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50 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 50
Which of the following statements has a well-written outcome?
Patient will consume 50% of meals with no nausea and vomiting by 24 hours post-surgery.
Therapist will report improvement in patient's range of motion on a daily basis.
Patient will ambulate in the halls a little today.
Patient's condition will improve before discharge.
Term 2 of 50
Which of the following were identified as common major characteristics according to scholars?
(Select all that apply.)
It is based on a body of knowledge that can be learned.
It has a service orientation.
Practice is in a single recognized setting.
Professionals control their own practice and settings.
Skills can be learned in a variety of settings, including through job training.
,Term 3 of 50
A 5-year-old with a twin brother is admitted to the PICU after cardiac surgery. Hospital policy
does not allow individuals younger than 12 years of age to visit the PICU. The nurse recognizes
the needs of the patient and his brother and suggests that the mother bring her son to visit his
brother briefly in the afternoon when the unit is usually quiet. This illustrates which of Brenner's
stages of nursing proficiency?
Advanced beginner
Competent practitioner
Proficient practitioner
Expert practitioner
Term 4 of 50
Which of the following is the World Health Organization's definition of "health"?
People in harmony with environment
A state of optimum functioning for an individual in the performance of roles and tasks
Physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity
Functioning at maximum potential with the environment
Term 5 of 50
Mary Breckenridge
Introduced the first successful polio vaccine in the united states
Founded the first public library in the united states
Pioneered the first american astronaut training program
Established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the
United States
, Definition 6 of 50
Activist
Superintendent of Army Nurses
Established mental asylums in the mid-1800s
Linda Richards
Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale
Dorthea Dix
Term 7 of 50
Which of the following is an example of FORMAL socialization into the profession of nursing?
Unplanned observation of a nurse comforting a child after a painful procedure
hearing two nurses discussing how to organize patient care more effectively
starting an indwelling urinary catheter in the simulation laboratory under faculty guidance
participating in a student nurses' association meeting
Term 8 of 50
The nurse observes a patient lying rigidly in bed and taking shallow breaths. The patient reports a
pain score of 4 out of 5 and says, "My leg hurts." The nurse determines that the objective and
subjective data are
incongruent and require more assessment.
insufficient to make any conclusions.
congruent and support that the patient is in pain.
unclear; the nurse needs to talk to the patient's family for more information.
50 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 50
Which of the following statements has a well-written outcome?
Patient will consume 50% of meals with no nausea and vomiting by 24 hours post-surgery.
Therapist will report improvement in patient's range of motion on a daily basis.
Patient will ambulate in the halls a little today.
Patient's condition will improve before discharge.
Term 2 of 50
Which of the following were identified as common major characteristics according to scholars?
(Select all that apply.)
It is based on a body of knowledge that can be learned.
It has a service orientation.
Practice is in a single recognized setting.
Professionals control their own practice and settings.
Skills can be learned in a variety of settings, including through job training.
,Term 3 of 50
A 5-year-old with a twin brother is admitted to the PICU after cardiac surgery. Hospital policy
does not allow individuals younger than 12 years of age to visit the PICU. The nurse recognizes
the needs of the patient and his brother and suggests that the mother bring her son to visit his
brother briefly in the afternoon when the unit is usually quiet. This illustrates which of Brenner's
stages of nursing proficiency?
Advanced beginner
Competent practitioner
Proficient practitioner
Expert practitioner
Term 4 of 50
Which of the following is the World Health Organization's definition of "health"?
People in harmony with environment
A state of optimum functioning for an individual in the performance of roles and tasks
Physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity
Functioning at maximum potential with the environment
Term 5 of 50
Mary Breckenridge
Introduced the first successful polio vaccine in the united states
Founded the first public library in the united states
Pioneered the first american astronaut training program
Established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the
United States
, Definition 6 of 50
Activist
Superintendent of Army Nurses
Established mental asylums in the mid-1800s
Linda Richards
Clara Barton
Florence Nightingale
Dorthea Dix
Term 7 of 50
Which of the following is an example of FORMAL socialization into the profession of nursing?
Unplanned observation of a nurse comforting a child after a painful procedure
hearing two nurses discussing how to organize patient care more effectively
starting an indwelling urinary catheter in the simulation laboratory under faculty guidance
participating in a student nurses' association meeting
Term 8 of 50
The nurse observes a patient lying rigidly in bed and taking shallow breaths. The patient reports a
pain score of 4 out of 5 and says, "My leg hurts." The nurse determines that the objective and
subjective data are
incongruent and require more assessment.
insufficient to make any conclusions.
congruent and support that the patient is in pain.
unclear; the nurse needs to talk to the patient's family for more information.
