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Fundamental of Nursing Exam 1 practice questions

1.

To meet the aims of nursing practice, the nurse uses four blended competence:_____, Technical, Interpersonal, and Ethical/legal

Cognitive

2.

What type of activity is Assessing, Diagnosing, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating?

Nursing process

3.

Nursing theory and nursing research provide a foundation for _____-based nursing practice that defines the rationale for nursing actions.

Evidence

4.

Health promotion activities that are a framework for nursing activities are considered _______centered

Patient

5.

Promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitate coping with disability or death are examples of?

Nursing broad aims

6.

True or False: Reciprocity is the process that allows a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse by another state

True

7.

In what time period did nursing care as we know it begin?

eighteenth to nineteenth century

8.

The primary aim of the healthy people 2030 initiative is?

Health Promotion

9.

What is the correct order for the timeline?

2) Nurses were portrayed as mothers, caring for family and delivering physical care and health remedies

4) Nurses were viewed as slaves, carrying the menial tasks based on the orders of the priest

5)There was a shortage of nurses, criminals were recruited as nurses; nursing was viewed as disrespectful

1)Florence nightingale elevated nursing to a respected occupation and founded modern methods in nursing education

3) efforts were made to upgrade nursing education and women were more assertive and independent

6) nursing was broadened in all areas and practice in a wide variety of settings; nursing became a profession

2,4,5,1,3,6

10.

Illnesses defined as ______ are the leading health problem in the world today

Chronic

11.

True or false: Illness is a medical term meaning that there is a pathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind

False

12.

A family history of cancer is considered a ______ risk factor for illness

Nonmodifiable

13.

True or False: An example of a health disparity is the higher incidence of diabetes in the African American and Hispanic populations compared to the White population

True

14.

Chronic illnesses usually have a slow onset and many have periods of _____ (when the disease is present, but the person does not experience symptoms)

Remission

15.

True or false: Diet, Excercise, and weight loss are examples of primary health promotion?

True

16.

True or False: Each person defines health in terms on one's own value and beliefs

True

17.

Physical therapy after a stroke is an example of ______ level of preventive care

Tertiary

18.

A person's economic level, lifestyle, family, and culture are components of the ______ human dimension

Sociocultural

19.

The agent-host-environment model of health views health as constantly changing state, with high-level wellness and death being on opposite end of scale

False

20.

True or False: The orientation phase, working phase, and termination phase are all part of the nurse-patient relationship?

True

21.

Defined nursing as both an art and a science, differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education; published books about nursing and health care; is regarded as the founder of modern nursing

Florence Nightingale

22.

Assess resources, strengths, weaknesses, coping behavior, and the environment to assist the client to regain health and function independently is what type of nurse?

Care Provider

23.

Defines as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations”

Nursing

24.

The effective use of skills in organization, communication, and advocacy to facilitate the functions of all members of the health care team as they provide patient care is what type of nurse?

Collaborator

25.

The protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their own health and lives is what type of nurse?

Advocate

26.

The participation in or conduct of research to increase knowledge in nursing and improve patient care is the role of what type of nurse?

Researcher

27.

The assertive, self-confident practice of nursing when providing care, effecting change, and functioning with groups is what type of nurse?

Leader

28.

The use of therapeutic interpersonal communication skills to provide information, make appropriate referrals, and facilitate the patient’s problem-solving and decision-making skills is what type of nurse?

Counselor

29.

The use of communication skills to assess, implement, and evaluate individualized teaching plans to meet the learning needs of patients and their families is what type of nurse?

Teacher/educator

30.

The use of effective interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients of all ages in a wide variety of health care settings is what type of nurse?

Communicator

31.

The primary role of nurses is?

Caregiver

32.

Helps to assist patients and their families in multiple settings in preparing for death and in living as comfortably as possible until death occurs.

Hospice programs

33.

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

AACN

34.

The legal authority to practice as a nursing professional is?

Licensure

35.

Established to teach graduates to give bedside nursing care to patients.

Practical/vocational nursing programs

36.

