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The concept of health and healing has evolved in recent years.
Which is the best description of health?
a. Health is the absence of disease.
b. Health is a dynamic process toward optimal functioning.
c. Health depends on an interaction of mind, body, and spirit
within the environment.
d. Health is the prevention of disease. - c. Health depends on an
interaction of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
Which would be included in the database for a new patient
admission to a surgical unit?
a. All subjective and objective data gathered by a health
practitioner from a patient
b. All objective data obtained from a patient through inspection,
percussion, palpation, and auscultation
c. A summary of a patient's record, including laboratory studies
d. All subjective and objective, and data gathered from a
patient and the results of any laboratory or diagnostic studies
,completed - d. All subjective and objective, and data gathered
from a patient and the results of any laboratory or diagnostic
studies completed
You are reviewing assessment data of a 45-year-old male patient
and note pain of 8 on a scale of 10, labored breathing, and pale
skin color on the electronic health record. This documentation is
an example of:
a. Hypothetical reasoning
b. Diagnostic reasoning
c. Data cluster
d. Signs and symptoms - c. Data cluster
A patient is in the emergency department with nausea and
vomiting. Which would you include in the database?
a. A complete health history and full physical examination
b. A diet and GI history
c. Previously identified problems
d. Start collection of data in conjunction with lifesaving
measures - b. A diet and GI history
A patient has recently received health insurance and would like
to know how often he should visit the provider. How do you
respond?
a. "It would be most efficient if you visit on an annual basis."
,b. "There is no recommendation for the frequency of health care
visits."
c. "Your visits may vary, depending on your level of wellness."
d. "Your visits will be based on your preference." - c. "Your visits
may vary, depending on your level of wellness."
You are reviewing concepts related to steps in the nursing
process for determining prioritization and developing patient
outcomes. To what are these actions attributed?
a. Planning
b. Assessment
c. Implementation
d. Diagnosis - a. Planning
Which best describes evidence-based nursing practice?
a. Combining clinical expertise with the use of nursing research
to provide the best care for patients while considering the
patient's values and circumstances
b. Appraising and looking at the implications of one or two
articles as they relate to the culture and ethnicity of the patient
c. Completing a literature search to find relevant articles that use
nursing research to encourage nurses to use good practices
d. Finding value-based resources to justify nursing actions when
working with patients of diverse cultural backgrounds - a.
Combining clinical expertise with the use of nursing research to
provide the best care for patients while considering the patient's
values and circumstances
, What can be determined when the nurse clusters data as part of
the critical-thinking process?
a. This step identifies problems that may be urgent and require
immediate action.
b. This step involves making assumptions in the data.
c. The nurse recognizes relevant information among the data.
d. Risk factors can be determined so the nurse knows how to
offer health teaching. - c. The nurse recognizes relevant
information among the data.
A patient says she is very nervous and nauseated, and she feels
like she will vomit. This data would be what type of data?
a. Objective
b. Reflective
c. Subjective
d. Introspective - c. Subjective
The expert nurse differs from the novice nurse by acting without
consciously thinking about the actions. This is referred to as:
a. Deductive reasoning
b. Intuition
c. The nursing process
d. Focus assessment - b. Intuition