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Fundamentals of Nursing 12th Edition by Potter PerryTest Bank||All Chapters covered||Answers and Rationales
,Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter: Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which professional 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
CORRECT ANSWER: A
Nightingale was the first practicing professional 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 founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry Street
Settlement.
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 professional nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome.
Which standard of nursing practice is the professional nurse following?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT ANSWER: C
In planning, the registered professional nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and
alternatives to attain expected results. During assessment, the registered professional nurse
collects comprehensive data pertinent to the client’s health and/or the situation. In diagnosis,
the registered professional nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or
issues. During implementation, the registered professional nurse implements (carries out) the
identified plan.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Planning
MSC: Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical professional nurse chooses to work in obstetrics.
Which level of proficiency is the professional nurse upon initial transition to the
obstetrical floor? a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT ANSWER: A
A beginning nursing student or any professional nurse entering a situation in which there is
no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room professional nurse
chooses to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice professional nurse. A
proficient professional nurse perceives a client’s clinical situation 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 professional nurse understands the organization and
specific care required by the type of clients (e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic clients).
This professional nurse is a competent practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and
establish long-range goals. A professional 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 professional nurse is able to identify meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Evaluation
MSC: Management of Care
4. A professional nurse assesses a client’s fluid status and decides that the client needs to
drink more fluids. The professional nurse then encourages the client to drink more fluids.
Which concept is the professional 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
professional nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing
practice. Accountability
, means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of nursing
care provided.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for professional nurses. TOP: Implementation
MSC: Management of Care
5. A professional nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
role is the professional nurse implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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 client behavior, and evaluate the client’s progress in learning. As a client advocate, you
protect your client’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if
the need arises. As a caregiver, you help clients 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 professional nurses. TOP: Implementation
MSC: Management of Care
6. The professional nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice professional nurse. However, the professional nurse has a strong desire
to pursue research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program should
the professional 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 professional nurses for more rigorous research and theory
development and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing.
Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply
research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares advanced
practice professional nurses such as professional nurse practitioners.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional registered professional
nurse (RN) education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Management of Care
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