A student acquiring knowledge of theory and practice related to nursing and other disciplines, provide nursing care to individuals and groups, work with members of the health care team, use research to improve practice, and have a foundation for graduate study?

Baccalaureate in Nursing

37.

This is required for an RN to maintain licensure?

Continuing education

38.

Many hospitals and health care facilities provide education and training for employees of their institution or organization through?

In-Service Education

39.

It advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting a safe and ethical work environment, bolstering the health and wellness of nurses, and advocating on health care issues that affect nurses and the public.

ANA

40.

Assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating are forms of?

Nursing Process

41.

True or false: STOPS—Stop and take a step back; T—Take a few breaths; O—Observe inside yourself; P—Proceed after you pause, is said to be a technique to reduce stress and be able to respond more skillfully during challenging times.

True

42.

Is the part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation.

Traditional Knowledge

43.

When a senior staff nurse teaches a new graduate nurse a more efficient method of doing a technical procedure, such as inserting an intravenous catheter.

Authoritative knowledge

44.

knowledge obtained through the implying of thorough research

Scientific Knowledge

45.

Outlines the process of growth and development of humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending with death.

Developmental theory

46.

the adjustment of living matter to other living things and to environmental conditions.

Adaptation Theory

47.

A problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions, using the best evidence available

Evidence-based practice

48.

What is the correct order for implementing EBP?

1) Integrate/practice

2) Collect data

3) What is the problem (Ask a question)

4) Evaluate

5) Analyze research

6) Educate on results

3,2,5,1,4,6

49.

A student nurse asks an experienced nurse why it is necessary to change the patient’s bed every day. The nurse answers: “I guess we have just always done it that way.” This answer is an example of what type of knowledge?

Traditional knowledge

50.

Address nursing interventions and are designed to control, promote, and change clinical nursing practice.

Prescriptive theories

51.

Describes how to break whole things into parts and then to learn how the parts work together in “systems.”

General System theory

52.

Describe a phenomenon, an event, a situation, or a relationship

Descriptive theory

53.

Outlines the process of growth and development of humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending with death.

Developmental Theory

54.

A nurse manager schedules a clinic for the staff to address common nursing interventions used in the facility and to explore how they can be performed more efficiently and effectively. The nurse manager’s actions to change clinical practice are an example of a situation described by which nursing theory?

Presciptive theory

55.

The health of the public is measured globally by (how frequently a disease occurs)

Morbidity

56.

the number of deaths resulting from covid is an example of

Mortality

57.

Which of the following will help guide the legal actions when a nurse is providing patient care

Nurse practice act

58.

Inherited genetic defects, Developmental defects resulting from exposure to such factors as viruses or chemicals during pregnancy, Biologic agents or toxins, Physical agents such as temperature, chemicals, and radiation, Generalized tissue responses to injury or irritation, Physiologic and emotional reactions to stress, Excessive or insufficient production of body secretions (hormones, enzymes, and so forth) are all examples of?

Common causes of disease

59.

Someone who seeks out a health care provider for diagnosis and treatment is considered to be in which stage of illness behavior?

Stage 2 (Illness behavior)

60.

Someone experiencing a rash, fever, bleeding, or a cough is said to be in which stage of illness behavior?

Stage 1 (Illness behavior)

61.

Put the stages of Illness behavior in order.

1) Assuming the sick role

2) Achieving recovery and rehabilitation

3) Assuming a dependent role

4) Experiencing symptoms

4,1,3,2

62.

Someone who requires assistance in carrying out activities of daily living, and needs emotional support through acceptance, approval, physical closeness, and protection is said to be in which stage of illness behavior?

Stage 3 (Illness behavior)

63.

Someone who resumes normal activities and responsibilities is said to be in what stage in illness behavior?

Stage 4 (Illness behavior)

64.

_______ dimension includes genetic inheritance, age, developmental level, race, and biological sex.

Physical

65.

How someone handles stress in a life situation will be what dimension?

Emotional

66.

When little kids start learning their ABC's is an example of what dimension?

Interlectual

67.

A person’s economic level, lifestyle, family, and culture would be an example of what dimension?

