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Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Potter | Perry: Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which nurse most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
CORRECT
ANSWER A
Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses
connectedpoor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton,
and Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession
in her own way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into
universities. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open
the Henry Street Settlement.
DIF: Understand (comprehension)
OBJ: Discuss the influence of social, historical, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Evaluation MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected
outcome. Whichstandard of nursing practice is the nurse following? a.
Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
CORRECT ANSWER C
In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and
alternatives toattain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered nurse
collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health and/or the situation. In
diagnosis, the registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the
diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the registered nurse implements
(carries out) the identified plan.
DIF: Understand (comprehension)
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OBJ: Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP: Planning MSC:
Management of Care
3. An experienced medical-surgical nurse chooses to work in obstetrics. Which
level ofproficiency is the nurse upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
CORRECT ANSWER A
A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no
previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to
now practice in home health) is an example of a novice nurse. A proficient nurse
perceives a patient’s clinicalsituation as a whole, is able to assess an entire situation,
and can readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a
situation. A competent nurse understands the
organization and specific care required by the type of patients (e.g., surgical,
oncology, or orthopedic patients). This nurse is a competent practitioner who is
able to anticipate nursingcare and establish long-range goals. A nurse who has had
some level of experience with thesituation is an advanced beginner. This
experience may only be observational in nature, butthe nurse is able to identify
meaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the development of professional nursing roles. TOP:
EvaluationMSC:Management of
Care
4. A nurse assesses a patient’s fluid status and decides that the patient needs to
drink more fluids. The nurse then encourages the patient to drink more fluids.
Which concept is thenurse demonstrating? a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
CORRECT ANSWER B
Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation
of independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in
the United States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN . Beyond the NCLEX-
RN , the nurse may choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing
practice. Accountabilitymeans that you are responsible, professionally and legally,
for the type and quality of nursing
care provided.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation
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MSC:Management ofCare
5. A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which
role is thenurse implementing? a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
CORRECT ANSWER B
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering
nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific
nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health,
describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-
care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s
progress in learning. As a patient advocate, youprotect your patient’s human and
legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises. As a
caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and
symptoms, and attain a maximal level function and independence through the
healing process.
DIF:Apply (application)
OBJ:Discuss the roles and career opportunities for nurses. TOP: Implementation
MSC:Management ofCare
6. The nurse has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an
advanced practice nurse. However, the nurse has a strong desire to pursue
research and theory development. To fulfill this desire, which program should
the nurse attend? a. Doctor ofnursing Science degree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of nursing degree (DSN)
CORRECT ANSWER B
Some doctoral programs prepare nurses for more rigorous research and theory
development and award the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing.
Professional doctoralprograms in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply
research findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares
advanced practice nurses such as nursepractitioners.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)
OBJ:Compare and contrast the educational programs available for professional registered
nurse (RN)education. TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC:Management ofCare
7. A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the
American NursesAssociation. Which type of education did the nurse receive? a.
Graduate education
b. Inservice education
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