NURS 2300 Quiz 1 Blueprint
Week
Number
1
Module Name
Corresponding Text Readings (see Canvas for
additional resources, videos, and articles)
Roles of the Professional Nurse
6 questions
Black Chapter 1: Nursing in Today’s Evolving
Health Care Environment
1. Recognize the wide range of settings and
roles in which today’s registered nurses
practice, including advanced practice
nursing roles.
2. Identify the purpose of understanding your
personality type and others.
History & Image of Nursing
3 questions
Black Chapter 2: History and Social Context of
Nursing
1. Discuss how the nursing profession has
evolved.
2. Describe how the public sees nurses.
3. Identify ways in which students and nurses
can promote the profession of nursing.
4. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing
shortages and how those affect patient
outcomes.
5. Identify social and demographic factors that
influence the development of nursing in the
United States.
The Pathway to Nursing
6 questions
Black Chapter 3: Nursing Pathway to
Professionalism
Black Chapter 4: Nursing Education in an
Evolving Health Care Environment
1. Identify the characteristics of a profession
2. Distinguish between the characteristics of
professions and occupations
3. Discuss traditional and alternative ways of
becoming a registered nurse as well the
difference between licensure and
certifications.
4. Differentiate between licensed practical
nurses, registered nurses, associate degrees,
and bachelor’s degrees.
The Impact of Caring
5 questions
Black Chapter 13: Nurses, Patients and Families:
Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and
Culture (pages 305-309 only)
1. Discuss the importance of self-care for the
nursing student and practicing nurse.
2. Describe the impact of nursing burnout and
compassion fatigue on patient care.
Please note, all questions will
focus on the image of nursing. No
history questions are on the quiz.
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Learning Objectives
NURS 2300 Quiz 1 Blueprint
Week
Number
Module Name
Becoming a Professional Nurse
5 questions
**This exam has 25 multiple choice questions.
Corresponding Text Readings (see Canvas for
additional resources, videos, and articles)
Learning Objectives
Black Chapter 16: Nursing’s Challenge: To
Continue to Evolve
3. Formulate a personal plan for self-care and
managing stress.
4. Describe the effect of incivility and
disruptive behavior in both the classroom
and workplace.
Black Chapter 5: Becoming a Professional Nurse
1. Identify commonalities in various
definitions of nursing
2. Describe the benefits of defining nursing
and how this is related to professional
socialization.
3. Identify factors that influence an
individual’s professional socialization.
4. Describe Benner’s model of socialization
and how it applies to nursing.
5. Describe strategies to ease transition from
student to professional nurse.