Sociocultural

68.

someone whose religion prohibits the intake of pork and shellfish would be an example of what dimension?

Spiritual

69.

A nurse giving a lecture at a women's shelter about birth control is showing what type of behavior?

Primary Health promotion and illness prevention

70.

Behaviors motivated by a desire to avoid or detect disease or to maintain functioning within the constraints of an illness or disability?

Health promotion

71.

Someone who goes to the dentist for a regular 6 months cleaning is showing what type of behavior?

Secondary Health promotion and illness prevention

72.

Someone going to physical therapy would be an example of what?

Tertiary Health promotion and illness prevention

73.

Someone who stops smoking after being told that they have lung cancer is showing what type of health belief?

Perceived seriousness of a disease

74.

Someone who decides to go vegan after being told by their physician that they are overweight and at risk of being diabetic is showing an example of what type of health belief?

Perceived benefits of action

75.

A woman who has a family history of breast cancer goes to get a mammogram is showing an example of what health belief?

Perceived of susceptibility of a disease

76.

This model views health as a constantly changing state, with high-level wellness and death at opposite ends of a graduated scale?

Health–Illness Continuum

77.

This model views the interaction between an external agent, a susceptible host, and the environment as causes of disease in a person

Agent-host-environment

78.

Smoking drug or alcohol abuse, and poor diet are examples of what?

Negative health belief

79.

The nurse uses the agent–host–environment model of health and illness to assess diseases in patients. This model is based on what concept?

Risk factors

80.

These are examples of what?

  • It takes priority over other desires and needs when unmet.
  • The person feels something is missing when the need is unmet.
  • The person feels satisfaction when the need is met.

Basic needs

81.

Developed a hierarchy of basic human needs that describes which needs of a person are the most important at any given time

Abraham Maslow

82.

This is a model of?

Maslow’s hierarchy of basic human needs

83.

Someone who is having trouble breathing is an example of what needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

Physiological

84.

A child who is afraid to go home is showing an example of what needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

Safety and security

85.

A mother hugging her daughter is showing an example of what needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

Love and belonging

86.

Someone deciding to go to law school is an example of what needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

Self-actualization

87.

A female who always wears heels because of her height is showing an example of what needs according to Maslow's hierarchy?

Self-esteem

88.

Which is in order from a lower level to a higher level according to Maslow's hierarchy?

A) Safety and security, Physiological, love and belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization

B) Physiological, self-actualization, love and belonging, safety and security, self-esteem

C) Physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, self-actualization

D) Self-actualization, self-esteem, love and belonging, safety and security, physiological

C

89.

Which one is an example of external variables?

A) Family practice, cultural, socioeconomic, positive health belief, negative health belief

B) Family practice, spiritual, socioeconomic, positive health belief, negative health belief

C) Spiritual, environmental, socioeconomic, positive health belief, negative health belief

D) Family practice, environmental, socioeconomic, positive health belief, negative health belief

A

90.

This agency regulates licenses, practices, schools, and programs

Board of nursing

91.

Technical competence, interpersonal skills, interpersonal skills, moral standards, concerns for the welfare of others are examples of what?

Characteristics

92.

This agency offers accreditation process to nursing education programs at all levels?

National League of Nursing

93.

Telling the truth

Veracity

94.

This agency prohibits discrimination on bases of disability

ADA

95.

True or false: assault, battery, and false imprisonment are examples of unintentional torts?

False

96.

Which one is an example of verbal communication skills?

A) Pace, intonation, brevity, timing, relevance, clarity, Vocabulary

B) Pace, intonation, brevity, posture, volume, clarity, adaptability

C) Brevity, clarity, pace, timing, relevance, brevity, vocabulary

D) Clarity, pace, channel, response, relevance, clarity, adaptability

A

97.

Lets the client organize thoughts, feelings, consider the topic, or think through points are examples of?

Silence

98.

True or False: body language, touch, eye contacts, facial expressions, gait, postures, gestures, physical appearance, sounds, and silence are non-verbal communication?

True

99.

Quality and safety education for nurses

QSEN

100.

Situation, background, assessment, and recommendation

SBAR