PrepU Chapter 1: Introduction to Nursing

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

Florence Nightingale

Which are approved as nursing diagnoses? Select all that apply.

* Impaired Skin Integrity * Caregiver Role Strain * Compromised Family Coping

Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate coping? Select all that apply.

* Teaching a client and her family how to live with diabetes * Assisting a client and his family to prepare for death * Providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder

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

18th to 19th century

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

American Journal of Nursing

Which organization has established standards that help the nurse determine which clinical actions fall under the scope of nursing practice?

American Nurses Association

Which nursing group provides a definition and scope of practice for nursing?

American Nurses Association (ANA)

The nurse is considering medical-surgical certification after working in a medical-surgical floor for the past five years. Nursing specialty certification is given by which group?

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

A nurse manager is teaching staff how to use a new piece of hospital equipment. Which educational setting would be most appropriate for this process?

In-service education

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 nurse is caring for a client who cannot meet health needs independently. Which action made by the nurse depicts concern and attachment?

asking the client, "How are you today? I am really worried about you."

The nurse graduated several years ago from a 2-year nursing program at a community college near the home city. Recently, the nurse has considered moving from providing direct client care into an administrative role, but recognizes the need for further education to be considered for such a position. The nurse most likely possesses which nursing qualification?

associate degree

A nurse mentoring second-year nursing students from a community college plans clinical experiences for them. These students will most likely graduate in which time frame?

at the end of the year

The nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The health care provider has written a prescription for a pain medication, and the prescription 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 is an appropriately stated nursing intervention?

Ambulate 30 ft (9 m) twice a day with the assistance of a walker.

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:

"Everything in nature is alive with invisible forces."

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

lack of educational standards


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