Introduction to Nursing
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Nursing provides students with a foundational understanding of the nursing profession, exploring its history, core principles, and evolving role within the healthcare system. The course introduces students to essential nursing concepts such as patient-centered care, professional ethics, communication, cultural competence, and evidence-based practice. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills necessary for assessment, planning, and implementation of nursing care. This course also offers an overview of healthcare delivery settings, legal responsibilities, and interdisciplinary teamwork, preparing students for advanced study and future clinical practice.
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Professional Nursing Concepts Challenges 8th Edition by Beth Black
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Chapter 1: Nursing in Todays Evolving Health Care
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Q1) One important advantage of the evolution of nursing informatics is that
A) it allows any RN to become a certified informatics nurse.
B) informatics nurses are best able to design systems with the needs and skills of nurses who use them in mind.
C) informatics nurses will reduce the need for direct caregivers to document care.
D) benefits of informatics advancements include improved patient safety and increased variability of care.
Answer: B
Q2) Faith community nursing (FCN)was founded on which of the following premises?
A) Nurses' faith beliefs do not play a part in healing.
B) The spiritual aspect takes precedence over the physical body in healing.
C) Spiritual health is central to a person's well-being.
D) Faith community nurses must receive formal training as a minister or clergy.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The History and Social Contexts of Nursing
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Q1) Margaret Sanger,as a nurse and activist,worked on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1900s with immigrant women.What was the focus of her work?
A) Sanitation to prevent disease transmission
B) Health education for children
C) Providing nursing care to underserved African-American families
D) Safe contraception and family planning for women
Answer: D
Q2) Provisions of the Affordable Care Act include
A) lifetime limits of catastrophic care insurance will cover.
B) children up to age 26 being allowed to stay on parents' insurance.
C) disallowing denial of coverage for children and teens' preexisting conditions.
D) the right to appeal coverage decisions.
E) recommended preventative services without out-of-pocket cost to consumers.
Answer: B,C,D,E
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Chapter 3: Nursings Pathway to Professionalism
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Q1) The process of professionalization of an occupation typically follows a pattern of developmental stages.One of the stages is collective identity.Which of the following is an example of collective identity?
A) Legal right to practice profession to protect unique skills from outsiders
B) Apprenticeship programs to develop skills
C) A loose association of practitioners
D) Definition of the profession's mission related to full-time work
Answer: A
Q2) According to the nurse's Code of Ethics,the hallmark of nursing practice is
A) autonomy.
B) accountability.
C) evidence-based practice.
D) altruism.
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following was recognized earliest as a true profession?
A) Ministry
B) Teaching
C) Social work
D) Engineering
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
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Q1) The purpose of mandatory continuing education for license renewal is to
A) ensure that nurses remain up to date in knowledge.
B) ensure that nurses remain competent in psychomotor skills.
C) ensure that nurses attend regular staff development meetings.
D) ensure consistency between states regarding continuing education requirements.
Q2) All levels of nursing educational programs can be accredited by which organization?
A) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
B) Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
C) Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
D) National League for Nursing Councils of Education Programs (NLNCEP)
Q3) Which of the following nursing leaders is credited with being one of the earliest nursing educators in the world?
A) Isabel Hampton Robb
B) Mary Adelaide Nutting
C) Melinda Anne Richards
D) Annie W. Goodrich
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Chapter 5: Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and
Socialization Into Practice
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Q1) The legal definition of nursing for any particular state can be found in the
A) state legislature's official newsletter.
B) state board of nursing's bylaws.
C) governor's official papers.
D) state's nurse practice act.
Q2) Which of the following behaviors of a student indicate that the student has taken responsibility for his or her own professional socialization?
A) Projecting a professional appearance in class
B) Attending class, quietly listening to the lectures
C) Taking responsibility to request alternative dates for examinations in order to work
D) Taking responsibility to learn the expectations of the faculty in each course
E) Accepting constructive criticism without becoming defensive
Q3) Which of the following is an example of Orem's self-care theory?
