NUR 1022C Foundations of Nursing Exam 1 Questions And Answers 2025 Update. (2025)

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NUR 1022C Foundations of Nursing Exam 1
Questions And Answers 2025 Update.

What organization develops the standards of professional performance for nurses? -
Answer✔American Nurses Association (ANA)

What is a Nurse Practice Act? - Answer✔- NPA is unique to each state
- each state has their own board of nursing
- peer based (7 out of 8 are nurses on the board)

What is the Florida State Board of Nursing? - Answer✔aka BON, testing (NCLEX-RN), require
CEU 24 hours for renewal of license every 2 years/24 months
-> Some are mandatory courses such as HIV or human trafficking

What is a Unlincensed Assistive Personnel? - Answer✔UAP = unlicensed assistive personnel =
support staff, be respectful of techs, tasks are delegated to these individuals by the RN
*team based

What is Evidence Base Practice (EBP)? - Answer✔Constant learning + based on research not
past/ old ways of doing something + use your expertise + listen to the patient's wants =
Evidence Based Practice (EBP)

What are the steps of EBP? - Answer✔Inquiry, have continuous curiousity
Ask a clinical question - ex: "Is it better to use the baby warmer or skin to skin contact when a
baby is first born?"
Collect best evidnece
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Integrate the evidence/ implement
Evaluate the change
Share the outcomes

What are the 5Cs and how do they relate to the nursing profession? - Answer✔**"5 C's" - the
SSC student learning outcomes
1. Caring - we are not judges
2. Communication = always communicate with your charge nurse (for students that is your
clinical instructor), includes patient education
3, Collaboration and management of care - working with auxillary staff and other deparments
like physical theraphy
4. Commitment to professionalism = example, shred documents to protect privacy, follow
HIPAA
5. Clinical competence and decision making

What are the roles of a professional nurse? - Answer✔Autonomous = independent, ex: has to
follow doctor's orders, but use knowledge to take action when appropriate
Accountability
Caregiver = * most trusted profession
Advocacy = speak for the patient and make sure that the patient's wants are being considered
Educator = teachers, teach everyone on all levels, patient education
Communicator = with both patients and other staff
Manager = delegation of tasks

What are some EBPs related to infection? - Answer✔Evidence shows that patients develop
infections in the hospital because healthcare personnel don't use proper hand hygiene. Hand
hygiene is the #1 way to prevent infection and standard precautions should be used with every
patient every time because 90,000 patients die every year due to HCAIs.

What are some factors that affect the prevention, control, or transmission of infection? -
Answer✔Poor hand hygiene, poor sterile technique when performing invasive procedures like
placing catheters, not using standard precautions.

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How can you recognize the clinical appearance of a patient with an infection? (Clinical
Manifestation) - Answer✔If it's a local infection the pt will most likely experience the symptoms
of inflammation (RHSP), they may experience some immobility, and some drainage. If it's a
systemic infection - a pt will have an elevated temp., they might experience fatigue/malaise,
nausea/vomiting, increase HR and respiration, but decreased BP, and an altered level of
consciousness.

What is the difference between medical and surgical asepsis? Explain the continuum. -
Answer✔Medical asepsis is general clean technique while surgical asepsis is sterile technique.
Surgical asepsis is cleaner than medical asepsis on the continuum.

What is the difference between sterilization, disinfection, and cleaning? - Answer✔Sterilization
means kill all the microbes and remove the spores. Disinfection - the creation of a bacteriostatic
environment through the use of chemicals like bleach and betadine. Cleaning refers to general
cleanliness, regular soap and water.

What are the different types of isolation? - Answer✔There are two types of isolation. Protective
isolation is about protecting ourselves from the infected patient. "Reverse" isolation is about
protecting the patient from us, this type of isolation is used for immunocompromised patients
and it involves not reusing gowns/gloves, using a mask, standard precautions, and the use of
private rooms. Nurses with active infections won't be assigned these pts.

What are the general principles of isolation? - Answer✔Use standard precautions which means
having good hand hygiene. Dispose of contaminated supplies/equipment/PPE, think about
protecting everyone including your coworkers/UAPs/techs, and be clinically competent (5Cs).

How can you apply the general principles of isolation when working in isolation rooms? -
Answer✔When delegating tasks make sure to communicate, notify team members, Be a good
steward of supplies and only take in what you need/minimize waste, cluster your care, and be
prepared you shouldn't need to walk in and out of the room bc you forgot equipment, properly
dispose of PPE, never wear PPE out on the floor, keep the pt's door closed.

What are some common healthcare acquired infections (HCAIs) that are drug resistant? -
Answer✔MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, VRE - Vancomycin Resistant
Enterococcus, and C.Diff. - Clostridium Difficile

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