N588: Practice Questions
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•The RN is planning the care for his group of patients for the day. Which is the most appropriate
assignment for an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
•A. A patient requiring a colostomy irrigation
•B. A patient receiving continuous tube feedings
•C. A patient who requires urine specimen collections
•D. A patient with difficulty swallowing food and fluids - Correct Answer: C
•The RN is giving a bed bath to an assigned patient when an UAP enters the patient's room and tells the
nurse that another assigned patient needs something for pain. What is the most appropriate nursing
action?
•A. Finish the bed bath and then administer the pain med.
•B. Ask the UAP to find out when the last pain med was given to the patient.
•C. Ask the UAP to tell the patient in pain that a pain med will be given as soon as the bath is completed.
•D. Cover the patient, raise the side rails, tell the patient that you will return shortly, then administer
the pain med to the other patient. - Correct Answer: D
•The nurse employed in a long-term care facility is planning assignments for the patients on a nursing
unit. The nurse needs to assign four patients and has a LPN and three UAP's on a nursing team. Which
patient would the nurse most appropriately assign to the LPN?
•A. A patient who requires a bed bath
•B. An older patient requiring frequent ambulation
•C. A patient who requires hourly vital sign measurements
•D. A patient who requires abdominal wound irrigations and dressing changes every 3 hours - Correct
Answer: D
•The nurse should use which guideline(s) to plan delegation and assignment-making activities? (Select
all that apply.)
•A. Ensuring patient safety
, •B. Requests from the staff
•C. The clustering of rooms on the unit
•D. The number of anticipated discharges
•E. Patient needs and workers' needs and abilities - Correct Answer: AE
•A nurse is delegating patient care assignments for the shift. Which is appropriate for the RN to delegate
to the UAP?
•A. Providing a dressing change
•B. Evaluating pain relief after administering pain medication
•C. Collecting I & O
•D. Selecting a menu for a low-sodium diet - Correct Answer: C
•The RN is preparing assignments for the day shift. Which of the following patients should the nurse
assign to the LPN?
•A. A patient with chronic renal failure who is being admitted to undergo peritoneal dialysis.
•B. A patient with angina whose laboratory findings for cardiac enzymes are pending.
•C. A patient who has a pleural effusion and bilateral chest tubes.
•D. A patient who is two days postop following a hip replacement. - Correct Answer: D
•Which of following patients are appropriate for the RN to assign to a LPN? Select all that apply.
•A. A patient who needs to ambulate for the first time after a thoracotomy.
•B. A patient who needs pre-op teaching before a skin graft.
•C. A new patient who needs an admission assessment.
•D. A patient who has a unit of whole blood that has been infusing for 1 hour.
•E. A patient who has a repeat bone marrow biopsy scheduled for tomorrow - Correct Answer: ADE
•A nurse is working with a UAP on the pediatric floor. Which task should the nurse have the UAP
perform first?
•A. Collect a stool sample for ova and parasites from a 2-year old child
•B. Ambulate a post-op 5-year-old child to the playroom
accompanied by correct answers
•The RN is planning the care for his group of patients for the day. Which is the most appropriate
assignment for an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?
•A. A patient requiring a colostomy irrigation
•B. A patient receiving continuous tube feedings
•C. A patient who requires urine specimen collections
•D. A patient with difficulty swallowing food and fluids - Correct Answer: C
•The RN is giving a bed bath to an assigned patient when an UAP enters the patient's room and tells the
nurse that another assigned patient needs something for pain. What is the most appropriate nursing
action?
•A. Finish the bed bath and then administer the pain med.
•B. Ask the UAP to find out when the last pain med was given to the patient.
•C. Ask the UAP to tell the patient in pain that a pain med will be given as soon as the bath is completed.
•D. Cover the patient, raise the side rails, tell the patient that you will return shortly, then administer
the pain med to the other patient. - Correct Answer: D
•The nurse employed in a long-term care facility is planning assignments for the patients on a nursing
unit. The nurse needs to assign four patients and has a LPN and three UAP's on a nursing team. Which
patient would the nurse most appropriately assign to the LPN?
•A. A patient who requires a bed bath
•B. An older patient requiring frequent ambulation
•C. A patient who requires hourly vital sign measurements
•D. A patient who requires abdominal wound irrigations and dressing changes every 3 hours - Correct
Answer: D
•The nurse should use which guideline(s) to plan delegation and assignment-making activities? (Select
all that apply.)
•A. Ensuring patient safety
, •B. Requests from the staff
•C. The clustering of rooms on the unit
•D. The number of anticipated discharges
•E. Patient needs and workers' needs and abilities - Correct Answer: AE
•A nurse is delegating patient care assignments for the shift. Which is appropriate for the RN to delegate
to the UAP?
•A. Providing a dressing change
•B. Evaluating pain relief after administering pain medication
•C. Collecting I & O
•D. Selecting a menu for a low-sodium diet - Correct Answer: C
•The RN is preparing assignments for the day shift. Which of the following patients should the nurse
assign to the LPN?
•A. A patient with chronic renal failure who is being admitted to undergo peritoneal dialysis.
•B. A patient with angina whose laboratory findings for cardiac enzymes are pending.
•C. A patient who has a pleural effusion and bilateral chest tubes.
•D. A patient who is two days postop following a hip replacement. - Correct Answer: D
•Which of following patients are appropriate for the RN to assign to a LPN? Select all that apply.
•A. A patient who needs to ambulate for the first time after a thoracotomy.
•B. A patient who needs pre-op teaching before a skin graft.
•C. A new patient who needs an admission assessment.
•D. A patient who has a unit of whole blood that has been infusing for 1 hour.
•E. A patient who has a repeat bone marrow biopsy scheduled for tomorrow - Correct Answer: ADE
•A nurse is working with a UAP on the pediatric floor. Which task should the nurse have the UAP
perform first?
•A. Collect a stool sample for ova and parasites from a 2-year old child
•B. Ambulate a post-op 5-year-old child to the playroom
