BSNC 2055 FINAL EXAM ALL ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse has recently taken several sick days at work due to health problems. Her
co-worker Tom has told several of the staff that she is off work due to early days of a
pregnancy. The nurse has not confided this information in Tom. Tom's actions are an
example of which of the following?
A. Making a personal attack
B. Making an aggressive gesture
C. Sabotaging the nurse's work
D. Spreading a rumor - ✔✔D. Spreading a rumor
RATIONALE: Tom's actions are an example of uncivil behavior or harassment in the
form of spreading (malicious - depending on the context) gossip or rumors. Tom's
actions highlight an inappropriate comment that could cause the nurse humiliation or
intimidation. Although the other options are examples of bullying and harassment, they
do not reflect Tom's actions in this case.
✔✔Quality safe client care is heavily reliant on which factors?
A. Efficient team performance
B. Effective respectful communication
,C. Constructive conflict management
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
RATIONALE: Treating one another with respect is requisite to communicating
effectively, building community and creating high-functioning teams. Fostering a healthy
practice environment in which health care providers can effectively engage in inter-
professional education and practice hinge on understanding and applying civility in
communication. Client safety is impacted when that factors that underlie incivility are not
recognized and mitigated.
✔✔Uncivil encounters between health care providers may: (select all that apply)
A. Lead to uncertainty and self-doubt
B. Diminish capacity to advocate for clients
C. Impair critical thinking and clinical judgment
D. Lower nurses self-confidence - ✔✔ALL APPLY.
✔✔Simply stated, resilience can be described using which of the following phrases?
A. It is a personal characteristic
B. It is a process of adaptation
C. It is achieved after a challenging experience
D. It refers to the enduring of hardships in life - ✔✔B. It is a process of adaptation
✔✔One of the strategies necessary to resilience in teams is:
A. Individual resilience of each team member
B. Having strict and constant deadlines to achieve
C. Anticipating and planning for challenges
D. Preserving resources by delaying responses to challenges - ✔✔C. Anticipating and
planning for challenges
✔✔Which of the following examples is a marker of team resilience in a team that has
received a very large project to complete with a tight deadline and no new team
members to help with the project?
A. A plan to schedule time off that meets the needs of each team member without
compromising the deadline
B. The development of standard operating procedures (SOP) after experience a
challenging situation.
C. Allowing all team members to work through job related cognitive/emotional/physical
stress individually
, D. Putting standard or basic procedures on hold in the event of a crisis and until it is
resolved. - ✔✔A. A plan to schedule time off that meets the needs of each team
member without compromising the deadline
✔✔There has been a critical incident concerning a patient on the medical unit. After the
incident has passed, what behavior indicates the team is in the process of 'mending'?
A. The team leader encourages each of the health care providers involved to seek
individual counseling
B. The next team meeting is canceled to allow individuals to take time off
C. The manager reminds the team that emergency procedures take priority over
existing standards of practice
D. The team leader calls the team together to conduct a debrief before the end of the
shift. - ✔✔D. The team leader calls the team together to conduct a debrief before the
end of the shift.
✔✔James has just lost his father after a 3 year battle with lung cancer. In order to
understand how James is making meaning of the loss of his father, which of the
following lens should you apply to your analysis? Choose the best answer based on the
information provided here.
A. An intrapersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens
B. An interpersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens
C. An intrapersonal critical feminist lens
D. An intrapersonal post structural lens - ✔✔A. An intrapersonal hermeneutic
phenomenological lens
Rationale: With more information provided regarding James' situation, it is possible that
the other lenses indicated in the alternate answer options could be correct. However,
with the brief information you have about James' situation, the correct answer option is
intrapersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens. See table 2.1 on page 41 of Doane
& Varcoe (2015) for a more detailed explanation of this lens.
✔✔30 year old Patricia, a single mother of 2 young children, is employed as a lawyer at
a local corporate law firm. She began working at her firm 3 years ago, the same time
her fellow law school graduate, Michael took on his position at the same firm. She earns
82% of the yearly salary that Michael earns. Which filter would be best to use when
analyzing the wage gap between Michael and Patricia? Choose the best answer given
based on the information provided here.
