Nursing Theory and Practice
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Course Introduction
Nursing Theory and Practice provides an in-depth exploration of foundational and contemporary nursing theories and their application to nursing care. The course examines key theoretical frameworks and their influence on evidence-based practice, patient care strategies, and the professional responsibilities of nurses within diverse healthcare settings. Through case studies, collaborative projects, and practical exercises, students learn to integrate theoretical knowledge with hands-on skills, emphasizing the nursing process, critical thinking, communication, and ethical decision-making. The course prepares students to utilize theoretical insights to guide clinical judgment and contribute to the advancement of nursing practice.
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Professional Nursing Concepts and Challenges 7th Edition by Beth Black RN MSN PhD
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Chapter 1: Nursing Today: A Time of Transformation
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Q1) Hospice and palliative care nursing is a rapidly developing specialty in nursing. Which facts have contributed to this growth? (Select all that apply.)
A) End-of-life care is largely the responsibility of nurses.
B) End-of-life needs are expected to increase with the aging population.
C) Nursing curricula have prepared nurses to deal effectively with dying patients and their families.
D) Palliative care is a new focus of advanced practice nurses.
E) Hospice and palliative care nurses work in a variety of settings.
Answer: A, B, E
Q2) Which of the following is most essential for the nurse entrepreneur to be successful?
A) Ability to take direction well
B) Excellent time-management skills
C) Avoidance of risks
D) A college degree in business
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The History and Social Context of Nursing
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Q1) Despite the caring efforts of early public health nurses in the Henry Street Settlement, racial disparity left many people underserved. Which of the following African-American public health nurses was instrumental in providing excellent nursing care to underserved families despite these social challenges?
A) Jessie Sleet Scales
B) Margaret Sanger
C) Lavinia Lloyd Dock
D) Anita M. McGee
Answer: A
Q2) In which practice area was the first clinical nurse specialist (CNS) role developed?
A) Mother-baby
B) Psychiatric nursing
C) Intensive care nursing
D) Emergency nursing
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Nursing's Pathway to Professionalism
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Q1) Preparation is a component that separates occupations from professions. Which of the following is the best way that a nurse demonstrates preparation for the profession?
A) Improves nursing practice through the use of trial and error methods
B) Focuses on the skills needed for the practice setting
C) Articulates the values of caring and compassion in patient-centered care
D) Utilizes textbooks from college to support practice 5 years after graduation
Answer: C
Q2) A major challenge to full autonomy for nurses is/are
A) state nurse practice acts.
B) lobbyists for the American Medical Association (AMA) and hospital associations.
C) the status of nurses in hospital hierarchy.
D) the view of physicians as the gatekeepers in health care.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Legal Aspects of Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following is a nursing responsibility regarding informed consent?
A) Canceling the procedure if the patient has questions
B) Explaining the procedure, risks, and treatment alternatives
C) Serving as a witness, ensuring that the patient does not feel coerced into a decision
D) Ensuring that the physician has completely explained the costs of the procedure
Q2) 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
Q3) 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
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Chapter 5: Ethics: Basic Concepts for Nursing Practice
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Q1) According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, adolescents who shoplift are operating in which level of moral development?
A) Preconventional
B) Conventional
C) Postconventional
D) Developmental
Q2) When nurses receive a patient assignment and accept reports on these patients, they are committed to providing care to those assigned to them. This is based on the ethical principle of A) beneficence.
B) fidelity.
C) justice.
D) veracity.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 6: Becoming a Nurse: Defining Nursing and
Socialization into Professional Practice
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Q1) A mother asks the nurse if her 5-year-old can visit his twin brother in the PICU after cardiac surgery. The nurse denies the request because hospital policy states that children younger than 12 years of age are not allowed to visit the PICU but suggests that the mother visit with the child in the visitor's lounge and talk to him about what is happening with his brother. This illustrates which of Benner's stages of nursing proficiency?
A) Novice
B) Advanced beginner
C) Competent practitioner
D) Proficient practitioner
Q2) Black illustrates concepts of preventing burnout by using the example of a flight attendant instructing persons to "put your own oxygen mask on first." What does this statement mean?
A) Oxygen is the most important element of life.
B) Airway is always a priority in patient care.
C) Taking care of yourself will enable you to be a better nurse.
D) Ask others for help if you feel overwhelmed by your first position as a nurse.
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Chapter 7: The Education of Nurses: On the Leading Edge of Transformation
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Q1) Florence Nightingale established a school of nursing based on which of the following innovative principles? (Select all that apply.)
A) The nursing school should be affiliated with a teaching hospital but independent of it.
B) Professional nurses should be paid for their instruction in the school.
C) Students should be selected to create a diverse student body.
D) The curriculum should include theory and practical experience.
E) Nurses should be trained in privately funded educational institutions.
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) National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
D) National League for Nursing Councils of Education Programs (NLNCEP)
Q3) In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to
A) educate nurses to care for patients in hospitals.
B) provide educational opportunities for women.
C) staff the hospitals that operated the education programs.
D) provide standardized preparation for nurses.
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Chapter 8: Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and Clinical Judgment
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Q1) Which of the following is considered subjective data in information gathering from the patient?
A) Pulse and blood pressure measurements
B) ECG pattern
C) Diaphoresis
D) Pain
Q2) Developing sound clinical judgment is a professional responsibility of the nurse. Which statements indicate behaviors that improve clinical judgment? (Select all that apply.)
A) "I always assess before acting and make changes as needed."
B) "I work the shifts I am assigned."
C) "I look for research findings to support my nursing actions."
D) "I believe that every patient deserves my very best efforts."
E) "I have read the professional nursing standards."
