NURS 330 - Exam 1 Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional 1. To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
nurse. What is one of these goals? 2. to prevent illness
3. to treat human responses to health or illness
4. to promote health
What are the areas of independent nursing practice? - Deciding when physical procedures should be performed on a patient
- Deciding when client teaching is necessary
- Deciding when a client needs to be turned
* Independent nursing interventions include client teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures such as turning patients or assisting
them with ambulation
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an Participating in a client care conference
example of direct care?
- Direct care - is to help restore health for clients with illness in hospitals, clinics,
long-term care facilities, and schools
What are the primary frameworks used in conducting a 1. head-to-toe
health assessment? 2. functional
3. body systems
What is a required component of a health assessment? Critical thinking
An older adult client had a hip replacement surgery 2 Nursing intervention
days ago. The nurse enters the client's room and
encourages the client to use the incentive spirometer ten
times every hour. What is this action an example of?
The RN is implementing which level of intervention when Primary intervention
administering immunizations at a pediatric clinic?
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care 4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is complaining of shortness
situation? of breath
1. answering the client's call bell alarm while the nursing
assistant is at lunch
2. Notifying the healthcare provider of a critical lab result
3. Transcribing medication orders onto the nurse's
medication administration record
4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is
complaining of shortness of breath
An adult client is brought to the ED by ambulance and is Open the client's airway
anxious and very short of breath. While the nurse is
completing the emergency assessment, the client stops
breathing. What is the first action of the nurse?
CORRECT Answers
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional 1. To advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations
nurse. What is one of these goals? 2. to prevent illness
3. to treat human responses to health or illness
4. to promote health
What are the areas of independent nursing practice? - Deciding when physical procedures should be performed on a patient
- Deciding when client teaching is necessary
- Deciding when a client needs to be turned
* Independent nursing interventions include client teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures such as turning patients or assisting
them with ambulation
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an Participating in a client care conference
example of direct care?
- Direct care - is to help restore health for clients with illness in hospitals, clinics,
long-term care facilities, and schools
What are the primary frameworks used in conducting a 1. head-to-toe
health assessment? 2. functional
3. body systems
What is a required component of a health assessment? Critical thinking
An older adult client had a hip replacement surgery 2 Nursing intervention
days ago. The nurse enters the client's room and
encourages the client to use the incentive spirometer ten
times every hour. What is this action an example of?
The RN is implementing which level of intervention when Primary intervention
administering immunizations at a pediatric clinic?
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care 4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is complaining of shortness
situation? of breath
1. answering the client's call bell alarm while the nursing
assistant is at lunch
2. Notifying the healthcare provider of a critical lab result
3. Transcribing medication orders onto the nurse's
medication administration record
4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is
complaining of shortness of breath
An adult client is brought to the ED by ambulance and is Open the client's airway
anxious and very short of breath. While the nurse is
completing the emergency assessment, the client stops
breathing. What is the first action of the nurse?
