Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is a nursing program considered when certified by a state agency?
a. Accredited
b. Approved
c. Provisional
d. Exemplified
B. Approved
Which of the following must the nurse recognize regarding the health care delivery system?
a. It includes all states.
b. It affects the illness of patients.
c. Insurance companies are not involved.
d. The major goal is to achieve optimal levels of health care.
D. The major goal is to achieve optimal levels of health care.
What is required by the health care team to identify the needs of a patient and to design care to meet those needs?
a. The Kardex
b. The health care provider’s order sheet
c. An individualized care plan
d. The nurse’s notes
c. An individualized care plan
Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as a result of:
a. increased education concerning causes of illness.
b. improved insurance payments.
c. decentralized care centers.
d. increased number of health care givers.
a. increased education concerning causes of illness.
What is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan is meeting the needs of the patient?
a. Documentation
b. Communication
c. Evaluation
d. Planning
b. Communication
How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care?
a. By improving efficiency of care
b. By reducing the number of caregivers
c. By preventing the fragmentation of patient care
d. By shortening hospital stay
c. By preventing the fragmentation of patient care
How may a newly licensed LPN/LVN practice?
a. Independently in a hospital setting
b. With an experienced LPN/LVN
c. Under the supervision of a health care provider or RN
d. As a sole health care provider in a clinic setting
c. Under the supervision of a health care provider or RN
What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN?
a. NLN Accreditation Standards
b. Nurse Practice Act
c. NAPNE Code
d. American Nurses’ Association Code
b. Nurse Practice Act
Whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to improvement of patient environment as a method of health promotion?
a. Clara Barton
b. Linda Richards
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Florence Nightingale
d. Florence Nightingale
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?
a. Focused nursing
b. Team nursing
c. Case management
d. Primary nursing
c. Case management
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?
a. Code of Ethics
b. Patient’s Bill of Rights
c. OBRA
d. Advance directives
b. Patient’s Bill of Rights
The relationships among nursing, patients, health, and the environment are the basisfor:
a. care plans.
b. nursing models.
c. health care provider’s orders.
d. evaluation of patient care.
b. nursing models.
What system reduces the number of employees but still provides quality care for patients?
a. Team nursing
b. Cross-training
c. Use of critical pathways
d. Case management
b. Cross-training
What is the purpose of licensing laws for LPN/LVNs?
a. To limit the number of LPN/LVNs
b. Prevention of malpractice
c. Protection of the public from unqualified people
d. To increase revenue for the state board of nursing
c. Protection of the public from
What premise is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs based on?
a. All needs are equally important.
b. Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
c. Self-actualization is a primary need.
d. Individuals prioritize needs the same way.
b. Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social environmental factors affecting health and illness?
a. They affect one another.
b. They cause illness.
c. They cause patients to react similarly.
d. They can be separated.
They affect one another.
What organization, established during World War II, provided nursing education and training?
a. Nightingale school
b. Cadet Nurse Corps
c. Public health department
d. Frontier Nursing Service
b. Cadet Nurse Corps
What is a modern educational advancement program for the LPN/LVN to enter RN education?
a. Repetition
b. Exclusion
c. Articulation
d. Coexistence
c. Articulation
Where did Florence Nightingale’s original nursing education take place?
a. Saint Thomas
b. Kings College Hospital
c. Crimean Hospital
d. Kaiserswerth School
d. Kaiserswerth School
What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and social environment and spiritual needs of a person?
a. Interdependent care
b. Holistic health care
c. Illness prevention care
d. Health promotion care
b. Holistic health care
What official agency exists exclusively for LPN/LVN membership and promotes standards for the LPN/LVN?
a. NFLPN
b. ANA
c. NLN
d. NAPNES
a. NFLPN
What score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon completion of the computerized examination?
a. 70% or better
b. This is defined and set by each state
c. Designated as “pass”
d. Within the 75th percentile
c. Designated as “pass”
What document, published in 1965 by the ANA, clearly defined two levels of nursing practice?
a. Licensing standards
b. Position paper
c. Smith-Hughes Act
d. Nurse practice act
b. Position paper
What is the wellness/illness continuum defined as?
a. A concept that never changes
b. The range of a person’s total health
c. A continuum influenced only by one’s physical condition
d. An idea that focuses strictly on an individual’s social well-being
b. The range of a person’s total health
