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NR 222 Test Bank
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer.
You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered
nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the
following statements best describes this code?
A. Improves self-health care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of practice
and to follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define the principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves as a guide
for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the ethical
obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains
her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
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D. Implementation
C. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the
situation.
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
D. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The
nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes
with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
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A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager
B. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or her care.
An advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide whether or not to
accept a treatment or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A. Nursing care based on tradition
B. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical research literature
C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
D. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner
C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
Evidence-based practice integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and
patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
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NR 222 Health and Wellness
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NR 222 Test Bank
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer.
You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered
nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the
following statements best describes this code?
A. Improves self-health care
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of practice
and to follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong
that define the principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves as a guide
for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the ethical
obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains
her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
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D. Implementation
C. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the
situation.
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The
nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
D. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The
nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes
with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
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A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager
B. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or her care.
An advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide whether or not to
accept a treatment or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
A. Nursing care based on tradition
B. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical research literature
C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
D. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner
C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
Evidence-based practice integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and
patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
