Fundamentals Exam 1 (Potter & Perry Save
Chapter Practice Questions)
Terms in this set (465)
,1. A nurse enters the room of a 1. Answer: 3. The patient is obviously emotionally upset. Her
32-year-old pt newly concerns, whether they be about surgery or cancer or both,
diagnosed with cancer at the need to be addressed first for her to be able to be instructed
beginning of the 0700 and to be comfortable for the enema. Talking with the patient
evening/night shift. The nurse about her past experiences may be appropriate in the long
noted in the pt's nursing history term, but is less important than the other three priorities.
that this is her first
hospitalization. She is
scheduled for surgery in the
morning to remove a tumor and
has questions about what to
expect after surgery. She is
observed talking with her
mother and is crying. The pt
says, "This is so unfair." An order
has been written for an enema
to be given this evening in
preparation for the surgery. The
nurse establishes priorities for
which of the following
situations first?
1. Giving the enema on time
2. Talking with the pt about her
past experiences with illness
3. Talking with the pt about her
concerns and acknowledging
her sense of unfairness
,4. Beginning instruction on
postoperative procedures
, 1. A nurse working on a surgery 1. Answer: 1, 2, 3. A nurse must consider priorities of all her
floor is assigned five pts and assigned patients in deciding what activities should be
has a pt care technician delegated to NAP. When the decision is vital signs versus a
assisting her. Which of the patient arriving from a diagnostic test, delegation of vital signs
following shows the nurse's is appropriate. Assuring a NAP is competent with an activity is
understanding and ability to also important.
safely delegate to the pt care
tech? (Select all that apply.)
1. The nurse considers the time
available to gather routine vital
signs on one pt before
checking on a second pt
arriving from a diagnostic test.
2. Determining what is the pt
care technician's current
workload.
3. The nurse chooses to
delegate the measurement of a
stable pt's vital signs and not
the assessment of the pt
arriving from a diagnostic test.
4. The nurse reviews with the
NAP, newly hired to the floor,
her experience in measuring a
blood pressure.
5. The nurse confers with
another registered nurse about
organizing priorities.
Chapter Practice Questions)
Terms in this set (465)
,1. A nurse enters the room of a 1. Answer: 3. The patient is obviously emotionally upset. Her
32-year-old pt newly concerns, whether they be about surgery or cancer or both,
diagnosed with cancer at the need to be addressed first for her to be able to be instructed
beginning of the 0700 and to be comfortable for the enema. Talking with the patient
evening/night shift. The nurse about her past experiences may be appropriate in the long
noted in the pt's nursing history term, but is less important than the other three priorities.
that this is her first
hospitalization. She is
scheduled for surgery in the
morning to remove a tumor and
has questions about what to
expect after surgery. She is
observed talking with her
mother and is crying. The pt
says, "This is so unfair." An order
has been written for an enema
to be given this evening in
preparation for the surgery. The
nurse establishes priorities for
which of the following
situations first?
1. Giving the enema on time
2. Talking with the pt about her
past experiences with illness
3. Talking with the pt about her
concerns and acknowledging
her sense of unfairness
,4. Beginning instruction on
postoperative procedures
, 1. A nurse working on a surgery 1. Answer: 1, 2, 3. A nurse must consider priorities of all her
floor is assigned five pts and assigned patients in deciding what activities should be
has a pt care technician delegated to NAP. When the decision is vital signs versus a
assisting her. Which of the patient arriving from a diagnostic test, delegation of vital signs
following shows the nurse's is appropriate. Assuring a NAP is competent with an activity is
understanding and ability to also important.
safely delegate to the pt care
tech? (Select all that apply.)
1. The nurse considers the time
available to gather routine vital
signs on one pt before
checking on a second pt
arriving from a diagnostic test.
2. Determining what is the pt
care technician's current
workload.
3. The nurse chooses to
delegate the measurement of a
stable pt's vital signs and not
the assessment of the pt
arriving from a diagnostic test.
4. The nurse reviews with the
NAP, newly hired to the floor,
her experience in measuring a
blood pressure.
5. The nurse confers with
another registered nurse about
organizing priorities.
