Fundamentals Nursing Prep U Chapter 1 Introduction to Nursing

A nurse wishes to pursue a degree as a nurse practitioner. What is the minimal degree needed by the nurse?

Masters

The nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The physician has written orders for a pain medication, and the order gives a dosage range for the amount the nurse may give depending on the severity of the client's pain. This type of functioning within the health care team is called:

collaborative functioning

Which of the following is the best example of a nurse demonstrating the role of caregiver?

starting an intravenous line in the client's arm

The nurse is performing care for a client in the end stage of cancer. How can the nurse best facilitate the client and family's ability to cope? Select all that apply.

• Assist the client with activities of daily living (ADL) • Assist the client and family with the preparation for end-of-life • Refer the client and family to hospice services

The nurse going back to school for nurse midwifery can trace education for nurse midwifery to which of the following nursing leaders?

Mary Breckinridge

Attracting minorities to the profession of nursing is an important consideration for the future of nursing. Which of the following key historical nursing figures set a precedent in this area?

Mary Elizabeth Mahoney

Which is an appropriately stated nursing intervention?

Ambulate 30 ft. twice a day with assistance of a walker.

Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to promote health? (Select all that apply.)

• Increasing student awareness of sexually transmitted diseases by distributing informational pamphlets at a college health center • Serving as a role model of health for patients by maintaining a healthy weight • Facilitating decisions about lifestyles that would enhance the well-being of a teenager

A nurse is planning to apply Florence Nightingale's theory to current practice. Which interventions will the nurse use during daily client interactions? (Select all that apply.)

• evaluating and adjusting the hospital room's ventilation • washing hands before and after all client interactions • encouraging client to meet daily caloric requirements

The nurse is conducting a class for nursing assistants. One of the students asks the nurse why blood pressure, pulse, and temperature are called "vital signs". Which of the following explanations would the nurse offer the student?

"Because significant deviation from normal is not compatible with life."

The nursing process is:

A critical thinking method used by nurses to provide nursing care that is individualized and holistic.

The nurse notes the initials APRN after a nurse who is ordering a client's medications. According to ANA standards of nursing practice, which of the following is the correct action by the nurse?

No action is needed. This is within the ANA standards for APRNs.

A nurse identifies a patient's health care needs and devises a plan of care to meet those needs. Which guideline is being followed in this case?

Nursing process

The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for nursing practice?

Nursing process

During the Christian era, nursing care excluded which area?

Psychiatric services

Together the nurse and a client with hypertension set a goal that states that the client will be able to identify foods to avoid on a low-sodium diet. The nurse completes this action as a part of which American Nurses Association Standard of Care?

The RN identifies client outcomes.

Which of the following is the best example of client-centered approach to care?

The nurse asks the client about his health goals.

A nurse wishes to advance his or her career and work as a clinical nurse specialist. Which of the following should the nurse keep in mind?

The nurse may teach advanced education for nurses.

What current trends in nursing practice are increasingly being recognized?

birthing centers

The Standards of Practice provide nurses with:

guidelines for providing care.

Due to the rising cost of health care services, many procedures and treatments are being delivered in what type of setting?

outpatient facility

Which individual provided community-based care and founded public health nursing?

Lillian Wald

The Nurse Corps of the United States Army was established by whom?

Dorothea Dix

The nurse is caring for a client who ascribes to the theory of animism. When attempting to explain this theory to other staff members, the nurse should state which of the following?

"Everything in nature is alive with invisible forces."

The registered nurse is teaching a community health class about illness prevention. Which of the following statements reflects understanding of this concept?

"It is important to enroll in a smoking cessation class."

A nurse is conducting an inservice on the early history of the education of nurses in the 19th century. Which statement made by the nurse demonstrates how far nursing has come as a profession from the 19th century?

"The focus was on students providing direct care to clients without pay."

Which of the following is the best example of the nurse in the role of teacher/educator?

Assessing if the client is able to perform a dressing change

A nurse receives an x-ray report on a newly admitted client suspected of having a fractured tibia. The nurse contacts the physician to report the findings. What role is the nurse engaged in?

Communicator

There are various levels of preparation for nursing practice. Which degree program will best prepare a nurse to work as a nurse researcher?

Doctoral

Which of the following practices by the nurse indicate that the nurse is a professional?

Using evidence-based practice interventions

The nurse is helping the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) bathe the client, who is experiencing a lot of pain when repositioned in bed. Which nursing responsibility is the nurse demonstrating?

Client advocate

A nurse is planning to continue her education in the hopes of becoming an expert in geriatric nursing who carries out direct care. For which of the following expanded career roles is the nurse preparing?

Clinical nurse specialist

The nurse is documenting the client's response to a medication. This action reflects a practice that was started by which of the following key figures in nursing's history?

Florence Nightingale

What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States after the Civil War?

Lack of educational standards

A person practicing nursing in the 1950s would most likely have been influenced by what trend?

Large numbers of women began to work outside the home, asserting their independence.

Which contributed to the advancement of the nursing profession after World War II?

Advanced nursing education was established.

The first nursing journal owned, operated, and published by nurses was:

American Journal of Nursing

The registered nurse is performing a nutritional assessment to ensure that the client's diet is optimal for wound healing. The nurse's intervention can be traced back to which of nursing's key people's contributions to nursing?

Florence Nightingale

The nurse is utilizing knowledge about a blood pressure medication's actions and side effects to determine whether or not to give a client, whose blood pressure is low, the prescribed blood pressure medication. What best describes the aspect of nursing demonstrated?

Science of nursing