HAP (HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA)
FINAL – PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Nursing is best exemplified by which of the following definitions of health?
a. Biomedical
b. Prevention
c. Holistic
d. Wellness
2. According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes:
a. An optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
b. The absence of disease.
c. The response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
d. The internal and external environment.
3. What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and
often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures?
a. Episodic
b. Follow-up
c. Emergency
d. Complete
4. A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
a. A person’s state of health
b. The response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems
c. A person’s culture
d. The cause of disease
5. An example of subjective data is:
a. Decreased range of motion
b. Crepitation in the left knee joint
c. Left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days
d. Arthritis
6. What type of database is most appropriate for an individual who is admitted to a long-term
care facility?
a. Episodic
b. Follow-up
c. Emergency
d. Complete
7. Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused or problem-
centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility
b. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
c. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath
d. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day
8. Which of the following is an example of objective data?
, a. Alert and oriented
b. Dizziness
c. An earache
d. A sore throat
9. A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
a. A concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness
b. A determination of the etiology of a disease
c. A pattern of coping
d. An individual’s perception of health
10. A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based
on an admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level
priority?
a. Ineffective self-health management
b. Impaired gas exchange
c. Risk for infection
d. Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
11. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. Severely abnormal vital signs
12. Spirituality is defied as:
a. Participating in religious services on a regular basis
b. A personal effort to find meaning and purpose in life
c. The process of being raised within a culture
d. A social group that claims to possess variable traits
13. The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the
development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background
b. Learned through language acquisition and socialization
c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary
d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics
14. Which of the following symptoms is greatly influenced by a person’s cultural heritage?
a. Hearing loss
b. Breast lump
c. Food intolerance
d. Pain
15. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health is essential
because:
a. Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment
b. The majority of deaths among americans under age 65 years are not preventable
, c. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior
d. The means to prevention is through treatment provided by primary health care
practitioners
16. Which of the following statements regarding language barriers and health care is true?
a. There is a law that addresses language barriers and health care
b. Limited english proficiency is associated with a higher quality of care
c. English proficiency is associated with a lower quality of care
d. Patients with language barriers have a decreased risk of nonadherence to
medication regimens
17. The first step to cultural competency by a nurse is to:
a. Identify the meaning of health to the patient
b. Understand how a health care delivery system works
c. Develop a frame of reference as to traditional healing practices
d. Understand his or her own heritage and cultural values
18. During an assessment, the nurse notices that a patient is handling a small charm that is tied
to a leather strip around his neck. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
a. Ask the patient about the item and its significance
b. Ask the patient to lock the item with other valuables in the hospital’s safe
c. Tell the patient that a family member should take valuables home
d. No action is necessary
19. When preparing the physical setting for an interview, the interviewer should:
a. Set the room temperature between 64° f and 66° f
b. Reduce noise by turning the volume on the television or radio down
c. Conduct the interview at eye level and at a distance of 4 to 5 feet
d. Stand next to the patient to convey a professional demeanor
20. Viewing the world from another person’s inner frame of reference is called:
a. Reflection
b. Empathy
c. Sympathy
d. Clarification
21. Parents or caretakers accompany children to the health care setting. Starting at years of
age, the interviewer asks the child directly about his or her presenting symptoms.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
22. Which of the following statements made by the interviewer would be an appropriate
response?
a. “i know just how you feel.”
b. “if i were you, i would have the surgery.”
c. “why did you wait so long to make an appointment?”
FINAL – PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. Nursing is best exemplified by which of the following definitions of health?
a. Biomedical
b. Prevention
c. Holistic
d. Wellness
2. According to the holistic model, a narrow definition of holistic health includes:
a. An optimal functioning of mind, body, and spirit within the environment.
b. The absence of disease.
c. The response of the whole person to actual or potential problems.
d. The internal and external environment.
