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Intro to Nursing Test 1 practice 42 Questions with Verified Answers 7. Ask the clinical question. 4. Collect the most relevant and best evidence 1. Critically appraise the evidence you gather. 5... . Integrate the evidence 3. Evaluate the practice decision or change. 6. Communicate the results. 2. Sustain knowledge use. - CORRECT ANSWER Number the following steps of EBP in the appropriate order. 1. Critically appraise the evidence you gather. 2. Sustain knowledge use. 3. Evaluate the practice decision or change. 4. Collect the most relevant and best evidence 5. Integrate the evidence. 6. Communicate the results. 7. Ask the clinical question. C. Teamwork and collaboration - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict with nurses and other health care professionals. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating? A. Informatics B. Quality improvement C. Teamwork and collaboration D. Evidence-Based practice A. In-service education - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is employed by a health care agency that provides an informal training session on how to properly use a new vital sign monitor. Which type of education did the nurse recieve? A. In-service education B. Advanced education C. Continuing education D. Registered nurse education B. Autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse listens to a patients lungs and determines that the patient need to cough and deep breath. The nurse has the patient cough and deep breath. Which concept did the nurse demonstrate? A. Accountablilty B. Autonomy C. LIcensure D. Certification D. Emergency preparedness - CORRECT ANSWER A registered nurse is required to participate in a simulation to learn how to triage patients who are arriving to the hospital after exposure to an unknown gas. This is an example of a response to what type of influence on nursing? A. Workplace hazards B. Nursing shortage C. Professionalism D. Emergency preparedness A. Clinical nurse specialist - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who cares for geriatrics. This nurse is which type of advanced practice nurse? A. Clinical nurse specialist B. Nurse practitioner C. Certified nurse-midwife D. Certified registered nurse anesthetist C. Advocate - CORRECT ANSWER A patient does not want the treatment that are prescribed. The nurse helps the patient talk to the primary health care provider and even talks to the primary health care provider when needed. The nurse is acting in which professional role? A. Educator B. Manager C. Advocate D. Provider of care B. Nurse Practice Act - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse must follow legal laws that protect public health, safety, and welfare. Which law is the nurse following? A. code of ethics B. Nurse practice act C. Standards of practice D. quality and safety education for nurses D. Nurse administrator - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is directing the care and staffing of three cardiac units. The nurse is practicing in which nursing role? A. Advanced practice registered nurse B. Nurse researcher C. Nurse educator D. Nurse administrator A. Health care reform B. Threat of bioterrorism C. Population demographics E. Nursing shortage - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is presenting at an interdisciplinary meeting about the multiple external forces that are influencing nursing today. Which examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply) A. Health care reform B. Threat of bioterrorism C. Population demographics D. Role of nurse manager E. Nursing shortage A. Extended education B. Theoretical body of knowledge C. Code of ethics for practice E. Provision of a specific service - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is teaching the staff about the characteristics of a profession. Which information should the nurse include? (select all that apply) A. Extended education B. Theoretical body of knowledge C. Code of ethics for practice D. Practice developments E. Provision of a specific service A. Informatics B. Safety E. Quality improvement - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse is teaching the staff about the Quality and Safety Education in Nursing, which identified six competencies for nursing. Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply) A. Informatics B. Safety C. Health policies D. Informatics E. Quality improvement A. Clinical nurse specialist C. Nurse practitioner D. Nurse midwife E. Nurse anesthetist - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse wants to become an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and have a higher degree of independence. Which advanced roles could the nurse pursue? (Select all that apply) A. Clinical nurse specialist B. Nurse manager C. Nurse practitioner D. Nurse midwife E. Nurse anesthetist 3. "I know my dad died early from heart disease." - CORRECT ANSWER You are caring for a patient who has just suffered a mild heart attack. You are developing his discharge education plan. Which statement by the patient indicates his readiness to change his behavior? 1. "I don't think I really had a heart attack." 2. "I already exercise 3 times a week." 3. "I know my dad died early from heart disease." 4. "I travel too much to eat healthy." 4. Safety and Security - CORRECT ANSWER You are caring for a patient who was a victim of intimate partner violence. She tells you that she is very concerned about where she will stay once she leaves the hospital. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, with which level of needs are you most concerned? 1. Physiological 2. Self-actualization 3. Love and belongingness 4. Safety and security 1. Developmental stage 2. Emotional factors 3. Family practices - CORRECT ANSWER 2. Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER A 55-year-old patient is being discharged from the hospital after a heart attack. He is being referred to a cardiac program where he will receive education on healthy eating, exercise, and stress reduction. This is an example of: 1. Primary prevention 2. Secondary prevention 3. Tertiary prevention 4. Rehabilitation 3. Genetic - CORRECT ANSWER A 30-year-old woman has just found out that her mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer. This is an example of which type of risk factor for the 30-year-old? 1. Age 2. Lifestyle 3. Genetic 4. Environment 1. Precontemplation - CORRECT ANSWER A 45-year-old woman diagnosed with depression states, "I don't understand why everyone thinks I should seek counseling." This is an example of which state of behavior change? 1. Precontemplation 2. Contemplation 3. Preparation 4. Maintenance 1. Social group 2. Cultural background 4. Accessibility of health care - CORRECT ANSWER 3. An older couple visits their health care provider for their annual influenza vaccine. - CORRECT ANSWER Which health care activity is an example of preventive care? 1. A patient visits the emergency department following a fall at home. 2. The home care nurse visits the patient twice a week for wound care. 3. An older couple visits their health care provider for their annual influenza vaccine. 4. A patient makes an appointment for routine screening mammography. 1. Setting an appointment with the nurse practitioner after having pregnancy confirmed 4. Attending exercise classes weekly at the local health fitness center 5. Bringing in the newborn for well-baby visits - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following are examples of primary care health services? (Select all that apply.) 1. Setting an appointment with the nurse practitioner after having pregnancy confirmed 2. Outpatient surgery for repair of inguinal hernia 3. Attending cardiac rehabilitation classes at the local hospital 4. Attending exercise classes weekly at the local health fitness center 5. Bringing in the newborn for well-baby visits 1. Nurse turnover rate 2. Central line-associated bloodstream infections 3. Pressure ulcers 5. Patient falls with injury - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following are examples of nursing-sensitive quality indicators or outcomes? (Select all that apply.) 1. Nurse turnover rate 2. Central line-associated bloodstream infections 3. Pressure ulcers 4. Influenza cases 5. Patient falls with injury 6. Postoperative respiratory infections 2. Intensive care unit - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse working in tertiary care would work in which of the following settings? 1. Hospice unit 2. Intensive care unit 3. Occupational health clinic 4. Cardiac rehabilitation center 4. Increase life expectancy and quality of life and eliminate health disparities - CORRECT ANSWER When health care is provided in a community-based practice setting, what is (are) the overall goal(s) of Healthy People 2020? 1. Assess the health care needs of individuals, families, and communities. 2. Develop and implement public health policies and improve access to care. 3. Gather information on incidence rates of certain diseases and social problems. 4. Increase life expectancy and quality of life and eliminate health disparities. 2. Public health sciences 3. Environmental sciences - CORRECT ANSWER A nursing student demonstrates correct understanding of community health nursing when explaining that a nursing approach merges knowledge from professional nursing theories and which of the following? (Select all that apply.) 1. Population sciences 2. Public health sciences 3. Environmental sciences 4. Mental health sciences 1. Chronic illness, sensory loss, substance abuse. - CORRECT ANSWER What are the major health care problems in older adults in community settings? 1. Chronic illness, sensory loss, substance abuse. 2. Acute illness, sensory loss, and abandonment. 3. Poverty, acute illness, and inadequate support systems. 4. Acute illness, inadequate support systems, and substance abuse. 1. Educating families of young children about the effects of lead paint in the home 2. Conducting a blood pressure clinic at a senior health care center 4. Forming partnerships with families in the community to share common goals - CORRECT ANSWER Which actions display effective nursing practice in the community? (Select all that apply.) 1. Educating families of young children about the effects of lead paint in the home 2. Conducting a blood pressure clinic at a senior health care center 3. Prescribing treatments for patients when physicians are unable 4. Forming partnerships with families in the community to share common goals 1. Individuals and families, community, and sociopolitical system. - CORRECT ANSWER The community health nursing student is correct when he states that the three key elements needed to be incorporated in a community assessment are: 1. Individuals and families, community, and sociopolitical system. 2. People, population growth, and health care systems. 3. Geographical boundary, neighborhoods, and social systems. 4. Geographical boundary, health care systems, and political systems. 1. Knowledge-focused trigger. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse on an orthopedic unit is assigned to a patient in skeletal traction. The nurse has cared for similar patients in the past. In the staff room the nurse talks with other colleagues about what they know about pin-site care. The nurse asks a colleague, "What is the best practice for cleaning pin sites in skeletal traction?" This question is an example of a: 1. Knowledge-focused trigger. 2. Problem-focused trigger. 3. PICO question. 4. Hypothesis. 2. A nurse implements a new pain-management protocol and checks patients' charts to confirm if interventions are being provided. - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is a process measurement? 1. A nurse teaches a patient how to administer an injection and then observes the patient do a return demonstration. 