Nursing 130 - Practice Test 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED VERSION.
Terms in this set (128)
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient
with
terminal cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the
nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to
d guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this
code. Which of the following statements best describes this
code?
a. Improves self-health care
b. protects the patient's confidentiality
c. ensures identical care to all patients
d. defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
An 18-yr old woman is in the emergency department with fever
and cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, auscultates her
lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds,
determines her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum
c samples analysis. Which standard of practice performed?
a. Diagnosis
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing
and shortness of breath. The nurse gives the ordered medicated
nebulizer treatment now and in 4
hours. Which standard of practice is performed
d
a. Planning
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
, 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
b
acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d.Case Manager
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
a. Nursing care based on tradition
c b. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical current literature
c. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current
evidence with clinical practice
d. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound
manner
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the
same in every state in the United States. This examination:
d 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
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse had knowledge
and skills for a variety of professional roles and
responsibilities. Which of the following are examples?
(Select all that apply)
a, b, c, d
a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient Advocate
d. Health promotion
e. Lobbyist
, Advanced practice registered nurses generally:
a. Function independently
a
b. Function as unit directors
c. Work in acute care settings
d. Work in the university setting
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care.
Which of the following models in expected from health care
reform?
a
a. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
b. Moving from illness prevention to a health promotion model
c. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
d. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model
Which of the following nursing roles may have prescriptive
authority in their practice? (Select all that apply)
b, c a. CriticalCare Nurse
b. Nurse Practitioner
c. Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist
d. Charge Nurse
, A critical nurse is using a computerized decision support
system to correctly position her ventilated patients to reduce
pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This
is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education
d of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
a. Patient-centered care
b. Safety
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Informatics
A nurse is caring for an older-adult couple in a community-
based assisted living facility. During the family assessment,
he notes that the couple has many expired medications and
multiple medications for their respective chronic illnesses.
They note that they go to two different health care providers.
The nurse begins to work with the couple to determine what
b
they know about their medications and helps
them decide on one care provider rather than two. This is an example of
which QSEN competency?
a. Patient-centered care
b. Safety
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Informatics
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase
in pressure ulcer formation in their patents. A nurse
consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess
for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment
d
instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information,
the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical
Nurse Specialist
b. Nurse Administrator
c. Nurse Educator
d. Nurse Researcher
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATED VERSION.
Terms in this set (128)
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient
with
terminal cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the
nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to
d guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this
code. Which of the following statements best describes this
code?
a. Improves self-health care
b. protects the patient's confidentiality
c. ensures identical care to all patients
d. defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
An 18-yr old woman is in the emergency department with fever
and cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, auscultates her
lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds,
determines her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum
c samples analysis. Which standard of practice performed?
a. Diagnosis
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing
and shortness of breath. The nurse gives the ordered medicated
nebulizer treatment now and in 4
hours. Which standard of practice is performed
d
a. Planning
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
, 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
b
acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d.Case Manager
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
a. Nursing care based on tradition
c b. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical current literature
c. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current
evidence with clinical practice
d. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound
manner
The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the
same in every state in the United States. This examination:
d 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
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse had knowledge
and skills for a variety of professional roles and
responsibilities. Which of the following are examples?
(Select all that apply)
a, b, c, d
a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient Advocate
d. Health promotion
e. Lobbyist
, Advanced practice registered nurses generally:
a. Function independently
a
b. Function as unit directors
c. Work in acute care settings
d. Work in the university setting
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care.
Which of the following models in expected from health care
reform?
a
a. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
b. Moving from illness prevention to a health promotion model
c. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
d. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model
Which of the following nursing roles may have prescriptive
authority in their practice? (Select all that apply)
b, c a. CriticalCare Nurse
b. Nurse Practitioner
c. Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist
d. Charge Nurse
, A critical nurse is using a computerized decision support
system to correctly position her ventilated patients to reduce
pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This
is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education
d of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
a. Patient-centered care
b. Safety
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Informatics
A nurse is caring for an older-adult couple in a community-
based assisted living facility. During the family assessment,
he notes that the couple has many expired medications and
multiple medications for their respective chronic illnesses.
They note that they go to two different health care providers.
The nurse begins to work with the couple to determine what
b
they know about their medications and helps
them decide on one care provider rather than two. This is an example of
which QSEN competency?
a. Patient-centered care
b. Safety
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Informatics
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase
in pressure ulcer formation in their patents. A nurse
consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess
for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment
d
instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information,
the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?
a. Clinical
Nurse Specialist
b. Nurse Administrator
c. Nurse Educator
d. Nurse Researcher
