NSG 310 EXAM 3 ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COVERING ADVANCED
NURSING CONCEPTS LATEST UPDATE
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides their name, the
unit and hospital the call is being made from, the patient's name, and that
the patient is having trouble breathing. The nurse is demonstrating which
step in the SBAR format for communicating with a patient's primary
care provider (PCP)?
Situation
The nurse is caring for a patient who is becoming increasingly short of
breath. The nurse decides to call the primary care provider (PCP). What
should the nurse initially do when speaking with the PCP?
State the problem.
When communicating with a patient’s primary care provider (PCP), the
nurse suggests ordering a STAT chest X-ray for a patient who is
experiencing dyspnea. This is an example of which component of the
SBAR format for communicating with the patient’s physician?
Recommendation
When beginning the night report, the night shift nurse introduces
themselves and states their role, states the patient’s name, identifiers, age,
sex, and location. What action should the nurse initiate next? Relate the
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,patient's chief complaint, vital signs, symptoms, and diagnosis remember "I
PASS the BATON," t
When using the acronym "I PASS the BATON," the nurse demonstrates
understanding by beginning with an introduction; then stating the
patient's name, identifiers, age, sex, and location; then discussing the
assessment of the patient; and then talking about what information?
The situation, including current status
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the
nurse manager emphasizes the importance of which communication
characteristics? (Select all that apply.)
Clarity
Timeliness Accuracy Completeness
Which ethical decision-making model is based on overall goodness being
based on maximum welfare or happiness?
Utilitarian model =The utilitarian model is also known as the goal-based
model, where the duties of the nurse are determined by what will achieve
maximum welfare.
Which case example represents the ethical concept of distributive justice?
An older adult who has government insurance is denied standard cancer
treatment.
How are personal values defined?
As shaped by family, religious beliefs, and experience
When valuing both autonomy and self-determination as well as the
preservation of life, a nurse is demonstrating which concept?
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,Cognitive dissonance
Which statement is true about the critical thinking process?
It is goal directed.
Which statement best describes the critical thinking skills of a novice
nurse compared to those of an expert nurse?
The expert nurse organizes data more efficiently than the novice nurse.
A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has their antipsychotic
medication that is administered every 3 weeks changed to one taken
orally twice daily. When the patient reports being concerned remember to
take it, the prescribing provider replies, “I can’t help that; I have to treat
you the way I think is best.” Administrating this new medication may
result in what dilemma for the patient’s nurse?
Moral distress
Which behavior will not be noted in a critical thinker?
Seeks solutions haphazardly
Which is the best method to teach professional values?
Role modeling
What is the importance of a patient's values to the nurse?
They influence the nurse's interventions.
Which phrase best describes the goal of assertiveness?
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, Standing up for one’s personal rights
How does the nurse demonstrate understanding of the concept of
metaphor use?
Substituting a familiar example for an unfamiliar one
How can the student nurse best learn to apply the steps in critical
thinking?
Repeated practice
A nurse manager is teaching a group of nurses about patient safety.
The nurse manager teaches the nurses that patient safety is defined as “the
prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health
care.” What is the source of this definition?
World Health Organization
The nurse is teaching the student nurse about how to use SBAR when
calling a primary care provider. The student nurse verbalizes a correct
understanding of SBAR when making which statement?
"It is used as a situational briefing."
When conducting an in-service on serious medical errors, the nurse
teaches that nearly 70% of sentinel events are related to which
staffrelated issue?
Miscommunication
When working on a nursing unit, the nurse recognizes that incomplete
communication errors most often occur during which activity?
A handoff procedure
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VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COVERING ADVANCED
NURSING CONCEPTS LATEST UPDATE
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides their name, the
unit and hospital the call is being made from, the patient's name, and that
the patient is having trouble breathing. The nurse is demonstrating which
step in the SBAR format for communicating with a patient's primary
care provider (PCP)?
Situation
The nurse is caring for a patient who is becoming increasingly short of
breath. The nurse decides to call the primary care provider (PCP). What
should the nurse initially do when speaking with the PCP?
State the problem.
When communicating with a patient’s primary care provider (PCP), the
nurse suggests ordering a STAT chest X-ray for a patient who is
experiencing dyspnea. This is an example of which component of the
SBAR format for communicating with the patient’s physician?
Recommendation
When beginning the night report, the night shift nurse introduces
themselves and states their role, states the patient’s name, identifiers, age,
sex, and location. What action should the nurse initiate next? Relate the
Page 1 of 36
,patient's chief complaint, vital signs, symptoms, and diagnosis remember "I
PASS the BATON," t
When using the acronym "I PASS the BATON," the nurse demonstrates
understanding by beginning with an introduction; then stating the
patient's name, identifiers, age, sex, and location; then discussing the
assessment of the patient; and then talking about what information?
The situation, including current status
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the
nurse manager emphasizes the importance of which communication
characteristics? (Select all that apply.)
Clarity
Timeliness Accuracy Completeness
Which ethical decision-making model is based on overall goodness being
based on maximum welfare or happiness?
Utilitarian model =The utilitarian model is also known as the goal-based
model, where the duties of the nurse are determined by what will achieve
maximum welfare.
Which case example represents the ethical concept of distributive justice?
An older adult who has government insurance is denied standard cancer
treatment.
How are personal values defined?
As shaped by family, religious beliefs, and experience
When valuing both autonomy and self-determination as well as the
preservation of life, a nurse is demonstrating which concept?
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,Cognitive dissonance
Which statement is true about the critical thinking process?
It is goal directed.
Which statement best describes the critical thinking skills of a novice
nurse compared to those of an expert nurse?
The expert nurse organizes data more efficiently than the novice nurse.
A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has their antipsychotic
medication that is administered every 3 weeks changed to one taken
orally twice daily. When the patient reports being concerned remember to
take it, the prescribing provider replies, “I can’t help that; I have to treat
you the way I think is best.” Administrating this new medication may
result in what dilemma for the patient’s nurse?
Moral distress
Which behavior will not be noted in a critical thinker?
Seeks solutions haphazardly
Which is the best method to teach professional values?
Role modeling
What is the importance of a patient's values to the nurse?
They influence the nurse's interventions.
Which phrase best describes the goal of assertiveness?
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, Standing up for one’s personal rights
How does the nurse demonstrate understanding of the concept of
metaphor use?
Substituting a familiar example for an unfamiliar one
How can the student nurse best learn to apply the steps in critical
thinking?
Repeated practice
A nurse manager is teaching a group of nurses about patient safety.
The nurse manager teaches the nurses that patient safety is defined as “the
prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health
care.” What is the source of this definition?
World Health Organization
The nurse is teaching the student nurse about how to use SBAR when
calling a primary care provider. The student nurse verbalizes a correct
understanding of SBAR when making which statement?
"It is used as a situational briefing."
When conducting an in-service on serious medical errors, the nurse
teaches that nearly 70% of sentinel events are related to which
staffrelated issue?
Miscommunication
When working on a nursing unit, the nurse recognizes that incomplete
communication errors most often occur during which activity?
A handoff procedure
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