Test Bank For
Fundamentals Of Nursing
By: Potter | Perry
11 Edition
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Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: FundamentaLs of Nursing, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nurse most LikeLy kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on heaLth?
a. FLorence NightingaLe
b. Mary Nutting
c. CLara Barton
d. LiLLian WaLd
AiN
N ghSt:inAgaLe Was The First Practicing Nurse EpidemioLogist. Her StatisticaL AnaLyses
Connected Poor Sanitation With ChoLera And Dysentery. Mary Nutting, CLara Barton, And
LiLLian WaLd Came After NightingaLe, Each Contributing To The Nursing Profession In
Her Own Way. Mary Nutting Was InstrumentaL In Moving Nursing Education Into
Universities. CLara Barton FoundedThe American Red Cross. LiLLian WaLd HeLped Open
The Henry StreetSettLement.
DIF:Understand (Comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss The InfLuence Of SociaL, HistoricaL, PoLiticaL, And Economic Changes On Nursing
Practices.
TOP: EvaLuation MSC: HeaLth Promotion And Maintenance
2. The Nurse Prescribes Strategies And ALternatives To Attain Expected Outcome.
WhichStandard OfNursing Practice Is The Nurse FoLLowing?
a.Assessment
b.Diagnosis
c.PLanning
d.ImpLementation
CORRECT ANSWER: C
In PLanning, The Registered Nurse DeveLops A PLan That Prescribes Strategies And
ALternatives To Attain Expected Outcomes. During Assessment, The Registered Nurse
CoLLects Comprehensive Data Pertinent To The Patient’s HeaLth And/Or The Situation. In
Diagnosis, The Registered Nurse AnaLyzes The Assessment Data To Determine The
Diagnoses Or Issues. During ImpLementation, TheRegistered Nurse ImpLements (Carries
Out)The Identified PLan.
DIF:Understand (Comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss The DeveLopment Of ProfessionaL Nursing RoLes. TOP:
PLanningMSC: Management Of Care
3. An Experienced MedicaL-SurgicaL Nurse Chooses To Work In Obstetrics. Which
LeveL OfProficiency Is The Nurse Upon InitiaL Transition To The ObstetricaL
FLoor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced Beginner
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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A Beginning Nursing Student Or Any Nurse Entering A Situation In Which There Is No
Previous LeveL Of Experience (E.G., An Experienced Operating Room Nurse Chooses To
Now Practice In Home HeaLth) Is An ExampLe Of A Novice Nurse. A Proficient Nurse
Perceives A Patient’s CLinicaLSituation As A WhoLe, Is AbLe To Assess An Entire
Situation, And Can ReadiLy Transfer KnowLedge Gained From MuLtipLe Previous
Experiences To A Situation. A Competent Nurse Understands The Organization And Specific
Care Required ByThe Type Of Patients (E.G., SurgicaL, OncoLogy, Or Orthopedic Patients).
This Nurse Is A Competent Practitioner Who Is AbLe To Anticipate Nursing Care And
EstabLish Long-Range GoaLs. A Nurse Who Has Had Some LeveL Of Experience With The
Situation Is An Advanced Beginner. This Experience May OnLy Be ObservationaL In
Nature, But The Nurse Is AbLe To Identify MeaningfuL Aspects Or PrincipLes Of Nursing
Care.
DIF:AppLy (AppLication)
OBJ:Discuss The DeveLopment Of ProfessionaL Nursing RoLes. TOP:
EvaLuationMSC: Management Of Care
4. A Nurse Assesses A Patient’s FLuid Status And Decides That The Patient Needs To
DrinkMore FLuids.The Nurse Then Encourages The Patient To Drink More FLuids.
