NURS 320 MED SURG QUIZ 1 | 233
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY SCORED A+) | NEW UPDATE
2025
Important cues for prioritizing care: ABC's
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Important cues for prioritizing care: Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
physiological needs first-
ex: need oxygen and food
T or F. Pain is psychosocial unless it involves the ABC's, making it physiological and
an emergency (the first level of maslows hierarchy of needs)
true
bleeding and hemorrhage are examples of which ABC?
Circulation
,emergent pt
highest priority--> life or death
safety at risk for client or nurse
ex of an emergent pt
chest pain, MI, trauma, stroke--> loss of o2
Urgent pt
situation may not die in that second but can suffer from complications that can
cause death or further damage growth and development
ex of urgent pt
bowel obstruction, appendicitis
non-urgent pt
does not need immediate attention
acute is usually higher priority than chronic. T or F
true
,a 58 year old patient in the ER with a BP 210/140, vomiting and confusion. Is this
emergent, urgent or non-urgent?
Emergent--> high bp= stroke, confusion= hypoxia
which pt should the nurse list as urgent?
A. Pt with shortness of breath and chest discomfort
B. Pt with slurred speech and left-sided weakness
C. Pt with abd pain and R-sided rebound tenderness
D. Pt admitted with ear pain and sinus cong and fever.
A and B is emergent
C is urgent
D is non-urgent
delegation is
the distribution of work that each staff member is responsible for during a given
work period
right task
Conform to the organization's polices and profession's standards for performing a
particular task
, Right circumstance
The clinical condition of the patient should be stable and not require clinical
judgment
Which R is the most important for delegating to UAP and LPN?
Right task
Right circumstance
Right person
Right supervision
Right direction/communication
Right circumstance
An Rn requests UAP to ambulate pt with orthostatic hypotension and weakness
and then report back. Which right did she violate?
Right task
Right circumstance
Right direction/communication
Right circumstance- pt is not stable to ambulate with UAP
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(ALREADY SCORED A+) | NEW UPDATE
2025
Important cues for prioritizing care: ABC's
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Important cues for prioritizing care: Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
physiological needs first-
ex: need oxygen and food
T or F. Pain is psychosocial unless it involves the ABC's, making it physiological and
an emergency (the first level of maslows hierarchy of needs)
true
bleeding and hemorrhage are examples of which ABC?
Circulation
,emergent pt
highest priority--> life or death
safety at risk for client or nurse
ex of an emergent pt
chest pain, MI, trauma, stroke--> loss of o2
Urgent pt
situation may not die in that second but can suffer from complications that can
cause death or further damage growth and development
ex of urgent pt
bowel obstruction, appendicitis
non-urgent pt
does not need immediate attention
acute is usually higher priority than chronic. T or F
true
,a 58 year old patient in the ER with a BP 210/140, vomiting and confusion. Is this
emergent, urgent or non-urgent?
Emergent--> high bp= stroke, confusion= hypoxia
which pt should the nurse list as urgent?
A. Pt with shortness of breath and chest discomfort
B. Pt with slurred speech and left-sided weakness
C. Pt with abd pain and R-sided rebound tenderness
D. Pt admitted with ear pain and sinus cong and fever.
A and B is emergent
C is urgent
D is non-urgent
delegation is
the distribution of work that each staff member is responsible for during a given
work period
right task
Conform to the organization's polices and profession's standards for performing a
particular task
, Right circumstance
The clinical condition of the patient should be stable and not require clinical
judgment
Which R is the most important for delegating to UAP and LPN?
Right task
Right circumstance
Right person
Right supervision
Right direction/communication
Right circumstance
An Rn requests UAP to ambulate pt with orthostatic hypotension and weakness
and then report back. Which right did she violate?
Right task
Right circumstance
Right direction/communication
Right circumstance- pt is not stable to ambulate with UAP