3. What type of database is most appropriate when rapid collection of data is required and
often compiled concurrently with lifesaving measures?
a. Episodic
b. Follow-up
c. Emergency
d. Complete
4. A medical diagnosis is used to evaluate:
a. A person’s state of health
b. The response of the whole person to actual or potential health problems
c. A person’s culture
d. The cause of disease
5. An example of subjective data is:
a. Decreased range of motion
b. Crepitation in the left knee joint
c. Left knee has been swollen and hot for the past 3 days
d. Arthritis
6. What type of database is most appropriate for an individual who is admitted to a long-term
care facility?
a. Episodic
b. Follow-up
c. Emergency
d. Complete
7. Which situation is most appropriate during which the nurse performs a focused or problem-
centered history?
a. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility
b. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
c. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath
d. Patient is admitted to the hospital for surgery the following day
8. Which of the following is an example of objective data?
, a. Alert and oriented
b. Dizziness
c. An earache
d. A sore throat
9. A nursing diagnosis is best described as:
a. A concise statement of actual or potential health concerns or level of wellness
b. A determination of the etiology of a disease
c. A pattern of coping
d. An individual’s perception of health
10. A patient admitted to the hospital with asthma has the following problems identified based
on an admission health history and physical assessment. Which problem is a first-level
priority?
a. Ineffective self-health management
b. Impaired gas exchange
c. Risk for infection
d. Readiness for enhanced spiritual well-being
11. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. Severely abnormal vital signs
12. Spirituality is defied as:
a. Participating in religious services on a regular basis
b. A personal effort to find meaning and purpose in life
c. The process of being raised within a culture
d. A social group that claims to possess variable traits
13. The nurse is reviewing the development of culture. Which statement is correct regarding the
development of one’s culture? Culture is:
a. Genetically determined on the basis of racial background
b. Learned through language acquisition and socialization
c. A nonspecific phenomenon and is adaptive but unnecessary
d. Biologically determined on the basis of physical characteristics
14. Which of the following symptoms is greatly influenced by a person’s cultural heritage?
a. Hearing loss
b. Breast lump
c. Food intolerance
d. Pain
15. The nurse recognizes that the concept of prevention in describing health is essential
because:
a. Disease can be prevented by treating the external environment
b. The majority of deaths among americans under age 65 years are not preventable
, c. Prevention places the emphasis on the link between health and personal
behavior
d. The means to prevention is through treatment provided by primary health care
practitioners
16. Which of the following statements regarding language barriers and health care is true?
a. There is a law that addresses language barriers and health care
b. Limited english proficiency is associated with a higher quality of care
c. English proficiency is associated with a lower quality of care
d. Patients with language barriers have a decreased risk of nonadherence to
medication regimens
17. The first step to cultural competency by a nurse is to:
a. Identify the meaning of health to the patient
b. Understand how a health care delivery system works
c. Develop a frame of reference as to traditional healing practices
d. Understand his or her own heritage and cultural values
18. During an assessment, the nurse notices that a patient is handling a small charm that is tied
to a leather strip around his neck. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
a. Ask the patient about the item and its significance
b. Ask the patient to lock the item with other valuables in the hospital’s safe
c. Tell the patient that a family member should take valuables home
d. No action is necessary
19. When preparing the physical setting for an interview, the interviewer should:
a. Set the room temperature between 64° f and 66° f
b. Reduce noise by turning the volume on the television or radio down
c. Conduct the interview at eye level and at a distance of 4 to 5 feet
d. Stand next to the patient to convey a professional demeanor
20. Viewing the world from another person’s inner frame of reference is called:
a. Reflection
b. Empathy
c. Sympathy
d. Clarification
21. Parents or caretakers accompany children to the health care setting. Starting at years of
age, the interviewer asks the child directly about his or her presenting symptoms.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 11
22. Which of the following statements made by the interviewer would be an appropriate
response?
a. “i know just how you feel.”
b. “if i were you, i would have the surgery.”
c. “why did you wait so long to make an appointment?”
