NURS 100 HESI/FINAL QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
nursing - correct answer diagnosing and treatment of human responses to actual
and potential health problems’
Benner's level of nursing proficiency - correct answer novice, advanced beginner,
competent, proficient, and expert
what does nursing professional practice include? - correct answer knowledge
from social and behavioral sciences, biological, and physiological sciences and
nursing theories’
ANA definition of nursing - correct answer incorporates the art and science of
caring and focuses on protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing and alleviation of
suffering through compassionate presence’
code of ethics - correct answer statement of philosophical ideas of right and
wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients
professional roles and responsibilities of nurses - correct answer autonomy,
accountability, caregiver, autonomy, educator, communicator, and manager
,career development for nursing - correct answer clinician
advanced practice RN (clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, certified nurse
midwife, certified RN anesthetist)
nurse educator
nurse administrator
nurse researcher
florence nightingale - correct answer first organized nursing program, connected
poor sanitization with poor health in war times, mother of nursing
Clara barton - correct answer founder of American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney - correct answer first professionally trained African-Amercian
nurse’ brought awareness for cultural diversity and respect no matter what
race/background’
contemporary influences on nursing - correct answer importance of nurses self-
care, health care reform and costs (ACA), demographic changes (diversity is
increasing and aging population), and medically underserved populations
QSEN principles - correct answer (quality and safety education for nurses)
-patient centered care
-teamwork and collaboration
-evidence-based practice
-quality improvement
-safety
-informatics
continuing education - correct answer programs for instruction/training provided
by a healthcare agency or institution
,in-service education - correct answer programs for instruction or training
provided by a health care agency or institution
nurse practice acts (NPA) - correct answer each state board of nursing defines
their nurse practice acts to regulate the scope of nursing care in each state and
to protect public health, welfare, and safety
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 operation
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’ Communicator - correct answer B
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing change
procedure for the patient's wound’ The patient's spouse demonstrates how to
change the dressing’ The nurse is acting in which professional role?
A’ Educator
B’ Advocate
C’ Caregiver
D’ Communicator - correct answer A
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United States’
This examination:
a’ guarantees safe nursing care for all pts
b’ ensures standard nursing care for all pts
c’ provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
, d’ guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs - correct
answer C
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a
variety of professional roles and responsibilities’ Which of the following are
examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply’)
A’ Caregiver
B’ Autonomy
C’ Patient advocate
D’ Health promotion
E’ Genetic counselor - correct answer A,B,C,D
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care’ Which of these
models is expected from health care reform?
A’ Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
B’ Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
C’ Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
D’ Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model - correct answer
A
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in
urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter’ The staff work together
to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs),
identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new catheter care practices’ This is an
example of which QSEN competency?
A’ Patient-centered care
B’ Safety
C’ Teamwork and collaboration
D’ Quality improvement - correct answer D
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