NUR 2058 DIMENSIONS OF NURSING EXAM 2
QUIZ
1. All of the following are true about the nursing code of ethics except:
Provides specific answers to many ethical dilemmasa
2. The nurse is assigned to see a home-bound client on a daily basis to prepare the
client’s medications. The nurse fails to visit the client and does not request that
another nurse visit the client. The client is later admitted to the hospital after taking
the wrong dosage of medication. Which ethical concept does this situation reflect?
a Abandonment
3. A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed.
Which of the following could this represent?
Battery
4. When applying the nursing process, which of the following should always be
addressed first?
Assessment
5. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
Open systems
6. Which of the following are the steps to the nursing process? Select all that apply
Planning
Implementation
Diagnosis
Evaluation Assessment
7. What type of tort may occur if a client is not allowed to leave the hospital after
receiving emergency care until the bill is paid?
False imprisonment
8. Which of the following is the best substitute for self-determination if an
individual is no longer competent to make their own health care decisions?
Advance directive
, 9. Does clinical reasoning and judgment require various ways of thinking in the
role of a nurse?
True
10. A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to
apply the nursing process, what would the nurse do next?
Assess the hip and ask the client about their pain
11. The client’s short term outcome was to walk in the hallway by the end of the
day. The nurse reviews the client outcome, determines that it was not met, and
modifies the interventions. Which phase of the nursing process is this?
Evaluation
12. Which of the following phases of the nursing process determines client
problems, risks, and strengths?
Diagnosis
13. What is another term that can be used for professional negligence?
Malpractice
Malpractice is more serious than mere negligence because it indicates professional
misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill in performing professional duties.
14. An example of invasion of privacy would be:
Discussing Mrs. Green’s surgery in the hospital cafeteria
15. The client must have a treatment requiring an informed consent. Whose role is
it to review the proposed treatment and its associated risks with the client?
Physician
16. Team building, nurse retention, and patient satisfaction are all benefits of being
sensitive to personality types.
True
17. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model
in practice?
QUIZ
1. All of the following are true about the nursing code of ethics except:
Provides specific answers to many ethical dilemmasa
2. The nurse is assigned to see a home-bound client on a daily basis to prepare the
client’s medications. The nurse fails to visit the client and does not request that
another nurse visit the client. The client is later admitted to the hospital after taking
the wrong dosage of medication. Which ethical concept does this situation reflect?
a Abandonment
3. A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed.
Which of the following could this represent?
Battery
4. When applying the nursing process, which of the following should always be
addressed first?
Assessment
5. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?
Open systems
6. Which of the following are the steps to the nursing process? Select all that apply
Planning
Implementation
Diagnosis
Evaluation Assessment
7. What type of tort may occur if a client is not allowed to leave the hospital after
receiving emergency care until the bill is paid?
False imprisonment
8. Which of the following is the best substitute for self-determination if an
individual is no longer competent to make their own health care decisions?
Advance directive
, 9. Does clinical reasoning and judgment require various ways of thinking in the
role of a nurse?
True
10. A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to
apply the nursing process, what would the nurse do next?
Assess the hip and ask the client about their pain
11. The client’s short term outcome was to walk in the hallway by the end of the
day. The nurse reviews the client outcome, determines that it was not met, and
modifies the interventions. Which phase of the nursing process is this?
Evaluation
12. Which of the following phases of the nursing process determines client
problems, risks, and strengths?
Diagnosis
13. What is another term that can be used for professional negligence?
Malpractice
Malpractice is more serious than mere negligence because it indicates professional
misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill in performing professional duties.
14. An example of invasion of privacy would be:
Discussing Mrs. Green’s surgery in the hospital cafeteria
15. The client must have a treatment requiring an informed consent. Whose role is
it to review the proposed treatment and its associated risks with the client?
Physician
16. Team building, nurse retention, and patient satisfaction are all benefits of being
sensitive to personality types.
True
17. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model
in practice?
