FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
During the Byzantine Empire nursing was
a separate occupation practiced
primarily by men.
a. True
b. False
Filipino Nurses Association was
established as the national Organization
of Filipino Nurses
a. True
b. False
When the care provided by the nurse is
no longer required for the context of
care.
a. Pre-interaction Phase
b. Orientation Phase
c. Working Phase
d. Termination phase
Even with the numerous facts and
protocols in nursing, you can't simply
train a successful nurse. While nursing is
steeped in evidence based-practice,
scientific concepts and technical know-
how, it's important to note that all of
these elements can come together only
under the careful application of a:
a. Skilled nurse
b. Knowledgeable nurse
c. Experience nurse
d. Expert nurse
Occupational health is also about
providing a work environment includes
the following EXCEPT: *
a. Conducive to good health and
productivity
b. Presnteeism, and preventing work
related diseases
c. Altruism and optimism
d. None of the above
More and more people have
recognized the advantages of Illness
prevention programs may be directed
at the client or the community and
involve such practices as providing
immunizations, it involves in identifying
risk factors for illnesses, and helping
people take measures to prevent these
illnesses from occurring. *
a. Health Promotion and Illness Preventio
b. Diagnosis and Treatment
c. Rehabilitation and Health Restoration
d. Palliative Care
Nursing can be described as both an art
and a science a heart and a mind. *
a. True
b. False
Health care services are often
described in terms of how they are
correlated with levels of disease
prevention includes: *
a. Primary prevention, which consists of
health promotion and illness prevention
b. Secondary prevention, which consists
of diagnosis and treatment
c. Tertiary prevention, which consists of
rehabilitation, health restoration, and
palliative care.
d. All of the above
Parabolani in 300 AD started a hospital
and provided nursing care during the
Black Plague epidemic. *
a. True
b. False
Nursing is both ________________________ dependency and gradually return to
and in this field, one can't exist without normal roles and functioning. *
the other. * a. Stage 1
a. Art and Science b. Stage 2
b. Science and Technology c. Stage 3
c. Art and Appeciation d. Stage 4
d. Science and Skills e. Stage 5

It means, conveying messages such as

It refers about taking proper care of our through visual, auditory and tactile
bodies so that our bodies can function senses. *
properly and optimally. * a. Referent
a. Physical wellness b. Sender
b. Physical Fitness c. Message
c. Physical Education d. Channel
d. Physical well-being
During World War II (1939-1945)
casualties created an acute shortage of
Intellectual wellness requires that a caregivers. *
person uses and takes advantage of the 1/1
different resources available to expand a. True
his or her knowledge. This dimension of b. False
wellness can be developed through: *
a. Academics True or False: Nursing focus is on the
b. Professional career whole patient, thereby setting itself
c. Cultural involvement and hobbies apart from other disciplines through the
d. All of the above positive caring approach. A profession is
the ability to acquire knowledge in
areas of science and the nursing
The following are certain themes are profession is one that is grounded in
common to many of these definitions theories, sciences, math, biology, and
EXCEPT: * anatomy and physiology. *
a. Nursing is caring and Nursing is an art 1/1
b. Nursing is a science and Nursing is a. True
holistic b. False
c. Nursing is client centered
d. Nursing is a Vocation
True or False: Imhotep is credited with
being the founder of Egyptian Medicine
In 1909 3 Female graduated as and being the author of a medical
“qualified medical –surgical nurses” * treatise remarkable for being devoid of
a. True magical thinking *
b. False 1/1
a. True
b. False
In what stage of Suchman's Stages of
Illness Behavior when persons give up
Nurses need to learn to select
appropriate, understandable terms True or False: Florence Nightingale was
based on the age, knowledge, culture known as “The lady with the Lamp” *
and education of the client. Instead of 1/1
saying to a client, “the nurses will be a. True
catheterizing you tomorrow for a b. False
urinalysis”, It would be more appropriate We take evidence and implement it to
to say, “Tomorrow we need to get a improve quality and to improve nursing
sample of your urine, so we will collect it practice. Nursing is a legitimate
by putting a small tube into your scientific discipline rooted in: *
bladder”. * a. Theory
a. Pace and Intonation b. Ongoing research
b. Simplicity c. Evidence
c. Clarity and Brevity d. All of the Above
d. Timing and relevance

