WGU D446 Final Exam V2 / D446 Adult Health II OA
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You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation,
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered
Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which statement
best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home
on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical
procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the operation to the family and
discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2. Advocate
,The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1. Educator
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United States. This
examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all pre-licensure programs
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these
roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
,3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the life span
1. Clinical nurse specialist-b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as
adult diabetes care
2. Nurse anesthetist-d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients
across the life span
3. Nurse practitioner-c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting,
directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
4. Nurse-midwife-a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological
services
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these models is
expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
, 3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position
patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in urinary
tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to review the
literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk
patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Safety
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure injury
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure injury risk.
Review Guide | Latest Update | Questions
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Solutions
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care
coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation,
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered
Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which statement
best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home
on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical
procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the operation to the family and
discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
2. Advocate
,The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing change procedure
for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
1. Educator
The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the United States. This
examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all pre-licensure programs
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these
roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
,3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the
medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the life span
1. Clinical nurse specialist-b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as
adult diabetes care
2. Nurse anesthetist-d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients
across the life span
3. Nurse practitioner-c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting,
directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
4. Nurse-midwife-a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological
services
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these models is
expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
, 3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention model
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position
patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
4. Quality improvement
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in urinary
tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to review the
literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk
patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
2. Safety
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure injury
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure injury risk.
