EXAM 1 REVIEW
1. A patient is having adverse effects resulting from a medication. The
nurse calls the primary care provider to request a change in the
medication order. The nurse is functioning as a/an
a. educator.
b. advocate.
c. organizer.
d. counselor.
2. Nurses advocate for underserved populations to reduce health
disparities. This promotes
a. autonomy.
b. altruism.
c. respect.
d. human dignity.
3. Nurses belong to the ANA as part of their
a. ongoing professional responsibility.
b. role as manager of care.
c. wellness promotion for patients.
d. cultural education activities.
4. The purpose of health assessment is to
a. obtain subjective and objective data.
b. intervene to correct difficulties.
c. outline appropriate care.
d. determine whether interventions are effective.
5. The nurse documents the following information in a patient’s chart:
“Cough and deep breathe every hour while awake.” This is an example of
a. evidence-based nursing.
b. priority setting.
c. comprehensive assessment.
d. nursing interventions.
6. The nurse provides teaching about smoking cessation to a 20-year-old
man. The nurse assesses that the patient is concerned because his
father died from lung cancer. Which theory would the nurse most likely
use when providing teaching to this patient?
a. Health belief model
b. Diagnostic reasoning model
c. Cultural competence model
d. Body systems model
7. Which of the following processes is the most important when providing
nursing care to an ill patient?
a. Writing outcomes
b. Performing a focused assessment
c. Collecting objective data
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, d. Using critical thinking
8. A patient is admitted to a hospital for surgery for colon cancer. What
type of assessment is the nurse most likely to perform on admission?
a. Emergency
b. Focused
c. Comprehensive
d. Illness
9. Which of the following are components of a comprehensive health
assessment?
a. Nursing diagnoses
b. Goals and outcomes
c. Collaborative problems
d. Examination of body systems
10. The nurse conducts the health history based on the patient’s
responses to the medical diagnosis. This type of framework is based on
the
a. functional framework.
b. objective framework.
c. coordinator framework.
d. collaborative framework.
1. A patient says that she is having throbbing pain that she rates as 6 on a
10-point scale. This is referred to as
a. subjective primary data.
b. subjective secondary data.
c. objective primary data.
d. objective secondary data.
2. The nurse is gathering the health history data before performing the
physical assessment. This phase of the interview process is the
a. preinteraction phase.
b. beginning phase.
c. working phase.
d. closing phase.
3. The patient is crying after being given a diagnosis with a poor prognosis.
The best response from the nurse is
a. “Don’t cry. It will be OK.”
b. “My mother has the same thing.”
c. “I think that you should have surgery.”
d. “I’ll stay with you” (gets a tissue).
4. When gathering the family history, the nurse draws a genogram
a. using circles for males and squares for females.
b. putting the patient on the left to show birth order.
c. inserting lines between parents to show marriage.
d. listing health problems above the symbol for the patient.
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