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1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new
mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Being disease free or having existing diseases stabilized
B) The state of having fulfillment in all domains of lifeabirb.com/test
C) Possessing psychological and physiologic harmony
D) The state of being connected in body, mind, and spirit
abirb.com/test
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be
a nurse. What characteristic should the nurse cite as necessary to possess to be an
effective nurse? abirb.com/test
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Ability to problem-solve independently
C) Strict adherence to routine abirb.com/test
D) Ability to face criticism without being affected by it
3. The nurse has been asked to speak to members of a self-cabairrbe.ceodmu/tecsattion program. What
topic should the nurse most likely address?
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying abirb.com/test
C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness
abirb.com/test
4. The home health nurse is assisting a client and his family in planning the client's return
to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications. The nurse is
preparing a plan of care that addresses the client's multifaabcierbt.ecodmn/teesetds. To which level of
Maslow hierarchy of basic needs does the client's need for self-fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
B) Transcendence
C) Love and belonging abirb.com/test
D) Self-actualization
abirb.com/test
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on a continuum is
central to professional health care systems. When planning care, this view aids the nurse
in understanding what fact?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of diseaabisrbe..com/test
B) A person's state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
D) Care should focus on the client's compliance with inatbeirrbv.ceonmt/tieosnt s.
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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6. A nurse is leading a community health clinic. What should the nurse emphasize in order
to promote disease prevention?
A) It is best achieved through attending self-help groups.
B) It is best achieved by reducing psychological stress.abirb.com/test
C) It is best achieved by being an active participant in the community.
D) It is best achieved by exhibiting behaviors that promote health.
abirb.com/test
7. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent the unit on the hospital's
quality committee. When describing quality improvement programs to nursing
colleagues and members of other health disciplines, whaat bcirhb.acroamc/tteesrt istic should the nurse
cite?
A) These programs establish consequences for health care professionals' actions.
B) These programs emphasize the need for evidence-baabsierbd.copmra/tecsttice.
C) These programs identify specific incidents related to quality.
D) These programs seek to justify health care costs and systems.
abirb.com/test
8. Nurses in acute care settings must work with other health care team members to
maintain quality care while facing pressures to care for clients who are hospitalized for
shorter periods of time than in the past. To ensure positivaebirhb.ecaom
lth/tesotutcomes when clients
return to their homes, what action should the nurse prioritize?
A) Promotion of health literacy during hospitalization
B) Close communication with primary providers
C) Thorough and evidence-based discharge planning abirb.com/test
D) Participation in continuing education initiatives
abirb.com/test
9. The nurse is admitting a client to the medical unit after the client has been transferred
from the emergency department. What is the nurse's priority action at this time?
A) Identifying the immediate needs of the client
B) Checking the admitting physician's prescriptions abirb.com/test
C) Obtaining a baseline set of vital signs
D) Allowing the family to be with the client
abirb.com/test
10. A nurse practicing in an oncology clinic has the goal of improving client outcomes and
nursing care by influencing the client, the nurse, and the health care system. What is this
abirb.com/test
nurse's most likely role?
A) Nursing care expert
B) Clinical nurse specialist
C) Nurse manager abirb.com/test
D) Staff nurse
abirb.com/test
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11. Nursing continues to recognize and participate in collaboration with other health care
disciplines to meet the complex needs of the client. Which of the following is the best
example of a collaborative practice model?
A) The nurse and the physician jointly making clinical adbeirbc.icsoimo/ntess.t
B) The nurse accompanying the physician on rounds.
C) The nurse making a referral on behalf of the client.
D) The nurse attending an appointment with the client.abirb.com/test
12. A hospice nurse is caring for a client who is dying of lymphoma. According to Maslow
hierarchy of needs, what dimension of care should the nuarbsireb.ccoomn/tseisdt er primary in
importance when caring for a dying client?
A) Spiritual
B) Social abirb.com/test
C) Physiologic
D) Emotional
abirb.com/test
13. A nurse is planning a medical client's care with consideration of Maslow hierarchy of
needs. Within this framework of understanding, what should the nurse prioritize?
A) Allowing the family to see a newly admitted client abirb.com/test
B) Ambulating the client in the hallway
C) Administering pain medication
D) Teaching the client to self-administer insulin safely
abirb.com/test
14. A medical-surgical nurse is aware of the scope of practice as defined in the jurisdiction
where the nurse provides care. When exploring the legalabbiarbs.icsomfo/terstthe scope of practice,
the nurse should consult:
A) codes of ethics.
B) a code of nursing conduct.
