ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 1 : The Evolution of Nursing Questions
Question 1 of 5
What is the most official agency that exists exclusively for LPN/LVN membership and promotes standards for the LPN/LVN?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The NFLPN solely exists solely for the LPN/LVN. The other options have membership that includes RNs and the lay public as well.
Question 2 of 5
What score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon completion of the computerized examination?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Currently graduates of an approved vocational school are eligible to take the licensing examination and be awarded a license with a score of 'pass' that is recognized by all states.
Question 3 of 5
What document,published in 1965 by the ANA ,clearly defined two levels of nursing practice?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The ANA's position paper of 1965 defined two levels of nursing: registered nurse and technical nurse. Licensing standards, the Smith-Hughes Act, and the nurse practice act were not documents defining two levels of nursing practice published in 1965.
Question 4 of 5
What is the wellness/illness continuum defined as?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The wellness/illness continuum is defined as the range of a person's total health. This continuum is ever changing, and it is influenced by the individual's physical condition, mental condition, and social well-being.
Question 5 of 5
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,what is an individual's most basic need?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Abraham Maslow believed that an individual's behavior is formed by the individual's attempts to meet essential human needs, which he identified as physiologic, safety and security, love and belongingness, and esteem and self-actualization.