Health Care Delivery Practice Test
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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:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d. Case manager - Answer b. Advocate
Rationale: This is an example of the advocate role on nursing practice.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United States.
The examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice - Answer d. Provides a
minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer formation in their
patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first the procedure
currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to
identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse administer
c. Nurse educator
d. Nurse researcher - Answer d. Nurse researcher
, Nurses at a community hospital are in an education program to learn how to use a new pressure-
relieving device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which type of education?
a. Continuing education
b. Graduate education
c. In-service education
d. Professional Registered Nurse Education - Answer c. In-service education
An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the APN be unable to fill
without meeting additional criteria?
a. Case manager
b. Nurse Manager
c. Nurse educator
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist - Answer d. Certified registered nurse anesthesia
Rationale: Additional training in anesthesia medicine would be required to be a certified registered
nurse anesthetist.
An APN is the most independently functioning of all professional nurses. All of the following are
examples of a clinically focused APN except:
a. Care provider
b. Case manager
c. Nurse specialist
d. Nurse practitioner - Answer a. Care Provider
Rationale: Care provider is a staff position, a nurse who provides direct care. The nurse specialist has
clinical expertise in a specific area. The nurse practitioner has advanced training in assessment and
pharmacology and is able to provide health care in specific settings. The case manager has additional
experience and is able to coordinate activities of other members of the health care team.
The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client with newly diagnosed diabetes. The nurse discusses
with the client what the dietary intake should be. This is an example of which health care service?
a. Tertiary care
Correctly Verified
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:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d. Case manager - Answer b. Advocate
Rationale: This is an example of the advocate role on nursing practice.
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United States.
The examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice - Answer d. Provides a
minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer formation in their
patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first the procedure
currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to
identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse administer
c. Nurse educator
d. Nurse researcher - Answer d. Nurse researcher
, Nurses at a community hospital are in an education program to learn how to use a new pressure-
relieving device for patients at risk for pressure ulcers. This is which type of education?
a. Continuing education
b. Graduate education
c. In-service education
d. Professional Registered Nurse Education - Answer c. In-service education
An APN is pursuing a job change. Which of the following positions would the APN be unable to fill
without meeting additional criteria?
a. Case manager
b. Nurse Manager
c. Nurse educator
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist - Answer d. Certified registered nurse anesthesia
Rationale: Additional training in anesthesia medicine would be required to be a certified registered
nurse anesthetist.
An APN is the most independently functioning of all professional nurses. All of the following are
examples of a clinically focused APN except:
a. Care provider
b. Case manager
c. Nurse specialist
d. Nurse practitioner - Answer a. Care Provider
Rationale: Care provider is a staff position, a nurse who provides direct care. The nurse specialist has
clinical expertise in a specific area. The nurse practitioner has advanced training in assessment and
pharmacology and is able to provide health care in specific settings. The case manager has additional
experience and is able to coordinate activities of other members of the health care team.
The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client with newly diagnosed diabetes. The nurse discusses
with the client what the dietary intake should be. This is an example of which health care service?
a. Tertiary care
