PrepU CH 1
When administering immunizations, the nurse is engaged in:
illness prevention
A high school senior wants to become a geriatric nurse practitioner. What nursing degree will the student need to attain this goal?
masters degree
What might a nurse need to ensure the continuation of his or her nursing license?
obtain continuing education credits
The nursing process includes all of the following except: Assess prescribe plan evaluate implement
prescribe
A nurse conducts a smoking cessation program for clients of a neighborhood clinic. This is an example of which of the following aims of nursing?
preventing illness
Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
preventing illness
In what time period did nursing care as we know it begin?
18th to 19th century
Which nursing action would be considered an ethical/legal skill?
A nurse helps a client prepare a living will
The community health nurse creates a program to promote the health of the community using health promotion principles. which intervention would the nurse include in this program?
Activities focused on maintaining wellness
which nursing pioneer established the red cross in the USA in 1882
Clara Barton
a student has completed a nursing program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). which is true about the organization ?
It fosters continued improvement in nursing education programs
which national nursing organization 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 client has come to a health car facility for a routine Papanicolaou test. Who is qualified to perform the test?
Nurse Midwife
which nurse theorist created a theory whose purpose it was to develop an interpersonal interaction between client and nurse?
Peplau
Nursings four broad goals:
Promote health prevent illness restore health facilitate coping with death/disability
Which nursing intervention would be most appropriate for a new mother that calls the nursery for help with breastfeeding?
Refer the mother for a home care visit
The registered nurse communicates with the physical therapist that a client is now on strict bed rest due to bradycardia. which statement best explains the standard exemplified by the nurse?
The RN coordinates care delivery
A group of nursing students has attending a presentation about the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). Which statement by the group indicates that they have understood the information presented?
The organization provides programs of current professional interest
a RN wishes to work as a nurse researcher. which is true regarding nurse researchers?
They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing
during the clinical rotation, a nurse documents vital signs of a client on the bedside chart. what role is the nurse playing in this situation?
communicator
The nurse conducts a home safety assessment for a client. which statement best explains the standard of care being implemented?
the RN promotes a safe environment
The RN is providing care for clients in a long term care facility. what should be the central focus of this care?
the client receiving the care
the Rn is caring for a client after a stroke rendered the clients right side weaker than the left. the RN coordinates the plan of care with the physical therapist. the RNs interventions reflect which one of nursings four broad goals?
to restore health
