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McCuistion Chapter 1-58
Chapter 01: The Nursing Process and Patient-Centered Care
McCuistion: Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. All of the following would be considered subjective data, EXCEPT:
a. Patient-reported health history
b. Patient-reported signs and symptoms of their illness
c. Financial barriers reported by the patient’s caregiver
d. Vital signs obtained from the medical record
ANS: D
Subjective data is based on what patients or family members communicate to the nurse. Patient-
reported health history, signs and symptoms, and caregiver reported financial barriers would be
considered subjective data. Vital signs obtained from the medical record would be considered objective
data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
NCLEX: Management of Client Care
2. The nurse is using data collected to define a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable
outcomes. Which of the following steps is the nurse applying?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Generate solutions (planning)
d. Take action (nursing interventions)
ANS: C
When generating solutions (planning), the nurse identifies expected outcomes and uses the patient’s
problem(s) to define a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable outcomes. Recognizing cues
(assessment) involves the gathering of cues (information) from the patient about their health and
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lifestyle practices, which are important facts that aid the nurse in making clinical care decisions.
Prioritizing hypothesis is used to organize and rank the patient problem(s) identified. Finally, taking
action involves implementation of nursing interventions to accomplish the expected outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
3. A 5-year-old child with type 1 diabetes mellitus has had repeated hospitalizations for episodes
of hyperglycemia. The parents tell the nurse that they can’t keep track of everything that has to be done
to care for their child. The nurse reviews medications, diet, and symptom management with the parents
and draws up a daily checklist for the family to use. These activities are completed in which step of the
nursing process?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
d. Take action (nursing interventions)
ANS: D
Taking action through nursing interventions is where the nurse provides patient health teaching, drug
administration, patient care, and other interventions necessary to assist the patient in accomplishing
expected outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
4. The nurse is preparing to administer a medication and reviews the patient’s chart for drug
allergies, serum creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. The nurse’s actions are reflective of
which of the following?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: A
Recognizing cues (assessment) involves gathering subjective and objective information about the patient
and the medication. Laboratory values from the patient’s chart would be considered collection of
objective data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
5. Which of the following would be correctly categorized as objective data?
a. A list of herbal supplements regularly used provided by the patient.
b. Lab values associated with the drugs the patient is taking.
c. The ages and relationship of all household members to the patient.
d. Usual dietary patterns and food intake.
ANS: B
Objective data are measured and detected by another person and would include lab values. The other
examples are subjective data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
6. The nurse reviews a patient’s database and learns that the patient lives alone, is forgetful, and
does not have an established routine. The patient will be sent home with three new medications to be
taken at different times of the day. The nurse develops a daily medication chart and enlists a family
member to put the patient’s pills in a pill organizer. This is an example of which element of the nursing
process?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: C
Taking action (nursing interventions) involves education and patient care in order to assist the patient to
accomplish the goals of treatment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
7. A patient who is hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) wants to go
home. The nurse and the patient discuss the patient’s situation and decide that the patient may go
home when able to perform self-care without dyspnea and hypoxia. This is an example of which phase
of the nursing process?
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a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: D
Generating solutions (planning) involves defining a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable
outcomes, which, for this patient, means being able to perform self-care activities without dyspnea and
hypoxia.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
8. A patient will be sent home with a metered-dose inhaler, and the nurse is providing teaching.
Which is a correctly written expected outcome for this process?
a. The nurse will demonstrate the correct use of a metered-dose inhaler to the patient.
b. The nurse will teach the patient how to administer medication with a metered-dose inhaler.
c. The patient will know how to self-administer the medication using the metered- dose inhaler.
d. The patient will independently administer the medication using the metered-dose inhaler at the
end of the session.
ANS: D
Expected outcomes must be patient-centered and clearly state the outcome with a reasonable deadline
and should identify components for evaluation.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
9. The nurse is generating solutions (planning) for a patient who has chronic lung disease and
hypoxia. The patient has been admitted for increased oxygen needs above a baseline of 2 L/min. The
nurse generates an expected outcomes stating, “The patient will have oxygen saturations of
>95% on room air at the time of discharge from the hospital.” What is wrong with this goal?
a. It cannot be evaluated.
b. It is not measurable.
c. It is not patient-centered.
d. It is not realistic.
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Test Bank Pharmacology A Patient- Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th Edition by Linda E.