A) Assuring proper fresh air and ventilation
B) Demonstrating good handwashing techniques
C) Assisting a disoriented patient with a bath
D) Performing a visual screening exam
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Chapter 6: Legal Aspects of Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) What is the primary function of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)?
A) Overseeing decisions made by state boards of nursing
B) Developing the NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN® licensing examinations
C) Administering the NCLEX examination at testing centers
D) Overseeing granting licensure by endorsement
Q2) The most common reason that nurses are disciplined by the state board of nursing is
A) making medication errors.
B) following unsafe nursing practice.
C) practicing while impaired.
D) abandoning patients.
Q3) Which of the following falls under the jurisdiction of the state board of nursing?
A) Approving or reject applications for new nursing education programs
B) Expanding the provisions of the nurse practice act
C) Reducing the provisions of the nurse practice act
D) Right to suspend the need for licensure of registered nurses (RNs) in times of extreme shortage
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Chapter 7: Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) A school nurse teaching school-aged children about water safety is an example of which ethical principle?
A) Beneficence
B) Justice
C) Veracity
D) Autonomy
Q2) Respecting an elderly woman's decision to stay in her own home is based on a belief in the ethical principle of
A) justice.
B) autonomy.
C) nonmaleficence.
D) death with dignity.
Q3) Gilligan's theory on moral development differed from Kohlberg's theory because Gilligan considered which population not addressed by Kohlberg?
A) Children
B) Men
C) Women
D) Adolescents
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Chapter 8: Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) Nurses recognize which of the following about health?
A) Individuals desiring to change their behaviors are already motivated to change.
B) The burden of change is borne by the individual.
C) Health is relative and ever changing.
D) Multiple interventions are necessary to change health behaviors.
E) Unhealthy behaviors may persist in spite of increased knowledge.
Q2) Which of the following describes one of the five levels of human needs identified by Maslow?
A) Equilibration
B) Love and belonging
C) Growth and development
D) Adaptation
Q3) Dynamic balance between systems and their parts is called
A) synergy.
B) homeostasis.
C) inertia.
D) suprasystems.
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Chapter 9: Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
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Q1) Peplau's theory focuses on the therapeutic relationship as the key to successful nursing intervention.Which of the following is correct about Peplau's theory?
A) It is a grand theory that demonstrates that defining nursing was more important than application to practice.
B) Her theory developed from her work with oncology patients.
C) The theory describes six key nursing roles that are flexibly used, depending on the practice setting.
D) Her theory describes nursing roles as mother, technician, salesman, scholar, and advocate.
Q2) Which nursing theorist is best known for her emphasis on interacting systems,including nurse and patient in goal setting and goal attainment?
A) Watson
B) Roy
C) King
D) Orem
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Chapter 10: The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) Translational research/science will do which of the following?
A) Result in biomedical research becoming less flexible in response to the needs of society
B) Limit interdisciplinary research because this does not enhance patient care
C) Take laboratory findings for development for use with patients at the bedside
D) Use clinical research findings to ask new questions for research in the laboratory
E) Discover practical applications for scientific theories and laws.
Q2) Quantitative research methods may be somewhat less useful in nursing because of which of the following?
A) Qualitative methods are the preferred method to study nursing phenomena.
B) Nursing ethics require more stringent controls than are required by quantitative methods.
C) Many phenomena of interest to nurses are not amenable to study in tightly controlled circumstances.
D) The complexity of human beings makes it difficult to break problems into statements that can be tested.
E) Patient perceptions of experiences may have significant effects on their health behaviors.
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Chapter 11: Developing Nursing Judgment Through Critical Thinking
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Q1) Which of the following patient problems is given the highest priority by the nurse?
A) Anxiety related to hospitalization as manifested by hyperactive state
B) Impaired tissue perfusion, cerebral, related to hypoxia as manifested by decreased level of consciousness
C) Impaired skin integrity related to surgical incision
D) Risk for fluid volume overload related to imbalance in antidiuretic hormone as manifested by peripheral edema and decreased sodium
Q2) Which of the following is an independent nursing intervention?
