RNRS 116 Exam 2 Questions With Complete Solutions
List the 4 theories of caring?
Leinenger's Culture Care & Diversity & Universality
Roach's Human Mode of Being
Boykin & Schoenhofer's Nursing as Caring
Watson's Human Care
Benner & Wrubels theory of Caring
A nursing work group is tasked with finding cost-effective ways
to enhance care provision. The group is pulling together a
proposal for administrative review that includes hiring more
unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs).
Which benefit of delegation should the working group include in
their proposal to best enhance potential support for the
proposal?
The availability of more UAPs to whom tasks can be
delegated requires fewer nurses, decreasing overall staffing
costs.
A better mix of nurses and UAPs allows the organization
more flexibility to respond to ever-changing patient needs.
It allows delegates (the UAPs) to gain new skills and abilities.
Use of delegation increases efficiency of care and
productivity, which can improve the organization's financial
position.
,Use of delegation increases efficiency of care and productivity,
which can improve the organization's financial position.
The preceptor is orienting a staff nurse to primary nursing.
Which statement by a staff nurse most accurately reflects
primary nursing?
"In primary nursing, there is participation by the nurse in
making, implementing, and evaluating patient care policies."
"Primary nursing relies solely on the nurse to provide all
care."
"In primary nursing, responsibility is given to the person
doing the work."
"With primary nursing, a nurse is responsible for overseeing
a group of patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
"With primary nursing, a nurse is responsible for overseeing a
group of patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
The nurse manager is preparing to create tools to measure the
performance of the emergency department staff when
responding to cardiac emergencies.
Which function is the nurse manager carrying out?
Controlling
Directing
Organizing
Planning
controlling
,The nurse keeps up with current information and is active in
several committees.
Which level of commitment best describes the nurse's behavior?
Continuance
Affective
Organizational
Integrated
affective
A 64-year-old patient is receiving chemotherapy for breast
cancer. After the morning report, the nurse finds the patient
nauseated, vomiting light green emesis, and crying because her
hair is falling out in clumps. The pulse is 110 beats/min and
thready, and the blood pressure is 96/50 mmHg.
Which intervention should the nurse make a priority for this
patient?
Teaching the patient some deep-breathing exercises to help
her calm down
Premedicating for nausea before the next chemotherapy
dose
Cleansing the skin and applying a clean hospital gown
Obtaining an order for intravenous fluids at 100 mL/hr
Obtaining an order for intravenous fluids at 100 mL/hr
A nurse new to the emergency department is struggling with
triaging patients and assigning priority for care because many of
, the individuals who present seem to have equally significant
problems.
Which ethical principles should the nurse use as guides when
setting priorities?
Justice and fairness
Integrity and respect
Fidelity and beneficence
Autonomy and accountability
Justice and fairness
Which term best describes the measure of a nurse's
accountability?
Competence
Behavior
Collaboration
Professionalism
competence
The nurse states, "I decided to go into nursing 20 years ago
because of the care my mother received when she was ill. I
wanted to make a difference."
Which type of commitment is the nurse demonstrating?
Affective
Continuance
List the 4 theories of caring?
Leinenger's Culture Care & Diversity & Universality
Roach's Human Mode of Being
Boykin & Schoenhofer's Nursing as Caring
Watson's Human Care
Benner & Wrubels theory of Caring
A nursing work group is tasked with finding cost-effective ways
to enhance care provision. The group is pulling together a
proposal for administrative review that includes hiring more
unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs).
Which benefit of delegation should the working group include in
their proposal to best enhance potential support for the
proposal?
The availability of more UAPs to whom tasks can be
delegated requires fewer nurses, decreasing overall staffing
costs.
A better mix of nurses and UAPs allows the organization
more flexibility to respond to ever-changing patient needs.
It allows delegates (the UAPs) to gain new skills and abilities.
Use of delegation increases efficiency of care and
productivity, which can improve the organization's financial
position.
,Use of delegation increases efficiency of care and productivity,
which can improve the organization's financial position.
The preceptor is orienting a staff nurse to primary nursing.
Which statement by a staff nurse most accurately reflects
primary nursing?
"In primary nursing, there is participation by the nurse in
making, implementing, and evaluating patient care policies."
"Primary nursing relies solely on the nurse to provide all
care."
"In primary nursing, responsibility is given to the person
doing the work."
"With primary nursing, a nurse is responsible for overseeing
a group of patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
"With primary nursing, a nurse is responsible for overseeing a
group of patients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week."
The nurse manager is preparing to create tools to measure the
performance of the emergency department staff when
responding to cardiac emergencies.
Which function is the nurse manager carrying out?
Controlling
Directing
Organizing
Planning
controlling
,The nurse keeps up with current information and is active in
several committees.
Which level of commitment best describes the nurse's behavior?
Continuance
Affective
Organizational
Integrated
affective
A 64-year-old patient is receiving chemotherapy for breast
cancer. After the morning report, the nurse finds the patient
nauseated, vomiting light green emesis, and crying because her
hair is falling out in clumps. The pulse is 110 beats/min and
thready, and the blood pressure is 96/50 mmHg.
Which intervention should the nurse make a priority for this
patient?
Teaching the patient some deep-breathing exercises to help
her calm down
Premedicating for nausea before the next chemotherapy
dose
Cleansing the skin and applying a clean hospital gown
Obtaining an order for intravenous fluids at 100 mL/hr
Obtaining an order for intravenous fluids at 100 mL/hr
A nurse new to the emergency department is struggling with
triaging patients and assigning priority for care because many of
, the individuals who present seem to have equally significant
problems.
Which ethical principles should the nurse use as guides when
setting priorities?
Justice and fairness
Integrity and respect
Fidelity and beneficence
Autonomy and accountability
Justice and fairness
Which term best describes the measure of a nurse's
accountability?
Competence
Behavior
Collaboration
Professionalism
competence
The nurse states, "I decided to go into nursing 20 years ago
because of the care my mother received when she was ill. I
wanted to make a difference."
Which type of commitment is the nurse demonstrating?
Affective
Continuance
