QUESTION Which strategy would be most useful in integrating nursing theory and nursing practice? 1. Link nursing theories to medical theories. 2. Present theories in a compelling, practice-focused manner. 3. Define theories in terms of advanced nursing education. 4. Require each nurse to identify a personal nursing theorist. ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 There is […]
QUESTION The nurse is involved in an organization whose goal is to help children make the decision not use tobacco. Which type of health organization does this represent? 1. Health protection 2. Health restoration 3. Preventive health services 4. Health promotion ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 Health promotion includes individual and community activities to promote […]
QUESTION Which level of prevention as defined by Leavell and Clark most closely reflects health promotion? 1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Tertiary 4. None of the levels is related to health promotion ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 In the model used by Leavell and Clark, primary prevention precedes any disease symptoms and encourages optimal health […]
QUESTION What happens when a federal law and a state law conflict? 1. Federal law supersedes state law. 2. State law supersedes federal law. 3. Both federal and state laws are superseded by local law. 4. The two types of law carry equal weight. ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Laws enacted by any legislative body […]
QUESTION What is the definition of leadership? 1. Coordination and integration of resources. 2. Planning, organizing, directing, and controlling. 3. Process of influencing people to accomplish goals. 4. Accomplishing specific institutional goals and objectives. ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 Leadership is defined as the “process of influencing people to accomplish goals.” The remaining options are […]
QUESTION The nurse is teaching a client to self-inject insulin. Whenever the client completes a step of the process correctly, the nurse smiles and says, “Good, good, you are learning this well.” Whose learning theory is this nurse using? 1. Gagne 2. Piaget 3. Skinner 4. Lewin ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 This nurse is […]
QUESTION The government has authorized a series of influenza immunization clinics that will be provided free of cost to citizens. Which type of health organization does this represent? 1. Health protection 2. Health restoration 3. Preventive health services 4. Health promotion ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Health protection includes actions by government and industry to […]
QUESTION The nurse strongly believes that truth is based in experiences. Which research approach is this nurse most likely to favor? 1. Hard science model 2. Positivist 3. Cause and effect 4. Constructivist ANSWER: Correct Answer: 4 In the constructivist approach, truth is found in one’s experiences, and research uses naturalistic settings and observational […]
QUESTION The nurse is reviewing nursing in ancient civilizations. Which order did the following occur? 1. Kosher slaughter of animals 2. Practice of mummification begins 3. Quarantine used to control disease 4. Roman female created a monastery for the ill 5. Causes of disease were superstition and magic ANSWER: Correct Answer: 5, 2, 1, […]
QUESTION The preceptor is reviewing material prior to discussing Spencer and Adams’s Models of Transition with a group of new nursing students. In which order should the preceptor introduce this information? 1. The pit 2. Integration 3. Losing focus 4. Testing the limits 5. Letting go of the past 6. Minimizing the impact 7. Searching […]