Which ConceptIs The Nurse Demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. AccountabiLity
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Autonomy Is An EssentiaL ELement Of ProfessionaL Nursing That InvoLves The Initiation
Of Independent Nursing Interventions Without MedicaL Orders. To Obtain Licensure In The
United States, The RN Candidate Must Pass The NCLEX-RN. Beyond The NCLEX-RN,
The Nurse May Choose To Work Toward Certification In A Specific Area Of Nursing
Practice. AccountabiLityMeans That You Are ResponsibLe, ProfessionaLLy And LegaLLy,
For The Type And QuaLity Of NursingCare Provided.
DIF:AppLy (AppLication)
OBJ:Discuss The RoLes And Career Opportunities For Nurses. TOP:
ImpLementationMSC: Management Of Care
5. A Nurse Prepares The Budget And PoLicies For An Intensive Care Unit. Which RoLe
IsThe NurseImpLementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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A Manager Coordinates The Activities Of Members Of The Nursing Staff In DeLivering
Nursing Care And Has PersonneL, PoLicy, And Budgetary ResponsibiLity For A Specific
Nursing Unit Or FaciLity. As An Educator, You ExpLain Concepts And Facts About
HeaLth, Describe The Reason For Routine Care Activities, Demonstrate Procedures Such As
SeLf- Care Activities, Reinforce Learning Or Patient Behavior, And EvaLuate The Patient’s
Progress In Learning. As A Patient Advocate, YouProtect Your Patient’s Human And LegaL
Rights And Provide Assistance In Asserting These Rights IfThe Need Arises. As A
Caregiver, You HeLp Patients Maintain And Regain HeaLth, Manage Disease And
Symptoms,And Attain A MaximaL LeveL Function And Independence Through The
HeaLing Process.
DIF:AppLy (AppLication)
OBJ:Discuss The RoLes And Career Opportunities For Nurses. TOP:
ImpLementationMSC: Management Of Care
6. The Nurse Has Been Working In The CLinicaL Setting For SeveraL Years As An
Advanced Practice Nurse. However, The Nurse Has A Strong Desire To Pursue Research
And TheoryDeveLopment. ToFuLfiLL This Desire, Which Program ShouLd The Nurse
Attend?
a. Doctor Of Nursing Science Degree (Dnsc)
b. Doctor Of PhiLosophy Degree (Phd)
c. Doctor Of Nursing Practice Degree (DNP)
d. Doctor In The Science Of Nursing Degree (DSN)
CORRECT ANSWER: B
Some DoctoraL Programs Prepare Nurses For More Rigorous Research And Theory
DeveLopment And Award The Research-Oriented Doctor Of PhiLosophy (Phd) In Nursing.
ProfessionaL DoctoraLPrograms In Nursing (DSN Or Dnsc) Prepare Graduates To AppLy
Research Findings To CLinicaL Nursing. The DNP Is A Practice Doctorate That Prepares
Advanced Practice Nurses Such As NursePractitioners.
DIF:Understand (Comprehension)
OBJ:Compare And Contrast The EducationaL Programs AvaiLabLe For ProfessionaL Registered
Nurse(RN)Education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Management Of Care
7. A Nurse Attends A Workshop On Current Nursing Issues Provided By The American
NursesAssociation. Which Type Of Education Did The Nurse Receive?
a. Graduate Education
b. Inservice Education
c. Continuing Education
d. Registered Nurse Education
CORRECT ANSWER: C
Continuing Education InvoLves FormaL, Organized EducationaL Programs Offered By
Universities, HospitaLs, State Nurses Associations, ProfessionaL Nursing Organizations,
AndEducationaL And HeaLth Care Institutions. After Obtaining A BaccaLaureate Degree In
Nursing, YouCan Pursue Graduate Education Leading To A Master’s Or DoctoraL Degree
InAny Number Of Graduate FieLds, IncLuding Nursing. Inservice Education Programs Are
Instruction Or Training Provided By A HeaLth Care FaciLity Or Institution. Registered
NurseEducation Is The Education Preparation For An IndividuaL Intending To Be An RN.
DIF:AppLy (AppLication)
OBJ:Compare And Contrast The EducationaL Programs AvaiLabLe For ProfessionaL Registered Nurse (RN)