First Filipino to received a Master’s

The major purpose of a health care Degree Abroad *
system was to provide_______________ to a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
people who were ill or injured. * b. Socoro Sirilan
a. Care c. Cesaria Tan
b. Health promotion d. Rosa Militar
c. Health prevention
d. Health intervention
The following are part of History of
Nursing in ancient civilization EXCEPT: *
It as a “state of complete physical, a. Experimentation with herbs and
psychological and social well - being plants
and not merely the absence of disease b. Illness attributed to evil spirits
or infirmity”. * c. Medicine men uses white magic
a. Care d. Ancient Nurse-act as domestic
b. Prevention servants
c. Health
d. Compassion
Nurses have a key role in providing
information in the form of health
A client who is enmeshed in fear of teaching. It is a process of enabling
cancer may not hear the nurse’s people to increase control over and to
explanations about the expected improve their health. To facilitate that
procedures before and after process, we must provide people with
gallbladder surgery. This involves appropriate information. *
sensitivity to the client’s needs and a. Health Promotion
concerns. * b. Health Prevention
a. Pace and Intonation c. Health Awareness
b. Simplicity d. Health Protection
c. Clarity and Brevity
d. Timing and relevance
Building and maintaining positive
relationships add value to our and other
people’s lives. It is the ability to relate
and connect with other people, at
work, at home, in our neighborhoods. *
a. Social norms
b. Social wellness
c. Social Responsibility
d. Social action
The Nueva Ecija University of Science
and Technology College of Nursing was
established in the year 2004.
a. True
b. False
Dean of the Philippine Nursing regarded
as the Florence Nightingale of Iloilo. *
a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
b. Socoro Sirilan
c. Sor Ricarda Mendoza
d. Loreta Tupaz
Being aware of nature, our immediate
surroundings. This requires that people
think of air, water, and land quality and
take the necessary steps to protect it. *
a. Human Nature
b. Environmental wellness
c. Environmental Protection
d. Human wellness
First editor of the PNA Magazine called
“The Filipino Nurse” *
a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
b. Socoro Sirilan
c. Conchita Ruiz
d. Rosa Militar
The manner of speech, as in the pace or
rhythm and intonation, will modify te
feeling and impact of the message. *
a. Pace and Intonation
b. Simplicity
c. Clarity and Brevity
d. Timing and relevance
The Scope of Nursing Practice is
stipulated in what Republic Act which is
otherwise known as “The Philippine
Nursing Act of 2002.” An Act providing
for a more responsive nursing profession.
a. Article VI Sec. 28 of R.A. 9173
b. Article V Sec. 28 of R.A. 9173
c. Article VI Sec. 26 of R.A. 9174
d. Article V Sec. 28 of R.A. 9174
Pioneer in Nursing Education *
a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
b. Socoro Sirilan
c. Sor Ricarda Mendoza
d. Rosa Militar
The information within a recorded entry
or a report by a nurse needs to be
containing appropriate and essential
information. *
a. Factual
b. Accurate
c. Complete
d. Current
In what stage of Suchman's Stages of
Illness Behavior when symptoms persist
or become severe, client assumes “sick
role”. *
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
e. Stage 5
Also called the decoder, is the person to a. Health Promotion
whom the message is sent * b. Health Prevention
a. Referent c. Health Awareness
b. Sender d. Health Protection
c. Message
d. Receiver For nurses, our obligation is to protect
and respect human life. Our deliberate
personal actions are guided by the
Defines the purpose, roles, and rules of “Code of Ethics for Nurses”
the process, and provides a framework 1/1
for assessing client’s needs. * a. Aesthetic
a. Pre-interaction Phase b. Personal
b. Orientation Phase c. Empirical
c. Working Phase d. Ethical
d. Termination phase

True or False: During Women’s First Filipino Nurse to hold position of

Movement 1848 women were not Chief Nurse Superintendent. *
considered equal to men. * a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
1/1 b. Socoro Sirilan
a. True c. Cesaria Tan
b. False d. Rosa Militar

