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NUR 1290 Molloy College -NUR 1290 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions.
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NUR 1290 Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions___________ have the ability to impact nursing practice,
nursing education, health policy, and healthcare standards.
Correct Answers Professional nursing organizations
____________ Act of 1946 provided funds to build hospitals
which led to increased need for nurses Correct Answers
-Interested in the health of immigrants, who did not have access
to health care.
-Established the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side
in NYC
-The Henry Street Settlement is now known as the Visiting
Nurse Service of New York. Correct Answers Lillian Wald
-Recognized the need for care and supplies to soldiers during the
Civil War
-Provided nursing care to soldiers from both sides.
-Established the American Red Cross Correct Answers Clara
Barton
3 Critical components of effective teams Correct Answers
communication, collaboration, coordination
6 Characteristics of a Profession Correct Answers 1. Body of
knowledge
2. Standardized formal higher education
3. Providing a service that benefits individuals and communities
4. Unique Role with autonomy, responsibility, and
accountability
,5. Standards of practice and a Code of Ethics
6. Professional Organizations
7 Responsibilities of Nurses Correct Answers 1. Perform
physical exams and health histories
2. Provide health promotion, counseling, and education
3. Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other
personalized interventions
4. Interpret patient information and make critical decisions about
needed actions
5. Coordinate care, in collaboration with a wide array of
healthcare professionals
6. Direct and supervise care delivered by other healthcare
personnel like LPNs and nurse aides
7. Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient
outcomes
A civil wrong that unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or
harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the
tortious act. The person who commits the act is called a
tortfeasor. Correct Answers Tort Law
A client receives the care of a physician, a nurse, an
occupational therapist, and a counselor working together as a
team. What is the term for this type of healthcare?
A) Cross-discipline healthcare
B) Comprehensive healthcare
C) Holistic healthcare
D) Interdisciplinary healthcare Correct Answers D
,A college sophomore has become disillusioned with her current
field of studies and has begun exploring careers in nursing. To
her surprise, she is unable to identify any hospital-based
programs of study in her home state. Which of the following
factors have contributed to the demise of hospital-based diploma
programs? (Select all that apply.)
A) Increased patient acuity in hospitals
B) Increased popularity of college- and university-based nursing
programs
C) The growth of managed care and its influence on hospital
management
D) Increased costs to hospitals for maintaining nursing programs
E) The emergence of the baccalaureate degree as the entry to
technical nursing practice Correct Answers B D
A dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-spiritual cultural
wellbeing. Correct Answers Health
A group of nurses have organized with the purpose of promoting
an amendment to the nurse practice act that governs the
profession. This group should direct their efforts toward what
level of government?
A) Local
B) State
C) Federal
D) Regional Correct Answers B
A legal doctrine that states that when the employee commits a
tort or civil wrong within the scope of employment, the
employer is held liable Correct Answers Respondeat superior
, A nurse administers insulin to a diabetic patient via an insulin
pump. Based on the NCLEX examination, this action would fall
under which of the categories of client needs?
A) Safe effective care environment
B) Health promotion and maintenance
C) Psychosocial integrity
D) Physiological integrity Correct Answers D
A nurse attempts to become more involved in the political
process. Which of the following statements accurately describes
the political arena in which this nurse may become involved?
A) Nurses can be involved in the political process as individuals,
but they are far more effective when working in groups.
B) Most traditional nursing organizations are government-
mandated groups and therefore are deeply involved in political
activity.
C) Political action committees are nonprofit organizations that
are registered as political action groups and are free to try to
affect the political process.
D) Nurses who testify for decision-making bodies must do so as
an official representative of a nursing organization. Correct
Answers A
A nurse decides to become a member of NANDA-International
(NANDAI). Which of the following areas of the nursing process
is he or she most likely interested in developing?
A) Assessment
B) Diagnosis
C) Implementation
D) Evaluation Correct Answers B
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