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Nursing Fundamentals: Test Bank for Chapter 1, Assignments of Nursing

Answers to multiple-choice questions related to chapter 1 of 'nursing fundamentals' by taylor, 9th edition. Topics covered include the history and evolution of nursing, the role of a nurse, nursing process, and professional standards. The test bank includes 41 questions with answers, making it a valuable resource for nursing students preparing for exams.

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Nursing Fundamentals by Taylor, 9th Edition Test Bank
Chapter 1 with Answers Score 41 out of 41
1. "Nurse" - ANS: Latin 'nutrix' meaning to nourish. Most definitions describe a nurse as a person
who nourishes, fosters, and protects, and who is prepared to take care of sick, injured, and aged
people.
2. 10 leading health concerns in the US in 2010:
ANS:
1. Physical activity
2. Overweight/obesity
3. Tobacco use
4. Substance abuse
5. Responsible sexual behavior
6. Mental health
7. Injury and violence
8. Environmental quality
9. Immunization
10. Access to healthcare
3. AACN - ANS: American Association of Colleges in Nursing
4. AACN goals - ANS: Focus on establishing quality educational standards, influencing the nursing
profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of baccalaureate and graduate
education, research, and nursing practice.
5. National accreditation for collegiate nursing programs is provided through the AACN by - ANS:
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
6. ANA - ANS: American Nurses Association
7. Primary mission of ANA - ANS: To be involved in public education, clinical nursing standards,
and lobbying state and federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing.
8. As civilizations grew, temples were centers for medicine because - ANS: Of the belief that
illness was caused by sin and the gods' displeasure.
9. At the beginning of the 16th century, nursing care - ANS: Changed from religious orientation to
warfare, exploration, and expansion of knowledge.
10. Cognitively skilled nurses can accomplish - ANS:
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Nursing Fundamentals by Taylor, 9th Edition Test Bank

Chapter 1 with Answers Score 41 out of 41

  1. "Nurse" - ANS: Latin 'nutrix' meaning to nourish. Most definitions describe a nurse as a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects, and who is prepared to take care of sick, injured, and aged people.
  2. 10 leading health concerns in the US in 2010:ANS: 1. Physical activity 2. Overweight/obesity 3. Tobacco use 4. Substance abuse 5. Responsible sexual behavior 6. Mental health 7. Injury and violence 8. Environmental quality 9. Immunization 10. Access to healthcare
  3. AACN - ANS: American Association of Colleges in Nursing
  4. AACN goals - ANS: Focus on establishing quality educational standards, influencing the nursing profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and nursing practice.
  5. National accreditation for collegiate nursing programs is provided through the AACN by - ANS: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
  6. ANA - ANS: American Nurses Association
  7. Primary mission of ANA - ANS: To be involved in public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying state and federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing.
  8. As civilizations grew, temples were centers for medicine because - ANS: Of the belief that illness was caused by sin and the gods' displeasure.
  9. At the beginning of the 16th century, nursing care - ANS: Changed from religious orientation to warfare, exploration, and expansion of knowledge.
  10. Cognitively skilled nurses can accomplish - ANS:

 Offer scientific rationale for patient's plan of care.  Select nursing interventions that are most likely to yield desired outcomes.  Use critical thinking to solve problems creatively.

  1. Current trends in nursing (7): ANS:
    1. Nursing shortage
    2. Evidence-based practice
    3. Community-based nursing
    4. Decreased length of hospital stay
    5. Aging population
    6. Increase in chronic health conditions
    7. Culturally Competent Care and Complementary Therapies
  2. Define health - ANS: State of optimal functioning or well-being.
  3. Define licensure - ANS: To be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting requirements.
  4. Define nurse practice act - ANS: Law established to regulate nursing practice.
  5. Define nursing - ANS: Profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving healthcare services and provides a unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health.
  6. Define nursing process - ANS: Five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating.
  7. Define profession - ANS: An occupation that meets specific criteria including a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, a code of ethics and standards, ongoing research, and autonomy.
  8. Define reciprocity - ANS: Process allowing a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a RN by another state.
  9. Define standards - ANS: Rules or guidelines that allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where healthcare is given.
  10. Describe nursing in the 19-21st century in the US - ANS: Schools were in hospitals, it was not clear what was nursing care and which was education, and female nurses were under control of male hospital administrators and physicians.
  11. Ethically/legally skilled nurses can accomplish - ANS:  Be trusted to act in ways that advance the interests of patients.
  1. How do nurses promote health? - ANS: By identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each patient's own individual strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitating coping with disability or death.
  2. In ____ period, nursing began to have a formal and more clearly defined role. - ANS: Early Christian
  3. Interpersonally skilled nurses can accomplish - ANS:  Use interactions with patients, their significant others, and colleagues to affirm their worth.  Elicit personal strengths and abilities of patients and significant others to achieve valued health goals.  Provide the healthcare team with knowledge about patient's valued goals and expectations.  Work collaboratively with other members of the healthcare team as a respected and credible colleague to reach valued goals.
  4. Knowledge base for nursing practice includes - ANS: Diagnosis, interventions, and evaluation of outcomes from an established plan of care. Also, a nurse integrates objective data with knowledge gained from understanding the patient's or group's subjective experience, applies scientific knowledge in the nursing process, and provides a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
  5. NLN - ANS: National League for Nursing
  6. NLN objectives - ANS: Foster development and improvement of all nursing services and nursing education, conducts one of the largest professional testing services in the US, serves as a primary source of research data about nursing education, and provides voluntary accreditation for educational programs in nursing.
  7. NSNA - ANS: National Student Nurses' Association
  8. NSNA objectives - ANS: National organization for students enrolled in nursing education programs, practice self-governance, advocate for student and patient rights, and take collective responsible action on social and political issues.
  9. Nurse Practice Acts have certain elements in common: - ANS:  Protect the public by defining the legal scope of nursing practice, excluding untrained or unlicensed people from practicing.  Create a state board of nursing or regulatory body with authority to make and enforce rules and regulations concerning the nursing profession.  Define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs.

 Establish criteria for education and licensure of nurses.

  1. Nurses use four essential competencies: - ANS: Cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal skills to provide safe and knowledgeable care.
  2. Nursing is recognized increasingly as a profession based on these criteria: - ANS:  Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge  Strong service orientation  Recognized authority by a professional group  Code of ethics  Professional organization that sets standards  Ongoing research  Autonomy
  3. Nursing roles in all settings (8): - ANS:
    1. Caregiver
    2. Communicator
    3. Teacher/Educator
    4. Counselor
    5. Leader
    6. Researcher
    7. Advocate
    8. Collaborator
  4. Technically skilled nurses can accomplish - ANS:  Use technical equipment with sufficient competence and ease to achieve goals with minimal distress to participants involved.  Creatively adapt the environment and technical procedures to the needs of individual patients in diverse circumstances.
  5. What two factors led to focus on nursing in the US? - ANS: Nightingale’s work and casualties during the Civil War.
  6. Why did nursing develop a poor reputation? - ANS: Many monasteries and convents closed leading to a nursing shortage. Criminals were recruited to nursing in lieu of jail sentences.
  7. WWII effects on nursing: - ANS: Large numbers of women worked outside the home, women became more