Galen College of Nursing —-3100 Fundamentals
EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
| MULTIPLE CHOICES |2025\2026
Which assessment question should the nurse use to clarify patient information
that's has been obtained
a. "What are the most important things you need to know about your diet"
b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your blood
pressure?"
c. "Have we talked about all of the tissues that you have with wound care?"
d. "Can you talk about your discomfort?" - ANSWER-b. "Am incorrect that you
take two medications at home for your blood pressure?"
Which essential critical thinking indicator is the nurse using when she tries out
a new way to apply a dressing?
a. Curiosity
b. Discipline
c. Creativity
d. Persistence - ANSWER-c. creativity
,The nurse on the surgical unit has a multiple patient assignment. On beginning
the shift, the nurse determines that the first patient to see in the morning is
the individual who:
a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
b. Requires instruction four wound care
c. Needs to be transferred from bed to chair
d. Received pain medication 5 minutes ago. - ANSWER-a. Has a blood pressure
of 80/50 mm Hg
For the process of reflection, the nurse ask him-or herself which of the
following?
a. "How I report the increase ball pressure reading?"
b. "Why is the patient having pain now?"
c. "Did the patient's respiratory status just change?"
d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do self-injection more
efficiently?" - ANSWER-d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do
self-injection more efficiently?"
The nurse is using the personal critical thinking indicator of honesty when he
or she does, which of the following?
a. Feel certain about being able to perform the skill.
b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
c. Considers all of the information before moving forward with the plan of
care.
d. Follows an orderly approach to completing the required interventions. -
ANSWER-b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
,The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him ambulate, motivating
him to reach his goal Of being independent. The nurse is demonstrating which
critical thinking trait?
a. Confidence.
b. Humility.
c. Persistance
d. Fairness. - ANSWER-c. Fairness
On entering the room, the experience nurse has a sense that the patient's
status has changed. The nurse is using which attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning - ANSWER-a. Intuition
According to the NCSBN-CJMM, in order to form hypotheses, the nurse needs
to
a. Analyze cues
b. Generating solutions
c. Taking action
d. Evaluating outcomes - ANSWER-b. Generating solutions
, The patient tells the nurse that she is not confident with self - injecting of
insulin. The nurse should use which of the following to validate this
information from the patient?
a. Ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection
b. Confer with the other staff member to see how the technique was taught to
then patient.
c. Determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider
d. Observe the patient giving the insulin injection - ANSWER-d. Observe the
patient giving the insulin injection
For a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with an excess of
secretions in the bronchioles, which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
a. Incomplete airway clearance
b. Ineffective respiratory pattern
c. Potential for asphyxia
d.Difficulty maintaining spontaneous ventilation - ANSWER-a. Incomplete
airway clearance
Which of the following nursing interventions is most clearly stated, and will
assist other staff members to provide safe care?
a. Provide extra fluids
b. Increased ambulating in hallway
c. Reinforce use of incentive spirometer tid
d. Complete assessment with patient in the a.m. - ANSWER-c. Reinforce use of
incentive spirometer tid
EXAM #1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
| MULTIPLE CHOICES |2025\2026
Which assessment question should the nurse use to clarify patient information
that's has been obtained
a. "What are the most important things you need to know about your diet"
b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your blood
pressure?"
c. "Have we talked about all of the tissues that you have with wound care?"
d. "Can you talk about your discomfort?" - ANSWER-b. "Am incorrect that you
take two medications at home for your blood pressure?"
Which essential critical thinking indicator is the nurse using when she tries out
a new way to apply a dressing?
a. Curiosity
b. Discipline
c. Creativity
d. Persistence - ANSWER-c. creativity
,The nurse on the surgical unit has a multiple patient assignment. On beginning
the shift, the nurse determines that the first patient to see in the morning is
the individual who:
a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
b. Requires instruction four wound care
c. Needs to be transferred from bed to chair
d. Received pain medication 5 minutes ago. - ANSWER-a. Has a blood pressure
of 80/50 mm Hg
For the process of reflection, the nurse ask him-or herself which of the
following?
a. "How I report the increase ball pressure reading?"
b. "Why is the patient having pain now?"
c. "Did the patient's respiratory status just change?"
d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do self-injection more
efficiently?" - ANSWER-d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do
self-injection more efficiently?"
The nurse is using the personal critical thinking indicator of honesty when he
or she does, which of the following?
a. Feel certain about being able to perform the skill.
b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
c. Considers all of the information before moving forward with the plan of
care.
d. Follows an orderly approach to completing the required interventions. -
ANSWER-b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
,The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him ambulate, motivating
him to reach his goal Of being independent. The nurse is demonstrating which
critical thinking trait?
a. Confidence.
b. Humility.
c. Persistance
d. Fairness. - ANSWER-c. Fairness
On entering the room, the experience nurse has a sense that the patient's
status has changed. The nurse is using which attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning - ANSWER-a. Intuition
According to the NCSBN-CJMM, in order to form hypotheses, the nurse needs
to
a. Analyze cues
b. Generating solutions
c. Taking action
d. Evaluating outcomes - ANSWER-b. Generating solutions
, The patient tells the nurse that she is not confident with self - injecting of
insulin. The nurse should use which of the following to validate this
information from the patient?
a. Ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection
b. Confer with the other staff member to see how the technique was taught to
then patient.
c. Determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider
d. Observe the patient giving the insulin injection - ANSWER-d. Observe the
patient giving the insulin injection
For a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with an excess of
secretions in the bronchioles, which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate?
a. Incomplete airway clearance
b. Ineffective respiratory pattern
c. Potential for asphyxia
d.Difficulty maintaining spontaneous ventilation - ANSWER-a. Incomplete
airway clearance
Which of the following nursing interventions is most clearly stated, and will
assist other staff members to provide safe care?
a. Provide extra fluids
b. Increased ambulating in hallway
c. Reinforce use of incentive spirometer tid
d. Complete assessment with patient in the a.m. - ANSWER-c. Reinforce use of
incentive spirometer tid
