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Nur 2950 Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Graded (2025)
which of the following documentation guidelines are correct. (select all that
apply)
a. Enter information in a complete, accurate, concise, factual, and organized
manner.
b. Use words such as "good", "average", "normal", or "sufficient" to
communicate judgment about data.
c. Wait until the end of the shift to document nursing interventions to ensure
comprehensive charting.
d. Date and time each entry. - CORRECT ANSWER-A and B
Which of the following documentation guidelines are correct? (select all that
apply)
a. Erase or use correcting fluid to completely delete mistaken entries.
b. Document nursing interventions as closely as possible to the time of their
execution
c. Note problems as they occur in an orderly, sequential manner.
d. Carefully document all the factors that compromise patient safety and
contribute to patient harm. - CORRECT ANSWER-b and c
According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
patients have a right to which of the following? select all that apply.
a.To see and copy their healthy record
b. To update their health record
c. To get a list of the disclosures a healthcare institution has made independent
of disclosures made for the purpose of treatment, payment, and healthcare
operations.
d. To request a restriction on a certain uses or disclosures.
e. to choose how to receive health information. - CORRECT ANSWER-a, b, c, d,
and e
According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, if a
health institution wants to release a patient's health information for purposes
other than treatment, payment, and routine healthcare operations, the patient
must be asked to sign an authorization. There are exceptions to this requirement.
In which case below is an authorization needed?
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a. The patient is a public figure and the local news media are preparing a news
report.
b. Data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks.
c. Child abuse and neglect are suspected.
d. Protected health information is needed to facilitate organ donations. -
CORRECT ANSWER-a
A friend of yours calls you and asks if you are still working at Memorial Hospital.
You reply "yes." He tells you that this girlfriend's father was just admitted as a
patient, and he wants you to find out how he is. "Sue (his girlfriend) seems
unusually worried about her dad, but she won't talk to me and I want to be able to
help her." What is the best response you can make to your friend?
a." Listen, you shouldn't be asking me to do this. I could be fined big bucks or
even lose my job for disclosing this information."
b. "Sorry, but I'm not able to give information about patients to the public-- even
when my best friend or a family member asks."
c. "Because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, you
shouldn't be asking for this information unless the patient has authorized you to
receive it! This could get you in trouble!"
d. "Why do you think Sue isn't talking about her worries?" - CORRECT ANSWER-
b
Your patient has an order for an analgesic medication to be given as needed. The
correct abbreviation for "as needed" is:
a.TURP
b. PMH
c. PRN
d. TPR - CORRECT ANSWER-C
If you were looking for trends in a patient's vital signs, what form should you
consult first?
a. Admission sheet
b. Admission nursing assessment
c. Activity flow sheet
d. Graphic sheet - CORRECT ANSWER-d
This method of documentation uses the categories data, action, and response
(DAR) to facilitate charting.
a. Narrative notes
b. Focus charting
c. charting by exception
d. case management model - CORRECT ANSWER-b
A resident called to see a patient in the middle of the night is leaving the unit and
remembers that he forgot to write a new order for a pain medication you had
requested for another patient. Tired and already being paged to another unit, he
verbally tells you the order and asks you to document it on the physician's order
sheet. Your best response is:
a. "Thank you!"
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b. Get a second nurse to listen to the order, and after writing the order on the
physicians order sheet, have both nurses sign.
c. " I am sorry but verbal orders can only be given in an emergency situation that
prevents us from writing them out. I'll bring the chart and we can do this quickly."
d. Try calling another resident for the order or wait until the next shift. -
CORRECT ANSWER-c
The nurse is preparing Mrs. Ogg for surgery for treatment of a ruptured spleen as
the result of an automobile crash. The nurse knows that this type of surgery
belongs in which of the following categories?
a. minor, diagnostic
b. minor, elective
c. major, emergency
d. major, palliative - CORRECT ANSWER-c
A group of students are reviewing the purposes of general anesthesia in
preparation for a test. The students demonstrate a need for additional study when
they identify which of the following as a purpose?
a. Loss of consciousness
b. Relaxation of skeletal muscles
c. Reduction of reflex action
d. Localized loss of sensation - CORRECT ANSWER-d
A nurse has been asked to witness a patient signature on an informed consent
form for surgery. For which one of these patients a would the document be valid?
a. A 92 year-old patient who is severely confused
b. A 45 year-old patient who is oriented and alert
c. A 10 year-old patient who is oriented and alert
d. A 36 year-old patient who has had a narcotic premedication - CORRECT
ANSWER-b
A 72 year-old woman is taking several medications on a regular basis. Which of
the following categories of drugs would be most likely to increase her surgical
risk?
a. Anticoagulants
b. Antacids
c. Laxatives
d. Sedatives - CORRECT ANSWER-a
A nurse is caring for an obese patient who has surgery. The nurse monitors this
patient for which of the following postoperative complications?
a. hunger
b. impaired wound healing
c. hemorrhage
d. gas pains - CORRECT ANSWER-b
A nurse is teaching a man scheduled to have same day surgery. Which teaching
method would be most effective in preoperative teaching for ambulatory surgery?
