Galen Unit One Fundamentals Questions With Complete
Solutions
. The nurse is working with a patient who does not speak
English. An interpreter is contacted and brought to the unit to
relay information. Which of the following are correct when an
interpreter is used for patient communication? Select all that
apply.
a. An interpreter should be obtained as soon as the need is
identified. _____
b. Interpreters for the deaf are not legally required under Title
VI. _____
c. Nurses need to follow hospital policy and procedures
regarding interpreter use in patient care. _____
d. Interpretation can never be provided by phone or video.
_____
e. Use short sentences and stop often to allow time for the
interpreter to translate. _____
f. Family members should always be used to interpret medical
information. _____ Correct Answer A, C, E
20. The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him
ambulate, motivating him to reach his goal of being
independent. The nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking
trait?
a. Confidence
b. Humility
c. Persistance
d. Fairness Correct Answer c. Persistance
, 21. On entering the room, the experienced nurse has a sense that
the patient's status has changed. The nurse is using which
attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning Correct Answer a. Intuition
A mental representation of reality or an individual's perceptions
about what is right, true, or real, or what the individual expects
to happen in a given situation Correct Answer Beliefs
A patient expresses to the nurse that she is fearful of the
upcoming surgery. Which caring behavior is being used by the
nurse at this time?
a. Listening
b. Touch
c. Predictability
d. Consistency Correct Answer A. Listening
A way that the nurse views the world Correct Answer
paradigm
According to the Agency for Health care Research and Quality,
low health literacy is associated with which of the following?
a. Increased hospitalizations
b. Reduced emergency care use
c. Greater use of diagnostic procedures, such as mammography
d. Less hesitancy to receive vaccines Correct Answer a.
Increased hospitalizations
Solutions
. The nurse is working with a patient who does not speak
English. An interpreter is contacted and brought to the unit to
relay information. Which of the following are correct when an
interpreter is used for patient communication? Select all that
apply.
a. An interpreter should be obtained as soon as the need is
identified. _____
b. Interpreters for the deaf are not legally required under Title
VI. _____
c. Nurses need to follow hospital policy and procedures
regarding interpreter use in patient care. _____
d. Interpretation can never be provided by phone or video.
_____
e. Use short sentences and stop often to allow time for the
interpreter to translate. _____
f. Family members should always be used to interpret medical
information. _____ Correct Answer A, C, E
20. The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him
ambulate, motivating him to reach his goal of being
independent. The nurse is demonstrating which critical thinking
trait?
a. Confidence
b. Humility
c. Persistance
d. Fairness Correct Answer c. Persistance
, 21. On entering the room, the experienced nurse has a sense that
the patient's status has changed. The nurse is using which
attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning Correct Answer a. Intuition
A mental representation of reality or an individual's perceptions
about what is right, true, or real, or what the individual expects
to happen in a given situation Correct Answer Beliefs
A patient expresses to the nurse that she is fearful of the
upcoming surgery. Which caring behavior is being used by the
nurse at this time?
a. Listening
b. Touch
c. Predictability
d. Consistency Correct Answer A. Listening
A way that the nurse views the world Correct Answer
paradigm
According to the Agency for Health care Research and Quality,
low health literacy is associated with which of the following?
a. Increased hospitalizations
b. Reduced emergency care use
c. Greater use of diagnostic procedures, such as mammography
d. Less hesitancy to receive vaccines Correct Answer a.
Increased hospitalizations
