DOS Midterm Questions With Complete Solutions
4 areas of nursing practice: Correct Answers Promoting Health
and Wellness
Preventing Illness
Restoring Health
Caring for the Dying
A nurse is taking care of a pediatric client who has undergone
surgery for a ruptured appendix. Postoperatively, the nurse is
reluctant to administer any analgesics to her client because she
believes children experience pain less than adults do. What does
her belief exemplify?
A. A philosophical inquiry.
B. An ethical opinion.
C. An assumption.
D. A physiological fact. Correct Answers C. An assumption.
Explanation:
An assumption is a belief taken for granted without evidence
that has been systematically generated. In this case, the nurse
incorrectly assumes children experience pain less than adults do,
which influences her nursing judgment.
Client Factors (Decisions about the utilization of an RN and an
RPN are influenced by): Correct Answers 1. Complexity:
- the degree to which a client's condition and care requirements
are identifiable and established
-The sum of the variables influencing a client's current health
status, and
,-The variability of a client's condition or care requirements.
2. Predictability:
-The extent to which a client's outcomes and future care
requirements can be anticipated.
3. Risk of negative outcomes:
-The likelihood that a client will experience a negative outcome
as a result of the client's health condition or as a response to
treatment.
CNO Practice Standard
(Relationships) Correct Answers Each nurse establishes and
maintains respectful, collaborative, therapeutic and professional
relationships.
CNO Practice Standards
(Continuing Competence) Correct Answers Each nurse
maintains and continually improves her/his competence by
participating in the College of Nurses of Ontario's Quality
Assurance (QA) Program
CNO Practice Standards
(Accountability) Correct Answers Each nurse is accountable to
the public and responsible for ensuring that her/his practice and
conduct meets legislative requirements and the standards of the
profession.
CNO Practice Standards
(Ethics) Correct Answers Each nurse understands, upholds and
promotes the values and beliefs described in CNO's Ethics
practice standard
, CNO Practice Standards
(Knowledge) Correct Answers Each nurse possesses, through
basic education and continuing learning, knowledge relevant to
her/his professional practice
CNO Professional Standards
(Knowledge Application) Correct Answers Each nurse
continually improves the application of professional knowledge.
CNO Professional Standards
(Leadership) Correct Answers Each nurse demonstrates her/his
leadership by providing, facilitating and promoting the best
possible care/service to the public.
Code of conduct six principles: Correct Answers 1. Nurses
respect the dignity of patients and treat them as individuals
2. Nurses work together to promote patient well-being
3. Nurses maintain patients' trust by providing safe and
competent care
4. Nurses work respectfully with colleagues to best meet
patients' needs
5. Nurses act with integrity to maintain patients' trust
6. Nurses maintain public confidence in the nursing profession.
Entry to practice competencies Correct Answers 1. Entry-level
RPNs possess the knowledge required to demonstrate the wide
range of competencies in this document.
2. Entry-level RPNs are beginning practitioners whose level of
autonomy and proficiency will grow through collaboration and
support from the interprofessional health care team.
4 areas of nursing practice: Correct Answers Promoting Health
and Wellness
Preventing Illness
Restoring Health
Caring for the Dying
A nurse is taking care of a pediatric client who has undergone
surgery for a ruptured appendix. Postoperatively, the nurse is
reluctant to administer any analgesics to her client because she
believes children experience pain less than adults do. What does
her belief exemplify?
A. A philosophical inquiry.
B. An ethical opinion.
C. An assumption.
D. A physiological fact. Correct Answers C. An assumption.
Explanation:
An assumption is a belief taken for granted without evidence
that has been systematically generated. In this case, the nurse
incorrectly assumes children experience pain less than adults do,
which influences her nursing judgment.
Client Factors (Decisions about the utilization of an RN and an
RPN are influenced by): Correct Answers 1. Complexity:
- the degree to which a client's condition and care requirements
are identifiable and established
-The sum of the variables influencing a client's current health
status, and
,-The variability of a client's condition or care requirements.
2. Predictability:
-The extent to which a client's outcomes and future care
requirements can be anticipated.
3. Risk of negative outcomes:
-The likelihood that a client will experience a negative outcome
as a result of the client's health condition or as a response to
treatment.
CNO Practice Standard
(Relationships) Correct Answers Each nurse establishes and
maintains respectful, collaborative, therapeutic and professional
relationships.
CNO Practice Standards
(Continuing Competence) Correct Answers Each nurse
maintains and continually improves her/his competence by
participating in the College of Nurses of Ontario's Quality
Assurance (QA) Program
CNO Practice Standards
(Accountability) Correct Answers Each nurse is accountable to
the public and responsible for ensuring that her/his practice and
conduct meets legislative requirements and the standards of the
profession.
CNO Practice Standards
(Ethics) Correct Answers Each nurse understands, upholds and
promotes the values and beliefs described in CNO's Ethics
practice standard
, CNO Practice Standards
(Knowledge) Correct Answers Each nurse possesses, through
basic education and continuing learning, knowledge relevant to
her/his professional practice
CNO Professional Standards
(Knowledge Application) Correct Answers Each nurse
continually improves the application of professional knowledge.
CNO Professional Standards
(Leadership) Correct Answers Each nurse demonstrates her/his
leadership by providing, facilitating and promoting the best
possible care/service to the public.
Code of conduct six principles: Correct Answers 1. Nurses
respect the dignity of patients and treat them as individuals
2. Nurses work together to promote patient well-being
3. Nurses maintain patients' trust by providing safe and
competent care
4. Nurses work respectfully with colleagues to best meet
patients' needs
5. Nurses act with integrity to maintain patients' trust
6. Nurses maintain public confidence in the nursing profession.
Entry to practice competencies Correct Answers 1. Entry-level
RPNs possess the knowledge required to demonstrate the wide
range of competencies in this document.
2. Entry-level RPNs are beginning practitioners whose level of
autonomy and proficiency will grow through collaboration and
support from the interprofessional health care team.