It is also commonly referred to as mental

wellness. Our own ability to understand True or False: Like other professions, the
and accept ourselves and successfully nursing profession has its own code of
cope and deal with the challenges and ethics which articulates its social
obstacles life and work bring. * responsibility and serves as a guide for its
a. Emotional wellness members. *
b. Emotional Intelligence a. True
c. Emotional Being b. False
d. Emotional Coping
Student nurse Paula learned from her
True or False: San Lazaro Hospital was fundamentals of nursing that
built exclusively for patients with _______________is a fundamental human
leptospirosis. * right. *
a. True a. Care
b. False b. Prevention
c. Health
Using a variety of methods to educate d. Compassion
populations and avoid illnesses, this type
of health care works to improve the
overall wellness. It has become an
increasingly popular area of the health
care sector. It informs populations,
promotes healthy lifestyles and provides
early treatment for illnesses. *
0/1
It encompasses creative and stimulating
mental activities. It’s about our ability to
open our minds to new ideas and
experiences that can benefit our
personal and professional lives. *
a. Emotional wellness
b. Intelligence wellness
c. Intellectual wellness
d. Spiritual wellness
In what stage of Suchman's Stages of
Illness Behavior when client role-person
depends on health care professionals
for the relief of symptoms accepts care,
sympathy and protection from stresses
of life by health professionals *
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
e. Stage 5
This step help people move to their
previous level of health to their previous
capabilities or to the highest level they
are capable of given their current
health status. *
a. Health Promotion
b. Diagnosis and Treatment
c. Rehabilitation, Health Restoration and
Palliative Care
d. Illness Prevention
Nurses have had more experiences that
enable them to recognize recurrent,
meaningful components of a situation.
They have the knowledge and the
know-how but not enough in-depth
experience. *
1/1
a. Stage 1 Novice
b. Stage 2 Advanced Beginner
c. Stage 3 Competent
d. Stage 4 Proficient
e. Stage 5 Expert
These nurses know what needs to be
done. They no longer rely solely on rules
to guide their actions under certain
situations. They have an intuitive grasp
of the situation based on their deep
knowledge and experience. Focus is on
the most relevant problems and not
irrelevant ones. *
a. Stage 1 Novice
b. Stage 2 Advanced Beginner
c. Stage 3 Competent
d. Stage 4 Proficient
e. Stage 5 Expert
In what stage of Suchman's Stages of
Illness Behavior when person seeks help
of health services when home remedy
fails. *
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 3
d. Stage 4
e. Stage 5
Barbara Carper identified four
fundamental patterns of knowing that
form the conceptual and syntactical
structure of nursing knowledge. These
four patterns include EXCEPT: *
a. Personal
b. Empirical
c. Ethical
d. Pragmatic
True or False: In the Philippines the early
beliefs, practices and care of the sick,
Filipinos subscribed to superstitious belief
and practices in relation to health and
sickness. *
a. True
b. False
True or False: During the 20th Century
(Machine Age) Industrial revolution
caused economic , political and
philosophical development and
nurtured the growth of all healing arts. *
a. True
b. False
True or False: Phoebe is a friend of St.
Paul and the first Deaconess and first
visiting nurse. *
a. True
b. False
True or False: Romans invented
numerous surgical instruments, including
the first instruments unique to women. *
a. True
b. False
True or False: Republic Act 877 is known
as the “Nursing Practice Law” was
approved. *
a. True
b. False
It is the process of exchanging
information or feelings between two or
more people. It is a basic component of
human relationship, including nursing. *
a. Interaction
b. Communication
c. Relationship
d. Expression
This process illustrates change, in which
the individual experiences various states
ranging from extremely good health to
death that fluctuate throughout his life. *
a. Health Awareness
b. Health-illness continuum
c. Health Process
d. Health Pattern
To ensure clarity in communication,
nurses also need to speak slowly and
enunciate carefully. The goal is to
communicate clearly so that all aspects
of a situation or circumstances are
understood. *
a. Pace and Intonation
b. Simplicity
c. Clarity and Brevity
d. Timing and relevance
It is our ability to establish peace and
harmony in our lives and to be fulfilled
by what we do by aligning our values
with our actions. It goes hand-in-hand
with emotional wellness, as it directly
