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After completing an initial assessment of a A. Objective
patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is
58 beats per minute. These types of
data would be.
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very C. Subjective
nervous, is nauseated and feels hot. These
types of data would be
A. Objective
B. Reflective
C. Subjective
D. Introspective
The patients record, laboratory studies, A. Data base
objective data, and subjective data
combine to form the
A. Data base
B. Admitting data
C. Financial Statement
D. Discharge Summary
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When listening to a patients breath C. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to breath sounds
sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound
that is heard. The nurses next action
should be to
A. Immediately notify the patients
physician
B.Document the sound exactly as it
was heard.
C. Validate the data by asking a
coworker to listen to breath sounds
D.Assess it again in 20 minutes to note
whether the sound is still present
The nurse is conducting a class for new b. A set of rules.
graduate nurses. During the teaching
session, the nurse should keep in mind
that novice nurses, without a background
of skills and experience from which to
draw, are more likely to make their
decisions using:
A. Intuition
B. A set of rules
C. Articles in journals
D. Advice from supervisors
Expert nurses learn to attend to a A. Intuition
pattern of assessment data and act
without
consciously labeling it. These responses
are referred to as:
A. Intuition
B. The nursing process
C. Clinical knowledge
D. Diagnostic reasoning
The nurse is reviewing information about C. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience
EBP. Which statement best reflects EBP?
A. EBP relies on tradition for support of
best practices
B. EBP is simply the use of best practice
techniques for the treatment of patients
C. EBP emphasizes the use of best
evidence with the clinicians experience
D. The patients own preferences are not
important with EBP.
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The nurse is conducting a class on priority D. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which is an example of a first-
level priority problem
A. Patient with postoperative pain
B.Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes
who needs diabetic teaching
C. Individual with a small laceration on
the sole of the foot
D.Individual with shortness of breath
and respiratory distress
When considering priority settings C. Abnormal laboratory values
of problems, the nurse keeps in mind
that second-level priority problems
include which of these aspects?
A. Low self-esteem
B.Lack of knowledge
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D.Severely abnormal vital signs
Which critical thinking skill helps see B. Clustering related cues
relationships among the data?
A. Validation
B. Clustering related cues
C. Identifying gaps in data
D. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
The nurse knows that developing A. Nursing
appropriate nursing interventions for a
patient relies on the appropriateness
of the____diagnosis
A. Nursing
B. Medical
C. Admission
D. Collaborative
The nursing process is a sequential D. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and
method of problem solving that nurses evaluation
use and includes which steps?
A. Assessment, treatment, planning,
evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
B. Admission, assessment, diagnosis,
treatment and discharge planning
C. Admission, diagnosis, treatment,
evaluation and discharge planning
D. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome
identification, planning, implementation,
and evaluation
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