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PN 2005 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/ 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||LATEST EXAM!!!||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
A practitioner asks the nurse to witness an informed
consent. Which patient does the nurse identify is unable to
give an informed consent for surgery?
1) 16 year old boy who is married
2) 35 year old woman who is depressed
3) 50 year old woman who does not speak English
4) 65 year old man who has received a narcotic for pain. -
Answer-Correct Answer: 4 (Narcotics depress the CNS,
including decision-making abilities.
1 - Because legally anyone under 18 who is married can
make the decision.
2 - wrong because a depressed person can make these
decisions until proven mentally incompetent.
3 - Wrong because this person can provide informed
consent after translations.
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When the nurse is administering a medication to a
confused patient, the patient says, "this pill looks different
from the one I had before." What should the nurse do?
1) Ask what the other pill looked like.
2) Explain the purpose of the medication.
3) Check the original medication prescription.
4) Encourage the patient to take the medication. - Answer-
Correct answer: 3 (This is the safest intervention because
it goes to the original source of the prescription.)
1 - Wrong because This action by itself is unsafe because
the patient is confused and the information obtained may
be innacurate.
2 - This intervention ignores the patient's concern.
4 - This action ignores the patient's statement and is
unsafe without obtaining additional information.
The nurse administers an incorrect dose of a medication
to a patient. What is the primary purpose of documenting
this event in an Incident Report?
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1) Record the event for future litigation.
2) Provide a basis for designing new policies.
3) Prevent similar situations from happening again.
4) Ensure accountability for the cause of the accident. -
Answer-Correct answer: 3 (Risk-management committees
use stats about accidents & incidents to identify patterns
of risk and prevent future accidents/incidents.)
1 - Wrong because although documentation of an incident
may be used in a court of law, it is not the primary reason
for an incident report.
2- This is not the primary reason. New policies may or may
not have to be written and implemented.
4 - Although nurses are always accountable for their
actions, accountability for the cause of an incidence is the
role of the courts.
A practitioner writes a prescription for a medication that is
larger than the standard dose. What should the nurse do?
1) Inform the supervisor
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2) Give the drug as prescribed.
3) Give the average dose of the medication.
4) Discuss the prescription with the practitioner. - Answer-
Correct Answer: 4 (Nurses have a prof. resonsibility to
know/investigate the standard dose for medications being
administered. In addition, nurses are responsible for their
own actions regardless of whether there is a written
prescription)
1 - It is unnecessary to call the supervisor.
2 - This is unsafe for the patient and may result in
malpractice.
3 - Changing a medication prescription is not within the
scope of nursing practice.
When the nurse attempts to administer a medication to a
patient, the patient refuses to take the medication because
it causes diarrhea. The nurse provides teaching about the
medication, but the patient continues to adamantly refuse
the medication. What should the nurse do first?
1) Document the patient's refusal to take the medication.
PN 2005 FINAL EXAM LATEST 2025/ 2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+| ||LATEST EXAM!!!||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
A practitioner asks the nurse to witness an informed
consent. Which patient does the nurse identify is unable to
give an informed consent for surgery?
1) 16 year old boy who is married
2) 35 year old woman who is depressed
3) 50 year old woman who does not speak English
4) 65 year old man who has received a narcotic for pain. -
Answer-Correct Answer: 4 (Narcotics depress the CNS,
including decision-making abilities.
1 - Because legally anyone under 18 who is married can
make the decision.
2 - wrong because a depressed person can make these
decisions until proven mentally incompetent.
3 - Wrong because this person can provide informed
consent after translations.
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When the nurse is administering a medication to a
confused patient, the patient says, "this pill looks different
from the one I had before." What should the nurse do?
1) Ask what the other pill looked like.
2) Explain the purpose of the medication.
3) Check the original medication prescription.
4) Encourage the patient to take the medication. - Answer-
Correct answer: 3 (This is the safest intervention because
it goes to the original source of the prescription.)
1 - Wrong because This action by itself is unsafe because
the patient is confused and the information obtained may
be innacurate.
2 - This intervention ignores the patient's concern.
4 - This action ignores the patient's statement and is
unsafe without obtaining additional information.
The nurse administers an incorrect dose of a medication
to a patient. What is the primary purpose of documenting
this event in an Incident Report?
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1) Record the event for future litigation.
2) Provide a basis for designing new policies.
3) Prevent similar situations from happening again.
4) Ensure accountability for the cause of the accident. -
Answer-Correct answer: 3 (Risk-management committees
use stats about accidents & incidents to identify patterns
of risk and prevent future accidents/incidents.)
1 - Wrong because although documentation of an incident
may be used in a court of law, it is not the primary reason
for an incident report.
2- This is not the primary reason. New policies may or may
not have to be written and implemented.
4 - Although nurses are always accountable for their
actions, accountability for the cause of an incidence is the
role of the courts.
A practitioner writes a prescription for a medication that is
larger than the standard dose. What should the nurse do?
1) Inform the supervisor
, 4|Page
2) Give the drug as prescribed.
3) Give the average dose of the medication.
4) Discuss the prescription with the practitioner. - Answer-
Correct Answer: 4 (Nurses have a prof. resonsibility to
know/investigate the standard dose for medications being
administered. In addition, nurses are responsible for their
own actions regardless of whether there is a written
prescription)
1 - It is unnecessary to call the supervisor.
2 - This is unsafe for the patient and may result in
malpractice.
3 - Changing a medication prescription is not within the
scope of nursing practice.
When the nurse attempts to administer a medication to a
patient, the patient refuses to take the medication because
it causes diarrhea. The nurse provides teaching about the
medication, but the patient continues to adamantly refuse
the medication. What should the nurse do first?
1) Document the patient's refusal to take the medication.
