ELSEVIER ADAPTIVE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which term describes a nurse's professional obligation to assume responsibility for
actions?
1. Accountability
2. Individuality
3. Responsibility
4. Bioethics - ✔✔1. Accountability
✔✔Which statement describes the role of the case manager in a health care
organization?
1. Delegating work on the unit suitably
2. Following up with the client after discharge
3. Providing direct care for the client at the bedside
4. Uniting the strategic direction of the organization - ✔✔2. Following up with the client
after discharge
✔✔Which process involves transferring responsibility to multiple health care providers
usually with varying degrees of education and experience while retaining the ultimate
accountability for providing client care?
1. Leadership
2. Delegation
3. Supervision
4. Assignment - ✔✔2. Delegation
✔✔A RN is sent to a rehabilitation facility because of chemical impairment issues.
Which member of the health care team will be asked to provide feedback about the
RN's progress?
1. Nurse manager
2. LPN
3. UNP
4. Cross trained technician - ✔✔1. Nurse manager
✔✔Which member of the health care team is accountable for initial assessment and
ongoing evaluation of client care?
1. RN
2. LPN
3. Primary health care provider
4. UNP - ✔✔1. RN
✔✔Which action will the LPN anticipate to be delegated to a nursing assistant during
the care of a client experiencing uterine tachysystole?
1. Notify the RN
2. Discontinue the oxytocin
, 3. Reposition the client in a lateral position
4. Administer oxygen at 10 L per minute via a nonrebreather - ✔✔3. Reposition the
client in a lateral position
✔✔Which action is the staff nurse's ethical obligation when the nurse manager comes
to work obviously intoxicated?
1. Call the security guard
2. Tell the nurse manager to go home
3. Have the supervisor validate the observation.
4. Offer the nurse manager a large cup of coffee. - ✔✔3. Have the supervisor validate
the observation.
✔✔Which consistent approach should the nurse implement when caring for a client
diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
1. Warm and firm without being punitive
2. Indifferent and detached but nonjudgmental
3. Conditionally acquiescent to client demands.
4. Clearly communicative of personal disapproval - ✔✔1. Warm and firm without being
punitive
✔✔Which task is MOST important in the development of a nurse client relationship?
1. Remaining therapeutic and professional
2. Being able to understand and accept a client's behavior
3. Developing an awareness of self and the professional role in the relationship
4. Accepting responsibility for identifying and evaluating the real needs of a client -
✔✔3. Developing an awareness of self and the professional role in the relationship
✔✔Which nursing characteristic is MOST essential when caring for a client receiving
mental health care?
1. Empathy
2. Sympathy
3. Organization
4. Authoritarianism - ✔✔1. Empathy
✔✔which response would the nurse manager give when asked to explain assertive
communication? (SATA)
1. Being confident in communicating one's needs
2. Congruent verbal and nonverbal communication
3. Following what others due in a situation
4. Respecting the ideas and feelings of others
5. The ability to control feelings of anxiety - ✔✔1. Being confident in communicating
one's needs
2. Congruent verbal and nonverbal communication
4. Respecting the ideas and feelings of others
5. The ability to control feelings of anxiety
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which term describes a nurse's professional obligation to assume responsibility for
actions?
1. Accountability
2. Individuality
3. Responsibility
4. Bioethics - ✔✔1. Accountability
✔✔Which statement describes the role of the case manager in a health care
organization?
1. Delegating work on the unit suitably
2. Following up with the client after discharge
3. Providing direct care for the client at the bedside
4. Uniting the strategic direction of the organization - ✔✔2. Following up with the client
after discharge
✔✔Which process involves transferring responsibility to multiple health care providers
usually with varying degrees of education and experience while retaining the ultimate
accountability for providing client care?
1. Leadership
2. Delegation
3. Supervision
4. Assignment - ✔✔2. Delegation
✔✔A RN is sent to a rehabilitation facility because of chemical impairment issues.
Which member of the health care team will be asked to provide feedback about the
RN's progress?
1. Nurse manager
2. LPN
3. UNP
4. Cross trained technician - ✔✔1. Nurse manager
✔✔Which member of the health care team is accountable for initial assessment and
ongoing evaluation of client care?
1. RN
2. LPN
3. Primary health care provider
4. UNP - ✔✔1. RN
✔✔Which action will the LPN anticipate to be delegated to a nursing assistant during
the care of a client experiencing uterine tachysystole?
1. Notify the RN
2. Discontinue the oxytocin
, 3. Reposition the client in a lateral position
4. Administer oxygen at 10 L per minute via a nonrebreather - ✔✔3. Reposition the
client in a lateral position
✔✔Which action is the staff nurse's ethical obligation when the nurse manager comes
to work obviously intoxicated?
1. Call the security guard
2. Tell the nurse manager to go home
3. Have the supervisor validate the observation.
4. Offer the nurse manager a large cup of coffee. - ✔✔3. Have the supervisor validate
the observation.
✔✔Which consistent approach should the nurse implement when caring for a client
diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder?
1. Warm and firm without being punitive
2. Indifferent and detached but nonjudgmental
3. Conditionally acquiescent to client demands.
4. Clearly communicative of personal disapproval - ✔✔1. Warm and firm without being
punitive
✔✔Which task is MOST important in the development of a nurse client relationship?
1. Remaining therapeutic and professional
2. Being able to understand and accept a client's behavior
3. Developing an awareness of self and the professional role in the relationship
4. Accepting responsibility for identifying and evaluating the real needs of a client -
✔✔3. Developing an awareness of self and the professional role in the relationship
✔✔Which nursing characteristic is MOST essential when caring for a client receiving
mental health care?
1. Empathy
2. Sympathy
3. Organization
4. Authoritarianism - ✔✔1. Empathy
✔✔which response would the nurse manager give when asked to explain assertive
communication? (SATA)
1. Being confident in communicating one's needs
2. Congruent verbal and nonverbal communication
3. Following what others due in a situation
4. Respecting the ideas and feelings of others
5. The ability to control feelings of anxiety - ✔✔1. Being confident in communicating
one's needs
2. Congruent verbal and nonverbal communication
4. Respecting the ideas and feelings of others
5. The ability to control feelings of anxiety
