AMBULATORY CERTIFICATION
PREP - NURSING WORLD SAMPLE
TEST WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
The ambulatory care nurse is teaching a patient who is newly
diagnosed with diabetes, and cautions the patient against taking
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, because of the:
A. Additional stress on kidney function.
B Additional stress on liver function.
C Effect on the liver when combined with an oral hypoglycemic agent.
D Interference with insulin absorption. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Additional
stress on kidney function.
The most effective strategy for improving patient adherence to the
care regimen is to:
A Involve the patient's family in the treatment plan.
B Partner with the patient in the teaching/learning process.
C Reinforce that the patient must follow the plan of care.
D Schedule more frequent follow-up visits. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Partner with the patient in the teaching/learning process.
The ambulatory care nurse's decision to delegate duties depends
primarily upon
A Expertise in clinical pathways.
B Self-awareness skills.
C Staffing needs.
D State regulatory mandates. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ State regulatory
mandates.
, A graduate nursing student is collecting data for a research study and
requests a patient's chart. The ambulatory care nurse initially
determines:
A The purpose of the research study.
B The specific data requested by the nursing student.
C Whether informed consent has been obtained.
D Whether the nursing supervisor has approved the study. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Whether informed consent has been obtained.
A patient with inspiratory and expiratory wheezing from increased
asthma attacks requests an adjustment to the prescribed asthma
medication. The ambulatory care nurse:
A Administers a rescue inhaler.
B Asks whether the patient is currently wheezing.
C Determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
D Refers the patient for a chest x-ray. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
The primary responsibility of nursing case management within the
home health care setting is to:
A Ensure that care is closely monitored.
B Ensure that medications are reconciled.
C Provide continuity of care.
D Provide education on disease self-management. -- Correct Answer
✔✔ provide continuity of care.
A patient undergoes an excision of a sebaceous cyst. The ambulatory
care nurse provides the patient with specific written and verbal
instructions about wound care, signs and symptoms of infection, and
when to follow up for suture removal. The nurse demonstrates skill in
following up with this patient, post-procedure, by:
A Calling the patient, according to facility policy, to evaluate the
patient's condition.
B Calling the patient to remind him or her not to drive until the next
appointment.
C Mailing the patient a card reminding him or her to schedule an
annual physical.
PREP - NURSING WORLD SAMPLE
TEST WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS.
The ambulatory care nurse is teaching a patient who is newly
diagnosed with diabetes, and cautions the patient against taking
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, because of the:
A. Additional stress on kidney function.
B Additional stress on liver function.
C Effect on the liver when combined with an oral hypoglycemic agent.
D Interference with insulin absorption. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Additional
stress on kidney function.
The most effective strategy for improving patient adherence to the
care regimen is to:
A Involve the patient's family in the treatment plan.
B Partner with the patient in the teaching/learning process.
C Reinforce that the patient must follow the plan of care.
D Schedule more frequent follow-up visits. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
Partner with the patient in the teaching/learning process.
The ambulatory care nurse's decision to delegate duties depends
primarily upon
A Expertise in clinical pathways.
B Self-awareness skills.
C Staffing needs.
D State regulatory mandates. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ State regulatory
mandates.
, A graduate nursing student is collecting data for a research study and
requests a patient's chart. The ambulatory care nurse initially
determines:
A The purpose of the research study.
B The specific data requested by the nursing student.
C Whether informed consent has been obtained.
D Whether the nursing supervisor has approved the study. -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ Whether informed consent has been obtained.
A patient with inspiratory and expiratory wheezing from increased
asthma attacks requests an adjustment to the prescribed asthma
medication. The ambulatory care nurse:
A Administers a rescue inhaler.
B Asks whether the patient is currently wheezing.
C Determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
D Refers the patient for a chest x-ray. -- Correct Answer ✔✔
determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
The primary responsibility of nursing case management within the
home health care setting is to:
A Ensure that care is closely monitored.
B Ensure that medications are reconciled.
C Provide continuity of care.
D Provide education on disease self-management. -- Correct Answer
✔✔ provide continuity of care.
A patient undergoes an excision of a sebaceous cyst. The ambulatory
care nurse provides the patient with specific written and verbal
instructions about wound care, signs and symptoms of infection, and
when to follow up for suture removal. The nurse demonstrates skill in
following up with this patient, post-procedure, by:
A Calling the patient, according to facility policy, to evaluate the
patient's condition.
B Calling the patient to remind him or her not to drive until the next
appointment.
C Mailing the patient a card reminding him or her to schedule an
annual physical.
