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Question: Nurses on a nursing unit are discussing the process that led up a near-miss error on
the clinical unit. They are outlining strategies that will prevent this in the future. This is an
example of nurses working on what issue in the health care system?
1. Patient safety
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Patient satisfaction
4. Maintenance of competency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Patient Safety
Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet status recognition for a
hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet manager who makes decisions for the nursing units.
2. Nurses in Magnet hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the nurses they need.
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4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in
nursing practice
Question: A group of staff nurses notice an increased incidence of medication errors on their
unit. After further investigation it is determined that the nurses are not consistently identifying
the patient correctly. A change is needed quickly. What type of quality improvement method
would be most appropriate?
1. PDSA
2. Six Sigma
3. Rapid-improvement event (RIE)
4. A randomized controlled trial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3. Rapid-improvement event (RIE)
Question: Which of the following are characteristics of managed care systems? (Select all that
apply)
1. Provider receives a predetermined payment for each patient in the program
2. Payment is based on a set fee for each service provided
3. System includes a voluntary prescription drug program for an additional cost
4. System tries to reduce costs while keeping patients healthy
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5. Focus of care is on prevention and early intervention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Provider
receives a predetermined payment for each patient in the program
4. System tries to reduce costs while keeping patients healthy
5. Focus of care is on prevention and early intervention
Question: Which of the following nursing activities is provided in a secondary health care
environment?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center
2. Teaching a clinic patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing
techniques
3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical surgical unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical surgical
unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit
Question: A nurse is using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) strategy to do a quality improvement
project to decrease patient falls on a nursing unit. Place the steps in the correct sequence for
PDSA
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1. Bedside change of shift report is piloted on two medical-surgical units
2. Patient satisfaction levels after implementation of the bedside report are compared to patient
satisfaction levels before the change
3. The nursing council develops a strategy for bedside change of shift report
4. After modifications are made in the shift report elements, bedside shift report is
implemented on all nursing units - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3, 1, 2, 4
Q;You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination
conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you have your
classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor
asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following statements best
describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔4.
Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
Question: An 18 year-old woman is in the emergency department with a fever and cough. The
nurse obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung sounds, determines her level of comfort, and
collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
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Fundamentals of Nursing Exam 1 NSG 252 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST
RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Nurses on a nursing unit are discussing the process that led up a near-miss error on
the clinical unit. They are outlining strategies that will prevent this in the future. This is an
example of nurses working on what issue in the health care system?
1. Patient safety
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Patient satisfaction
4. Maintenance of competency - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Patient Safety
Question: Which of the following statements is true regarding Magnet status recognition for a
hospital?
1. Nursing is run by a Magnet manager who makes decisions for the nursing units.
2. Nurses in Magnet hospitals make all of the decisions on the clinical units.
3. Magnet is a term that is used to describe hospitals that are able to hire the nurses they need.
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4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in nursing practice -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔4. Magnet is a special designation for hospitals that achieve excellence in
nursing practice
Question: A group of staff nurses notice an increased incidence of medication errors on their
unit. After further investigation it is determined that the nurses are not consistently identifying
the patient correctly. A change is needed quickly. What type of quality improvement method
would be most appropriate?
1. PDSA
2. Six Sigma
3. Rapid-improvement event (RIE)
4. A randomized controlled trial - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3. Rapid-improvement event (RIE)
Question: Which of the following are characteristics of managed care systems? (Select all that
apply)
1. Provider receives a predetermined payment for each patient in the program
2. Payment is based on a set fee for each service provided
3. System includes a voluntary prescription drug program for an additional cost
4. System tries to reduce costs while keeping patients healthy
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5. Focus of care is on prevention and early intervention - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1. Provider
receives a predetermined payment for each patient in the program
4. System tries to reduce costs while keeping patients healthy
5. Focus of care is on prevention and early intervention
Question: Which of the following nursing activities is provided in a secondary health care
environment?
1. Conducting blood pressure screenings for older adults at the Senior Center
2. Teaching a clinic patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease purse-lipped breathing
techniques
3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical surgical unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3. Changing the postoperative dressing for a patient on a medical surgical
unit
4. Doing endotracheal suctioning for a patient on a ventilator in the medical intensive care unit
Question: A nurse is using the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) strategy to do a quality improvement
project to decrease patient falls on a nursing unit. Place the steps in the correct sequence for
PDSA
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1. Bedside change of shift report is piloted on two medical-surgical units
2. Patient satisfaction levels after implementation of the bedside report are compared to patient
satisfaction levels before the change
3. The nursing council develops a strategy for bedside change of shift report
4. After modifications are made in the shift report elements, bedside shift report is
implemented on all nursing units - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3, 1, 2, 4
Q;You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination
conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation you have your
classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor
asks the class why this document is important. Which of the following statements best
describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔4.
Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
Question: An 18 year-old woman is in the emergency department with a fever and cough. The
nurse obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung sounds, determines her level of comfort, and
collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
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