NR 222 Unit 3 Exam 1
Question 1
A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the nurse
implementing?
Educator
Manager
Advocate
Caregiver
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care
and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or facility. As
an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care
activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning or patient
behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As a patient advocate, you protect your
patient’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.
As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and
attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
Question 2
A patient is scheduled for surgery. When getting ready to obtain the informed consent, the
patient tells the nurse, “I have no idea what is going to happen. I couldn’t ask any questions.”
The nurse does not allow the patient to sign the permit and notifies the health care provider of the
situation. Which role is the nurse displaying?
Manager
Patient educator
Patient advocate
Clinical nurse specialist
, As a patient advocate, the nurse protects the patient’s human and legal rights, including the right
of the patient to understand procedures before signing permits. Although nurses can be
educators, it is the responsibility of the surgeon to provide education for the patient in
preparation for surgery, and it is the nurse’s responsibility to notify the health care provider if the
patient is not properly educated. Managers coordinate the activities of members of the nursing
staff in delivering nursing care, and clinical nurse specialists are experts in a specialized area of
nursing practice in a variety of settings.
IncorrectQuestion 3
A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the American Nurses
Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
Graduate education
Inservice education
Continuing education
Registered nurse education
Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by universities,
hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and educational and
health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue
graduate education leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in any number of graduate fields,
including nursing. Inservice education programs are instruction or training provided by a health
care facility or institution. Registered nurse education is the education preparation for an
individual intending to be an RN.
Question 4
A nurse is using the Healthy People 2020 to establish goals for the community. Which goal
is priority?
Reduce health care costs.
Increase life expectancy.
Provide services close to where patients live.
Question 1
A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the nurse
implementing?
Educator
Manager
Advocate
Caregiver
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care
and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or facility. As
an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care
activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning or patient
behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As a patient advocate, you protect your
patient’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.
As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and
attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
Question 2
A patient is scheduled for surgery. When getting ready to obtain the informed consent, the
patient tells the nurse, “I have no idea what is going to happen. I couldn’t ask any questions.”
The nurse does not allow the patient to sign the permit and notifies the health care provider of the
situation. Which role is the nurse displaying?
Manager
Patient educator
Patient advocate
Clinical nurse specialist
, As a patient advocate, the nurse protects the patient’s human and legal rights, including the right
of the patient to understand procedures before signing permits. Although nurses can be
educators, it is the responsibility of the surgeon to provide education for the patient in
preparation for surgery, and it is the nurse’s responsibility to notify the health care provider if the
patient is not properly educated. Managers coordinate the activities of members of the nursing
staff in delivering nursing care, and clinical nurse specialists are experts in a specialized area of
nursing practice in a variety of settings.
IncorrectQuestion 3
A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the American Nurses
Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
Graduate education
Inservice education
Continuing education
Registered nurse education
Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by universities,
hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and educational and
health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue
graduate education leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in any number of graduate fields,
including nursing. Inservice education programs are instruction or training provided by a health
care facility or institution. Registered nurse education is the education preparation for an
individual intending to be an RN.
Question 4
A nurse is using the Healthy People 2020 to establish goals for the community. Which goal
is priority?
Reduce health care costs.
Increase life expectancy.
Provide services close to where patients live.