A. A critical feminist power analysis
B. A post-structural power analysis
C. A post-colonial power analysis
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse has recently taken several sick days at work due to health problems. Her
co-worker Tom has told several of the staff that she is off work due to early days of a
pregnancy. The nurse has not confided this information in Tom. Tom's actions are an
example of which of the following?
A. Making a personal attack
B. Making an aggressive gesture
C. Sabotaging the nurse's work
D. Spreading a rumor - ✔✔D. Spreading a rumor
RATIONALE: Tom's actions are an example of uncivil behavior or harassment in the
form of spreading (malicious - depending on the context) gossip or rumors. Tom's
actions highlight an inappropriate comment that could cause the nurse humiliation or
intimidation. Although the other options are examples of bullying and harassment, they
do not reflect Tom's actions in this case.
✔✔Quality safe client care is heavily reliant on which factors?
A. Efficient team performance
B. Effective respectful communication
,C. Constructive conflict management
D. All of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
RATIONALE: Treating one another with respect is requisite to communicating
effectively, building community and creating high-functioning teams. Fostering a healthy
practice environment in which health care providers can effectively engage in inter-
professional education and practice hinge on understanding and applying civility in
communication. Client safety is impacted when that factors that underlie incivility are not
recognized and mitigated.
✔✔Uncivil encounters between health care providers may: (select all that apply)
A. Lead to uncertainty and self-doubt
B. Diminish capacity to advocate for clients
C. Impair critical thinking and clinical judgment
D. Lower nurses self-confidence - ✔✔ALL APPLY.
✔✔Simply stated, resilience can be described using which of the following phrases?
A. It is a personal characteristic
B. It is a process of adaptation
C. It is achieved after a challenging experience
D. It refers to the enduring of hardships in life - ✔✔B. It is a process of adaptation
✔✔One of the strategies necessary to resilience in teams is:
A. Individual resilience of each team member
B. Having strict and constant deadlines to achieve
C. Anticipating and planning for challenges
D. Preserving resources by delaying responses to challenges - ✔✔C. Anticipating and
planning for challenges
✔✔Which of the following examples is a marker of team resilience in a team that has
received a very large project to complete with a tight deadline and no new team
members to help with the project?
A. A plan to schedule time off that meets the needs of each team member without
compromising the deadline
B. The development of standard operating procedures (SOP) after experience a
challenging situation.
C. Allowing all team members to work through job related cognitive/emotional/physical
stress individually
, D. Putting standard or basic procedures on hold in the event of a crisis and until it is
resolved. - ✔✔A. A plan to schedule time off that meets the needs of each team
member without compromising the deadline
✔✔There has been a critical incident concerning a patient on the medical unit. After the
incident has passed, what behavior indicates the team is in the process of 'mending'?
A. The team leader encourages each of the health care providers involved to seek
individual counseling
B. The next team meeting is canceled to allow individuals to take time off
C. The manager reminds the team that emergency procedures take priority over
existing standards of practice
D. The team leader calls the team together to conduct a debrief before the end of the
shift. - ✔✔D. The team leader calls the team together to conduct a debrief before the
end of the shift.
✔✔James has just lost his father after a 3 year battle with lung cancer. In order to
understand how James is making meaning of the loss of his father, which of the
following lens should you apply to your analysis? Choose the best answer based on the
information provided here.
A. An intrapersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens
B. An interpersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens
C. An intrapersonal critical feminist lens
D. An intrapersonal post structural lens - ✔✔A. An intrapersonal hermeneutic
phenomenological lens
Rationale: With more information provided regarding James' situation, it is possible that
the other lenses indicated in the alternate answer options could be correct. However,
with the brief information you have about James' situation, the correct answer option is
intrapersonal hermeneutic phenomenological lens. See table 2.1 on page 41 of Doane
& Varcoe (2015) for a more detailed explanation of this lens.
✔✔30 year old Patricia, a single mother of 2 young children, is employed as a lawyer at
a local corporate law firm. She began working at her firm 3 years ago, the same time
her fellow law school graduate, Michael took on his position at the same firm. She earns
82% of the yearly salary that Michael earns. Which filter would be best to use when
analyzing the wage gap between Michael and Patricia? Choose the best answer given
based on the information provided here.
A. A critical feminist power analysis
B. A post-structural power analysis
C. A post-colonial power analysis
