Fundamentals of Nursing: Active
Learning for Collaborative Practice 3rd
Edition By Barbara L Yoost LATEST
VERSION
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A group of nursing students are discussing the impact of nonnursing theories in clinical practice. The
students would be correct if they chose which theory to prioritize patient care?
✓ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The student would
credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
✓ The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health.
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during the Civil War?
✓ Clara Barton
The nursing instructor is researching the five proficiencies regarded as essential for students and
professionals. The nursing instructor identifies which organization would be found to have added
safety as a sixth competency?
✓ Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fill existing staffing vacancies. When hiring
graduate nurses, the nurse manager realizes that they will probably not be considered "competent"
until they complete which task?
✓ They have worked 2 to 3 years.
The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which degree would
best match the student's desire to conduct research at the university level?
✓ Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
, During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospital will be seeking Magnet status.
To explain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager will contact which organization?
✓ American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses two units of packed red blood cells. When the nurse
notifies the health care provider of the patient's decision, the nurse is acting in which role?
✓ Advocate
The nursing student develops a plan of care based on a recently published article describing the
effects of bed rest on a patient's calcium blood levels. When creating the plan of care, the nursing
student has the obligation to consider which action?
✓ Critically appraise the evidence and determine validity.
The nurse is delegating frequent blood pressure (BP) measurements for a patient admitted with a
gunshot wound to a licensed practical nurse (LPN). When delegating, the nurse understands which
fact?
✓ He/she retains ultimate responsibility for patient care and supervision is needed.
The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient admitted with fever of unknown origin. The patient
states, "I never got past the fifth grade in school. Don't read much. Never saw much sense in it. But I
do OK. I can read most stuff. But my doctor explains things good and doesn't think that my sickness is
serious." Considering this patient response, what action should the nurse carry out?
✓ Expect that the patient may return to the hospital if the discharge process is poorly done.
A nurse is caring for a patient who lost a large amount of blood during childbirth. The nurse provides
the opportunity for the patient to maintain her activity level while providing adequate periods of rest
and encouragement. Which nursing theory would the nurse most likely choose as a framework for
addressing the fatigue associated with the low blood count?
✓ Roy's Adaptation Model
The nurse recognizes which nursing theorist who described the relationship between the nurse and
the patient as an interpersonal and therapeutic process?
✓ Hildegard Peplau
When a nursing class volunteers to serve hot meals at a local homeless shelter on a Saturday
afternoon, which term identifies this focus on serving the community?
✓ Altruism
A patient is being discharged from the hospital with wound care dressing changes. The nurse
recommends a referral for home health nursing care. The nurse is using which standard of practice?
✓ Planning
Learning for Collaborative Practice 3rd
Edition By Barbara L Yoost LATEST
VERSION
_____________________________________________________________________________________
A group of nursing students are discussing the impact of nonnursing theories in clinical practice. The
students would be correct if they chose which theory to prioritize patient care?
✓ Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The student would
credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?
✓ The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health.
The nurse identifies which nurse established the American Red Cross during the Civil War?
✓ Clara Barton
The nursing instructor is researching the five proficiencies regarded as essential for students and
professionals. The nursing instructor identifies which organization would be found to have added
safety as a sixth competency?
✓ Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
The nurse manager is interviewing graduate nurses to fill existing staffing vacancies. When hiring
graduate nurses, the nurse manager realizes that they will probably not be considered "competent"
until they complete which task?
✓ They have worked 2 to 3 years.
The prospective student is considering options for beginning a career in nursing. Which degree would
best match the student's desire to conduct research at the university level?
✓ Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)
, During a staff meeting, the nurse manager announces that the hospital will be seeking Magnet status.
To explain the requirements for this award, the nurse manager will contact which organization?
✓ American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The nurse is caring for a patient who refuses two units of packed red blood cells. When the nurse
notifies the health care provider of the patient's decision, the nurse is acting in which role?
✓ Advocate
The nursing student develops a plan of care based on a recently published article describing the
effects of bed rest on a patient's calcium blood levels. When creating the plan of care, the nursing
student has the obligation to consider which action?
✓ Critically appraise the evidence and determine validity.
The nurse is delegating frequent blood pressure (BP) measurements for a patient admitted with a
gunshot wound to a licensed practical nurse (LPN). When delegating, the nurse understands which
fact?
✓ He/she retains ultimate responsibility for patient care and supervision is needed.
The nurse is preparing to discharge a patient admitted with fever of unknown origin. The patient
states, "I never got past the fifth grade in school. Don't read much. Never saw much sense in it. But I
do OK. I can read most stuff. But my doctor explains things good and doesn't think that my sickness is
serious." Considering this patient response, what action should the nurse carry out?
✓ Expect that the patient may return to the hospital if the discharge process is poorly done.
A nurse is caring for a patient who lost a large amount of blood during childbirth. The nurse provides
the opportunity for the patient to maintain her activity level while providing adequate periods of rest
and encouragement. Which nursing theory would the nurse most likely choose as a framework for
addressing the fatigue associated with the low blood count?
✓ Roy's Adaptation Model
The nurse recognizes which nursing theorist who described the relationship between the nurse and
the patient as an interpersonal and therapeutic process?
✓ Hildegard Peplau
When a nursing class volunteers to serve hot meals at a local homeless shelter on a Saturday
afternoon, which term identifies this focus on serving the community?
✓ Altruism
A patient is being discharged from the hospital with wound care dressing changes. The nurse
recommends a referral for home health nursing care. The nurse is using which standard of practice?
✓ Planning
