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NSG 3180 COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK
ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026 ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK |NEW
AND REVISED
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the
nurse manager emphasizes the importance of communication that is
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER- Timely
Accurate
Clear
Unambiguous
When a night shift nurse completes a shift, she gives a report about her
patients to the oncoming day shift nurse. When beginning the report, the
night shift nurse introduces herself and states her role, states the patient's
name, identifiers, age, sex, and location. Which of the following should
the nurse do next? - ANSWER- Relate patient's chief complaint, vital
signs, symptoms, and diagnosis
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides name, what unit
and what 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
physician? - ANSWER- Situation
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The nurse is teaching a patient who is alert and oriented about the
medication, warfarin. When teaching the patient about this drug, the
nurse emphasizes the need to be consistent with Vitamin K intake,
which is found primarily in green leafy vegetables. When the patient's
spouse comes to visit, the patient states, "I can no longer consume green
leafy vegetables." This is an example of what type of failure caused by a
communication problem? - ANSWER- Reception failure
A 16-year-old trauma victim arrives in the emergency department with a
life-threatening condition and requires emergency surgery. The nurse
knows that - ANSWER- surgery can be performed without consent.
The nurse fails to demonstrate effective communication by engaging in
what activity? - ANSWER- Making sure that unilateral information is
exchanged between patients and nurses.
Whose code of ethics for nurses establishes principled guidelines
designed to protect the integrity of patients related to their care, health,
safety, and rights? - ANSWER- American Nurses Association
Values clarification can be incorporated within the intervention phase of
the nursing process by - ANSWER- identifying care guidelines
The student nurse can best learn the steps in critical thinking through -
ANSWER- repeated practice
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The ethical decision-making model where good is defined as maximum
welfare or happiness is known as the - ANSWER- Utilitarian model
While professional values can be transmitted by tradition in nursing
classes and clinical experiences, or modeled by expert nurses and
assimilated as part of the role socialization process, which is perhaps the
best method of acquiring them? - ANSWER- The value should be the
result of conscious choice.
Environment Theory - Nurses should support the environment to assist
patient healing. - ANSWER- Florence Nightingale
Theory of Human Caring - 10 Carative Fators - ANSWER- Jean Watson
Theory of Caring - 5 Caring Processes - ANSWER- Kristen Swanson
The nurse follows through on commitments that are made to the client,
such as returning to reassess the client at a specific time. - ANSWER-
fidelity
The nurse performs hand hygiene before providing client care -
ANSWER- Beneficence
A child's grandmother passes away. The child starts engaging in higher-
risk activities and wearing all black clothing, all the time. This child is
most likely around the age of: - ANSWER- 15
NSG 3180 COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK
ACTUAL EXAM PREP 2026 ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK |NEW
AND REVISED
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the
nurse manager emphasizes the importance of communication that is
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER- Timely
Accurate
Clear
Unambiguous
When a night shift nurse completes a shift, she gives a report about her
patients to the oncoming day shift nurse. When beginning the report, the
night shift nurse introduces herself and states her role, states the patient's
name, identifiers, age, sex, and location. Which of the following should
the nurse do next? - ANSWER- Relate patient's chief complaint, vital
signs, symptoms, and diagnosis
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides name, what unit
and what 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
physician? - ANSWER- Situation
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The nurse is teaching a patient who is alert and oriented about the
medication, warfarin. When teaching the patient about this drug, the
nurse emphasizes the need to be consistent with Vitamin K intake,
which is found primarily in green leafy vegetables. When the patient's
spouse comes to visit, the patient states, "I can no longer consume green
leafy vegetables." This is an example of what type of failure caused by a
communication problem? - ANSWER- Reception failure
A 16-year-old trauma victim arrives in the emergency department with a
life-threatening condition and requires emergency surgery. The nurse
knows that - ANSWER- surgery can be performed without consent.
The nurse fails to demonstrate effective communication by engaging in
what activity? - ANSWER- Making sure that unilateral information is
exchanged between patients and nurses.
Whose code of ethics for nurses establishes principled guidelines
designed to protect the integrity of patients related to their care, health,
safety, and rights? - ANSWER- American Nurses Association
Values clarification can be incorporated within the intervention phase of
the nursing process by - ANSWER- identifying care guidelines
The student nurse can best learn the steps in critical thinking through -
ANSWER- repeated practice
, 3|Page
The ethical decision-making model where good is defined as maximum
welfare or happiness is known as the - ANSWER- Utilitarian model
While professional values can be transmitted by tradition in nursing
classes and clinical experiences, or modeled by expert nurses and
assimilated as part of the role socialization process, which is perhaps the
best method of acquiring them? - ANSWER- The value should be the
result of conscious choice.
Environment Theory - Nurses should support the environment to assist
patient healing. - ANSWER- Florence Nightingale
Theory of Human Caring - 10 Carative Fators - ANSWER- Jean Watson
Theory of Caring - 5 Caring Processes - ANSWER- Kristen Swanson
The nurse follows through on commitments that are made to the client,
such as returning to reassess the client at a specific time. - ANSWER-
fidelity
The nurse performs hand hygiene before providing client care -
ANSWER- Beneficence
A child's grandmother passes away. The child starts engaging in higher-
risk activities and wearing all black clothing, all the time. This child is
most likely around the age of: - ANSWER- 15
