RASMUSSEN COLLEGE NURSING 2058 EXAM 1,2& FINAL EXAM
LATEST | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |
AGRADE
What is the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their
practice? - ANSWER: Join professional organizations in large numbers
What is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury or the risk thereof serious injury including loss of limbs or
function? - ANSWER: Sentinel Event
What is the purpose of spiritual modes of healing? - ANSWER: They enhance comfort
and produce an inner peace with disability or death
What is the Leapfrog Group and its recommendations? - ANSWER: The gold standard
for comparison of hospital performance
A client's blood pressure of 180/110 mmHg is an example of what? - ANSWER: Data
What is an example of an appropriate time to discuss discharge teaching with a
client? - ANSWER: A client who is quietly reading a book
What is the definition of the ethical principle of non maleficence? - ANSWER: Health-
care workers avoiding harm to clients
What characteristics are hard to identify, but have an even more profound effect on
an individuals cultural identity? - ANSWER: Gender issues and residential status
What is a key element to effective education of nursing students? - ANSWER: High-
quality interpersonal relationships between students and teachers
What is not considered an invasion of privacy? - ANSWER: Notifying the police of Mr.
Brown's gunshot wound
What is an appropriate response from the nurse when caring for a client using
complimentary medicine? - ANSWER: Inquire what complimentary practices the
client is using to ensure client safety
What is not a characteristic of integrative medicine? - ANSWER: Emphasis is placed
on diagnosis and cure based on physical symptoms
Does a person with spiritual needs have to participate in religious rituals and
practices? - ANSWER: No
, What is the single most obvious barrier to providing culturally competent care? -
ANSWER: Language
What describes conventional and integrative medicine? - ANSWER: Conventional
medicine primarily uses therapy from the outside and integrative from within
What characteristic is required in a person to be able to resolve difficult crises? -
ANSWER: Uses newly developed coping skills to resolve future crises
Where would a nurse look to find their scope of practice as defined by state law? -
ANSWER: Nurse Practice Act
What is an important aspect of forensic psychiatric nurses? - ANSWER: Identify
changes in behaviors linking criminals to criminal offenses
Why is there such an emphasis on spirituality in health care? - ANSWER: The Joint
Commission has a standard of patient care with inclusion of spirituality
What is the first step in the delegation process? - ANSWER: Determining the skill
level of the person to whom the task is being delegated
What is the most important element for the nurse navigator to include in the
planning of care for a patient? - ANSWER: The client's perceptions and beliefs about
the disease process and the modalities of treatment
What is a secure setting for the practice of forensic nursing? - ANSWER: Correctional
Institutions
What would be a likely result of the development of a universally agreed upon
nomenclature and taxonomy for nursing clinical information and management data?
- ANSWER: The establishment of appropriate reimbursement for nursing activities
When do most health-care expenditures occur in a person's life? - ANSWER: As old
age sets in due to the development of multiple chronic illnesses
What is the primary goal of the nurse navigator role? - ANSWER: Elimination of the
barriers to care to make moving through the treatment maze easier
What is a communication style that involves interpersonal behaviors that permit
people to defend and maintain the legitimate rights in a respectful manner that does
not violate the rights of others? - ANSWER: Assertive
What nursing intervention is of limited effectiveness in addressing the needs of a
client with a nursing diagnosis of Spiritual Distress? - ANSWER: Explain the nurse's
religious beliefs and values immediately when requested to do so by the client
LATEST | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES |
AGRADE
What is the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their
practice? - ANSWER: Join professional organizations in large numbers
What is an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or
psychological injury or the risk thereof serious injury including loss of limbs or
function? - ANSWER: Sentinel Event
What is the purpose of spiritual modes of healing? - ANSWER: They enhance comfort
and produce an inner peace with disability or death
What is the Leapfrog Group and its recommendations? - ANSWER: The gold standard
for comparison of hospital performance
A client's blood pressure of 180/110 mmHg is an example of what? - ANSWER: Data
What is an example of an appropriate time to discuss discharge teaching with a
client? - ANSWER: A client who is quietly reading a book
What is the definition of the ethical principle of non maleficence? - ANSWER: Health-
care workers avoiding harm to clients
What characteristics are hard to identify, but have an even more profound effect on
an individuals cultural identity? - ANSWER: Gender issues and residential status
What is a key element to effective education of nursing students? - ANSWER: High-
quality interpersonal relationships between students and teachers
What is not considered an invasion of privacy? - ANSWER: Notifying the police of Mr.
Brown's gunshot wound
What is an appropriate response from the nurse when caring for a client using
complimentary medicine? - ANSWER: Inquire what complimentary practices the
client is using to ensure client safety
What is not a characteristic of integrative medicine? - ANSWER: Emphasis is placed
on diagnosis and cure based on physical symptoms
Does a person with spiritual needs have to participate in religious rituals and
practices? - ANSWER: No
, What is the single most obvious barrier to providing culturally competent care? -
ANSWER: Language
What describes conventional and integrative medicine? - ANSWER: Conventional
medicine primarily uses therapy from the outside and integrative from within
What characteristic is required in a person to be able to resolve difficult crises? -
ANSWER: Uses newly developed coping skills to resolve future crises
Where would a nurse look to find their scope of practice as defined by state law? -
ANSWER: Nurse Practice Act
What is an important aspect of forensic psychiatric nurses? - ANSWER: Identify
changes in behaviors linking criminals to criminal offenses
Why is there such an emphasis on spirituality in health care? - ANSWER: The Joint
Commission has a standard of patient care with inclusion of spirituality
What is the first step in the delegation process? - ANSWER: Determining the skill
level of the person to whom the task is being delegated
What is the most important element for the nurse navigator to include in the
planning of care for a patient? - ANSWER: The client's perceptions and beliefs about
the disease process and the modalities of treatment
What is a secure setting for the practice of forensic nursing? - ANSWER: Correctional
Institutions
What would be a likely result of the development of a universally agreed upon
nomenclature and taxonomy for nursing clinical information and management data?
- ANSWER: The establishment of appropriate reimbursement for nursing activities
When do most health-care expenditures occur in a person's life? - ANSWER: As old
age sets in due to the development of multiple chronic illnesses
What is the primary goal of the nurse navigator role? - ANSWER: Elimination of the
barriers to care to make moving through the treatment maze easier
What is a communication style that involves interpersonal behaviors that permit
people to defend and maintain the legitimate rights in a respectful manner that does
not violate the rights of others? - ANSWER: Assertive
What nursing intervention is of limited effectiveness in addressing the needs of a
client with a nursing diagnosis of Spiritual Distress? - ANSWER: Explain the nurse's
religious beliefs and values immediately when requested to do so by the client
