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PRACTICE QUESTIONS: DIMENSIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING – EXAM 2
### 80 QUESTIONS | ANSWERS & RATIONALES
INCLUDED
# Domain: Professional Identity & Nursing History (Q1–10)
**1. Who is credited with founding modern nursing and using statistical
methods to improve sanitation during the Crimean War?**
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Dorothea Dix
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Florence Nightingale used polar area diagrams to show
mortality reduction with sanitation. Clara Barton founded American Red
Cross.
**2. Which nursing theorist developed the Interpersonal Relations
Model, focusing on the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship?**
A. Jean Watson
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B. Hildegard Peplau
C. Virginia Henderson
D. Dorothy Johnson
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Peplau’s model emphasizes phases (orientation,
identification, exploitation, resolution).
**3. The ANA Standards of Practice include all of the following
EXCEPT:**
A. Assessment
B. Prescribing medications
C. Diagnosis
D. Evaluation
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Prescribing is outside RN scope (APRN only). ANA
standards include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification,
planning, implementation, coordination, health teaching, evaluation.
**4. Which nurse founded the Henry Street Settlement, establishing
public health nursing in the United States?**
A. Mary Mahoney
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B. Lillian Wald
C. Isabel Hampton Robb
D. Linda Richards
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Lillian Wald – Henry Street Settlement (1893). Mary
Mahoney – first African American nurse.
**5. Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory includes how many basic
needs?**
A. 10
B. 14
C. 21
D. 8
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Henderson defined 14 basic needs (e.g., breathe, eat,
eliminate, sleep, communicate).
**6. Which dimension of professional nursing refers to the legal and
ethical responsibility for one’s own actions?**
A. Autonomy
B. Advocacy
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C. Accountability
D. Caring
**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* Accountability = taking responsibility for actions and
outcomes.
**7. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring emphasizes:**
A. Behavioral systems
B. Caring moments and caritas processes
C. Self-care deficits
D. Adaptation to stress
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Watson’s caritas processes (e.g., practicing loving-
kindness, cultivating spiritual practice).
**8. The first nursing school based on Nightingale’s principles was
established at:**
A. Bellevue Hospital, New York
B. St. Thomas’ Hospital, London
C. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
D. Massachusetts General Hospital
PRACTICE QUESTIONS: DIMENSIONS OF
PROFESSIONAL NURSING – EXAM 2
### 80 QUESTIONS | ANSWERS & RATIONALES
INCLUDED
# Domain: Professional Identity & Nursing History (Q1–10)
**1. Who is credited with founding modern nursing and using statistical
methods to improve sanitation during the Crimean War?**
A. Clara Barton
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Lillian Wald
D. Dorothea Dix
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Florence Nightingale used polar area diagrams to show
mortality reduction with sanitation. Clara Barton founded American Red
Cross.
**2. Which nursing theorist developed the Interpersonal Relations
Model, focusing on the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship?**
A. Jean Watson
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B. Hildegard Peplau
C. Virginia Henderson
D. Dorothy Johnson
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Peplau’s model emphasizes phases (orientation,
identification, exploitation, resolution).
**3. The ANA Standards of Practice include all of the following
EXCEPT:**
A. Assessment
B. Prescribing medications
C. Diagnosis
D. Evaluation
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Prescribing is outside RN scope (APRN only). ANA
standards include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification,
planning, implementation, coordination, health teaching, evaluation.
**4. Which nurse founded the Henry Street Settlement, establishing
public health nursing in the United States?**
A. Mary Mahoney
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B. Lillian Wald
C. Isabel Hampton Robb
D. Linda Richards
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Lillian Wald – Henry Street Settlement (1893). Mary
Mahoney – first African American nurse.
**5. Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory includes how many basic
needs?**
A. 10
B. 14
C. 21
D. 8
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Henderson defined 14 basic needs (e.g., breathe, eat,
eliminate, sleep, communicate).
**6. Which dimension of professional nursing refers to the legal and
ethical responsibility for one’s own actions?**
A. Autonomy
B. Advocacy
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C. Accountability
D. Caring
**Correct Answer: C**
*Rationale:* Accountability = taking responsibility for actions and
outcomes.
**7. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring emphasizes:**
A. Behavioral systems
B. Caring moments and caritas processes
C. Self-care deficits
D. Adaptation to stress
**Correct Answer: B**
*Rationale:* Watson’s caritas processes (e.g., practicing loving-
kindness, cultivating spiritual practice).
**8. The first nursing school based on Nightingale’s principles was
established at:**
A. Bellevue Hospital, New York
B. St. Thomas’ Hospital, London
C. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
D. Massachusetts General Hospital