McCuistion Chapter 1-58
Chapter 01: The Nursing Process and Patient-Centered Care
McCuistion: Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. All of the following would be considered subjective data, EXCEPT:
a. Patient-reported health history
b. Patient-reported signs and symptoms of their illness
c. Financial barriers reported by the patient’s caregiver
d. Vital signs obtained from the medical record
ANS: D
Subjective data is based on what patients or family members communicate to the nurse. Patient-
reported health history, signs and symptoms, and caregiver reported financial barriers would be
considered subjective data. Vital signs obtained from the medical record would be considered objective
data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC:
NCLEX: Management of Client Care
2. The nurse is using data collected to define a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable
outcomes. Which of the following steps is the nurse applying?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Generate solutions (planning)
d. Take action (nursing interventions)
ANS: C
When generating solutions (planning), the nurse identifies expected outcomes and uses the patient’s
problem(s) to define a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable outcomes. Recognizing cues
(assessment) involves the gathering of cues (information) from the patient about their health and
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,Test@#!!!# Bank Pharmacology A Patient- Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th Edition by Linda E. McCuistion
Chapter 1-58!@!!@
lifestyle practices, which are important facts that aid the nurse in making clinical care decisions.
Prioritizing hypothesis is used to organize and rank the patient problem(s) identified. Finally, taking
action involves implementation of nursing interventions to accomplish the expected outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
3. A 5-year-old child with type 1 diabetes mellitus has had repeated hospitalizations for episodes
of hyperglycemia. The parents tell the nurse that they can’t keep track of everything that has to be done
to care for their child. The nurse reviews medications, diet, and symptom management with the parents
and draws up a daily checklist for the family to use. These activities are completed in which step of the
nursing process?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
d. Take action (nursing interventions)
ANS: D
Taking action through nursing interventions is where the nurse provides patient health teaching, drug
administration, patient care, and other interventions necessary to assist the patient in accomplishing
expected outcomes.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention
MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
4. The nurse is preparing to administer a medication and reviews the patient’s chart for drug
allergies, serum creatinine, and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels. The nurse’s actions are reflective of
which of the following?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: A
Recognizing cues (assessment) involves gathering subjective and objective information about the patient
and the medication. Laboratory values from the patient’s chart would be considered collection of
objective data.
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,Test@#!!!# Bank Pharmacology A Patient- Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th Edition by Linda E. McCuistion
Chapter 1-58!@!!@
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
5. Which of the following would be correctly categorized as objective data?
a. A list of herbal supplements regularly used provided by the patient.
b. Lab values associated with the drugs the patient is taking.
c. The ages and relationship of all household members to the patient.
d. Usual dietary patterns and food intake.
ANS: B
Objective data are measured and detected by another person and would include lab values. The other
examples are subjective data.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension)
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Management of Client Care
6. The nurse reviews a patient’s database and learns that the patient lives alone, is forgetful, and
does not have an established routine. The patient will be sent home with three new medications to be
taken at different times of the day. The nurse develops a daily medication chart and enlists a family
member to put the patient’s pills in a pill organizer. This is an example of which element of the nursing
process?
a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: C
Taking action (nursing interventions) involves education and patient care in order to assist the patient to
accomplish the goals of treatment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Nursing Intervention MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
7. A patient who is hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) wants to go
home. The nurse and the patient discuss the patient’s situation and decide that the patient may go
home when able to perform self-care without dyspnea and hypoxia. This is an example of which phase
of the nursing process?
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a. Recognizing cues (assessment)
b. Analyze cues & prioritize hypothesis (analysis)
c. Take action (nursing interventions)
d. Generate solutions (planning)
ANS: D
Generating solutions (planning) involves defining a set of interventions to achieve the most desirable
outcomes, which, for this patient, means being able to perform self-care activities without dyspnea and
hypoxia.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding (Comprehension) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
8. A patient will be sent home with a metered-dose inhaler, and the nurse is providing teaching.
Which is a correctly written expected outcome for this process?
a. The nurse will demonstrate the correct use of a metered-dose inhaler to the patient.
b. The nurse will teach the patient how to administer medication with a metered-dose inhaler.
c. The patient will know how to self-administer the medication using the metered- dose inhaler.
d. The patient will independently administer the medication using the metered-dose inhaler at the
end of the session.
ANS: D
Expected outcomes must be patient-centered and clearly state the outcome with a reasonable deadline
and should identify components for evaluation.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application) TOP: Nursing Process: Planning MSC: NCLEX:
Management of Client Care
9. The nurse is generating solutions (planning) for a patient who has chronic lung disease and
hypoxia. The patient has been admitted for increased oxygen needs above a baseline of 2 L/min. The
nurse generates an expected outcomes stating, “The patient will have oxygen saturations of
>95% on room air at the time of discharge from the hospital.” What is wrong with this goal?
a. It cannot be evaluated.
b. It is not measurable.
c. It is not patient-centered.
d. It is not realistic.
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