NURS 300 EXAM 1 Clinical Judgement,
Priority Setting Frameworks & Vital
Signs|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2026
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an AP to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has
improved. This is an example of what?
- Delegation of right circumstance
- Delegation of wrong task
- Delegation to the right person
- Delegation of the wrong time -CORRECTANSWER Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the
discussion?
- Inspection
- Implementation
- Inference
- Creativity
- Inductive Reasoning -CORRECTANSWER -Inference
-Creativity
-Inductive reasoning
,A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which
of the following statements should the nurse make?
"critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making"
"thinking takes into consideration nursing, scientific, and technological knowledge in
client situation"
"critical thinking is the visible or observed outcome while using evidence based practice"
"critical thinking is necessary for the nurse to collect objective client data" -
CORRECTANSWER "critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making"
Nurse asked the client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0 to 10 after
administering pain medication 30 minutes ago. Which of the following steps of the
nursing process is the nurse performing?
Evaluation
Implementation
Analysis
Planning -CORRECTANSWER Evaluation
The nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence based
practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical
thinking and decision making?
Clinical Judgement
, Critical thinking
Clinical reasoning
SMART goal -CORRECTANSWER Clinical judgement
A nurse is developing a go for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the
end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the
following steps of the nursing process?
Evaluation
Implementation
Analysis
Planning -CORRECTANSWER Planning
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision
making process in the clients care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
factors should the charge nurse include select all that apply.
Appropriate delegation
Cost of client care
Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff -CORRECTANSWER Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
Priority Setting Frameworks & Vital
Signs|| GRADED A+|| LATEST UPDATE
2026
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an AP to use a
stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if their wheezing has
improved. This is an example of what?
- Delegation of right circumstance
- Delegation of wrong task
- Delegation to the right person
- Delegation of the wrong time -CORRECTANSWER Delegation of the wrong task
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the
discussion?
- Inspection
- Implementation
- Inference
- Creativity
- Inductive Reasoning -CORRECTANSWER -Inference
-Creativity
-Inductive reasoning
,A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which
of the following statements should the nurse make?
"critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making"
"thinking takes into consideration nursing, scientific, and technological knowledge in
client situation"
"critical thinking is the visible or observed outcome while using evidence based practice"
"critical thinking is necessary for the nurse to collect objective client data" -
CORRECTANSWER "critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making"
Nurse asked the client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0 to 10 after
administering pain medication 30 minutes ago. Which of the following steps of the
nursing process is the nurse performing?
Evaluation
Implementation
Analysis
Planning -CORRECTANSWER Evaluation
The nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence based
practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical
thinking and decision making?
Clinical Judgement
, Critical thinking
Clinical reasoning
SMART goal -CORRECTANSWER Clinical judgement
A nurse is developing a go for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the
end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the
following steps of the nursing process?
Evaluation
Implementation
Analysis
Planning -CORRECTANSWER Planning
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision
making process in the clients care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following
factors should the charge nurse include select all that apply.
Appropriate delegation
Cost of client care
Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff -CORRECTANSWER Available resources
Awareness of client status
Support from other staff
