NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS INCLUDING RATIONALES (GRADED A+)

NURS 142 MIDTERM EXAM 2024
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS INCLUDING RATIONALES
(GRADED A+)
The nursing process includes the following components:
(a) Attending to the well-being, comfort, dignity, and humanity of all patient populations
(b) Assessing blood pressure, respiratory rate, heart rate, and temperature
(c) Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and
evaluation
(d) Consulting with the assigned physician and care team members - ANSWER-(c)
Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and
evaluation
After completion of the BSN (Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing) degree NURS 142
students will be educationally prepared for competent practice at the entry level and will
be qualified by national examination for RN licensure. What is the name of that national
examination?
(a) American Association of Colleges of Nursing Examination, known as AACN-RN
(b) National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, known as NCLEXRN
(c) National League or Nursing Examination, known as NLN-RN
Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education Examination, known as LACE-RN
(d) American Nurses Credentialing Center Examination, known as ANCC-RN -
ANSWER-(b) National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, known as
NCLEX-RN
Which of these does NOT accurately reflect one of the nine code of ethics provisions?
(a) The nurse collaborates with other health professionals only when necessary to
prevent patient harm
(b) The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity and worth
of every person
(c) The nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family,
group, community, or population
(d) The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the
patient - ANSWER-(a) The nurse collaborates with other health professionals only when
necessary to prevent patient harm
The Standards of Practice describe a competent level of nursing care guiding
professional thinking and activities as demonstrated by the analytical, critical-thinking
model/framework known as:
(a)Clinical decision-making
(b)The scientific method
(c)Coordination of care
(d)The nursing process - ANSWER-(d) The nursing process
Which of the following is NOT a foundational principle of cultural humility?
(a) Developing mutually beneficial and non-paternalistic clinical and advocacy
partnerships with communities
(b) Nurturing a lifelong commitment to self-reflection, self-evaluation, and self-critique
(c) Focusing on individual-level processes to promote organizational-level changes
(d) Redressing power imbalances in the person-clinician, educator-student, colleaguecolleague, and academic center-community dynamic - ANSWER-(c) Focusing on
individual-level processes to promote organizational-level changes
The Scope of Nursing Practice describes the "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and
"how" of nursing practice. The "who" of nursing practice includes all EXCEPT which of
the following?
(a) Advanced practice registered nurses (APRN)
(b) Registered nurses (RN)
(c) Graduate-level prepared registered nurses
(d) Licensed practical nurses (LPN) - ANSWER-(d) Licensed practical nurses (LPN)
The art of nursing is based on caring and respect for human dignity, and embraces
which one of the following:
(a) Capturing patient stories and voices through journaling, painting, poetry writing and
music.
(b) Spirituality, healing, empathy, mutual respect, and compassion.
(c) The authority of physicians, social workers, physical and occupational therapists,
and radiologists.
(d) Nursing is a science, not an art. - ANSWER-(b) Spirituality, healing, empathy, mutual
respect, and compassion