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Test Bank for LPN to RN Transitions 5th Edition By Lora Claywell Chapter 1-18 Complete Guide A+ 7972, 6 1. Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future 2. Assessing Yourself and Designing Success 3. Study Habits and Test-Taking Skills 4. Distinguishing the RN Role from the LPN/LVN Role 5. Using Nursing Theory to Guide Professional Practice 6. Providing Patient-Centered Care Through the Nursing Process 7. Critical and Diagnostic Thinking for Better Clinical Judgment 8. Practicing Evidence-Based Decision Making 9. Communicating with Patients and Co-Workers 10. Teaching Patients and Their Families 11. The Nurses, Ideas, and Forces That Define the Profession 12. Upholding Legal and Ethical Principles 13. Care and Safety Standards, Competence, and Nurse Accountability 14. Leading, Delegating, and Collaborating 15. Promoting Healthful Living in the Primary Care Setting 16. Managing Care in Secondary and Tertiary Health Care 17. Reflecting on Your Transition 18. Passing the NCLEX-RNThis document contains a comprehensive test bank covering Chapters 1 through 18 of LPN to RN Transitions (5th Edition) by Claywell (2022). It includes a wide range of practice questions with answers designed to assess knowledge and skills needed for the transition from practical nursing to registered nursing. The material covers foundational topics such as role transition, professional identity, scope of practice, critical thinking, and clinical judgment. It further explores nursing leadership, delegation, communication, prioritization, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care. Additional content addresses legal and ethical responsibilities, healthcare systems, teamwork, professional accountability, and management of increasingly complex patient-care situations, providing broad coverage of all 18 chapters and supporting successful transition to RN practice.

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TEST BANK
LPN to RN Transitions, 5th Edition(Claywell, 2022), Chapters 1 - 18

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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,CHAPTER 01: HONORING YOUR PAST, PLAN
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NING YOUR FUTURE
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1. 1. A student interested in becoming a registered nurse is meeting with a nursing advisor. S
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he is aware that students aspiring to become registered nurses (RNs) who are licensed pra
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ctical nurses or license vocational nurses (LPN/LVNs) bring past knowledge and compreh
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ension to the classroom. Which of the nursing advisor's statements best captures her com
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prehension of the potential impact experience may have on learning?
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a. “Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.” ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga ga



b. “Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.” ga ga ga ga ga ga ga



c. “Experience never makes learning more difficult.” ga ga ga ga ga



d. “Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.”
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Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight
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and motivation, but it can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation fo
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r defining theself.
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OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
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2. It is currently Wednesday night, and on Friday morning there is a cardiovascular system te
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st. Thursday night, the student took a vacation day from work so she could remain home a
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nd study. On Thursday morning, she might skip her exercise class and head to the library t
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o get ready for the test. Which answer best sums up the importance of the student's outcom
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e?

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c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation ga ga ga ga ga



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The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time
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within aset of conditions or circumstances.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application ga ga



OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning t
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o school.TOP: Motivation to Learn
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3. 3. A nurse who has worked for ten years as an LPN/LVN is meeting with an advisor to talk
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about the prospect of enrolling in programs to become an RN. Which of the nurse's state
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ments does the adviser interpret as the motivation behind going back to school?
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a. “I’ll need to schedule time to attend classes.”
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b. “I’ll have to budget for paying tuition.”
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c. “I’ll have to rearranging my schedule.”
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d. “There is a possibility of advancement into administration.”
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, Driving forces are those that push toward making the change, as opposed to restraini
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ng forces,which are those that usually present a challenge that needs to be overcome
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for the change to take place or present a negative effect the change may initiate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application ga ga



OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning t
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o school.TOP: Motivations for Change
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4. An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her
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lifestyleand has been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret t
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his behavior as which stage of Lewin’s Change Theory?
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a. Moving
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c. Action
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The patient is in the first phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, known as unfreezing. This
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phase involves determining that a change needs to occur and deciding to take action.
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Moving is the second phase and involves actively planning changes and taking action
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on them. Refreezing isthe last stage, and it occurs when the change has become a par
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t of the person’s life.
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OBJ: Understand Change Theory and how it applies to becoming
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an RN.TOP: Change Theory
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5. An LPN is talking with her clinical instructor about her decision to return to school to
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ga becomean RN. The clinical instructor iN
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which statement?
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b. “I want to better my financial situation.”
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c. “I really enjoy school.” ga ga ga



d. “I would like to advance to a teaching role someday.”
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The outcome priority is the essential need that must be addressed, determined by int
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ernal andexternal factors, such as needing to better a financial situation. The other s
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tatements indicate reasons for returning to school, but they are not essential needs o
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r issues to be addressed.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis ga ga



OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
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6. A nurse notices a posting for a management position for which she is qualified. If the
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nurse isin the moving phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, which statement reflects the
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action she is most likely to take?
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a. Does nothing to obtain the position ga ga ga ga ga



b. Applies for the position ga ga ga



c. Identifies that change is needed ga ga ga ga



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ANSWER: B ga

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