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PROFESSIONAL NURSING EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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PROFESSIONAL NURSING EXAM #1QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Who was the lady with the lamp during the Crimean war (1853)? What is the name of
the book she published (1860)? - answer-Florence nightingale; notes on nursing: what it
is and what it is not
What does the black stripe on nursing caps signify? - answer-mourns death of Florence
nightingale
What idea did Florence nightingale discover? - answer-there is a connection between
environment and health
When and where was the first organized training program? - answer-1860, London
Mary Mahoney - answer-first African American nurse (1879)
Clara barton - answer-founded the American red cross (1881)
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - answer-started henry street settlement in 1893, which
focused on the health needs of poor people and immigrants who lived in tenements in
NYC
Mary Adelaide nutting - answer-advocated for nursing to be included in the university
setting (1906)
When was the army and navy nurse corps established? - answer-1901, 1908
When was the first bachelors degree created? - answer-1909
Isabel Robb - answer-founded ana (1911)
Edith Cavell - answer-British nurse in ww1 who saved soldiers on both sides of
battlefield (1915)
Historical highlights from the 21st century - answer-advancing technology
Acuity level (people get sicker but spend less time in hospital)
Early discharge
Evolving nursing practices and education
Health care reform - answer-affordable care act
Demographic changes - answer-people are living longer
, Medically underserved - answer-homeless, unemployed, uninsured, mentally ill (most
underserved)
Influences on today's practices - answer-threat of bioterrorism
Rising healthcare cost
Nursing shortage
Characteristics of a profession - answer-autonomy, accountability, caregiver, advocate,
educator, communicator, manager
Autonomy - answer-independent nursing intervention
Accountability - answer-the nurse is responsible for the quality of care given
Nursing is defined as a profession because nurse - answer-practice autonomy
Ana standards of professional practice - answer-1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcome identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
Ana standards of professional performance - answer-1. Ethics
2. Education
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Quality of practice
5. Communication
6. Leadership
7. Collaboration
8. Professional practice evaluation
9. Resources
10. Environmental health
State boards nursing practice act - answer-each state has it's own practice act;
regulates scope of practice
Practical nursing - answer-lpn (bedside care)
Diploma - answer-3 years (hospital based)
Associate degree - answer-2 years of community college
Baccalaureate degree - answer-4 years (institute of medicine recommendation)
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