EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a newly licensed nurse about using the
therapeutic technique of confrontation when caring for a client. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
1. offer the client personal opinions
2. Change the subject when talking with the client
3. Use an aggressive tone of voice with the client
4. Establish a trusting relationship with the client - ✔✔4. Establish a trusting relationship
with the client
✔✔A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has dysarthria. Which of
the following referrals should the nurse recommend?
1. Speech-language pathologist
2. Social worker
3. Respiratory therapist
4. Physical therapist - ✔✔1. Speech-language pathologist
✔✔A nurse's inadvertent medication error results in a severe allergic reaction and
prolongs the client's hospitalization. The client could rightfully sue the nurse for which of
the following?
1. Malpractice
, 2. Assault
3. Battery
4. Abuse - ✔✔1. Malpractice
✔✔A nurse is assisting with the care of a group of pediatric clients. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take first?
1. Provide clear liquids to a child who is 4 hr postop following a laparoscopic
appendectomy
2. Administer acetaminophen to a child who has a temp of 101.2F
3. Complete pin site care to a child who is in skeletal traction
4. Deliver a breakfast tray to a child who has been administered regular insulin - ✔✔4.
Deliver a breakfast tray to a child who has been administered regular insulin
-can develop hypoglycemia following admin of insulin
✔✔A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a client. Which of the following
actions by the nurse demonstrates advocacy for client rights?
1. Encouraging the client to verbalize questions or concerns
2. Insisting the client takes the prescribed medications
3. Informing the client that the medication is the same as taken at home
4. Telling the client that refusal of the medication is considered non-compliance - ✔✔1.
Encouraging the client to verbalize questions or concerns
✔✔A nurse ina long-term care facility is reinforcing teaching with a newly licensed nurse
about about methods to reduce the cost of client care. Which of the following
statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
1. "I should discourage clients from taking as-needed pain medicaitons"
2. "I should perform perineal care on a client with an indwelling urinary catheter once a
day"
3. "I should encourage clients to receive an annual influenza immunization"
4. "I should use clean gauze to cover a clients open wound" - ✔✔3. "I should encourage
clients to receive an annual influenza immunization"
✔✔A nurse is receiving a providers prescription for a client via telephone. Which of the
following actions should the nurse to ensure the accuracy of the telephone prescription?
1. Repeat the prescription back to the provider
2. Question any part of the prescription that is unclear or inappropriate
3. Transcribe the prescription into the client's medical record
4. Obtain the provider's signature within 48 hr
5. Accept a voice mail prescription if the nurse can hear and understand it well - ✔✔1,
2, 3
1. Repeat the prescription back to the provider
2. Question any part of the prescription that is unclear or inappropriate
3. Transcribe the prescription into the client's medical record