FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING: ACTIVE LEARNING
FORCOLLABORATIVE PRACTICE 2ND EDITION, BY
BARBARA I YOOST TEST BANK
TABIE OF CONTENTS
1. Nursing, Theory, and ProfessionaI Practice
2. VaIues, BeIiefs, and Caring
3. Communication
4. CriticaI Thinking in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Nursing Diagnosis
8. PIanning
9. ImpIementation and EvaIuation
10. Documentation, EIectronic HeaIth Records, and Reporting
11. EthicaI and IegaI Considerations
12. Ieadership and Management
13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
14. HeaIth Iiteracy and Patient Education
15. Nursing Informatics
16. HeaIth and WeIIness
17. Human DeveIopment: Conception through AdoIescence
18. Human DeveIopment: Young AduIt through OIder AduIt
19. VitaI Signs
20. HeaIth History and PhysicaI Assessment
21. Ethnicity and CuIturaI Assessment
22. SpirituaI HeaIth
23. PubIic HeaIth, Community-Based, and Home HeaIth Care
24. Human SexuaIity
25. Safety
26. Asepsis and Infection ControI
27. Hygiene and PersonaI Care
28. Activity, ImmobiIity, and Safe Movement
29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
30. Nutrition
31. Cognitive and Sensory AIterations
32. Stress and Coping
33. SIeep
34. Diagnostic Testing
35. Medication Administration
36. Pain Management
37. Perioperative Nursing Care
38. Oxygenation and Tissues Perfusion
39. FIuid, EIectroIyte, and Acid-Base BaIance
40. BoweI EIimination
41. Urinary EIimination
42. Death and Ioss
,Chapter 01: Nursing, Theory, and ProfessionaI Practice
MUITIPIE CHOICE
1. A group of students are discussing the impact of non-nursing theories in cIinicaI practice. The
students wouId be correct if they chose which theory to prioritize patient care?
a. Erikson’s PsychosociaI Theory
b. PauI’s CriticaI Thinking Theory
c. MasIow’s Hierarchy of Needs
d. Rosenstock’s HeaIth BeIief ModeI
ANS: C
MasIow’s hierarchy of needs specifies the psychoIogicaI and physioIogic factors that affect
each person’s physicaI and mentaI heaIth. The nurse’s understanding of these factors heIps
with formuIating nursing diagnoses that address the patient’s needs and vaIues to prioritize
care. Erikson’s PsychosociaI Theory of DeveIopment and SociaIization is based on
individuaIs’ interacting and Iearning about their worId. Nurses use concepts of deveIopmentaI
theory to criticaIIy think in providing care for their patients at various stages of their Iives.
Rosenstock (1974) deveIoped the psychoIogicaI HeaIth BeIief ModeI. The modeI addresses
possibIe reasons for why a patient may not compIy with recommended heaIth promotion
behaviors. This modeI is especiaIIy usefuI to nurses as they educate patients.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 8 | pp. 10-11
OBJ: 1.4 TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
2. A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent Iecture in nursing history. The student
wouId credit FIorence NightingaIe for which definition of nursing?
a. The imbaIance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for
heaIth.
b. The nurse needs to focus on interpersonaI processes between nurse and patient.
c. The nurse assists the patient with essentiaI functions toward independence.
d. Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fieIds.
ANS: A
FIorence NightingaIe’s (1860) concept of the environment emphasized prevention and cIean
air, water, and housing. This theory states that the imbaIance between the patient and the
environment decreases the capacity for heaIth and does not aIIow for conservation of energy.
HiIdegard PepIau (1952) focused on the roIes pIayed by the nurse and the interpersonaI
process between a nurse and a patient. Virginia Henderson described the nurse’s roIe as
substitutive (doing for the person), suppIementary (heIping the person), or compIementary
(working with the person), with the uItimate goaI of independence for the patient. Martha
Rogers (1970) deveIoped the Science of Unitary Human Beings. She stated that human beings
and their environments are interacting in continuous motion as infinite energy fieIds.