influence one another. *
a. Emotional Intelligence
b. Emotional Being
c. Emotional Coping
d. Spiritual wellness
Hospitals continue to focus significant
resources on clients who require
emergency, intensive, and around-the-
clock acute care. In this type,
freestanding diagnostic and treatment
facilities have also evolved and serve
ever-growing numbers of clients. *
a. Health Promotion and Illness
Prevention
b. Diagnosis and Treatment
c. Rehabilitation and Health Restoration
d. Palliative Care
True or False: Professional autonomy
means self-regulation, self-governing or
self-directing. A profession is
autonomous if it regulates itself and sets
standards for its members. *
1/1
a. True
b. False
It takes all of the other ways of knowing
and through it creates new
understanding of a phenomenon. It
makes nursing as an art. *
a. Aesthetic
b. Personal
c. Empirical
d. Ethical
It is a disciplined group of individuals
who adhere to ethical standards and
who hold themselves out as, and are
accepted by the public as possessing
special knowledge and skills in a widely
recognized body of learning derived
from research, education and training
at a high level. *
a. Education
b. Profession
c. Engineering
d. Nursing
Behavior in the clinical setting is very
limited and inflexible. Nurses have a very
limited ability to predict what might
happen in a particular patient situation.
According to Dr. Patricia Benner, this
would be a nursing student in his or her
first year of clinical education. *
a. Stage 1 Novice
b. Stage 2 Advanced Beginner
c. Stage 3 Competent
d. Stage 4 Proficient
e. Stage 5 Expert
Hildegarde Peplau describes four
sequential phases of a nurse-client
relationship, each characterized by
specific tasks and interpersonal skills, in
this phase it is the only phase of the
therapeutic nurse-client relationship in
which the client does not directly
participate. *
1/1
a. Pre-interaction Phase
b. Orientation Phase
c. Working Phase
d. Termination phase
The information that is sent or expressed
by the sender. *
a. Referent
b. Sender
c. Message
d. Channel
One of the ways we employ this
knowledge is through the use of
evidenced-based practice (EBP). This
way of knowing is often referred to as
the “science” of nursing *
a. Aesthetic
b. Personal
c. Empirical
d. Ethical
What the nurse says and how it is said
must be individualized and carefully
considered. It is important for the nurse
to then modify his tone of speech and
express concern in his facial expression
while moving toward the client. *
a. Pace and Intonation
b. Simplicity
c. Adaptability
d. Clarity and Brevity
True or False: Philippine General Hospital
School of Nursing (1907) opened the
classes in nursing under the auspices of
the Bureau of Knowledge. *
a. True
b. False
Pioneered in School Health Education *
a. Anastacia Giron- Tupas
b. Socoro Sirilan
c. Sor Ricarda Mendoza
d. Rosa Militar
A _______________________________is Dr. Benner stated that in this stage
defined as a helping relationship that's nurses recognize patterns and nature of
based on mutual trust and respect, the clinical situations more quickly and
nurturing of faith and hope, being accurately. *
sensitive to self and others, and assisting a. Stage 1 Novice
with the gratification of your patient's b. Stage 2 Advanced Beginner
physical, emotional, and spiritual needs c. Stage 3 Competent
through your knowledge and skill. * d. Stage 4 Proficient
a. Therapeutic Nurse-patient relationship e. Stage 5 Expert
b. Therapeutic Nurse-patient
communication
c. Therapeutic Nurse-patient Also called the encoder, is the person
interconnection who initiates the interpersonal
d. Therapeutic Nurse-patient indulgent communication or message *
a. Referent
b. Sender
It refers to our ability to feel fulfilled with c. Message
our jobs and chosen career paths, d. Channel
without sacrificing work-life balance; it’s
about being involved in work activities At this stage Dr. Benner stated that
that allow you to show your talents and nurses learn from experience what
skill set. * events typically occur and are able to
a. Environmental wellness modify plans in response to different
b. Environmental Protection events. *
c. Human wellness a. Stage 1 Novice
d. Occupational wellness b. Stage 2 Advanced Beginner
c. Stage 3 Competent
d. Stage 4 Proficient
It refers to treatment and therapies e. Stage 5 Expert
provided to a patient with the main
intent of fully resolving an illness and the
goal of bringing the patient, ideally to True or False: Charitable institutions or
their status of health before the illness sanctuaries were intended for the aged,
presented itself. * sickly and poor. *
a. Health Promotion a. True
b. Health Prevention b. False
c. Health Awareness