Q3) Several methods have been developed to assist nurses in organizing patient data. They include (Select all that apply.)
A) Henderson's 14 nursing problems.
B) Gordon's 11 functional health patterns.
C) Nightingale's ecological framework.
D) Abdellah's 21 nursing problems.
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Chapter 9: Communication and Collaboration in Nursing
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Q1) What is the most important information the nurse should share with the patient during the orientation phase?
A) Name, credentials, extent of responsibility
B) Plan for the day, times the nurse will be unavailable, how to contact the nurse
C) Nurse's name, physician's name, possible discharge date
D) Plan for discharge, teaching needs, goals for the day
Q2) Which of the following demonstrates giving information versus opinion?
A) "Mrs. Khan, let's practice together the breathing techniques you learned in Lamaze classes. That will help us to work together more effectively later when your labor is stronger."
B) "You learned breathing techniques in Lamaze classes. I really believe the breathing techniques make labor easier."
C) "Mrs. Khan, have you been practicing the breathing techniques you learned? It is very important to practice if you wish to use them effectively in labor."
D) "Using breathing techniques in labor is really to your benefit because you feel in control."
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Chapter 10: Illness, Culture, and Caring: Impact on
Families, and Nurses
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Q1) Which of the following is an appropriate intervention for the nursing diagnosis of spiritual distress?
A) Never pray with patients or share readings that can have a religious connection.
B) Inform patients of the prevalent religious beliefs that exist in the locale where they are being treated.
C) Consider patients' religious beliefs when planning care.
D) Reassure patients that they should not blame God for their illness.
Q2) Why is a basic understanding of ethnopharmacology part of being a culturally competent nurse?
A) Significant differences among ethnic groups have been found in relation to the effects of medications.
B) Ethnopharmacology is a new area of study important to all nurses.
C) Nurses should know how medications may affect individual patients to properly administer the medication.
D) Pharmacology is a significant aspect of nursing practice.
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Chapter 11: The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) The discovery of oxygen would be called pure science because this information
A) was obtained for the sake of obtaining new knowledge of the world.
B) had an immediate use for humans.
C) would be useful in curing, managing, or preventing disease.
D) could direct further research at the bedside.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a research question based on a clinical problem?
A) Published observations of a nurse who practiced many years in elder care
B) Nursing intuition about what measures are most useful with anxious patients before surgery
C) Stories of a flight nurse's experiences with posttraumatic stress disorder
D) Relationship between hours of bright light and irritability of preterm infants
Q3) What body has been established to protect participants of research?
A) Institutional review board
B) State board of nursing
C) Nursing research board
D) Peer review panel
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Chapter 12: Conceptual and Philosophical Bases of Nursing
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Q1) Nurses recognize which of the following about health? (Select all that apply.)
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 statement by an obese individual could be assessed as perceiving self-efficacy?
A) "I've never been able to lose weight on any diet."
B) "It's better to maintain one's weight than lose weight and gain it all back."
C) "I'll be all right as long as my spouse will stay on the diet with me."
D) "I believe I can stay on this diet as long as necessary."
Q3) Who is credited with developing the theory on systems?
A) Rogers
B) Maslow
C) Rosenstock
D) von Bertalanffy
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Chapter 13: Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
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Q1) Watson's 10 caritas processes include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) The promotion of interpersonal teaching-learning
B) The participation in recreation
C) The instillation of faith-hope
D) Avoidance of injuring others
E) Assistance with the gratification of human needs
Q2) Which contemporary theorist is best known for her emphasis on the caring aspect of nursing?
A) Orem
B) Watson
C) Henderson
D) King
Q3) Which of the following are included in Henderson's 14 basic needs of patients? (Select all that apply.)
A) The need to eliminate body wastes
B) The need for interdependence
C) The need to communicate
D) The need for self-concept
E) The need for work and sense of accomplishment
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Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of illness prevention?
A) Viewing a program on television about the increased incidence of heart disease
B) Speaking to a high school group about the value of exercise
C) Encouraging women at a health fair to have an annual mammogram
D) Counseling people recently experiencing death of a spouse about signs and symptoms of depression
Q2) A nursing case manager requests a meeting with the nursing staff after discovering variances from critical pathways related to timely discharge of patients having hip replacement. Patients are not being discharged on time because they are refusing their physical therapy as a result of poor pain control. Meeting with the staff to discuss potential improvements in pain management is an example of
A) performance improvement.
B) continuous quality improvement.
C) team building.
D) Joint Commission compliance.
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse is contemplating a political leadership position and wonders if she/he has the desired characteristics to make a good leader. Which of the following traits is inconsistent with a good leader?
A) Has a developed sense of systems thinking
B) Solves problems methodically using a strict model
C) Holds high moral and ethical standards
D) Adapts quickly to new situations
Q3) The most critical aspect of nurses becoming personally "political" is A) financially supporting political action committees (PACs).
B) being informed of social and political issues.
C) communicating with legislators.
D) running for office.
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Chapter 16: Nursing's Challenge: The Call for Transformation
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Q1) According to Cooper, what is one important measure nurses can take to reduce burnout?
A) Being aware of stressors and acting on them
B) Refusing to work in a nonproductive environment
C) Reporting bullying when it is noticed in the workplace
D) Keeping a diary of unhealthy behaviors one indulges in
Q2) How could changes in world population affect health?
A) Decreasing populations in third world countries frees up limited resources for the remaining population's needs.
B) Feeding, immunizing, and providing clean water will become an overwhelming task.
C) Massive population increases in some areas will lead to abundant health care in countries with smaller populations.
D) More health care resources can be utilized fighting regional problems based on shifting population dynamics.
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