Intro. to Nursing (LSC-Cy Fair) Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
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Course
Applied nursing
Institution
Applied Nursing
- Novice: Beginning nursing student; nurse with no experience
- Advanced beginner: Some level of experience; may only be observational in nature
- Competent: Has been in the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years
- Proficient: More than 2 to 3 years in same position; readily transferable skills...
Intro. to Nursing (LSC-Cy Fair) Exam #1
Questions with Correct Answers
- Novice: Beginning nursing student; nurse with no experience
- Advanced beginner: Some level of experience; may only be observational in nature
- Competent: Has been in the same clinical position for 2 to 3 years
- Proficient: More than 2 to 3 years in same position; readily transferable skills
- Expert: Has diverse experience; able to zero in on multiple dimensions of a situation -
Answer-What are Benner's stages of nursing proficiency?
The patient - Answer-As a nurse, what is the center of your practice?
the American Nurses Association - Answer-What organization has defined the scope of
nursing and developed Standards of Practice and Standards of Professional
Performance since 1960?
1. Assessment - Collect data
2. Diagnosis - Analyze data
3. Outcomes Identification - ID expected outcomes
4. Planning - Develop plan
5. Implementation - Implement ID'd plan
5a. Coordination of Care
5b. Health Teaching & Health Promotion
5c. Consultation
5d. Prescriptive Authority & Treatment
6. Evaluation - Evaluate progress toward outcome - Answer-What are the ANA
Standards of Nursing Practice?
1. Ethics
2. Education
3. Evidence Based Practice and Research
4. Quality of Practice
5. Communication
6. Leadership
7. Collaboration
8. Professional Practice Evaluation
9. Resources
10. Environmental Health - Answer-What are the ANA Standards of Professional
Performance?
To improve the health and well-being of all individuals, communities, and populations
through the significant and visible contributions of registered nursing using standards-
based practice (ANA, 2016) - Answer-What is the goal of a nurse?
,A code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles used
to provide care. - Answer-What is the nursing Code of Ethics?
1) Autonomy and accountability
2) Caregiver
3) Advocate
4) Educator
5) Communicator
6) Manager - Answer-What are the professional roles/responsibilities of a nurse?
1. Provider of Care - Direct patient care in acute setting
2. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- Clinical Nurse Specialist: expert clinician in a specialized area of practice.
- Nurse Practitioner: provides health care to a group of patients; usually in an
outpatient, ambulatory care, or community based setting
- Certified Nurse: Midwife: provides care during pregnancy, labor, delivery and care for
new born
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist: provide surgical anesthesia under the
guidance and supervision of anesthesiologist
3. Nurse Educator - Works in schools of nursing education primarily
4. Nurse Administrator - Manages patient care and the delivery of nursing services
5. Nurse Researcher - Conducts research to improve nursing care and expand scope of
nursing practice - Answer-What are the different career opportunities for nurses?
- First practicing epidemiologist
- Organized first school of nursing
- Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
- Practices remain a basic part of nursing today - Answer-Who was Florence
Nightingale?
Clara Barton - Answer-What nurse founded the American Red Cross?
Mary Adelaide Nutting - Answer-Instrumental in moving nursing education into
universities, which nurse was the first nursing professor at Columbia?
The 1920's - Answer-When did nursing specialization begin?
D) Nurse Researcher
The nurse researcher investigates problems by applying evidence-based practice or by
conducting research to improve nursing care and further define and expand the scope
of nursing practice. - Answer-The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an
increase in pressure ulcer formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to
compare two types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for
pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk
patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
,A) Clinical Nurse Specialist
B) Nurse Administrator
C) Nurse Educator
D) Nurse Researcher
A) Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
Health care reform also affects how health care is delivered. There is greater emphasis
on health promotion, disease prevention, and management of illness. - Answer-Health
care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of the following models is
expected from health care reform?
A) Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
B) Moving from illness prevention to a health promotion model
C) Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
D) Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model
C) Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health
and/or the situation. - Answer-An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department
with fever and cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart
sounds, determines her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for
analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation
B) Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or
her care. An advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide
whether or not to accept a treatment or find an interpreter to help family members
communicate their concerns. - Answer-A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage
lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family
wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and
benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The
nurse is acting as the patient's:
A) Educator
B) Advocate
C) Caregiver
D) Case Manager
, C) Teamwork and collaboration - Answer-A nurse meets with the registered dietician
and physical therapist to develop a plan of care that focuses on improving nutrition and
mobility for a patient. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of
Nurses (QSEN) competency?
A) Patient-centered care
B) Safety
C) Teamwork and collaboration
D) Informatics
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice - Answer-The
examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
A) Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
B) Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
C) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
D) Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - Answer-You are
preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination
conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you have your
classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your
instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
A) Improves self-health care
B) Protects the patients confidentiality
C) Ensures identical care to all patients
D) Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
C) In-service education
In-service education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care
agency or institution. An in-service program is held in the institution and is designed to
increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nurses and other health care
professionals employed by the institution. - Answer-Nurses in an acute care hospital are
attending a unit based education program to learn how to use a new pressure-relieving
device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which type of education?
A) Continuing education
B) Graduate education
C) In-service education
D) Professional Registered Nurse Education
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