1Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art & Science of Person Centered Care, 10th Edition; Taylor, Lynn, Bartlett. Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing & Professional Formation - Review questions

A nurse is planning education for a patient who is scheduled for a diagnostic procedure to r/o a cerebral aneurysm. Which aspect of nursing does the nurse use as the basis for education?

A. Art of nursing

B. Science of nursing

C. Caring aspect of nursing

D. Holistic approach to nursing

B. The science of nursing

Rationale:

This is a a knowledge base for care that is provided

In contrast, the skilled application of that knowledge is the art of nursing. Providing holistic care to patients based on science or nursing is considered the art of nursing

A group of students in a community health course is discussing disaster management. Which nursing leader will the students identify as the founder of the Red Cross?

A. Clara Barton

B. Florence Nightingale

C. Lillian Wald

D. Lavinia Dock

A. Clara Barton established the Red Cross in 1882

Florence Nightingale elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education. Lillian Wald was the founder of public health nursing. Lavinia Dock was a nursing leader and women's rights activist instrumental in establishing women's rights to vote.

A nurse is engaged in community health promotion activities What activity BEST reflects this type of health promotion?

A. Teaching about fall prevention and home safety at a senior center

B. Holding a blood glucose screening for diabetes at a local church

C. Educating hospice volunteers on therapeutic communication

D. Providing education on crutch walking to a child with a fractured tibia

A. Teaching about fall prevention and home safety at a senior center. Nurses promote health and prevent illness primarily by teaching, through personal example and administering preventative vaccines.

Performing blood glucose screening for diabetes detects a disease after it has developed, rather than diabetes prevention

Therapeutic communication during hospice care and crutch walking are additional interventions used for diseases or health problems that are already present

A nurse historian is researching changes in professional nursing and nursing education in the mid-20th century. What trend promoted advancement of the profession and of nursing education?

A. Increased need for nurses and knowledge explosion led to emphasis on education.

B. Focus on the war effort slowed development of knowledge in medicine and technology.

C. Role of the nurse focused on acute technical skills used in hospital settings.

D. Nursing care was dependent on the medical profession to define its priorities.

A. Increased need for nurses and knowledge explosion led to emphasis on education.

During WWII Large numbers of women worked outside the home. They became more independent and assertive, leading to an increased emphasis on education. The war itself created a need for more nurses and resulted in a knowledge explosion of medicine and technology

According to Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (ANA, 2021), "Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations in recognition of the connection of all humanity. Which actions are consistent with these nursing roles? Select all that apply.

a. Offering emotional support to a patient overwhelmed by a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer

b. Making a diagnosis of appendicitis when a patient reports right lower quadrant pain

c. Providing classes on nutrition and physical activity at a senior center

d. Administering an antibiotic to a patient with a documented infection

e. Working with the health department to provide free influenza vaccinations to children

f. Requesting the health care provider change prescription for the patient whose pain is still unrelieved

a. Offering emotional support to a patient overwhelmed by a new diagnosis of ovarian cancer

c. Providing classes on nutrition and physical activity at a senior center

d. Administering an antibiotic to a patient with a documented infection

e. Working with the health department to provide free influenza vaccinations to children

f. Requesting the health care provider change prescription for the patient whose pain is still unrelieved

Education, emotional support, nursing interventions such as administering medications, preventing influenza, and infectious diseases, and advocating for pain management are roles of the nurse.

Making a medical diagnoses is not within the scope of professional nursing practice.

A nurse working in a rehabilitation facility focuses on the goal of restoring health for patients. Which examples of nursing interventions reflect this goal? Select all that apply.

a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program

b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest

c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin

d. A nurse recommends a yoga class for a busy executive

e. A nurse provides hospice care for a patient with end-stage cancer

f. A nurse teaches a nutrition class at a local high school

a. A nurse counsels adolescents in a drug rehabilitation program

b. A nurse performs range-of-motion exercises for a patient on bedrest

c. A nurse shows a diabetic patient how to inject insulin

Activities to retore health focus on the person with an illness and range from early detection of a disease to rehabilitation and teaching during recovery. These activities include drug counseling, teaching patients how to administer their medications, and performing range-of-motion exercises for bedridden patients. Recommending a yoga class for stress reduction helps prevent illness, and teaching a nutrition class helps promote health. A hospice nurse facilitates coping with disability and death.

Nursing students are learning about criteria that establish nursing as a profession. Which statements by the students indicate they have correctly described characteristics of a profession? Select all that apply

a. Nursing interventions are dependent on medical practice

b. Nursing is composed of a well-defined body of general knowledge

c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group

d. Nursing practice is regulated by the medical profession

e. Nursing has a code of ethics

f. Nursing is influenced by ongoing research

c. Nursing is a recognized authority by a professional group

e. Nursing has a code of ethics

f. Nursing is influenced by ongoing research

Nursing is recognized increasingly as a profession pf specific and unique knowledge,, strong service orientation, recognized authority by a professional group, code of ethics, professional organization that sets standards, ongoing research, and autonomy and self-regulation.

A nurse considers returning to school to obtain a master's degree in nursing. Which practice discipline requiring a graduate level education could the nurse consider?

a. Rehabilitation nurse

b. Critical care nurse

c. Oncology nurse

d. Nurse practitioner

d. Nurse practitioner

A master's degree (MSN) prepares advanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners (NP's), nurse midwives, clinical specialists, or clinical nurse leaders.

Nurses in the U.S. follow regulations outlined by each state's nurse practice act. A nurse moving to a different state anticipates finding which elements are common to all state's nurse practice act?

a. Definition of the legal scope of practice for those registered

b. Provision of continuing education programs to meet state requirements

c. Determining the scope of content covered in the NCLEX exam

d. Creating institutional policies for health care practices.

a. Definition of the legal scope of practice for those registered

State nurse practice acts regulate practice by defining the legal scope pf practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing, and establishing criteria for the education and licensure of nurses. The state's board of nursing has legal authority define the education required to take the NCLEX but does not provide that education or determine the content of the exam. The board has the legal authority to allow graduates of approved schools to take the licensing exams. Institutional polices are created by the institutions themselves.

Nurses of a statewide nursing organization come together to plan for the challenges to health care for the 21st century. What current trend in health care should be a focus of the plan?

a. Decreasing numbers of hospitalized patients

b. Increasing numbers of older and more acutely ill patients

c. Decreasing health care costs owing to managed care

d. Decreasing advances in medical knowledge and technology

b. Increasing numbers of older and more acutely ill patients

The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice identifies the following: A growing population of hospitalized patients who are older and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current, with rapid advances in medical knowledge and technology.