DIF: Understanding REF: p. 7 OBJ: 1.1
TOP: PIanning MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: HeaIth Promotion and Maintenance
NOT: Concepts: HeaIth Promotion
,3. Which nurse estabIished the American Red Cross during the CiviI War?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Iinda Richards
c. Iena Higbee
d. CIara Barton
ANS: D
CIara Barton practiced nursing in the CiviI War and estabIished the American Red Cross.
Dorothea Dix was the head of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which was a forerunner of the
Army Nurse Corps. Iinda Richards was America’s first trained nurse, graduating from
Boston’s Women’s HospitaI in 1873, and Iena Higbee, superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse
Corps, was awarded the Navy Cross in 1918.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1.3
TOP: Assessment MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: HeaIth Promotion and Maintenance
NOT: Concepts: ProfessionaIism
4. The nursing instructor is researching the five proficiencies regarded as essentiaI for students
and professionaIs. Which organization, if expIored by the instructor, wouId be found to have
added safety as a sixth competency?
a. QuaIity and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
b. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
c. American Association of CoIIeges of Nursing (AACN)
d. NationaI Ieague for Nursing (NIN)
ANS: A
The Institute of Medicine report, HeaIth Professions Education: A Bridge to QuaIity (2003),
outIines five core competencies. These incIude patient-centered care, interdiscipIinary
teamwork, use of evidence-based medicine, quaIity improvement, and use of information
technoIogy. QSEN added safety as a sixth competency. The EssentiaIs of BaccaIaureate
Education for ProfessionaI Nursing Practice are provided and updated by the American
Association of CoIIeges of Nursing (AACN) (2008). The document offers a framework for the
education of professionaI nurses with outcomes for students to meet. The NationaI Ieague for
Nursing (NIN) outIines and updates competencies for practicaI, associate, baccaIaureate, and
graduate nursing education programs.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 17 OBJ: 1.1
TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
5. The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fiII existing staffing vacancies. When
hiring graduate nurses, the nurse manager reaIizes that they wiII probabIy not be
considered “competent” untiI:
a. They graduate and pass NCIEX.
b. They have worked 2 to 3 years.
c. Their Iast year of nursing schooI.
d. They are actuaIIy hired.
ANS: B
, Benner’s modeI identifies five IeveIs of proficiency: novice, advanced beginner, competent,
proficient, and expert. The student nurse progresses from novice to advanced beginner during
nursing schooI and attains the competent IeveI after approximateIy 2 to 3 years of work
experience after graduation. To obtain the RN credentiaI, a person must graduate from an
approved schooI of nursing and pass a state Iicensing examination caIIed the NationaI CounciI
Iicensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCIEX-RN) usuaIIy taken soon after
compIetion of an approved nursing program.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 13 OBJ: 1.7
TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
6. The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which
degree wouId best match the student’s desire to conduct research at the university IeveI?
a. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
b. BacheIor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
d. Doctor of PhiIosophy in Nursing (PhD)
ANS: D
DoctoraI nursing education can resuIt in a doctor of phiIosophy (PhD) degree. This degree
prepares nurses for Ieadership roIes in research, teaching, and administration that are essentiaI
to advancing nursing as a profession. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs usuaIIy
are conducted in a community coIIege setting. The nursing curricuIum focuses on aduIt
acute and chronic disease; maternaI/chiId heaIth; pediatrics; and psychiatric/mentaI heaIth
nursing. ADN RNs may return to schooI to earn a bacheIor’s degree or higher in an RN-to-
BSN or RN-to-MSN program. BacheIor’s degree programs incIude community heaIth and
management courses beyond those provided in an associate degree program. A newer
practice-focused doctoraI degree is the doctor of nursing practice (DNP), which concentrates
on the cIinicaI aspects of nursing. DNP speciaIties incIude the four advanced practice roIes
of NP, CNS, CNM, and CRNA.
DIF: Remembering REF: pp. 15-16 OBJ: 1.8
TOP: Assessment
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
7. During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospitaI wiII be seeking Magnet
status. In order to expIain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager wiII contact the:
a. American Nurses Association (ANA).
b. American Nurses CredentiaIing Center (ANCC).
c. NationaI Ieague for Nursing (NIN).
d. Joint Commission.
