NUR 210 EXAM 1
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TRANSITION TO PRACTICE - CAPSTONE
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TRANSITION TO PRACTICE
NUR 210
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse
has charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is
58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
,a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--A
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--C
3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and
subjective data combine to form the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
,c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--A
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is
unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action should
be to:
a.
Immediately notify the patients physician.
b.
Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c.
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath
sounds.
d.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still
present. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses.
During the teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind
that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience from which to draw, are more likely to make their
decisions using:
a.
Intuition.
b.
A set of rules.
, c.
Articles in journals.
d.
Advice from supervisors. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--B
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment
data and act without consciously labeling it. These responses
are referred to as:
a.
Intuition.
b.
The nursing process.
c.
Clinical knowledge.
d.
Diagnostic reasoning. - CORRECT-ANSWERS--A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based
practice (EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
a.
EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
b.
EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the
treatment of patients.
c.
EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians
experience.