Scope of practice: NCLEX
questions exam with complete
solutions
If a MD were to write an order for a medication and you noted that the
dose was too high. Would you give it? - answer No
if you were caring for a client and the order read apply oxygen to keep
patient's oxygen saturation above 92% and you checked the oxygen
saturation, it was 90% on 2L/NC and you decided that the patient was
breathing okay and did not have any signs of respiratory distress,
therefore you decided to leave the oxygen at 2L/NC, is this acceptable? -
answer no, you follow the orders
what are you saying when you sign an informed consent after the patient?
- answer they are truly them, they were not forced into the procedure,
they have no mind-altering drugs on board
which patient should not be assigned to an LPN? - answer a patient that
has unstable vital signs
what should you do if you are sent to work on a unit that is not like your
own? - answer ask questions, communicate, review care plans, ask for
help, stick up for yourself
what can an RN do that LPN cannot? - answer RN takes care of unstable,
urgent patients, do the initial teaching,
what are some ways that a nurse can commit malpractice? - answer
wrong medication given, not putting the bed alarm near patient
do you record in the client's chart that an incident report was filled out? -
answer never
questions exam with complete
solutions
If a MD were to write an order for a medication and you noted that the
dose was too high. Would you give it? - answer No
if you were caring for a client and the order read apply oxygen to keep
patient's oxygen saturation above 92% and you checked the oxygen
saturation, it was 90% on 2L/NC and you decided that the patient was
breathing okay and did not have any signs of respiratory distress,
therefore you decided to leave the oxygen at 2L/NC, is this acceptable? -
answer no, you follow the orders
what are you saying when you sign an informed consent after the patient?
- answer they are truly them, they were not forced into the procedure,
they have no mind-altering drugs on board
which patient should not be assigned to an LPN? - answer a patient that
has unstable vital signs
what should you do if you are sent to work on a unit that is not like your
own? - answer ask questions, communicate, review care plans, ask for
help, stick up for yourself
what can an RN do that LPN cannot? - answer RN takes care of unstable,
urgent patients, do the initial teaching,
what are some ways that a nurse can commit malpractice? - answer
wrong medication given, not putting the bed alarm near patient
do you record in the client's chart that an incident report was filled out? -
answer never