a. lecture
Nur 2950 Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Graded (2025)
which of the following documentation guidelines are correct. (select all that
apply)
a. Enter information in a complete, accurate, concise, factual, and organized
manner.
b. Use words such as "good", "average", "normal", or "sufficient" to
communicate judgment about data.
c. Wait until the end of the shift to document nursing interventions to ensure
comprehensive charting.
d. Date and time each entry. - CORRECT ANSWER-A and B
Which of the following documentation guidelines are correct? (select all that
apply)
a. Erase or use correcting fluid to completely delete mistaken entries.
b. Document nursing interventions as closely as possible to the time of their
execution
c. Note problems as they occur in an orderly, sequential manner.
d. Carefully document all the factors that compromise patient safety and
contribute to patient harm. - CORRECT ANSWER-b and c
According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996,
patients have a right to which of the following? select all that apply.
a.To see and copy their healthy record
b. To update their health record
c. To get a list of the disclosures a healthcare institution has made independent
of disclosures made for the purpose of treatment, payment, and healthcare
operations.
d. To request a restriction on a certain uses or disclosures.
e. to choose how to receive health information. - CORRECT ANSWER-a, b, c, d,
and e
According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, if a
health institution wants to release a patient's health information for purposes
other than treatment, payment, and routine healthcare operations, the patient
must be asked to sign an authorization. There are exceptions to this requirement.
In which case below is an authorization needed?
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a. The patient is a public figure and the local news media are preparing a news
report.
b. Data are needed for the tracking and notification of disease outbreaks.
c. Child abuse and neglect are suspected.
d. Protected health information is needed to facilitate organ donations. -
CORRECT ANSWER-a
A friend of yours calls you and asks if you are still working at Memorial Hospital.
You reply "yes." He tells you that this girlfriend's father was just admitted as a
patient, and he wants you to find out how he is. "Sue (his girlfriend) seems
unusually worried about her dad, but she won't talk to me and I want to be able to
help her." What is the best response you can make to your friend?
a." Listen, you shouldn't be asking me to do this. I could be fined big bucks or
even lose my job for disclosing this information."
b. "Sorry, but I'm not able to give information about patients to the public-- even
when my best friend or a family member asks."
c. "Because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, you
shouldn't be asking for this information unless the patient has authorized you to
receive it! This could get you in trouble!"
d. "Why do you think Sue isn't talking about her worries?" - CORRECT ANSWER-
b
Your patient has an order for an analgesic medication to be given as needed. The
correct abbreviation for "as needed" is:
a.TURP
b. PMH
c. PRN
d. TPR - CORRECT ANSWER-C
If you were looking for trends in a patient's vital signs, what form should you
consult first?
a. Admission sheet
b. Admission nursing assessment
c. Activity flow sheet
d. Graphic sheet - CORRECT ANSWER-d
This method of documentation uses the categories data, action, and response
(DAR) to facilitate charting.
a. Narrative notes
b. Focus charting
c. charting by exception
d. case management model - CORRECT ANSWER-b
A resident called to see a patient in the middle of the night is leaving the unit and
remembers that he forgot to write a new order for a pain medication you had
requested for another patient. Tired and already being paged to another unit, he
verbally tells you the order and asks you to document it on the physician's order
sheet. Your best response is:
a. "Thank you!"
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b. Get a second nurse to listen to the order, and after writing the order on the
physicians order sheet, have both nurses sign.
c. " I am sorry but verbal orders can only be given in an emergency situation that
prevents us from writing them out. I'll bring the chart and we can do this quickly."
d. Try calling another resident for the order or wait until the next shift. -
CORRECT ANSWER-c
The nurse is preparing Mrs. Ogg for surgery for treatment of a ruptured spleen as
the result of an automobile crash. The nurse knows that this type of surgery
belongs in which of the following categories?
a. minor, diagnostic
b. minor, elective
c. major, emergency
d. major, palliative - CORRECT ANSWER-c
A group of students are reviewing the purposes of general anesthesia in
preparation for a test. The students demonstrate a need for additional study when
they identify which of the following as a purpose?
a. Loss of consciousness
b. Relaxation of skeletal muscles
c. Reduction of reflex action
d. Localized loss of sensation - CORRECT ANSWER-d
A nurse has been asked to witness a patient signature on an informed consent
form for surgery. For which one of these patients a would the document be valid?
a. A 92 year-old patient who is severely confused
b. A 45 year-old patient who is oriented and alert
c. A 10 year-old patient who is oriented and alert
d. A 36 year-old patient who has had a narcotic premedication - CORRECT
ANSWER-b
A 72 year-old woman is taking several medications on a regular basis. Which of
the following categories of drugs would be most likely to increase her surgical
risk?
a. Anticoagulants
b. Antacids
c. Laxatives
d. Sedatives - CORRECT ANSWER-a
A nurse is caring for an obese patient who has surgery. The nurse monitors this
patient for which of the following postoperative complications?
a. hunger
b. impaired wound healing
c. hemorrhage
d. gas pains - CORRECT ANSWER-b
A nurse is teaching a man scheduled to have same day surgery. Which teaching
method would be most effective in preoperative teaching for ambulatory surgery?
a. lecture
