Nursing Fundamentals Exam 1 - Chapter 1

Which of the following must the nurse recognize regarding the health care delivery system?

What is required by the health care team to identify the needs of a patient and to design care to meet those needs?

Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as a result of:

What is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient?

How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care?

How may a newly licensed LPN/LVN practice?

Whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to improvement of patient environment as a method of health promotion?

What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN?

What is a cost-effective delivery of care used by many hospitals that allows the LPN/LVN to work with the RN to meet the needs of patients?

What is the title of the American Hospital Association's 1972 document that outlines the patient's expectations to be treated with dignity and compassion?

The relationships among nursing, patients, health, and the environment are the basis for:

What system reduces the number of employees but still provides quality care for patients?

What is the purpose of licensing laws for LPN/LVNs?

What premise is Maslow's hierarchy of needs based on?

What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social environmental factors affecting health and illness?

What organization, established during World War II, provided nursing education and training?

Where did Florence Nightingale's original nursing education take place?

What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and social environment and spiritual needs of a person?

What official agency exists exclusively for LPN/LVN membership and promotes standards for the LPN/LVN?

What score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon completion of the computerized examination?

What document, published in 1965 by the ANA, clearly defined two levels of nursing practice?

What is the wellness/illness continuum defined as?

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what is an individual's most basic need?

Florence Nightingale established a nursing school at Saint Thomas Hospital in London. What was it characterized by? (Select all that apply.)

During early civilization, what did medicine men perform?

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) performs a job analysis every years to determine the scope of practice of LPN/LVNs. How often do they perform this analysis?

Graduates of the first school for training the practical nurse were referred to as what?

Who founded the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN)?

When a nurse becomes involved in a legal action, the first step to occur is that a document is filed in an appropriate court. What is this document called?

The nurse caring for a patient in the acute care setting assumes responsibility for a patient's care. What is this legally binding situation?

What are the universal guidelines that define appropriate measures for all nursing interventions?

A nurse fails to irrigate a feeding tube as ordered, resulting in harm to the patient. This nurse could be found guilty of:

Patients have expectations regarding the health care services they receive. To protect these expectations, which of the following has become law?

The nurse is preparing the patient for a thoracentesis. What must be completed before the procedure may be performed?

When a nurse protects the information in a patient's record, what ethical responsibility is the nurse fulfilling?

An older adult is admitted to the hospital with numerous bodily bruises, and the nurse suspects elder abuse. What is the best nursing action?

What is the best way for a nurse to avoid a lawsuit?

The nurse is caring for a patient with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order. Although the nurse may disagree with this order, what is his or her legal obligation?

The nurse has strong moral convictions that abortions are wrong. When assigned to assist with an abortion, what is the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?

The new LPN/LVN is concerned regarding what should or should not be done for patients. What resource will best provide this information?

What role is the nurse who diligently works for the protection of patients' interests playing?

When asked to perform a procedure that the nurse has never done before, what should the nurse do to legally protect himself or herself?

The nurse is assisting a patient to clarify values by encouraging the expression of feelings and thoughts related to the situation. What is the most appropriate action for the nurse?

What fundamental principle must the nurse first observe when confronted with an ethical decision?

A nurse working on an acute care medical surgical unit is aware that his or her first duty is to the patient's health, safety, and well-being. Given this knowledge, which of the following is most necessary for the nurse to report?

A nurse is considering purchasing malpractice insurance. What should the nurse be aware of regarding malpractice insurance provided by the hospital?

Which is a nursing care error that violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

Which of the following could cause a nurse to be cited for malpractice?

A lumbar puncture was performed on a patient without a signed informed consent form. This patient might sue for:

A health care provider instructs the nurse to bladder train a patient. The nurse clamps the patient's indwelling urinary catheter but forgets to unclamp it. The patient develops a urinary tract infection. What do the nurse's actions exemplify?

What is true about nurse practice acts?

How can the medical record be used in litigation? (Select all that apply.)

During a lunch break, an emergency department (ED) nurse truthfully tells another nurse about the condition of a patient who came to the ED last night. What is the ED nurse guilty of? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse failed to monitor a patient's respiratory status after medicating the patient with a narcotic analgesic. The patient's respiratory status worsened, requiring intubation. The patient's family claimed the nurse committed malpractice. What must be present for the nurse to be held liable? (Select all that apply.)

Personal beliefs about the worth of an object, idea, custom, or attitude that influence a person's behavior in a given situation are referred to as...

Acts whose performance is required, permitted, or prohibited are defined by...

What does documentation of type of care, time of care, and signature of the person prove?

Why is documentation especially significant in managed care?

The nurse charts only additional treatments done, changes in patient condition, and new concerns. What is this system of documentation?

What form explains the lapse when events are not consistent with facility or national standards of expected care?

In focus charting, instead of using the problem list what is used as an index?

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) performs a job analysis every ______ years to determine the scope of practice of LPN/LVNs.

Graduates of the first school for training the practical nurse were referred to as nurses. What is this title?

Who founded the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) in 1949?