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Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree. She knows that
licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs
come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which statement by the
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nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the effect experience may have on learning?
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a. ―Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.‖
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b. ―Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.‖
―Experience never makes learning more difficult.‖
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d. ―Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.‖
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ANS: A
Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and motivation, but it
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can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
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2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday night. The
student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study.
She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to prepare for the
test. Which response best identifies the student‘s outcome priority?
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a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
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d. Doing well on the test on Friday ANS: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set of
conditions or circumstances.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivation to
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3. A nurse who has been an LPN/LVN for 10 years is meeting with an advisor to discuss the possibility of
taking classes to become an RN. The advisor interprets which statement by the nurse as the driving force
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for returning to school?
―I‘ll need to schedule time to attend classes.‖
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b. ―I‘ll have to budget for paying tuition.‖
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c. ―I‘ll have to rearranging my schedule.‖
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d. ―There is a possibility of advancement into administration.‖
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ANS: D
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Driving forces are those that push toward making the change, as opposed to restraining forces, which are
those that usually present a challenge that needs to be overcome for the change to take place or present a
negative effect the change may initiate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
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OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivations for
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Change
4. An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her lifestyle and has
been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret this behavior as which stage of Lewin‘s
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Change Theory?
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b. Unfreezing
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c. Action
d. Refreezing ANS: B
The patient is in the first phase of Lewin‘s Change Theory, known as unfreezing. This phase involves
determining that a change needs to occur and deciding to take action. Moving is the second phase and
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involves actively planning changes and taking action on them. Refreezing is the last stage, and it occurs
when the change has become a part of the person‘s life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
OBJ: Understand Change Theory and how it applies to becoming an RN. TOP: Change Theory
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Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree. She knows that
licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs
come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which statement by the
e
nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the effect experience may have on learning?
A
a. ―Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.‖
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b. ―Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.‖
―Experience never makes learning more difficult.‖
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c.
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d. ―Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.‖
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ANS: A
Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and motivation, but it
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can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
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2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday night. The
student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she can stay home and study.
She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the library to prepare for the
test. Which response best identifies the student‘s outcome priority?
be
a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation
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d. Doing well on the test on Friday ANS: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set of
conditions or circumstances.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivation to
Learn
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3. A nurse who has been an LPN/LVN for 10 years is meeting with an advisor to discuss the possibility of
taking classes to become an RN. The advisor interprets which statement by the nurse as the driving force
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for returning to school?
―I‘ll need to schedule time to attend classes.‖
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a.
b. ―I‘ll have to budget for paying tuition.‖
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c. ―I‘ll have to rearranging my schedule.‖
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d. ―There is a possibility of advancement into administration.‖
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ANS: D
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Driving forces are those that push toward making the change, as opposed to restraining forces, which are
those that usually present a challenge that needs to be overcome for the change to take place or present a
negative effect the change may initiate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
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OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP: Motivations for
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Change
4. An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her lifestyle and has
been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret this behavior as which stage of Lewin‘s
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Change Theory?
a. Moving
b. Unfreezing
be
c. Action
d. Refreezing ANS: B
The patient is in the first phase of Lewin‘s Change Theory, known as unfreezing. This phase involves
determining that a change needs to occur and deciding to take action. Moving is the second phase and
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involves actively planning changes and taking action on them. Refreezing is the last stage, and it occurs
when the change has become a part of the person‘s life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
OBJ: Understand Change Theory and how it applies to becoming an RN. TOP: Change Theory
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