |on |
education |and |practice, |the |"Science |of |Nursing |in |all |its |complexity.
Mission-our |shared |goals, |what |those |we |care |for |can |expect |from |us.
Education-our |formal |preparation
Social |Contract-what |we |promise |society, |what |society |expects |from |us.
,Autonomy-our |independent |capacity |to |make |decisions |for |our |patients |within |the |confines |of |
our |scope |of |practice.
Accountability-ownership |of |our |decision-making.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Values |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Respect |for |human |dignity.
Care |for |health |problems |regardless |of |the |nature |of |the |health |problem.
The |patient's |right |to |self |determination.
The |relationship |with |our |nursing |and |non-nursing |colleagues.
Our |total |commitment |to |the |patient.
Current |Status |of |Nursing: |Barriers |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |lack |of |acknowledgement |the |
nursing |has |a |unique |set |of |knowledge |that |in |some |manner |is |not |entirely |objective, |
observable |and |analytical. |Nursing |knowledge |is |based |on |the |human |response |to |what |is |
happening |to |the |patient |and |encompasses |the |biophysical |as |well |as |psychosocial |realms. |It |is
|holism, |the |mind, |body, |and |spirit |that |make |up |the |human-being.
Gender |stereotyping
Lack |of |clarity |on |what |it |means |to |call |oneself |a |nurse
Appearance |(changing |norms |on |nursing |dress)
Health |care |organizations |controlling |nursing
Health |care |colleagues |such |as |those |in |medicine |consider |nursing |an |"occupation", |not |a |
profession.
Florence |Nightingale |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Believed |the |role |of |the |nurse |was |to |help |the |
body |recover, |and |remain |free |from |disease
Our |first |"nurse |scientist"
An |epidemiologist |who |analyzed |statistics |to |show |the |connection |between |poor |sanitation |
and |disease |such |as |cholera |and |dysentery
, Known |as |the |lady |with |the |lamp, |she |showed |that |fresh |air, |sanitation |and |nutrition |were |key
|aspects |of |treatment |for |wounded |soldiers
Practices |she |advocated |are |still |a |part |of |twenty |first |century |nursing.
Clara |Barton |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Established |the |American |Red |Cross, |is |known |as |the
|"American |Florence |Nightingale." |(Pre |American |Civil |War)
Dorthea |Dix |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-supervisor |of |the |Union |Army |Nurses |(Civil |War)
Mother |Bickerdyke |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-organized |the |ambulance |service |to |transport |
wounded |soldiers |to |battle |field |hospital |(Civil |War)
Harriet |Tubman |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-prominent |in |the |Underground |Railroad |(Civil |War)
Mary |Mahoney |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |first |professionally |education |African |American |
nurse. |A |proponent |of |better |relations |between |the |races. |Believed |care |should |be |provided |
regardless |of |race, |color, |or |religion. |(Civil |War |to |Early |20th |Century)
Isabel |Hampton |Robb |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Formed |the |American |Nurses |Association |(Civil |
War |to |Early |20th |Century)
Lillian |Ward |and |Mary |Brewster |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-started |the |Henry |Street |Settlement |
to |serve |immigrants |living |in |the |tenements |of |New |York |city |(Early |20th |Century)
Lavinia |Dock |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-proposed |a |standardized |licensure |for |nurses
Civil |War |to |Early |20th |Century |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |American |Civil |War |was |the |
impetus |that |put |nursing |on |a |fast |track |to |becoming |a |profession
Nursing |education |moves |into |U.S. |universities.
