Galen College of Nursing —-3100
Fundamentals EXAM 1
1. Which assessment question should the nurse use to clarify patient information
that's has been obtained
a. "What are the most important things you need to know about your diet"
b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your blood
pressure?"
c. "Have we talked about all of the tissues that you have with wound care?"
d. "Can you talk about your discomfort?": b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your
blood pressure?"
2. Which essential critical thinking indicator is the nurse using when she tries out a
new way to apply a dressing?
a. Curiosity
b. Discipline
c. Creativity
d. Persistence: c. creativity
3. The nurse on the surgical unit has a multiple patient assignment. On beginning the
shift, the nurse determines that the first patient to see in the morning is the
,individual who:
a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
b. Requires instruction four wound care
c. Needs to be transferred from bed to chair
d. Received pain medication 5 minutes ago.: a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
4. For the process of reflection, the nurse ask him-or herself which of the
following?
a. "How I report the increase ball pressure reading?"
b. "Why is the patient having pain now?"
c. "Did the patient's respiratory status just change?"
5. "How should I have taught the patient to do self-injection more efficiently?": d. "How
should I have taught the patient to do self-injection more efficiently? The nurse is using the personal
critical thinking indicator of honesty when he or she does, which of the following?
a. Feel certain about being able to perform the skill.
b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
c. Considers all of the information before moving forward with the plan of
care.
,d. Follows an orderly approach to completing the required interventions.: b. Provides
factual and true information to the patient.
6. The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him ambulate, motivating him to
reach his goal Of being independent. The nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking
trait?
a. Confidence.
b. Humility.
c. Persistence
d. Fairness.: c. Fairness
7. On entering the room, the experience nurse has a sense that the patient's status
has changed. The nurse is using which attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning: a. Intuition
8. According to the NCSBN-CJMM, in order to form hypotheses, the nurse
needs to
, a. Analyze cues
b. Generating solutions
c. Taking action
9. Evaluating outcomes: b. Generating solutions The patient tells the nurse that she is not
confident with self - injecting of insulin. The nurse should use which of the following to
validate this information from the patient?
a. Ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection
b. Confer with the other staff member to see how the technique was taught to
then patient.
c. Determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider
d. Observe the patient giving the insulin injection: d. Observe the patient giving the insulin
injection
10. For a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with an excess
of secretions in the bronchioles, which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
a. Incomplete airway clearance
b. Ineffective respiratory pattern
c. Potential for asphyxia
Fundamentals EXAM 1
1. Which assessment question should the nurse use to clarify patient information
that's has been obtained
a. "What are the most important things you need to know about your diet"
b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your blood
pressure?"
c. "Have we talked about all of the tissues that you have with wound care?"
d. "Can you talk about your discomfort?": b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your
blood pressure?"
2. Which essential critical thinking indicator is the nurse using when she tries out a
new way to apply a dressing?
a. Curiosity
b. Discipline
c. Creativity
d. Persistence: c. creativity
3. The nurse on the surgical unit has a multiple patient assignment. On beginning the
shift, the nurse determines that the first patient to see in the morning is the
,individual who:
a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
b. Requires instruction four wound care
c. Needs to be transferred from bed to chair
d. Received pain medication 5 minutes ago.: a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
4. For the process of reflection, the nurse ask him-or herself which of the
following?
a. "How I report the increase ball pressure reading?"
b. "Why is the patient having pain now?"
c. "Did the patient's respiratory status just change?"
5. "How should I have taught the patient to do self-injection more efficiently?": d. "How
should I have taught the patient to do self-injection more efficiently? The nurse is using the personal
critical thinking indicator of honesty when he or she does, which of the following?
a. Feel certain about being able to perform the skill.
b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
c. Considers all of the information before moving forward with the plan of
care.
,d. Follows an orderly approach to completing the required interventions.: b. Provides
factual and true information to the patient.
6. The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him ambulate, motivating him to
reach his goal Of being independent. The nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking
trait?
a. Confidence.
b. Humility.
c. Persistence
d. Fairness.: c. Fairness
7. On entering the room, the experience nurse has a sense that the patient's status
has changed. The nurse is using which attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning: a. Intuition
8. According to the NCSBN-CJMM, in order to form hypotheses, the nurse
needs to
, a. Analyze cues
b. Generating solutions
c. Taking action
9. Evaluating outcomes: b. Generating solutions The patient tells the nurse that she is not
confident with self - injecting of insulin. The nurse should use which of the following to
validate this information from the patient?
a. Ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection
b. Confer with the other staff member to see how the technique was taught to
then patient.
c. Determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider
d. Observe the patient giving the insulin injection: d. Observe the patient giving the insulin
injection
10. For a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with an excess
of secretions in the bronchioles, which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
a. Incomplete airway clearance
b. Ineffective respiratory pattern
c. Potential for asphyxia
