Nursing 110 Latest Exam Questions And
Correct Complete Answers.
Curricular concepts - Answer Heath (overarching theme) caring, critical thinking and clinical judgement,
communication, cultural competency, systems, transition
heath - Answer not just related to absence of disease, but health of whole brain and body, overriding
concept of program, continuum of care focus
caring - Answer Goal is to heal the whole person and empower others to be co-participants in their
own care. Create "caring presence". Holistic practice and integrate self-care.
communication - Answer effectiveness, holistic components, group process, and feedback.
4 types of communication - Answer Four skills: thinking, listening, speaking, and nonverbal.
systems - Answer system theory, health care team, US health care system, magnate status
transition - Answer change theory, empowerment, nurse coach, life-long learning.
critical thinking & clinical judgement - Answer how nurses "THINK" & then make client "care decisions".
Nursing process. Investigate, reason, review, and analyze.
cultural competency - Answer understanding of values, beliefs, practices that impact health. Respect
and advocacy.
nursing process - Answer Nursing process. Investigate, reason, review, and analyze.
, What grade point averages are required for progression in the nursing program? - Answer -Need a
minimum of 2.50 accumulative GPA at the end of first year.
-Need at least a 2.70 GPA and complete NURS-300 and NURS-301 to progress into junior level nursing
courses.
-Minimum of 2.50 GPA for required science courses to continue to NURS-300 courses.
-No more than two total nursing courses may be repeated;
-no more than one 300 or 400 level courses may be repeated;
-an individual nursing course may be repeated only one time.
What is the 78% rule? - Answer 78% rule- Nursing students must get an average of 78% on all exams in
nursing class. Also have to get at least a C in all science classes.
· What is the new degree program for advance clinical practice in nursing? - Answer DNP- doctorate of
nursing clinical practice
nursing history 1930 - Answer The 1930s- nurses as "Angel of Mercy" (media images and art- portrayed
nurses as dedicated, intelligent, brave, and compassionate. Also portrayed nursing as a holy vocation)
nursing history 1940 - Answer The 1940s- nurses as "Heroine" (nurses were commemorated as war
hero's through movies, stamps, and the naming of a U.S. Navy Destroyer for a Navy nurse- USS Higbee)
(Glamorized in romance novels
nursing history 1950 - Answer 1940s and 1950s- After significant contributions during WWII: nurses
found low salaries and poor working conditions at home, nurses were seen as trained- not educated,
some medical staff saw nurses as servants who followed orders.
1950s to 1970s- Nurses got up to give doctors a chair, mostly educated in diploma programs, wore
nursing hats, dresses, and nylon host to work, taught to "say little" and "do much", fell into social gender
role stereotypes.
nursing history 1960 - Answer Realities of the 1960s and 1970s- start of the civil rights and woman's
movement & then the sexual