C) the nurse practice act in the nurse's jurisdiction. abirb.com/test
D) client preferences and norms within the profession.
abirb.com/test
15. Nursing has adapted to meet both the expectations and the changing health needs of
populations. What is one factor that has impacted the need for certified nurse
practitioners (CNPs)?
abirb.com/test
A) The increased need for primary providers
B) The need to improve client diagnostic services
C) The need to promote institutional excellence
D) The need to decrease the number of medical errors aabnirdb.ceonms/uterset quality care
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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16. Professional nursing expands and grows because of factors driven by the changing
needs of health care consumers. Which of the following is a factor that nurses should
reflect in the planning and provision of health care?
A) Decreased access to health care information by indiavbiidrbu.caolms/test
B) Gradual increases in the cultural unity of the population
C) Increasing mean and median age of the population
D) Decreasing consumer expectations related to healthacbairbre.coomu/ttecsot mes
17. A public health nurse has been commissioned to draft a health promotion program that
meets the health care needs and expectations of the comm abu
irb
n.ictoym./tW
esthat factor is most
likely to influence the nurse's choice of interventions?
A) Management of chronic conditions and disability
B) Increasing need for self-care among a younger popualbairtbi.oconm/test
C) A shifting focus to disease management
D) An increasing focus on acute conditions and rehabilitation
abirb.com/test
18. A registered nurse will be collaborating with a certified nurse practitioner (CNP). Which
of the following activities should the nurse expect the CNP to perform? Select all that
apply. abirb.com/test
A) Educating clients and family members
B) Coordinating care with other disciplines
C) Using direct provision of interventions
D) Educating registered nurses and practical nurses abirb.com/test
E) Coordinating payment plans for clients
abirb.com/test
19. There are central characteristics of nursing practice that are applicable across the wide
variety of contexts in which nurses practice. A nurse can best demonstrate these
principles by performing which of the following actions?
A) Teaching the public about the role of nursing abirb.com/test
B) Taking action to control the costs of health care
C) Ensuring that all of their actions exemplify caring
D) Making sure to carry adequate liability insurance abirb.com/test
20. A nurse has accepted a position as a clinical nurse leader (CNL). In this role, the nurse
should prioritize which of the following activities? abirb.com/test
A) Acting as a spokesperson for the nursing profession
B) Generating and disseminating new nursing knowledge
C) Diagnosing and treating health problems that have aabpirrbe.cdoimc/tteasbtle course
D) Helping clients to navigate the health care system
abirb.com/test
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Test Bank
abirb.com/test
1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new
mothers. How should the nurse best define health?
A) Being disease free or having existing diseases stabilized
B) The state of having fulfillment in all domains of lifeabirb.com/test
C) Possessing psychological and physiologic harmony
D) The state of being connected in body, mind, and spirit
abirb.com/test
2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to be
a nurse. What characteristic should the nurse cite as necessary to possess to be an
effective nurse? abirb.com/test
A) Sensitivity to cultural differences
B) Ability to problem-solve independently
C) Strict adherence to routine abirb.com/test
D) Ability to face criticism without being affected by it
3. The nurse has been asked to speak to members of a self-cabairrbe.ceodmu/tecsattion program. What
topic should the nurse most likely address?
A) Adequate prenatal care
B) Government advocacy and lobbying abirb.com/test
C) Judicious use of online communities
D) Management of illness
abirb.com/test
4. The home health nurse is assisting a client and his family in planning the client's return
to work after surgery and the development of postsurgical complications. The nurse is
preparing a plan of care that addresses the client's multifaabcierbt.ecodmn/teesetds. To which level of
Maslow hierarchy of basic needs does the client's need for self-fulfillment relate?
A) Physiologic
B) Transcendence
C) Love and belonging abirb.com/test
D) Self-actualization
abirb.com/test
5. The view that health and illness are not static states but that they exist on a continuum is
central to professional health care systems. When planning care, this view aids the nurse
in understanding what fact?
A) Care should focus primarily on the treatment of diseaabisrbe..com/test
B) A person's state of health is ever-changing.
C) A person can transition from health to illness rapidly.
D) Care should focus on the client's compliance with inatbeirrbv.ceonmt/tieosnt s.
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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abirb.com/test
6. A nurse is leading a community health clinic. What should the nurse emphasize in order
to promote disease prevention?
A) It is best achieved through attending self-help groups.
B) It is best achieved by reducing psychological stress.abirb.com/test
C) It is best achieved by being an active participant in the community.
D) It is best achieved by exhibiting behaviors that promote health.
abirb.com/test
7. A nurse on a medical-surgical unit has asked to represent the unit on the hospital's
quality committee. When describing quality improvement programs to nursing
colleagues and members of other health disciplines, whaat bcirhb.acroamc/tteesrt istic should the nurse
cite?
A) These programs establish consequences for health care professionals' actions.
B) These programs emphasize the need for evidence-baabsierbd.copmra/tecsttice.
C) These programs identify specific incidents related to quality.
D) These programs seek to justify health care costs and systems.
abirb.com/test
8. Nurses in acute care settings must work with other health care team members to
maintain quality care while facing pressures to care for clients who are hospitalized for
shorter periods of time than in the past. To ensure positivaebirhb.ecaom
lth/tesotutcomes when clients
return to their homes, what action should the nurse prioritize?
