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NURA 1050 Exam 1 Study Guide
NURA 1050 Exam 1 Study Guide
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The primary role of a nurse is caregiver
True
False
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A rapid response team is a group of clinicians that provide critical care expertise at the bedside of any patient
True
False
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Quantitative Research is used to quantify the problem by the way of generating numerical data.
True
False
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National Student Nurse Association (NSNA)- is dedicated to fostering the professional development of nursing students.
True
False
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What is nursing as a professional discipline?
Professional organization that sets standards, Ongoing research
Recognized authority by a professional group, Code of ethics
Autonomy and self -regulation
Well defined body of specific & unique knowledge, Strong service orientati
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What is informed consent?
None
The right to confidentiality, & the right to be protected from harm.
The patient’s right to consent knowledgeably to participate in a study
Without coercion or refuse to participate without jeopardizing their care
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Paying For Health Care
None
Government Financing (Medicare, Medicaid)
All of the above
Out of pocket, Individual Private Insurance, Employer Based Private Insuran
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Nursing research broadly defined, encompasses research to improve the care of
None
The nursing profession
People in the clinical setting as the broader study of people
Studies of education, policy development, ethics, and nursing history.
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General System Theory
is the interdisciplinary study of systems
True
False
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Who is Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing, Social reformer
Δ & Ο
The lady with the lamp
Infection Control
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Quantitative Research involves basic and applied research.
True
False
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Nursing is recognized increasingly as a profession based on the following criteria
Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, Strong service orient.
Recognized authority by a professional group, Code of ethics
Professional organization that sets standards, Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
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Qualitative Research- is exploratory research. Used to gain an understanding of reasons, opinions, and motivations.
True
False
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Nursing includes the promation of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people
False
True
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Developmental Theory
considers emotional, social, cognitive and moral skills development stages.
False
True
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International Patient Safety Goals
Improve the safety of high alert meds, Ensure safe surgery
Identify patients correctly, Improve effective communication
Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls
Reduce the risk of health care associated infection
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Inductive reasoning- one builds from specific ideas or actions to conclusions about general ideas.
False
True
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How do nursing theory differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities
Explains the provision of nursing science.
Serves the purpose of describing, explaining, and predicting
Controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practice.
All of the Above
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Nursing school enrollment is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand for RN services.
False
True
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Process is a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired result
True
False
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Qualitative Research conducted to gain insight by discovering meanings.
False
True
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Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals
False
True
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Deductive reasoning- one examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas.
False
True
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USA hospitals must report their compliance with these core measures
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The Joint Commission
Health care accreditation organization
All of the Above
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The use of Rapid Response Teams can improve the quality of care by
None
Decreasing lengths of stay
Reducing cardiac arrests and other acute life-threatening events
Reducing patient, mortality rates
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Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups sick or well
True
False
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A system is cohesive collection of interrelated and independent parts which can be
Human made
Natural
All of the Above
Artificial
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Almost 48 million nonelderly Americans were uninsured in 2011.
True
False
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What is Nursing?
Person who is prepared to take care of sick, injured, and aged people.
Health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill
All of the Above
Person who nourishes, fosters, and protects
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Nursing theory is developed to describe nursing
True
False
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Science is
Explaining event and occurrences that are perceived in the world.
Actions, Changes, Functions
All of the Above
Observing, Identifying, Describing, Investigating
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The U.S. healthcare system ranks last or next-to-last in five dimensions of a high-performance health system:
Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment
individuals, families, communities, and populations
All of the Above
quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives
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Standards allow nurses to carry out professional roles as
Protection for the nurse & the patient
Protection for institution where health care is provided
None
Nurses
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How does the ANA define nursing of health and abilites, prevention of illness and injury?
Social Policy, Professional, Advocacy
Standards, Practice, Regulation
Cool
Protection, Promotion, and Optimization
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Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, and dying people
False
True
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Mary Mahoney is one of the first black members of the ANA
True
False
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing is a problem-solving approach to make
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available
Sources national
Standards and guidelines and reviews of targeted literature
None
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Adaptation Theory
explains the provision of nursing science.
False
True
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Rapid Response Team members include critical care nurses, doctors, and respiratory therapist.
True
False
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The ANA’s 2010 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice defines activities that are specific and unique to nursing.
True
False
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What are the Nursing Roles in All Settings
Caregiver, Communicator, Teacher, Counselor, Leader, Researcher, Advocate
Assertive
Collaborator, Educator
Self-confident
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People have access to health care if they can obtain health care when they need it.
True
False
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Nursing theory is/a
Made up of a bunch of different factors
Group that follow a coherent pattern makes up a conceptual framework/model
Composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality
None
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What are some key roles in nursing?
All of the Above
Participation in shaping health policy
Advocacy, Promotion of safe environment, Research
Patient and health systems management Education
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The Four Broad Aims of Nursing Practice:
Promote Health, Prevent illness
Facilitate coping with disability or death
Restore Health
None
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Evidence-based practice in nursing is
Using the best evidence available.
A problem –solving approach to making clinical decisions
None
Application Research
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Who is the first AMERICAN nurse to graduate from a formal nursing program,train the first Japanese nurses
Mildred Montag
Linda Richards
Florence Nightingale
Deaconess
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Insufficient staffing is raising the stress level of nurses, impacting job satisfaction
True
False
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Who is the director of the Adelphi College of Nursing
Mary Mahoney
Lina Richards
Mildred Montag
Florence Nightingale
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Scientific Knowledge Is knowledge obtained through the scientific method (implying thorough research).
True
False
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American Nurses Association is the premier organization representing the interest of the nation’s 4 million RN's
False
True
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Philosophy is the study of
Perceived in the world
Wisdom, Fundamental Knowledge
The processes used to develop and construct one’s perceptions of life.
None
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Authoritative Knowledge comes from an expert and is accepted as truth based on the person’s perceived expertise
True
False
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Research improve the care of people in the
Nursing Research
Studies of education, policy development, ethics, and nursing history.
Clinical setting the broader study of people and the nursing profession
None
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Research is to examine carefully or search again.
False
True
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What are contributing Factors Impacting the Nursing Shortage
A significant segment of nursing workforce is nearing retirement age.
High nurse retirement and turnover rates are affecting access to health car
None
A shortage of nursing school faculty is restricting nursing program enrollm
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Traditional Knowledge is that part of nursing practice passed down from generation to generation.
False
True
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Who is the first BLACK American to work as a professionally trained nurse in the US
Mary Mahoney
Mildred Montag
Linda Richards
Florence Nightingale
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What is a Core Measure?
Teams can improve the quality of care
National standardized process and best practices to improve patient care
Provide the right care/right time for common conditions: stroke & asthma
None
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›Access depends on the ability to pay and the availability of services.
True
False
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In the Nursing’s Social Policy Statement ANA describes
All of the Above
The regulation of professional nursing
The social context of nursing, the knowledge base for nursing practice
Standards of professional nursing practice
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EBP is considered best because it is collected from sources such as published research, national standards and guideline
True
False
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as
The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
Advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, &population
Prevention of illness and injury
Alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis &treatment of human response
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Who is renowed for her influence on nursing education, took evolutionary steps to address a nursing shortage
Florence Nightingale
Deaconess
Linda Richards
Mildred Montag
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Nursing research is conducted by quantitative and qualitative method
False
True
