Test Bank for Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing
Care: Concepts, Connections & Skills, 4th Edition by Marti
Burton Updated 2023_2024
Chapter
... [Show More] 1: The Vista of Nursing
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. An LPN nursing student is reviewing requirements related to nurse practice acts. Which statement provides
the most accurate description of individual state nurse practice acts?
1. Nurse practice acts are regulated by the federal government.
2. Nurse practice acts have identical role regulations for LPNs and RNs.
3. Differences exist between scope of practice and/or educational requirements.
4. State governments provide the content for each nurse practice act.
2. Which priority information should the nurse review in the state nurse practice act in order to deliver care
within the scope of practice?
1. Verify educational background.
2. Confirm length of licensure.
3. Review principles of delegation.
4. Note members of the board of nursing (BON).
3. A nurse is discussing how evidence-based practice (EBP) can help improve delivery of care to patients.
Which statement best describes EBP?
1. EBP requires that the nurse use government databases to obtain information.
2. EBP focuses on long-term results to improve outcomes.
3. EBP research does not have to be peer reviewed.
4. EBP establishes a methodological approach to improve outcomes.
4. The LPN/LVN nurse is interested in being able to function as an advanced nurse practitioner. Which
educational plan best describes a pathway to advanced nursing practice?
1. Working in a long-term facility while going back to school to get a diploma in BSN
program
2. Continuing to work in an acute care facility and applying to a PVN to ADN program
3. Applying to a university to a BSN program after one year of clinical practice
4. Continuing to work as an LPN/LVN for a few years and then reassess interest
5. A student nurse is reviewing characteristics associated with the nursing profession. Which option best
represents Watson’s theory of nursing as it relates to nursing characteristics?
1. Individualization of care
2. Coordinating care
3. Integration of information
4. Admit one’s mistakes
6. A student nurse is being evaluated by a nursing instructor. Which situation warrants immediate action?
1. The student nurse has come back from a break a few minutes late.
2. The student nurse is asking the patient when family members will arrive.
3. The student nurse forgot to bring a stethoscope to clinical.
4. The student nurse is using a personal cell phone while in the clinical environment [Show Less]