FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS /
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING LATEST
UPDATE 2023/2024
1. origination of the word "nurse"
... [Show More] - ANSWERS-from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
2. Interrelated roles of nurses - ANSWERS-communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
3. coping with disability and death - ANSWERS-nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life care, hospice
4. The Nursing Process - ANSWERS--one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
5. Nurse Practice Acts - ANSWERS--define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs - ANSWERS-respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
6. Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - ANSWERS--well defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
7. Florence Nightingale - ANSWERS-defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern nursing
8. Clara Barton - ANSWERS-established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of
James
9. sources of knowledge - ANSWERS--traditional ( passed down from generation to generation) [Show Less]