Potter.perry.ch1.nclex

The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered nurses. This code:
A) Improves self-health care
B) Ensures identical care to all clients
C) Protects the client from harm
D) Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients

An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician asks the nurse to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine the level of comfort, and collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of practice?
A) Diagnosis
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Implementation

C) Assessment

A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care?
A) Implementation
B) Evaluation
C) Assessment
D) Planning

The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on oxygen therapy and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the client's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the client's:
A) Educator
B) Caregiver
C) Advocate
D) Manager

Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A) Nursing care based on tradition
B) A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based on best practices
C) Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner
D) Scholarly inquiry embodied in the nursing and biomedical research literature

The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United States. This examination:
A) Ensures standard nursing care for all clients
B) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
C) Guarantees safe nursing care for all clients
D) Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice

Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally:
A) Work in acute care settings
B) Function as unit directors
C) Work in the university setting
D) Function independently

Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on:
A) The health care facility
B) Cultural diversity
C) The client
D) The nursing process

Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a decline in illness and infection?
A) Clara Barton
B) Dorothea Dix
C) Lillian Wald
D) Florence Nightingale

The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of cultural diversity was:
A) Mary Adelaide Nutting
B) Isabel Hampton
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Mary Mahoney

The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known as:
A) Nursing Principles and Practice 2010
B) Notes on Nursing
C) Healthy People 2010
D) Last Acts Campaign

A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process to provide effective quality care to individuals is known as:
A) An advanced care nurse
B) A clinical decision maker
C) An evidence-based practitioner
D) A member of a multidisciplinary practice

Which of the following assures clients that they will receive quality care from a competent nurse?
A) Nurse Practice Act
B) Accreditation certification
C) National council licensure
D) Standards of care

The licensure and practice of nursing is regulated by:
A) The Nurse Practice Act
B) The ANA Congress for Nursing
C) The certification examination
D) The NCLEX-RN

A nurse who has filled a position on the same unit for 2 years understands the unit's organization and the care of the clients on that nursing unit. Benner defines this nurse as able to anticipate nursing care and to formulate long-range goals; this nurse is given the title:
A) Expert nurse
B) Competent nurse
C) Proficient nurse
D) Advanced beginner

An APN is the most independently functioning of all professional nurses. All of the following are examples of a clinically focused APN except:
A) Case manager
B) Nurse practitioner
C) Nurse specialist
D) Care provider

An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the APN be unable to fill without meeting additional criteria?
A) Nurse manager
B) Case manager
C) Nurse educator
D) Certified registered nurse anesthetist

Which of the following professional organizations was created to address concerns of members in the nursing profession?
A) MSN
B) NLN
C) NIH
D) PHA

Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse possess knowledge and skills to carry out a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Examples include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Autonomy and accountability
B) Advocacy
C) Provision of bedside care
D) Health promotion and illness prevention