Nursing 130 - Practice Test 1
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(GRADED A)
d - ANSWER You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal
cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered
nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
a. Improves self-health care
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
c - ANSWER An 18-yr old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples analysis. Which standard of practice performed?
a. Diagnosis
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
d - ANSWER A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed
a. Planning
, b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
b - ANSWER 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 surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with the
family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d. Case Manager
c - ANSWER Evidence-based practice is defined as:
a. Nursing care based on tradition
b. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical current literature
c. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
d. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner
d - ANSWER The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
,a, b, c, d - ANSWER Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse had knowledge and skills for a variety
of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all that apply)
a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient Advocate
d. Health promotion
e. Lobbyist
d - ANSWER Which of the following are components of paradigm of nursing?
a. The person, health, environment, and theory
b. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
c. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
d. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
b - ANSWER A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions that:
a. formulate legislation
b. explain phenomenon
c. measure nursing functions
d. reflect the domain of nursing practice
b - ANSWER A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with insulin and diet. The nursing health
care provider is focusing efforts to teach the patient self-management. Which of the following nursing
theories is useful in promoting self management?
a. Neuman
b. Orem
, c. Roy
d. Peplau
a, b, c - ANSWER Which of the following apply to Peplau's theory when establishing the nurse-patient
relationship? (Select all that apply)
a. An interaction between the nurse and patient must develop.
b. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
c. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient and nurse preconceptions.
d. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by the nurse's preconceptions.
d - ANSWER Theory-based nursing practice uses a theoretical approach for nursing care. This approach
moves nursing forward as a science. This suggests that:
a. One theory will guide nursing practice.
b. Scientists will decide nursing decisions.
c. Nursing will only base patient care on the practice of other sciences.
d. Theories will be tested to describe or predict patient outcomes.
c - ANSWER To practice in today's health care environment, nurses need a strong scientific knowledge
base from nursing and other disciplines such as the physical, social, and behavioral sciences. This
statement identifies the need for which of the following?
a. Systems theories
b. Developmental theories
c. Interdisciplinary theories
d. Health and wellness models
b - ANSWER Which of the following theories describe the life processes of and older adult facing chronic
illness?
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS(GRADED A)
d - ANSWER You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal
cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered
nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the following
statements best describes this code?
a. Improves self-health care
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
c - ANSWER An 18-yr old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of
comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples analysis. Which standard of practice performed?
a. Diagnosis
b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
d - ANSWER A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of
practice is performed
a. Planning
, b. Evaluation
c. Assessment
d. Implementation
b - ANSWER 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 surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with the
family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
a. Educator
b. Advocate
c. Caregiver
d. Case Manager
c - ANSWER Evidence-based practice is defined as:
a. Nursing care based on tradition
b. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical current literature
c. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
d. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner
d - ANSWER The examination for registered nurse licensure is exactly the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
a. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
b. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
c. Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided
d. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for a registered nurse in practice
,a, b, c, d - ANSWER Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse had knowledge and skills for a variety
of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all that apply)
a. Caregiver
b. Autonomy and accountability
c. Patient Advocate
d. Health promotion
e. Lobbyist
d - ANSWER Which of the following are components of paradigm of nursing?
a. The person, health, environment, and theory
b. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
c. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
d. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
b - ANSWER A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions that:
a. formulate legislation
b. explain phenomenon
c. measure nursing functions
d. reflect the domain of nursing practice
b - ANSWER A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with insulin and diet. The nursing health
care provider is focusing efforts to teach the patient self-management. Which of the following nursing
theories is useful in promoting self management?
a. Neuman
b. Orem
, c. Roy
d. Peplau
a, b, c - ANSWER Which of the following apply to Peplau's theory when establishing the nurse-patient
relationship? (Select all that apply)
a. An interaction between the nurse and patient must develop.
b. The patient's needs must be clarified and described.
c. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced by patient and nurse preconceptions.
d. The nurse-patient relationship is influenced only by the nurse's preconceptions.
d - ANSWER Theory-based nursing practice uses a theoretical approach for nursing care. This approach
moves nursing forward as a science. This suggests that:
a. One theory will guide nursing practice.
b. Scientists will decide nursing decisions.
c. Nursing will only base patient care on the practice of other sciences.
d. Theories will be tested to describe or predict patient outcomes.
c - ANSWER To practice in today's health care environment, nurses need a strong scientific knowledge
base from nursing and other disciplines such as the physical, social, and behavioral sciences. This
statement identifies the need for which of the following?
a. Systems theories
b. Developmental theories
c. Interdisciplinary theories
d. Health and wellness models
b - ANSWER Which of the following theories describe the life processes of and older adult facing chronic
illness?
