NSG 3180 WEEK 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the patient about
cultural issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of - Answers -
environment.
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an example of
which pattern of knowledge? - Answers - Empirical
The central constructs of person, environment, health, and nursing are found in all
nursing theories and models and are referred to as - Answers - nursing's metaparadigm.
When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of
the following characteristics of nursing except - Answers - historically nursing is as old
as mankind
When communicating with a patient's physician, the nurse suggests ordering a STAT
chest X-ray for a patient who is experiencing dyspnea. This is an example of which
component of the SBAR format for communicating with the patient's physician? -
Answers - Recommendation
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the nurse
manager emphasizes the importance of communication that is (Select all that apply.) -
Answers - clear, timely, accurate, unambiguious
The nurse manager is educating the unit staff about ways to promote safer clinical
practice. The nurse manager emphasizes that this can be done through the
incorporation of which of the following? (Select all that apply.) - Answers - collaboration
and cooperation
The nurse manager sets a goal to establish a new safety culture on a hospital unit. The
nurse manager recognizes that basic components in establishing a new safety culture
include - Answers - support of effective health care teamwork.
A nurse is required to provide all information specific to a prescribed treatment, and
offer the chance to ask questions or share concerns before requesting a signature on a
consent form to which client? - Answers - A physically disabled 30-year-old.
A 16-year-old trauma victim arrives in the emergency department with a life-threatening
condition and requires emergency surgery. The nurse knows that - Answers - surgery
can be performed without consent
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the patient about
cultural issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of - Answers -
environment.
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an example of
which pattern of knowledge? - Answers - Empirical
The central constructs of person, environment, health, and nursing are found in all
nursing theories and models and are referred to as - Answers - nursing's metaparadigm.
When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all of
the following characteristics of nursing except - Answers - historically nursing is as old
as mankind
When communicating with a patient's physician, the nurse suggests ordering a STAT
chest X-ray for a patient who is experiencing dyspnea. This is an example of which
component of the SBAR format for communicating with the patient's physician? -
Answers - Recommendation
When educating staff about how to reduce errors and increase safety, the nurse
manager emphasizes the importance of communication that is (Select all that apply.) -
Answers - clear, timely, accurate, unambiguious
The nurse manager is educating the unit staff about ways to promote safer clinical
practice. The nurse manager emphasizes that this can be done through the
incorporation of which of the following? (Select all that apply.) - Answers - collaboration
and cooperation
The nurse manager sets a goal to establish a new safety culture on a hospital unit. The
nurse manager recognizes that basic components in establishing a new safety culture
include - Answers - support of effective health care teamwork.
A nurse is required to provide all information specific to a prescribed treatment, and
offer the chance to ask questions or share concerns before requesting a signature on a
consent form to which client? - Answers - A physically disabled 30-year-old.
A 16-year-old trauma victim arrives in the emergency department with a life-threatening
condition and requires emergency surgery. The nurse knows that - Answers - surgery
can be performed without consent
