NSC252: Introduction to Professional Nursing Exam 1
Material Questions With Complete Solutions
Back in the mid-late 1800s how were nurses trained? Correct
Answer -By physicians & by the medical model
Before the 1800's hospitals were also considered what? Correct
Answer -Charitable housing
-Considered to be caring for the desperate
-Guards presents at night to drug "rowdy" patients
Before the 1800's nurses cared for who? Correct Answer -Sick,
homeless & poor
Before the 1800's nursing was largely influenced by what?
Correct Answer -Social, political & economic factors
-War, status, religion, gender, societal attitudes
Define Altruism Correct Answer Belief/instinct to serve others
Define morbidity Correct Answer The state of being unhealthy
Define motrality Correct Answer The rates of death
Describe nursing informatics Correct Answer -specialty that
integrates nursing science, computer science, and information
science to manage and communicate data, information, and
knowledge in nursing practice
Do nurses now use the medical model? Correct Answer No
,Explain a PhD Correct Answer -Doctoral degrees in nursing-
research
-Prepares nurses to transition to faculty positions at the
university level, administrators in schools of nursing or medical
centers, researchers, theorists
-Focus on research on conduct of original research &
development of nursing theories & nursing knowledge
Explain Benner's fifth stage Correct Answer -Expert
-5+ years of experience; able to make gut decisions
-Has intuitive grasp of the situation & zeros in on the accurate
region of the problem
Explain Benner's first stage Correct Answer -Novice
-Nursing student
-Has no professional experience
Explain Benner's fourth stage Correct Answer -Proficient
- 3 to 5 years under your belt
-Perceives situations as wholes, rather than in terms of aspects
Explain Benner's second stage Correct Answer -Advanced
beginner
-1st year of practice as a nurse
-Can note recurrent meaningful situational components, but not
between them
Explain Benner's third stage Correct Answer -Competent
- 2 to 3 years of experience as a nurse
-Begins to understand actions in terms of long range goals
, Explain HIPPA Correct Answer the health insurance
portability & accountability act of 19996 (HIPPA) is a federal
law that required the creation of national standards to protect
sensitive patient health information from being disclosed w/o the
patient's consent or knowledge
Explain what a ADN/ASN/AASN does Correct Answer -
Associate degree in nursing
-Technical registered nurses
-Hands on learned w/ limited theoretical basis
-Provides direct care, expanded scope of practice from LPN
-Scope of practice is very comparable to BSN
-Registered nurse
Explain what a BSN is Correct Answer -Baccalaureate degree
in nursing
-professional registered nurse
-Based on hands on learned, integration of theory, research &
application of research & EBP
-Practices requires critical thinking, collaboration & decision-
making
Explain what a DNP does Correct Answer -Doctoral degrees in
nursing-practice
-Developed for nurse leaders in advanced practice roles (nurse
practitioner, nurse administrator, & nurse educator)
-Focus on research utilization for EBP
Explain what a LPN/LVN does Correct Answer -Licensed
practical/vocational nursing
-Technical licensed vocational nurses
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