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NUR 210 Exam 1 Practice Test Bank – Sample
Practice Questions and Answers from Units 1-3 /
Galen NUR 210 Exam 1 Practice Exam Latest (new!)
After completing an initial assessment of a 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
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Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ C
3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data,
and subjective data combine to form the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is
unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action
should be to:
a.
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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 the
breath sounds.
d.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new 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.
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Advice from supervisors. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ B
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-
based practice (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.
NUR 210 Exam 1 Practice Test Bank – Sample
Practice Questions and Answers from Units 1-3 /
Galen NUR 210 Exam 1 Practice Exam Latest (new!)
After completing an initial assessment of a 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is
nauseated, and feels hot. These types of data would be:
a.
Objective.
b.
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Reflective.
c.
Subjective.
d.
Introspective. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ C
3. The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data,
and subjective data combine to form the:
a.
Data base.
b.
Admitting data.
c.
Financial statement.
d.
Discharge summary. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
4. When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is
unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurses next action
should be to:
a.
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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 the
breath sounds.
d.
Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is
still present. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new 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.
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Advice from supervisors. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ B
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a 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. - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-
based practice (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.
