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NUR 4825 PROFESSIONAL NURSING FINAL
EXAM 2025 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
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What is a preventable event that may cause or lead to inapropriate medication use or patient or patient harm while the medication is in control of a healthcare professional?
A. Medication error
B. Sentinel event
C. Adverse events
D. Near miss
A. Medication error
The nursing profession maintains control of its practices responsibility through:
Using standards for practice and a code of ethics
What is the first component in the education-to-practice process, according to the IOM
recommendations for healthcare professions education?
A. Students begin nursing courses.
B. Graduates successfully complete the NCLEX licensure exam.
C. Nursing professions and schools of nursing market to attract qualified applicants.
D. Students complete prerequisites.
C. Nursing professions and schools of nursing market to attract qualified applicants.
How did the 1948 Brown report on nursing education change the focus of nursing education?
A. Nursing schools began to view accreditation and standardization as necessary steps
for success.
B. Nurses were then required to attend baccalaureate programs.
C. There was a movement toward hospital-based nursing schools.
D. The National League for Nursing was created in response to this report.
A. Nursing schools began to view accreditation and standardization as necessary steps
for success.
Two very important tools for success in nursing education are:
The American Nurses Associations standards of practice include which of the
following?
Evaluations, Outcomes identification, and Assessments
What did Isabel Hampton Robb do as the first president of the American Nurses
Association?
Organized the nursing profession at the national level
How might a critic of Florence Nightingale's nursing image describe a nurse?
a) Change agent
b) Victim
c) Uneducated
d) Uncaring
c) Uneducated
How did the Industrial Revolution affect health care?
It created crowded workplaces that were breeding grounds for disease.
In the 1970s, this publication established the connection between social issues and the
role of the nurse:
Hospitals, Paternalism, and the Role of the Nurse
Which of the following are critical components of nursing as a profession?
Autonomy, Accountability, and Responsibility
Nursings Social Policy Statement supports which of the following?
Professional rights and accountability
What does belonging to a professional nursing association do for the nurse?
It allows nurses to be nationally/locally active and improve leadership skills.
Which statement is the most applicable statement regarding the image of nursing?
A. Nursing has consistently been rated as the most trusted profession by the Gallup Poll.
B. The Gallup Poll with the exception of 2001 when fire fighters and first responders ranked first has consistently rated nursing as the most trusted profession
Self-directed learning is important for nursing students because:
A. It will get you through nursing school to graduation.
B. It supports adult learning theory in that students will achieve more out of their education if they embrace the idea of lifelong learning.
C. Nursing education is a passive process.
D. Students won't need to be accountable until after graduation.
B. It supports adult learning theory in that students will achieve more out of their education if they embrace the idea of lifelong learning.
A student listening to a lecture and making a connection to something he or she learned in a clinical setting is an example of what?
A. Active listening
B. Application
C. Didactic learning
D. Memorization
B. Application
What makes simulation an effective method for developing clinical competency in nursing?
A. It replicates clinical experiences.
B. It allows the student to practice technical skills and develop critical thinking skills.
C. It gives the student a risk-free environment for guided practice.
D. All of these are correct.
D. All of these are correct.
Lifelong learning can include all the following except:
A. Academic education
B. Staff development education
C. Continuing education
D. Membership in professional organizations.
D. Membership in professional organizations.
All of the following are accurate characterizations of advocacy except:
A. To be persuasive on behalf of the patient
B. To tell the patient specifically what to do
C. To "play the game" in the legislative arena
D. To speak for one's own or another's needs
B. To tell the patient specifically what to do
C. Department of Health and Human Services
D. Congress
C. Department of Health and Human Services
What is the goal of the Healthy People 2020?
A. Identify chronic illness among Americans
B. Develop programs to promote health and prevent illness
C. Identify international health concerns
D. Engage individual sectors to act solitarily
B. Develop programs to promote health and prevent illness
Which statement best describes the 2010 initiative by the American Hospital Association to improve America's health?
A. It focuses on improving child health.
B. It promotes pen and paper documentation to avoid computer hacking of health records.
C. It fosters an atmosphere of wellness throughout the lifespan, promoting continuity of care, utilizing electronic health records and quality health care that is accessible to all.
D. Hospitals need to belong to the American Hospital Association to get any benefits of the group
C. It fosters an atmosphere of wellness throughout the lifespan, promoting continuity of care, utilizing electronic health records and quality health care that is accessible to all.
This complex experience is felt internally and makes people feel a loss or threat of a loss:
A. Stress
B. Chronic illness
C. Resilience
D. Adaptation
A. Stress
Which of the following patient groups are considered especially vulnerable to health concerns?
A. Children
B. Elderly
C. Homeless
D. All of these are correct.
D. All of these are correct.
The largest department in a hospital is the:
In a fully implemented patient-centered care model, access to care is:
A. Increased
B. Decreased
C. Not changed
D. Not relevant
A. Increased
The Sullivan Commission most strongly recommended that schools of nursing:
A. Improve diversity efforts
B. Increase enrollment
C. Conduct research about nursing education
D. Expand graduate programs
A. Improve diversity efforts
Which nursing programs have the greatest number of graduates?
A. Associate's degree
B. Baccalaureate degree
C. Master's degree
D. Doctoral degree
A. Associate's degree
Taking an exam to show one's expertise as an operating room nurse is an example of:
A. Credentialing
B. Certification
C. Professionalism
D. Lifelong learning
B. Certification
Nurses are at great risk of developing ________ if they do not learn to manage stress early on.
A. Compassion fatigue
B. Burnout
C. Lack of balance
D. All of these are correct.
D. All of these are correct.
How does working on group projects prepare students for a nursing career?
A. Students will be expected to work in teams upon graduation.
B. Healthcare providers must communicate with various team members.
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
Knowledge workers recognize that change is:
A.Something to be avoided
B.Inevitable in health care
C.A barrier in many situations
D.Experienced mostly by patient
B.Inevitable in health care
Which of the following is not one of the key issues identified by the American Nurses Association related to a nurse's knowledge base?
A. Leadership
B.Promotion of safety and quality
C.Cultural sensitivity
D.Health literacy
A. Leadership
What is Dichotomous thinking?
seeing situations as either good or bad,or black or white
What is the role of the Institutional research board (IRB)?
-reviews research before it is conducted to ensure that the study is conducted ethically
- MUST REVIEW HUMAN SUBJECTS in institutions that receive federal funds
PICOT stands for what?
-Population/ Patient Problem
-Intervention
-Comparison
-Outcome
-Time
In__________, what is the effect of____________ on ______________, compared with ______________?
What are the five steps to solving/creating a PICOT problem?
identify a burning clinical issue of question
collect the best evidence relevant to the question
A patient commits suicide in the hospital for treatment of diabetes?
A. Adverse events
B. Sentinel event
C. Near miss
D. Underuse
B. Sentinel event
-this event has a serious negative patient outcome
-EX: unexpected death,
What is a culture of safety?
a work environment that does not focus on individual actions as a cause for errors but considers the impact of system factors and emphasizes a blame free work environement
What are core competencies of interprofessional team?
-teamwork
-communication
-collaboration
-coordination
-delegation
-change
-conflict resolution
What are the core competencies of providing patient center care?
-patient advocacy
-Self-management of care, health literacy, patient/family education
-nurse-patient communication
-core coordination
-culture, diversity, and disparities
What is professional socialization?
transition into professional practice is characterized by acquisition of skills knowledge , and behaviors needed to successfully function as a professional nurse
Which organization is responsible for accrediting major hospitals?
The Joint Commission
