Nursing Final exam multiple
choice questions
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the patient's respirations have increased, and the tip
of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the patient's pulse rate is
over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which patient need
should the nurse address first?
Love and Belonging
Self-Esteem
Physiological
Self-Actualization -Correct! Physiological
A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will the nurse
include? (Select all that apply.)
Nursing
Disease
Person
Environment
Health -Nursing
Person
Environment
Health
In caring for patients, what must the nurse remember
EBP is dependent on patient values and expectations.
EBP is secondary to traditional or convenient care knowledge.
EBP is not shown to provide better patient outcomes.
EBP is the only valid source of knowledge that should be used. -EBP is dependent on patient
values and expectations.
, A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the literature, a strategy
is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds that the falls have decreased. Which
process did the nurse institute?
Performance Improvement
Peer-reviewed project
Qualitative research
Generalizability study -Performance Improvement
Match the following types of theory with the appropriate description:
Middle-range theory
Shared theory
Grand theory
Practice theory
Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to the bedside
Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
Very abstract attempts to describe nursing in a global context
Addresses a specific phenomenon and reflects practice -Middle-range theory Addresses a
specific phenomenon and reflects practice
Shared theory Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
Grand theory Very abstract attempts to describe nursing in a global context
Practice theory Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to the bedside
A nurse implements an EBP change that teaches patients the importance of taking their
diabetes medications correctly and regularly on time using videos streamed on the internet. The
nurse measures the patients' behavioral outcome from the practice change using which type of
measurement?
Observing the patients viewing of the videos
Chart auditing the teaching session
measuring the patient's weight
Checking patients' blood sugars -Checking patients' blood sugars
Based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, what is the most appropriate response to a
patient who states: "Me, stop smoking? I've been smoking since I was 16!"
"I'd like you to attend a smoking-cessation class this week and use nicotine replacement
patches as directed."
"That's fine. Some people who smoke live a long life."
"What do you think is the greatest reason why stopping smoking would be challenging for you?"
"OK. I want you to decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke by one each day, and I'll see
you in 1 month." -"What do you think is the greatest reason why stopping smoking would be
challenging for you?"
Which cognitive skills can a patient develop while practicing relaxation? (Select all that apply)
Limiting stimuli that come into one's field of vision
Increasing an ability to focus attention for an extended period of time.
Building relationships with significant others.
Stopping a focus on unnecessary goal-directed activity
Being able to tolerate experiences that are uncertain -Correct! Increasing an ability to focus
attention for an extended period of time.
Correct! Stopping a focus on unnecessary goal-directed activity
Correct! Being able to tolerate experiences that are uncertain
choice questions
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the patient's respirations have increased, and the tip
of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the patient's pulse rate is
over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which patient need
should the nurse address first?
Love and Belonging
Self-Esteem
Physiological
Self-Actualization -Correct! Physiological
A nurse is using a nursing metaparadigm to define nursing. Which concepts will the nurse
include? (Select all that apply.)
Nursing
Disease
Person
Environment
Health -Nursing
Person
Environment
Health
In caring for patients, what must the nurse remember
EBP is dependent on patient values and expectations.
EBP is secondary to traditional or convenient care knowledge.
EBP is not shown to provide better patient outcomes.
EBP is the only valid source of knowledge that should be used. -EBP is dependent on patient
values and expectations.
, A nurse is trying to decrease the rate of falls on the unit. After reviewing the literature, a strategy
is implemented on the unit. After 3 months, the nurse finds that the falls have decreased. Which
process did the nurse institute?
Performance Improvement
Peer-reviewed project
Qualitative research
Generalizability study -Performance Improvement
Match the following types of theory with the appropriate description:
Middle-range theory
Shared theory
Grand theory
Practice theory
Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to the bedside
Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
Very abstract attempts to describe nursing in a global context
Addresses a specific phenomenon and reflects practice -Middle-range theory Addresses a
specific phenomenon and reflects practice
Shared theory Applies theory from other disciplines to nursing practice
Grand theory Very abstract attempts to describe nursing in a global context
Practice theory Specific to a particular situation; brings theory to the bedside
A nurse implements an EBP change that teaches patients the importance of taking their
diabetes medications correctly and regularly on time using videos streamed on the internet. The
nurse measures the patients' behavioral outcome from the practice change using which type of
measurement?
Observing the patients viewing of the videos
Chart auditing the teaching session
measuring the patient's weight
Checking patients' blood sugars -Checking patients' blood sugars
Based on the Transtheoretical Model of Change, what is the most appropriate response to a
patient who states: "Me, stop smoking? I've been smoking since I was 16!"
"I'd like you to attend a smoking-cessation class this week and use nicotine replacement
patches as directed."
"That's fine. Some people who smoke live a long life."
"What do you think is the greatest reason why stopping smoking would be challenging for you?"
"OK. I want you to decrease the number of cigarettes you smoke by one each day, and I'll see
you in 1 month." -"What do you think is the greatest reason why stopping smoking would be
challenging for you?"
Which cognitive skills can a patient develop while practicing relaxation? (Select all that apply)
Limiting stimuli that come into one's field of vision
Increasing an ability to focus attention for an extended period of time.
Building relationships with significant others.
Stopping a focus on unnecessary goal-directed activity
Being able to tolerate experiences that are uncertain -Correct! Increasing an ability to focus
attention for an extended period of time.
Correct! Stopping a focus on unnecessary goal-directed activity
Correct! Being able to tolerate experiences that are uncertain
