Ch.1 Introduction to Nursing PrepU

Establishing the criteria for the education and licensure of nurses is a component of:

a state's nurse practice act.

Trends in managed care have resulted in an increased focus on the care of patients by nurses in which of the following settings?

Community-Based Settings

A student is choosing her educational path and desires a nursing degree with a track that contains community nursing and leadership, as well as liberal arts. The student would best be suited in which type of program?

Baccalaureate program

A 30-year-old client is admitted to the health care facility with back pain. Which of the following statements should the nurse use while counseling a client with back pain?

"Maintain good body posture while sitting."

Question: Organize these events in chronological order, beginning with the earliest (1) and ending with the most recent (5).

1.During the Crusades, religious orders provided nursing care to the sick. 2.Florence Nightingale administered care to British soldiers during the Crimean War. 3.Mary Elizabeth Mahoney graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children as America's first African American nurse. 4.Clara Barton organized the American Red Cross. 5.Margaret Sanger advocated for contraception and family planning in the United States

The nursing process is:

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

After hearing a presentation about the American Nurses Association (ANA), a nurse decides to join the organization based on the understanding about which of the following?

ANA aims at fostering high standards of nursing in America

Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity by the nurse?

Administering immunizations.

A client admitted to the telemetry floor informs the nurse that he has an advance directive and does not wish to be resuscitated if his heart stops beating. The client takes a copy of the advance directive from his wallet and hands it to the nurse. The nurse documents on the electronic chart that the client has an advance directive, makes a copy of the advance directive, and immediately informs the patient's physician. In this situation, what is the nursing role demonstrated by the nurse?

Advocate

Which of the following is an appropriately stated nursing intervention?

Ambulate 30 ft. twice a day with assistance of walker

Which of the following organizations is the best source of information when a nurse wishes to determine whether an action is within the scope of nursing practice?

American Nurses Association (ANA)

A nurse is assigned the care of a client who has been admitted to the health care facility with high fever. Which nursing skill should be put into practice at the first contact with the client?

Assessment

A client reports to the emergency department with ankle pain due to a minor road accident. By asking the client to describe the accident, what type of nursing skill is the nurse using?

Assessment Skills

A client is brought to the emergency department with a head injury following an all terrain vehicle(ATV) accident. The nurse asks the family members to describe how the accident occurred. The nurse is implementing which type of skill?

Assessment skills

Nurse H. graduated several years ago from a 2-year nursing program that he took at a community college near his home city. Recently, Nurse H. has considered moving from providing direct patient care into an administrative role, but he recognizes the need to further his education in order to be considered for such a position. Nurse H. most likely possesses which of the following nursing qualifications?

Associate degree

The director of nursing (DON) of a major hospital is seeking to hire a nurse with a strong technical background to care for patients on a busy surgical unit. The DON is most likely going to hire a nurse prepared at which level of nursing?

Associate level

A student wants to join a nursing program that provides flexibility in working at both staff and managerial positions. Which nursing program should the nurse suggest for this student?

Baccalaureate nursing programs

A nurse is caring for a young victim of a terrorist attack. During the rehabilitative process, the nurse assists the client in bathing and dressing. What role the nurse is engaged in?

Caregiver

A nurse is caring for a client with quadriplegia who is fully conscious and able to communicate. What skills of the nurse would be the most important for this client?

Caring

The purpose of nursing was shaped by which of the following eras?

Christian era

A registered nurse plans to return to the nursing profession after a long hiatus. Which statement about the trend in health care services would be most important for the nurse to keep in mind?

Clients enter the health care system acutely ill.

An oncology nurse with 15 years of experience, certification in the area of oncology nursing, and a master's degree is considered to be an expert in her area of practice and works on an oncology unit in a large teaching hospital. Based upon this description, which of the following career roles best describes this nurse's role, taking into account her qualifications and experience?

Clinical nurse specialist

While in a discharge planning meeting, the nurse discusses a patient's goals for discharge. The nurse informs the group of the resources that will be needed to achieve these goals in the home environment. What two types of competency is the nurse demonstrating in this scenario?

Cognitive and interpersonal

The nurse has paged a patient's primary care physician because the patient's potassium level this morning is 2.6 mEq/L, a value that the nurse recognizes as a significant threat to the patient's cardiac health. What has the nurse enacted?

Cognitive skills

During the clinical rotation, a nurse documents the vital signs of a client on the bedside chart. What role is the nurse playing in such a situation?

Communicator

A nurse is caring for a client who is a chronic alcoholic. The nurse educates the client about the harmful effects of alcohol and educates the family on how to cope with the client and his alcohol addiction. Which of the following skills is the nurse using?

Counseling

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

Doctoral

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

Dorothea Dix

A nurse at a health care facility provides information, assistance, and encouragement to clients during the various phases of nursing care. In which of the following activities does the nurse use counseling skills?

Educating a group of young girls about AIDS

Which of the following nursing actions best exemplifies the nurse's role in promoting health?

Encouraging a group of junior high school students to engage in regular physical activity.

The Standards of Practice provide nurses with what?

Guidelines for providing care

The nurse recognizes that immunizations are an example of:

Illness Prevention

The nurse is administering immunizations to a group of teens in a county health clinic. The nurse correctly identifies this action as:

Illness prevention

Which of the following factors has most influenced how nurses practice their profession?

Increased incidence of chronic illness

A class of nursing students is studying the history of nursing. Who does the class learn that the founder of public health nursing is?

Lillian Wald

Who established the first public health service for the sick and poor?

Lillian Wald

Which of the following national nursing organizations serves as a primary source of research data about nursing education, and is the professional organization for nurse educators?

National League for Nursing (NLN)

A nurse is thinking about pursuing a master's degree in nursing and is reviewing information about various programs. Which of the following would the nurse expect to find about such programs?

Nurses pursuing such programs require solid scholastic abilities

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

Nursing process

What guidelines do nurses follow to identify the patient's health care needs and strengths, to establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan to meet established outcomes?

Nursing process

A registered nurse who is a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA) demonstrates adherence to the ANA's standards of care by participating in which of the following?

Outcome identification

A nurse has recently completed the administration of seasonal influenza vaccinations for the residents of a long-term care facility. Which of the following aims of nursing has the most clearly demonstrated?

Preventing illness

A licensed practice nurse (LPN) is working as a staff nurse. What role do the LPNs working as staff nurses play?

Provide direct nursing care to the clients in the health care facility

Which nursing role is the nurse exhibiting when collecting data about the number of urinary tract infections on the nursing unit?

Researcher

Which of the following Standards of Professional Performance, as defined by the ANA, has the nurse considering factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and the impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services?

Resource Utilization

The community health nurse performs blood pressure screenings at a senior center twice a month. This activity encompasses which aim of nursing?

Restoring health

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.

A registered nurse wishes to work as a nurse researcher. Which of the following is true regarding nurse researchers?

They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing.

Training schools for nurses were established in the United States after the Civil War. The standards of U.S. schools deviated from those of the Nightingale paradigm. Which of the following statements is true about U.S. training schools?

Training schools eliminated the need to pay employees.

Florence Nightingale classified sick nursing as

Use of client's reparative processes

During the Reformation, what factor influenced the decline of nursing?

Women's subordination to men

The need for university-based nursing education programs was brought to light during which important historical time?

World War II