A) Promotion of health literacy during hospitalization
B) Close communication with primary providers
C) Thorough and evidence-based discharge planning abirb.com/test
D) Participation in continuing education initiatives
abirb.com/test
9. The nurse is admitting a client to the medical unit after the client has been transferred
from the emergency department. What is the nurse's priority action at this time?
A) Identifying the immediate needs of the client
B) Checking the admitting physician's prescriptions abirb.com/test
C) Obtaining a baseline set of vital signs
D) Allowing the family to be with the client
abirb.com/test
10. A nurse practicing in an oncology clinic has the goal of improving client outcomes and
nursing care by influencing the client, the nurse, and the health care system. What is this
abirb.com/test
nurse's most likely role?
A) Nursing care expert
B) Clinical nurse specialist
C) Nurse manager abirb.com/test
D) Staff nurse
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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Test Bank
abirb.com/test
11. Nursing continues to recognize and participate in collaboration with other health care
disciplines to meet the complex needs of the client. Which of the following is the best
example of a collaborative practice model?
A) The nurse and the physician jointly making clinical adbeirbc.icsoimo/ntess.t
B) The nurse accompanying the physician on rounds.
C) The nurse making a referral on behalf of the client.
D) The nurse attending an appointment with the client.abirb.com/test
12. A hospice nurse is caring for a client who is dying of lymphoma. According to Maslow
hierarchy of needs, what dimension of care should the nuarbsireb.ccoomn/tseisdt er primary in
importance when caring for a dying client?
A) Spiritual
B) Social abirb.com/test
C) Physiologic
D) Emotional
abirb.com/test
13. A nurse is planning a medical client's care with consideration of Maslow hierarchy of
needs. Within this framework of understanding, what should the nurse prioritize?
A) Allowing the family to see a newly admitted client abirb.com/test
B) Ambulating the client in the hallway
C) Administering pain medication
D) Teaching the client to self-administer insulin safely
abirb.com/test
14. A medical-surgical nurse is aware of the scope of practice as defined in the jurisdiction
where the nurse provides care. When exploring the legalabbiarbs.icsomfo/terstthe scope of practice,
the nurse should consult:
A) codes of ethics.
B) a code of nursing conduct.
C) the nurse practice act in the nurse's jurisdiction. abirb.com/test
D) client preferences and norms within the profession.
abirb.com/test
15. Nursing has adapted to meet both the expectations and the changing health needs of
populations. What is one factor that has impacted the need for certified nurse
practitioners (CNPs)?
abirb.com/test
A) The increased need for primary providers
B) The need to improve client diagnostic services
C) The need to promote institutional excellence
D) The need to decrease the number of medical errors aabnirdb.ceonms/uterset quality care
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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abirb.com/test
16. Professional nursing expands and grows because of factors driven by the changing
needs of health care consumers. Which of the following is a factor that nurses should
reflect in the planning and provision of health care?
A) Decreased access to health care information by indiavbiidrbu.caolms/test
B) Gradual increases in the cultural unity of the population
C) Increasing mean and median age of the population
D) Decreasing consumer expectations related to healthacbairbre.coomu/ttecsot mes
17. A public health nurse has been commissioned to draft a health promotion program that
meets the health care needs and expectations of the comm abu
irb
n.ictoym./tW
esthat factor is most
likely to influence the nurse's choice of interventions?
A) Management of chronic conditions and disability
B) Increasing need for self-care among a younger popualbairtbi.oconm/test
C) A shifting focus to disease management
D) An increasing focus on acute conditions and rehabilitation
abirb.com/test
18. A registered nurse will be collaborating with a certified nurse practitioner (CNP). Which
of the following activities should the nurse expect the CNP to perform? Select all that
apply. abirb.com/test
A) Educating clients and family members
B) Coordinating care with other disciplines
C) Using direct provision of interventions
D) Educating registered nurses and practical nurses abirb.com/test
E) Coordinating payment plans for clients
abirb.com/test
19. There are central characteristics of nursing practice that are applicable across the wide
variety of contexts in which nurses practice. A nurse can best demonstrate these
principles by performing which of the following actions?
A) Teaching the public about the role of nursing abirb.com/test
B) Taking action to control the costs of health care
C) Ensuring that all of their actions exemplify caring
D) Making sure to carry adequate liability insurance abirb.com/test
20. A nurse has accepted a position as a clinical nurse leader (CNL). In this role, the nurse
should prioritize which of the following activities? abirb.com/test
A) Acting as a spokesperson for the nursing profession
B) Generating and disseminating new nursing knowledge
C) Diagnosing and treating health problems that have aabpirrbe.cdoimc/tteasbtle course
D) Helping clients to navigate the health care system
abirb.com/test
abirb.com/test
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