NURS 212 Practice Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!!

NURS 212 Practice Comprehensive Resource To Help You Ace Exams Includes Frequently Tested Questions With ELABORATED 100% Correct COMPLETE SOLUTIONS Guaranteed Pass First Attempt!! Current Update!! 1. A nurse observes a patient lying rigidly in bed taking shallow breaths. The patient reports a 4 out of 5 on the pain scale and says "my leg hurts." The nurse determines that together, the objective and subjective data are: - Correct Answer: congruent and support that the patient is in pain 2. A nurse manager tells you, "I am here for you anytime you need me, just stop by" but her door is always closed. Is this congruent or incongruent? - Correct Answer: incongruent 3. Describe the nursing process. - Correct Answer: a process used to identify and solve patient problems 4. The nurse is admitting a patient for surgery. The patient is twisting a handkerchief over and over while saying, "I'm going to have a little mole removed. I am not worried. I've never been sick, so I'll be fine." The nurse finds the following during her physical assessment: BP is 150/90, temperature is 98.6, pulse is 88, respiration rate is 20, and there are red pigmented pea sized areas on her shoulder. Which of the following is OBJECTIVE data? (SATA) - Correct Answer: 1. Twisting handkerchief 2. BP, pulse, temperature, respiration rate, pigmented pea sized areas on her shoulder 5. The nurse is admitting a patient for surgery. The patient is twisting a handkerchief over and over while saying, "I'm going to have a little mole removed. I am not worried. I've never been sick, so I'll be fine." The nurse finds the following during her physical assessment: BP is 150/90, temperature is 98.6, pulse is 88, respiration rate is 20, and there are red pigmented pea sized areas on her shoulder. Which of the following is SUBJECTIVE data? - Correct Answer: "I'm going to have a little mole removed. I am not worried. I've never been sick, so I'll be fine." 6. If you're taking BP on a patient and it is very high, and the physician calls you and asks about the BP and you say it is high, why is this an issue? - Correct Answer: It is an interpretation - you need to give an objective measure. (even though your interpretation is correct) 7. A well cultivated critical thinker is an individual who does which of the following? (SATA) - Correct Answer: raises questions recognizes alternative ways to see problems 8. The nurse and patient may experience sadness during the termination phase. how can a nurse help the patient be successful during this phase? - Correct Answer: emphasize the achievements the patient has made, including the ability for self-care (no gifts, no visits, no contact info) 9. SATA: Kelly's Characteristics of a Profession (8) - Correct Answer: - The services provided are vital to humanity and the welfare of society - There is a special body of knowledge that is continually enlarged through research - The services involve intellectual activities; individual responsibility/accountability is a strong feature - Practitioners are educated in institutions of higher learning - Practitioners are relatively independent and control their own policies and activities (autonomy) - Practitioners are motivated by altruism and consider their work and important component of their lives - There is a code of ethics to guide the decisions and conduct of practitioners - There is an association/organization that encourages and supports high standards of practice 10. One of the most important outcomes of the orientation phase is: - Correct Answer: TRUST