LPN to RN Final exam practice questions with answers,

LPN to RN Final exam practice questions
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The implementation of research to guide nursing practice
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is referred to as what?
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-Utilization
-Dissemination
-Generalizability
-Analysis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Utilization |\ |\ |\ |\




Utilization of research guides nursing practice. Clinical
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agencies need to make a commitment to implementing
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research findings and then developing policies and
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procedures to guide the implementation process |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




The RN has just reviewed a research article that presents
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new evidence on how to promote rest in patients on acute
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care floors. Which statement most correctly
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demonstrates an understanding of how to apply this new |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



knowledge?
-Treat all patients the same, regardless of race, gender, or
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culture
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-Individualize the plan of care based on personal, social, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



cultural, and religious preferences of the patient
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-Individualize the plan based on the preferences of the RN |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

,-The RN should not be seeking out EBP on their own, they
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should wait for mandated change from leadership -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Individualize the plan of care |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



based on personal, social, cultural, and religious
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preferences of the patient |\ |\ |\




-Determining the patient's personal, social, cultural, and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



religious preferences ensures individualization and is a
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component of implementing evidence-based practice. |\ |\ |\ |\




The RN is reviewing information about evidence-based
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practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
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-EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the RN's
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experience
-EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
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-EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the
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treatment of patients |\ |\




-EBP does not consider the patient's own preferences as
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important - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔EBP emphasizes the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



use of best evidence with the RN's experience
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Which is a barrier to incorporating EBP?
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-Nurses' lack of research skills in evaluating the quality of
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research studies |\




-Lack of significant research studies
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-Insufficient clinical skills of nurses |\ |\ |\ |\

,-Inadequate physical assessment skills - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔Nurses' lack of research skills in evaluating
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the quality of research studies
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During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with
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accessing research studies to incorporate evidence-based
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clinical decision making into their practice. Which
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suggestion by the nurse manager would best help these |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



problems?
-Form a committee to conduct research studies
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-Post published research studies on the unit's bulletin
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boards
-Encourage nurses to visit the library to review studies |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




-Teach nurses how to conduct electronic searches for
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research studies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Teach nurses
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how to conduct electronic searches for research studies
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Match the term with the best possible statement or
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definition


-Research
-Evidence based practice |\ |\




-Continuous Quality Improvement |\ |\




A. Focuses on the scientific method
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, B. Focuses on the use to supporting data
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C. Focuses on a system or process to measure - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔A-Research
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B-Evidence based practice |\ |\




C-Continuous Quality Improvement |\ |\




A student nurse is interested in learning more about the
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experiences of hospice nurses caring for terminally ill |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



children. The student interviews pediatric hospice nurses,
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asks them to keep a diary about their feelings and
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experiences for a 3 month period, and then at the end of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



the semester asks the hospice nurses to participate in a
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focus group discussion. The student nurse is utilizing
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which type of nursing research design?
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-Quantitative research |\




-Qualitative research |\




-Outcomes research |\




-Experimental research - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔Qualitative research |\




A student nurse is struggling balancing work and school.
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They wonder if patient learning in maternity will be
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greater impacted by study habits and grades or clinical
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