NR226 Fundamentals of Patient Care Final Exam Review
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1. Clinical decision making requires the nurse to...
a) improve a patient's health
b) standardize care for the patient
c) follow the health care provider's orders for patient care
d) establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a
patient: d) establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a
patient
2. Which of the following is not one of the five steps of the nursing process?
a) planning
b) evaluation
c) assessment
d) hypothesis testing: d) hypothesis testing
3. Gathering, verifying, and communicating data about the patient to establish
a database is an example of which component of the nursing process?
a) planning
b) evaluation
c) assessment
d) implementation
e) nursing diagnosis: c) assessment
4. The interview technique that is most effective in strengthening the nurse-pa-
tient relationship by demonstrating the nurse's willingness to hear the pa-
tient's thoughts is...
a) direct question
b) problem solving
c) problem seeking
d) open ended questions: d) open ended questions
5. While obtaining a health history from a patient, the nurse asks Mr. Jones if
he has noted any change in activity tolerance. This is an example of which
interview technique?
a) direct question
b) problem-solving
c) problem-seeking
d) open ended question: a) direct question
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6. Mr. Davis tells the nurse he has been experiencing more frequent episodes
of indigestion. The nurse asks if his indigestion is associated with meals or
reclining positions and asks what relieves the indigestion. This is an example
of which interview technique?
a) direct question
b) problem solving
c) problem seeking
d) open ended question: c) problem seeking
7. The information obtainined in a review of systems is...
a) objective
b) subjective
c) based on nurse perspective
d) based on physical exam findings: b) subjective
8. A nursing diagnosis...
a) identifies nursing problems
b) is not changed during course of patient's hospitalization
c) is derived from the physician's history and physical examination
d) is a statement of a patient response to a health problem that requires
nursing intervention: d) is a statement of a patient response to a health problem
that requires nursing intervention
9. The first part of a nursing diagnosis statement...
a) may be stated as a medical diagnosis
b) identifies the cause of the patient problem
c) identifies appropriate nursing interventions
d) identifies an actual or potential health problem: d) identifies an actual or
potential health problem
10. The second part of the nursing diagnosis statement...
a) is usually stated as a medical diagnosis
b) identifies the expected outcomes of nursing care
c) identifies the probable cause of the patient problem
d) is connected to the first part of the statement with the phrase related to: d)
is connected to the first part of the statement with the phrase related to
11. Which of the following is the correctly stated nursing diagnosis?
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1. Clinical decision making requires the nurse to...
a) improve a patient's health
b) standardize care for the patient
c) follow the health care provider's orders for patient care
d) establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a
patient: d) establish and weigh criteria in deciding the best choice of therapy for a
patient
2. Which of the following is not one of the five steps of the nursing process?
a) planning
b) evaluation
c) assessment
d) hypothesis testing: d) hypothesis testing
3. Gathering, verifying, and communicating data about the patient to establish
a database is an example of which component of the nursing process?
a) planning
b) evaluation
c) assessment
d) implementation
e) nursing diagnosis: c) assessment
4. The interview technique that is most effective in strengthening the nurse-pa-
tient relationship by demonstrating the nurse's willingness to hear the pa-
tient's thoughts is...
a) direct question
b) problem solving
c) problem seeking
d) open ended questions: d) open ended questions
5. While obtaining a health history from a patient, the nurse asks Mr. Jones if
he has noted any change in activity tolerance. This is an example of which
interview technique?
a) direct question
b) problem-solving
c) problem-seeking
d) open ended question: a) direct question
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6. Mr. Davis tells the nurse he has been experiencing more frequent episodes
of indigestion. The nurse asks if his indigestion is associated with meals or
reclining positions and asks what relieves the indigestion. This is an example
of which interview technique?
a) direct question
b) problem solving
c) problem seeking
d) open ended question: c) problem seeking
7. The information obtainined in a review of systems is...
a) objective
b) subjective
c) based on nurse perspective
d) based on physical exam findings: b) subjective
8. A nursing diagnosis...
a) identifies nursing problems
b) is not changed during course of patient's hospitalization
c) is derived from the physician's history and physical examination
d) is a statement of a patient response to a health problem that requires
nursing intervention: d) is a statement of a patient response to a health problem
that requires nursing intervention
9. The first part of a nursing diagnosis statement...
a) may be stated as a medical diagnosis
b) identifies the cause of the patient problem
c) identifies appropriate nursing interventions
d) identifies an actual or potential health problem: d) identifies an actual or
potential health problem
10. The second part of the nursing diagnosis statement...
a) is usually stated as a medical diagnosis
b) identifies the expected outcomes of nursing care
c) identifies the probable cause of the patient problem
d) is connected to the first part of the statement with the phrase related to: d)
is connected to the first part of the statement with the phrase related to
11. Which of the following is the correctly stated nursing diagnosis?
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