NUR 108 Module 2 – Study Guide and Exam Review Material
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The
nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's
wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's: - correct answer ✔✔Advocate
A nurse is preparing medications for a patient. The nurse checks the name of the medication on
the label with the name of the medication on the doctor's order. At the bedside the nurse
checks the patient's name against the medication order as well. The nurse is following which
critical thinking attitude: - correct answer ✔✔Responsible
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 as the manual
recommends and begins to insert the catheter. This is an example of: - correct answer ✔✔Basic
critical thinking
The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to fall asleep?
Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions would likely occur during
which phase of a patient-centered interview? - correct answer ✔✔Working phase
A nurse enters a 72-year-old patient's home and begins to observe her behaviors and examine
her physical condition. The nurse learns that the patient lives alone and notices bruising on the
patient's leg. When watching the patient walk, the nurse notes that she has an unsteady gait
and leans to one side. The patient admits to having fallen in the past. The nurse identifies the
patient as having the nursing diagnosis of Risk for Falls. This scenario is an example of: - correct
answer ✔✔Diagnostic reasoning
During a visit to the clinic, a patient tells the nurse that he has been having headaches on and
off for a week. The headaches sometimes make him feel nauseated. Which of the following
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The
nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's
wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's: - correct answer ✔✔Advocate
A nurse is preparing medications for a patient. The nurse checks the name of the medication on
the label with the name of the medication on the doctor's order. At the bedside the nurse
checks the patient's name against the medication order as well. The nurse is following which
critical thinking attitude: - correct answer ✔✔Responsible
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 as the manual
recommends and begins to insert the catheter. This is an example of: - correct answer ✔✔Basic
critical thinking
The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to fall asleep?
Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions would likely occur during
which phase of a patient-centered interview? - correct answer ✔✔Working phase
A nurse enters a 72-year-old patient's home and begins to observe her behaviors and examine
her physical condition. The nurse learns that the patient lives alone and notices bruising on the
patient's leg. When watching the patient walk, the nurse notes that she has an unsteady gait
and leans to one side. The patient admits to having fallen in the past. The nurse identifies the
patient as having the nursing diagnosis of Risk for Falls. This scenario is an example of: - correct
answer ✔✔Diagnostic reasoning
During a visit to the clinic, a patient tells the nurse that he has been having headaches on and
off for a week. The headaches sometimes make him feel nauseated. Which of the following