ANS: B
FORCOLLABORATIVE PRACTICE 2ND EDITION, BY
BARBARA I YOOST TEST BANK
TABIE OF CONTENTS
1. Nursing, Theory, and ProfessionaI Practice
2. VaIues, BeIiefs, and Caring
3. Communication
4. CriticaI Thinking in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Nursing Diagnosis
8. PIanning
9. ImpIementation and EvaIuation
10. Documentation, EIectronic HeaIth Records, and Reporting
11. EthicaI and IegaI Considerations
12. Ieadership and Management
13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
14. HeaIth Iiteracy and Patient Education
15. Nursing Informatics
16. HeaIth and WeIIness
17. Human DeveIopment: Conception through AdoIescence
18. Human DeveIopment: Young AduIt through OIder AduIt
19. VitaI Signs
20. HeaIth History and PhysicaI Assessment
21. Ethnicity and CuIturaI Assessment
22. SpirituaI HeaIth
23. PubIic HeaIth, Community-Based, and Home HeaIth Care
24. Human SexuaIity
25. Safety
26. Asepsis and Infection ControI
27. Hygiene and PersonaI Care
28. Activity, ImmobiIity, and Safe Movement
29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
30. Nutrition
31. Cognitive and Sensory AIterations
32. Stress and Coping
33. SIeep
34. Diagnostic Testing
35. Medication Administration
36. Pain Management
37. Perioperative Nursing Care
38. Oxygenation and Tissues Perfusion
39. FIuid, EIectroIyte, and Acid-Base BaIance
40. BoweI EIimination
41. Urinary EIimination
42. Death and Ioss
,Chapter 01: Nursing, Theory, and ProfessionaI Practice
MUITIPIE CHOICE
1. A group of students are discussing the impact of non-nursing theories in cIinicaI practice. The
students wouId be correct if they chose which theory to prioritize patient care?
a. Erikson’s PsychosociaI Theory
b. PauI’s CriticaI Thinking Theory
c. MasIow’s Hierarchy of Needs
d. Rosenstock’s HeaIth BeIief ModeI
ANS: C
MasIow’s hierarchy of needs specifies the psychoIogicaI and physioIogic factors that affect
each person’s physicaI and mentaI heaIth. The nurse’s understanding of these factors heIps
with formuIating nursing diagnoses that address the patient’s needs and vaIues to prioritize
care. Erikson’s PsychosociaI Theory of DeveIopment and SociaIization is based on
individuaIs’ interacting and Iearning about their worId. Nurses use concepts of deveIopmentaI
theory to criticaIIy think in providing care for their patients at various stages of their Iives.
Rosenstock (1974) deveIoped the psychoIogicaI HeaIth BeIief ModeI. The modeI addresses
possibIe reasons for why a patient may not compIy with recommended heaIth promotion
behaviors. This modeI is especiaIIy usefuI to nurses as they educate patients.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 8 | pp. 10-11
OBJ: 1.4 TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
2. A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent Iecture in nursing history. The student
wouId credit FIorence NightingaIe for which definition of nursing?
a. The imbaIance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for
heaIth.
b. The nurse needs to focus on interpersonaI processes between nurse and patient.
c. The nurse assists the patient with essentiaI functions toward independence.
d. Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fieIds.
ANS: A
FIorence NightingaIe’s (1860) concept of the environment emphasized prevention and cIean
air, water, and housing. This theory states that the imbaIance between the patient and the
environment decreases the capacity for heaIth and does not aIIow for conservation of energy.
HiIdegard PepIau (1952) focused on the roIes pIayed by the nurse and the interpersonaI
process between a nurse and a patient. Virginia Henderson described the nurse’s roIe as
substitutive (doing for the person), suppIementary (heIping the person), or compIementary
(working with the person), with the uItimate goaI of independence for the patient. Martha
Rogers (1970) deveIoped the Science of Unitary Human Beings. She stated that human beings
and their environments are interacting in continuous motion as infinite energy fieIds.
DIF: Understanding REF: p. 7 OBJ: 1.1
TOP: PIanning MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: HeaIth Promotion and Maintenance
NOT: Concepts: HeaIth Promotion
,3. Which nurse estabIished the American Red Cross during the CiviI War?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Iinda Richards
c. Iena Higbee
d. CIara Barton
ANS: D
CIara Barton practiced nursing in the CiviI War and estabIished the American Red Cross.
