N138 FINAL EAQ QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Which potential disadvantage of a care delivery model applies to team nursing?
A) Is time consuming
B) Requires a large hiring budget
C) Results in blurred role boundaries
D) Creates conflict between primary and associate nurses - ANSWER C) Results
in blurred role boundaries - One disadvantage of team nursing is that it may
result in blurred role boundaries. Blurred role boundaries may result in
confusion and resentment if roles are not clearly communicated.
Which type of study or trial would most likely result in a change of practice?
A) Quantitative study
B) Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved study
C) Non-experimental study
D) Randomized controlled trials - ANSWER D) Randomized controlled trials -
Well-executed, randomized controlled trials are considered the gold standard in
research and carry much weight in determining a change in practice.
Which characteristic makes a research tool consistently accurate?
A) Quantitative
B) IRB-approved
C) Nonexperimental
D) Randomized controlled
E) Valid
F) Reliable
G) Apposite
H) Measurable - ANSWER D) Randomized controlled
E) Valid
F) Reliable - A reliable instrument yields the same values each time the
instrument is used to measure the same thing. A valid tool measures what it is
supposed to be measuring.
Ethical decision making requires a contextual factor analysis that includes
which factor?
A) Predictable
B) Organizational policies
C) The role of the healthcare worker
D) The educational level of the stakeholders
E) Beliefs and values of the surrounding community being served - ANSWER B)
Organizational policies - Ethical decision making requires a contextual factor
, analysis that includes organizational policies, professional codes of ethics, and
the ethical principles at stake in the conflict.
Which factor determines the time spent in each of the six nursing roles in
Peplau's theory?
A) Setting
B) Staffing
C) Economics
D) Experience - ANSWER A) Setting - Completion of Peplau's Theory in Practice
involves six roles by the nurse, and depending on the setting, the nurse will
spend more or less time in each of these roles.
Which aspect forms the basis of the nursing profession?
A) Setting
B) Staffing
C) Economics
D) Experience
E) Science
F) Research
G) Discipline
H) Credentials
I) Academics - ANSWER E) Science
F) Research
G) Discipline - Science and research form the basis for the discipline and the
profession of nursing, which is also known as a scientific discipline.
Which statement reflects the importance of integrating the code of ethics into
nursing practice?
A) The nurse will better understand universal truths
B) The nurse will be able to sort out personal feelings in practice
C) The code of ethics provides a firm foundation on which to practice
D) The code of ethics will help the nurse better understand their morals -
ANSWER C) The code of ethics provides a firm foundation on which to practice -
When acting according to nursing's code of ethics, a firm foundation is
established on which to practice ethically.
Which term means 'observable occurrences'?
A) Theory
B) Paradigm
C) Framework
D) Phenomena - ANSWER D) Phenomena - Nursing phenomena is defined as
observable occurrences.
Which term means 'freedom from bias'?
A) Partial
B) Prejudice
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Which potential disadvantage of a care delivery model applies to team nursing?
A) Is time consuming
B) Requires a large hiring budget
C) Results in blurred role boundaries
D) Creates conflict between primary and associate nurses - ANSWER C) Results
in blurred role boundaries - One disadvantage of team nursing is that it may
result in blurred role boundaries. Blurred role boundaries may result in
confusion and resentment if roles are not clearly communicated.
Which type of study or trial would most likely result in a change of practice?
A) Quantitative study
B) Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved study
C) Non-experimental study
D) Randomized controlled trials - ANSWER D) Randomized controlled trials -
Well-executed, randomized controlled trials are considered the gold standard in
research and carry much weight in determining a change in practice.
Which characteristic makes a research tool consistently accurate?
A) Quantitative
B) IRB-approved
C) Nonexperimental
D) Randomized controlled
E) Valid
F) Reliable
G) Apposite
H) Measurable - ANSWER D) Randomized controlled
E) Valid
F) Reliable - A reliable instrument yields the same values each time the
instrument is used to measure the same thing. A valid tool measures what it is
supposed to be measuring.
Ethical decision making requires a contextual factor analysis that includes
which factor?
A) Predictable
B) Organizational policies
C) The role of the healthcare worker
D) The educational level of the stakeholders
E) Beliefs and values of the surrounding community being served - ANSWER B)
Organizational policies - Ethical decision making requires a contextual factor
, analysis that includes organizational policies, professional codes of ethics, and
the ethical principles at stake in the conflict.
Which factor determines the time spent in each of the six nursing roles in
Peplau's theory?
A) Setting
B) Staffing
C) Economics
D) Experience - ANSWER A) Setting - Completion of Peplau's Theory in Practice
involves six roles by the nurse, and depending on the setting, the nurse will
spend more or less time in each of these roles.
Which aspect forms the basis of the nursing profession?
A) Setting
B) Staffing
C) Economics
D) Experience
E) Science
F) Research
G) Discipline
H) Credentials
I) Academics - ANSWER E) Science
F) Research
G) Discipline - Science and research form the basis for the discipline and the
profession of nursing, which is also known as a scientific discipline.
Which statement reflects the importance of integrating the code of ethics into
nursing practice?
A) The nurse will better understand universal truths
B) The nurse will be able to sort out personal feelings in practice
C) The code of ethics provides a firm foundation on which to practice
D) The code of ethics will help the nurse better understand their morals -
ANSWER C) The code of ethics provides a firm foundation on which to practice -
When acting according to nursing's code of ethics, a firm foundation is
established on which to practice ethically.
Which term means 'observable occurrences'?
A) Theory
B) Paradigm
C) Framework
D) Phenomena - ANSWER D) Phenomena - Nursing phenomena is defined as
observable occurrences.
Which term means 'freedom from bias'?
A) Partial
B) Prejudice
