Chapter 2 Critical Thinking in Health
Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers
A client has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, and the nurse knows that the
client requires education on the dietary restrictions. What would be an appropriate
intervention by the nurse? - ANSWER-Make a referral to the dietician
A nursing instructor is describing why data analysis is considered a very difficult step
in the nursing process. Which of the following would the instructor identify? -
ANSWER-It requires diagnostic reasoning skills.
The nurse enters an unassigned client's room to investigate an alarm. The client's
intravenous (IV) bag is empty and the IV bag on the pole, left by the client's assigned
nurse to hang next, is a different solution. What is the nurse's best action? -
ANSWER-Review the client's prescribed medication orders
The nursing student understands that data analysis is referred to as the diagnostic
phase because the end result is the identification of which of the following? -
ANSWER-nursing diagnosis
A client presents to the emergency department complaining of new onset chest pain.
What is the priority action of the nurse? - ANSWER-Place on cardiac monitor.
Essential characteristics for the development of critical thinking skills include all the
following except: - ANSWER-Following instructions
A community health nurse provides information to a client with newly diagnosed
multiple sclerosis for a support group at the local hospital for clients diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis and their families. Providing this information is an example of
which of the following? - ANSWER-A referral
The nurse notes the diagnosis "Readiness for enhanced coping" written on a client's
care plan. What type of diagnosis has been identified for the client? - ANSWER-
Wellness
A nurse has completed a comprehensive assessment of a client and has begun the
process of data analysis. Data analysis should allow the nurse to produce which
direct result? - ANSWER-Nursing diagnoses
The nursing instructor informs the students that there are pitfalls that decrease the
reliability of cues and decrease diagnostic reasoning. The first set of pitfalls is related
to the collection of data and includes which of the following? - ANSWER-too many or
too few data
Assessment Exam Questions and
Answers
A client has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, and the nurse knows that the
client requires education on the dietary restrictions. What would be an appropriate
intervention by the nurse? - ANSWER-Make a referral to the dietician
A nursing instructor is describing why data analysis is considered a very difficult step
in the nursing process. Which of the following would the instructor identify? -
ANSWER-It requires diagnostic reasoning skills.
The nurse enters an unassigned client's room to investigate an alarm. The client's
intravenous (IV) bag is empty and the IV bag on the pole, left by the client's assigned
nurse to hang next, is a different solution. What is the nurse's best action? -
ANSWER-Review the client's prescribed medication orders
The nursing student understands that data analysis is referred to as the diagnostic
phase because the end result is the identification of which of the following? -
ANSWER-nursing diagnosis
A client presents to the emergency department complaining of new onset chest pain.
What is the priority action of the nurse? - ANSWER-Place on cardiac monitor.
Essential characteristics for the development of critical thinking skills include all the
following except: - ANSWER-Following instructions
A community health nurse provides information to a client with newly diagnosed
multiple sclerosis for a support group at the local hospital for clients diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis and their families. Providing this information is an example of
which of the following? - ANSWER-A referral
The nurse notes the diagnosis "Readiness for enhanced coping" written on a client's
care plan. What type of diagnosis has been identified for the client? - ANSWER-
Wellness
A nurse has completed a comprehensive assessment of a client and has begun the
process of data analysis. Data analysis should allow the nurse to produce which
direct result? - ANSWER-Nursing diagnoses
The nursing instructor informs the students that there are pitfalls that decrease the
reliability of cues and decrease diagnostic reasoning. The first set of pitfalls is related
to the collection of data and includes which of the following? - ANSWER-too many or
too few data