d. Curative care To address emotional wellness in the
workplace, companies should: *
Helps to reveal whether the meaning of a. Offer stress management
the message is received. * programs/workshops
a. Referent b. Offer mental health days
b. Sender c. Offer onsite meditation programs
c. Feedback d. All of the above
d. Receiver
Each day, nurses utilize critical thinking
to make sound judgments and select
the best care solutions for their patients.
Nurses use their: *
a. Heart and Soul
b. Heads and hearts
c. Mind and Soul
d. Head and Judgement
The following are ways to address
occupation health in the workplace
EXCEPT: *
a. Carry out regular health risk
assessments and promote preventive
health in the workplace
b. Have a smoke free policy and
encourage people to take regular
walking breaks throughout the day
c. Provide incentives or rewards for
healthy behaviors
d. Leadership decisions are encourage
to take part by the leader in assuming
his/her position
Can be a positive and powerful tool in
nurse - client relationship, but it must be
used with care. *
a. Pace and Intonation
b. Humor
c. Adaptability
d. Clarity and Brevity
The art of nursing can appear in many
forms. It can be the following EXCEPT: *
a. a nurse's ability to develop a
relationship with a patient or their family
and to build a mutual trust.
b. the ability to empathetically
understand what a patient is going
through and to explain conditions and
treatments in a way they will
comprehend.
c. a way of picking up on what is
unsaid.
d. a way of directing client what is right
and what is wrong in dealing his/her
health condition.
Physical wellness is one of the most-
addressed dimensions of wellness in the
workplace. Below are some ideas
EXCEPT: *
a. Encourage walking meetings
b. Organize different fitness challenges
or groups
c. Encourage the use of stairs
d. Encourage rest and Sleep hours
It is the _______________________ that
brings science into practice, and that's
what makes the art of nursing come
alive. *
a. Human touch
b. Human nature
c. Human element
d. Human intelligence
Intellectual wellness can be addressed
in the workplace in the following ways,
and its goal is to encourage life-long
learning habits in professionals EXCEPT: *
a. Build a library of resources
b. Professional development classes
c. Organize and host a book club
d. Encourage self-study sessions
In a quality documenting and reporting
a record must contain descriptive,
objective information about what a
nurse sees, hears, feels, and smells, it
must be: *
a. Factual
b. Accurate
c. Complete
d. Current
Effective ____________________is an that something is wrong and recognizes
important part of the nurse-patient physical limitation and respond
interaction, as well as providing care in emotionally. *
a manner that enables your patient to a. Stage 1
be an equal partner in achieving b. Stage 2
wellness. * c. Stage 3
a. Communication skills d. Stage 4
b. Interaction Skills e. Stage 5
c. verbal and nonverbal
communication
d. Expression and Interface The following are the legal guidelines for
recording EXCEPT: *
a. Draw single line through error, write
Means worthiness of belief, word error above it and sign your name
trustworthiness, and reliability. Nurses or initials. Then record note correctly.
foster credibility by being consistent,
dependable, and honest. * b. Do not write retaliatory or critical
a. Pace and Intonation comments about the client or care by
b. Credibility other health care professionals.
c. Adaptability c. Correct all errors promptly by
d. Clarity and Brevity applying correction tape or white ink
d. Do not leave blank spaces in nurse’s
notes.
A nursing student was able to decipher The problem-solving phase of the
during their lesson that __________ is the relationship, paralleling the planning
totality of services offered by all health and implementation phases of the
disciplines. * nursing process. *
a. community service a. Pre-interaction Phase
b. healthcare system b. Orientation Phase
c. health prevention c. Working Phase
d. health promotion d. Termination phase

Nurse Paulino is taking care of his client It is a stimulus that motivates a person to
at the medical ward his client was communicate with another. It may be
ordered by the physician with no an object, emotion, idea or act. *
bathroom privileges, when suddenly his a. Referent
patient felt the urge to urinate. What b. Sender
must nurse Paulino do first in assisting his c. Message
client? * d. Channel
a. Offer client bed pan
b. Make sure the client has privacy
when he provide care
c. Assist his client in walking to the toilet
d. Assist his client in wearing adult diaper

In what stage of Suchman's Stages of

Illness Behavior when a persons is aware