Essentials of Nursing Practice

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What does the American Nurses Association (ANA) 1995 define nursing as?

  • Science of understanding and integration of objective data
  • Physical, psychological, sociological, cultural, and spiritual care
  • Diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness (correct)
  • Caring relationship that facilitates health and healing

What is health assessment?

  • Using four senses to collect data
  • Thinking, doing, and feeling process
  • The first step of the Nursing Process (correct)
  • A skill learning the normal and differentiating it from the abnormal

Which fundamental belief in nursing states that humans manifest an essential unity of mind/body and spirit?

  • The client is a human being who has worth and dignity
  • Humans manifest an essential unity of mind/body and spirit (correct)
  • Basic human needs must be met
  • There are basic human needs that must be met

What is a key aspect of the full range of human experiences and responses to health and illness in nursing practice, according to ANA 1995?

<p>No restriction to a problem focused orientation (D)</p>
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What is the main purpose of the nursing process?

<p>To provide quality and individualized nursing care (A)</p>
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Which element is synonymous with the nursing process?

<p>Problem-solving approach (B)</p>
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What does the assessment step of the nursing process primarily involve?

<p>Systematically collecting data (D)</p>
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In the nursing process, what does diagnosis mainly refer to?

<p>Analyzing data to identify health problems (B)</p>
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What does a potential nursing diagnosis primarily identify?

<p>A high-risk health problem likely to occur without preventive measures (C)</p>
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Which step of the nursing process sets the tone for the rest of the process?

<p>Assessment (B)</p>
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