A) Teaching a patient with congestive heart failure to weigh herself daily
B) Recommending an extra dose of diuretic to the patient whose weight has increased 2 pounds overnight
C) Changing the first surgical dressing on a patient after surgery
D) Transferring a patient out of the intensive care unit 2 days after vascular surgery
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Chapter 12: Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following could be considered congruent communication?
A) The nurse manager states, "Come by my office anytime." Then she keeps her door closed and does not answer phone calls.
B) As a co-worker hurries down the hall, he asks, "Is there anything you need help with?"
C) As she drops a stack of charts loudly on the desk, a co-worker states, "This is going to be a wonderful day."
D) The nurse manager sits with you in the nurse's lounge and asks, "Is there anything you would like to talk about?"
Q2) In which of the following examples is the nurse demonstrating empathy for the postoperative mastectomy patient?
A) "With today's advanced reconstruction techniques, you'll quickly forget you ever had surgery."
B) "You'll be back to your busy routine sooner than you think."
C) "This must be a very difficult time for you."
D) "I know how you feel; I also had breast cancer."
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Chapter 13: Nurses,patients Families: Caring at the
Intersection of Health,Illness Culture
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Q1) Which of the following are characteristic of compassion fatigue?
A) Increased energy
B) Burnout
C) Being prone to accidents
D) Poor judgment
E) Increased interest in reflection
Q2) Nurses can best help patients deal with stress by
A) helping patients eliminate all stress from their lives.
B) helping patients communicate their stress better to friends and family.
C) helping patients evaluate their lifestyles for areas of potential stress.
D) intervening in the family system to reduce family stress.
Q3) A patient diagnosed with breast cancer responded by gathering information about treatment options and becoming involved in a self-help group.The nurse assesses that the patient is demonstrating which personality characteristic?
A) Independence
B) Hardiness
C) Self-control
D) Tolerance
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Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) A nurse caring for a preoperative patient is told by the patient,"The doctor just had me sign a paper.I wish I knew what it was all about." The nurse goes to report this to the physician.The nursing role adopted by the nurse is
A) provider of care.
B) counselor.
C) change agent.
D) patient advocate.
Q2) A nurse places high priority on working with patients and families,including them in planning care and in establishing goals.Which nursing role has this nurse assumed?
A) Patient advocate
B) Provider of care
C) Change agent
D) Collaborator
Q3) Health promotion differs from illness prevention in that health promotion
A) addresses identified health problems.
B) occurs before the identification of disease risk factors.
C) identifies and ameliorates a health problem.
D) returns an individual to optimal functioning after an illness.
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Chapter 15: Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations,
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Q1) Which of the following is an effective method for the practicing nurse to achieve leadership skills?
A) Becoming active in professional organizations
B) Changing jobs frequently to improve skills
C) Learning about collective bargaining
D) Avoiding involvement in politics
Q2) The area of philosophy that deals with the regulation and control of people living in society to preserve prosperity,defend rights,and augment resources is known as A) policy.
B) politics.
C) political power.
D) power.
Q3) The principles and values that govern actions directed at influencing and determining decisions,actions,and other matters are known as A) policy.
B) politics.
C) political power.
D) power.
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Q1) What is meant by "workplace incivility"?
A) A setting in which there are poor relationships among different professional specialties
B) A setting in which different professions vie to take over the functions of other professional groups
C) A setting in which the manager is unreceptive, hostile, and creates dissention
D) A setting where colleagues bully, intimidate, or use aggression toward each other
Q2) A nurse sees an advertisement for work shoes that include a sexualizing image of a nurse wearing them.Which action by the nurse is best?
A) Buying the shoes and complaining to the store manager
B) Refusing to buy the shoes and writing a letter of complaint to the company
C) Looking around to see if there are other shoes that fit and are appropriate for work
D) Asking co-workers what they think about this advertisement campaign
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