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OEC Certification Exam Test Bank 3 Covering 400
Practice Questions and Correct Answers/ National
Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care Certification
Test Prep Test Bank (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.
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b.
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:
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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 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.
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d.
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.
OEC Certification Exam Test Bank 3 Covering 400
Practice Questions and Correct Answers/ National
Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care Certification
Test Prep Test Bank (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.
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b.
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:
,3|Page
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 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.
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d.
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.
