NR 222 Exam 1 – Questions With Correct Solutions
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You are participating in a clinical care D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
coordination conference for a patient patient care
with terminal cancer. You talk with your
colleagues about using the nursing When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified
code of ethics for professional service according to standards of practice and to follow
registered nurses to guide care a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical
decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you
about this code. Which of the following will use to provide care for your patients. The code
statements best describes this code? serves as a guide for carrying out nursing
responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the
A. Improves self-health care ethical obligations of the profession.
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and
wrong to provide patient care
,An 18-year-old woman is in the C. Assessment
emergency department with fever and
cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data
auscultates her lung sounds, listens to pertinent to the patient's health and/or the situation.
her heart sounds, determines her level
of comfort, and collects blood and
sputum samples for analysis. Which
standard of practice is performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
A patient in the emergency department D. Implementation
has developed wheezing and shortness
of breath. The nurse gives the ordered Implementation is completing coordinating care and the
medicated nebulizer treatment now and prescribed plan of care.
in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
,A nurse is caring for a patient with end- B. Advocate
stage lung disease. The patient wants to
go home on oxygen and be An advocate protects the patient's human and legal
comfortable. The family wants the right to make choices about his or her care. An
patient to have a new surgical advocate may also provide additional information to
procedure. The nurse explains the risk help a patient decide whether or not to accept a
and benefits of the surgery to the family treatment or find an interpreter to help family members
and discusses the patient's wishes with communicate their concerns.
the family. The nurse is acting as the
patient's:
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager
Evidence-based practice is defined as: C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best
current evidence with clinical practice
A. Nursing care based on tradition
B. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and Evidence-based practice integrates best current
biomedical research literature evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family
C. A problem-solving approach that preferences and values for delivery of optimal health
integrates best current evidence with care.
clinical practice
D. Quality nursing care provided in an
efficient and economically sound
manner
, The examination for registered nurse D. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a
licensure is exactly the same in every registered nurse in practice
state in the United States. This
examination: Registered nurse (RN) candidates must pass the
NCLEX-RN® that the individual State Boards of Nursing
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all administer. Regardless of educational preparation, the
patients examination for RN licensure is exactly the same in
B. Ensures standard nursing care for all every state in the United States. This provides a
patients standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
C. Ensures that honest and ethical care
is provided
D. Provides a minimal standard of
knowledge for a registered nurse in
practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the A. Caregiver
nurse has knowledge and skills for a B. Autonomy and accountability
variety of professional roles and C. Patient advocate
responsibilities. Which of the following D. Health promotion
are examples? (Select all that apply.) E. Lobbyist
A. Caregiver Each of these roles includes activities for the
B. Autonomy and accountability professional nurse. Each of these is used in direct care
C. Patient advocate or is part of professionalism that guides nursing
D. Health promotion practice. Some nurses are lobbyists, but being a
E. Lobbyist lobbyist is not expected of all professional nurses
Advanced practice registered nurses A. Function independently
generally:
Advanced practice registered nurse functions
A. Function independently independently as a clinician, educator, case manager,
B. Function as unit directors consultant, and researcher within his or her area of
C. Work in acute care settings practice to plan or improve the quality of nursing care
D. Work in the university setting for the patient and family.
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You are participating in a clinical care D. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide
coordination conference for a patient patient care
with terminal cancer. You talk with your
colleagues about using the nursing When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified
code of ethics for professional service according to standards of practice and to follow
registered nurses to guide care a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical
decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you
about this code. Which of the following will use to provide care for your patients. The code
statements best describes this code? serves as a guide for carrying out nursing
responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the
A. Improves self-health care ethical obligations of the profession.
B. Protects the patient's confidentiality
C. Ensures identical care to all patients
D. Defines the principles of right and
wrong to provide patient care
,An 18-year-old woman is in the C. Assessment
emergency department with fever and
cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data
auscultates her lung sounds, listens to pertinent to the patient's health and/or the situation.
her heart sounds, determines her level
of comfort, and collects blood and
sputum samples for analysis. Which
standard of practice is performed?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
A patient in the emergency department D. Implementation
has developed wheezing and shortness
of breath. The nurse gives the ordered Implementation is completing coordinating care and the
medicated nebulizer treatment now and prescribed plan of care.
in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
A. Planning
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
,A nurse is caring for a patient with end- B. Advocate
stage lung disease. The patient wants to
go home on oxygen and be An advocate protects the patient's human and legal
comfortable. The family wants the right to make choices about his or her care. An
patient to have a new surgical advocate may also provide additional information to
procedure. The nurse explains the risk help a patient decide whether or not to accept a
and benefits of the surgery to the family treatment or find an interpreter to help family members
and discusses the patient's wishes with communicate their concerns.
the family. The nurse is acting as the
patient's:
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Case manager
Evidence-based practice is defined as: C. A problem-solving approach that integrates best
current evidence with clinical practice
A. Nursing care based on tradition
B. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and Evidence-based practice integrates best current
biomedical research literature evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family
C. A problem-solving approach that preferences and values for delivery of optimal health
integrates best current evidence with care.
clinical practice
D. Quality nursing care provided in an
efficient and economically sound
manner
, The examination for registered nurse D. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a
licensure is exactly the same in every registered nurse in practice
state in the United States. This
examination: Registered nurse (RN) candidates must pass the
NCLEX-RN® that the individual State Boards of Nursing
A. Guarantees safe nursing care for all administer. Regardless of educational preparation, the
patients examination for RN licensure is exactly the same in
B. Ensures standard nursing care for all every state in the United States. This provides a
patients standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses.
C. Ensures that honest and ethical care
is provided
D. Provides a minimal standard of
knowledge for a registered nurse in
practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the A. Caregiver
nurse has knowledge and skills for a B. Autonomy and accountability
variety of professional roles and C. Patient advocate
responsibilities. Which of the following D. Health promotion
are examples? (Select all that apply.) E. Lobbyist
A. Caregiver Each of these roles includes activities for the
B. Autonomy and accountability professional nurse. Each of these is used in direct care
C. Patient advocate or is part of professionalism that guides nursing
D. Health promotion practice. Some nurses are lobbyists, but being a
E. Lobbyist lobbyist is not expected of all professional nurses
Advanced practice registered nurses A. Function independently
generally:
Advanced practice registered nurse functions
A. Function independently independently as a clinician, educator, case manager,
B. Function as unit directors consultant, and researcher within his or her area of
C. Work in acute care settings practice to plan or improve the quality of nursing care
D. Work in the university setting for the patient and family.