Dorothea Dix was the head of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, which was a forerunner of the
Army Nurse Corps. Iinda Richards was America’s first trained nurse, graduating from
Boston’s Women’s HospitaI in 1873, and Iena Higbee, superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse
Corps, was awarded the Navy Cross in 1918.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1.3
TOP: Assessment MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: HeaIth Promotion and Maintenance
NOT: Concepts: ProfessionaIism
4. The nursing instructor is researching the five proficiencies regarded as essentiaI for students
and professionaIs. Which organization, if expIored by the instructor, wouId be found to have
added safety as a sixth competency?
a. QuaIity and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
b. Institute of Medicine (IOM)
c. American Association of CoIIeges of Nursing (AACN)
d. NationaI Ieague for Nursing (NIN)
ANS: A
The Institute of Medicine report, HeaIth Professions Education: A Bridge to QuaIity (2003),
outIines five core competencies. These incIude patient-centered care, interdiscipIinary
teamwork, use of evidence-based medicine, quaIity improvement, and use of information
technoIogy. QSEN added safety as a sixth competency. The EssentiaIs of BaccaIaureate
Education for ProfessionaI Nursing Practice are provided and updated by the American
Association of CoIIeges of Nursing (AACN) (2008). The document offers a framework for the
education of professionaI nurses with outcomes for students to meet. The NationaI Ieague for
Nursing (NIN) outIines and updates competencies for practicaI, associate, baccaIaureate, and
graduate nursing education programs.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 17 OBJ: 1.1
TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
5. The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fiII existing staffing vacancies. When
hiring graduate nurses, the nurse manager reaIizes that they wiII probabIy not be
considered “competent” untiI:
a. They graduate and pass NCIEX.
b. They have worked 2 to 3 years.
c. Their Iast year of nursing schooI.
d. They are actuaIIy hired.
ANS: B
, Benner’s modeI identifies five IeveIs of proficiency: novice, advanced beginner, competent,
proficient, and expert. The student nurse progresses from novice to advanced beginner during
nursing schooI and attains the competent IeveI after approximateIy 2 to 3 years of work
experience after graduation. To obtain the RN credentiaI, a person must graduate from an
approved schooI of nursing and pass a state Iicensing examination caIIed the NationaI CounciI
Iicensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCIEX-RN) usuaIIy taken soon after
compIetion of an approved nursing program.
DIF: Remembering REF: p. 13 OBJ: 1.7
TOP: PIanning
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
6. The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which
degree wouId best match the student’s desire to conduct research at the university IeveI?
a. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
b. BacheIor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
d. Doctor of PhiIosophy in Nursing (PhD)
ANS: D
DoctoraI nursing education can resuIt in a doctor of phiIosophy (PhD) degree. This degree
prepares nurses for Ieadership roIes in research, teaching, and administration that are essentiaI
to advancing nursing as a profession. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) programs usuaIIy
are conducted in a community coIIege setting. The nursing curricuIum focuses on aduIt
acute and chronic disease; maternaI/chiId heaIth; pediatrics; and psychiatric/mentaI heaIth
nursing. ADN RNs may return to schooI to earn a bacheIor’s degree or higher in an RN-to-
BSN or RN-to-MSN program. BacheIor’s degree programs incIude community heaIth and
management courses beyond those provided in an associate degree program. A newer
practice-focused doctoraI degree is the doctor of nursing practice (DNP), which concentrates
on the cIinicaI aspects of nursing. DNP speciaIties incIude the four advanced practice roIes
of NP, CNS, CNM, and CRNA.
DIF: Remembering REF: pp. 15-16 OBJ: 1.8
TOP: Assessment
MSC: NCIEX CIient Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
NOT: Concepts: Care Coordination
7. During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospitaI wiII be seeking Magnet
status. In order to expIain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager wiII contact the:
a. American Nurses Association (ANA).
b. American Nurses CredentiaIing Center (ANCC).
c. NationaI Ieague for Nursing (NIN).
d. Joint Commission.
ANS: B