2. A nurse implements a new pain-management protocol and checks patients' charts to confirm if interventions are being provided. 3. A nursing unit adopts a set of strategies for reducing pressure ulcers, and the UPC members use direct observation of the skin to measure incidence of pressure ulcers. 4. A nursing unit implements a new fall-prevention protocol and checks the monthly performance data for incidence of falls on the unit. 4. Patients who are critically ill - CORRECT ANSWER Consider the following clinical situation. A UPC committee is discussing the need to develop a new fever-management protocol for patients in their ICU. They want the protocol to be evidence based. In the past only the use of antipyretics has been the treatment approach. If the committee were to develop a PICOT question for this problem area, what would be the P? 1. Fever 2. Antipyretics 3. Fever protocol 4. Patients who are critically ill 3. Basic critical thinking. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse prepares to insert a Foley catheter. The procedure manual calls for the patient to lie in the dorsal recumbent position. The patient complains of having back pain when lying on her back. Despite this, the nurse positions the patient supine with knees flexed to insert the catheter. This is an example of: 1. Creativity in critical thinking. 2. Intuition. 3. Basic critical thinking. 4. Complex critical thinking. 3. Basic. - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse has been working on a medical unit for 3 weeks. A patient requires an intravenous catheter to be inserted, so the nurse refers to the policy and procedure manual to review how to perform the insertion. The level of critical thinking the nurse uses is: 1. Commitment. 2. Scientific method. 3. Basic. 4. Complex. 4. Anticipates when to make choices without other's assistance - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following is unique to the commitment level of critical thinking? 1. Weighs benefits and risks when making a decision 2. Analyzes and examines choices more independently 3. Requires concrete thinking 4. Anticipates when to make choices without other's assistance 4. Knowledge application - CORRECT ANSWER The nurse asks a patient how she feels about her impending heart surgery. The nurse reviewed a description of the surgery, the usual postoperative procedures, and complications to anticipate before the discussion. This is an example of which critical thinking component? 1. Experience 2. Curiosity 3. Clinical decision making 4. Knowledge application 4. Planning - CORRECT ANSWER A patient has been hospitalized for 2 weeks. The nurse calls a meeting of the social worker, physical therapist, and family to decide on whether to place the patient in a rehabilitation facility or home on discharge. Which step of the nursing process does this represent? 1. Evaluation 2. Assessment 3. Intervention 4. Planning 1. The nurse reflects on personal experience before inserting a urinary catheter in an older adult. 2. The nurse uses a fall risk inventory scale to determine a patient's fall risk. 4. The nurse gathers data on a patient with a swallowing problem to identify a nursing diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER In which of the following examples is the nurse applying critical thinking skills in practice? (Select all that apply.) 1. The nurse reflects on personal experience before inserting a urinary catheter in an older adult. 2. The nurse uses a fall risk inventory scale to determine a patient's fall risk. 3. The nurse explains the procedure step by step for giving an enema to a patient care technician. 4. The nurse gathers data on a patient with a swallowing problem to identify a nursing diagnosis 3. Back-channeling - CORRECT ANSWER A patient tells the nurse, "I have had this dull ache in my side now for 4 days; it really hurts when I bend over." The nurse responds, "All right, go on." The nurse's response is an example of: 1. Inference. 2. A cue. 3. Back-channeling. 4. Open-ended question. 2. Error in data collection - CORRECT ANSWER A nurse has been interviewing a newly assigned patient. The cues from the assessment suggest that the patient has a problem breathing. The nurse does not validate the findings by doing a physical examination. This is an example of which type of error? 1. Error in data clustering 2. Error in data collection 3. Error in diagnostic statement 4. Error in interpretation and analysis 3. Reassess the patient. 4. Compare assessment findings to validate existing nursing diagnosis 2. Decide if nursing interventions remain appropriate. 1. Review the care plan. - CORRECT ANSWER During the implementation step of the nursing process, a nurse reviews and revises the nursing care plan. Place the following steps of review and revision in the correct order. 1. Review the care plan. 2. Decide if nursing interventions remain appropriate. 3. Reassess the patient. 4. Compare assessment findings to validate existing nursing diagnosis. 1. The nurse assesses the patient's heart rate and compares the value with the last value entered in the medical record. 4. The nurse obtains a blood pressure value that is abnormal and asks the - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following are examples of data validation? (Select all that apply.) 1. The nurse assesses the patient's heart rate and compares the value with the last value entered in the medical record. 2. The nurse asks the patient if he is having pain and then asks him to rate the severity. 3. The nurse observes a patient reading a teaching booklet and asks him if he has any questions about its content. 4. The nurse obtains a blood pressure value that is abnormal and asks the charge nurse to repeat the measurement. 5. The nurse asks the patient to describe a symptom by saying "go on." [Show More]

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