Rn Comprehensive Predictor 2026
Questions With Answers
1. What are some prioritization principles - ANSWER-life before limb, acute
vs chronic, actual before potential, trends vs transient findings, and medical
emergencies and complications vs expected findings.
2. What are the important tasks for time management - ANSWER-what needs
to be done immediately, what needs to be done in a specific time, what
needs to be done by end of shift, and what can the nurse delegate.
3. What are different negotiation strategies - ANSWER-problem solving,
progressive discipline, and negotiation
4. Describe the problem solving strategy - ANSWER-open communication (i
statement, listen to others, move to private location, and share ground rules).
*steps: id the problem, discuss possible solutions, analyze identified
solutions, select and implement solution, evaluate the solutions' ability to
resolve conflict,
5. Describe the progressive discipline steps - ANSWER-first (informal
reprimand, meeting ,discuss issue, suggestions for improvement), second
(written warning, meeting, review policy violations and discuss
consequences), third (placed on suspension and can examine issue or
consider alternatives), fourth (employee termination).
6. Describe the negotiation strategy - ANSWER-resolve conflict by agreeing
on steps to take, bargain to protect interests and pursue outcomes that benefit
mutual interests. Strategies include: avoiding/withdrawing, smoothing,
competing/coercing, cooperating/accommodating,
compromising/negotiating, and collaborating,
7. What are some findings of poor nutrition - ANSWER-nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, constipation, flaccid muscles, mental status changes, changes in
bowel pattern, spleen/liver enlargement, dry brittle hair and nails, loss of
subq fat, dry scaly skin, inflammation, poor dental health, dry/dull eyes,
weakness/fatigue, changes in weight, and poor posture.
, 8. What are interventions to prevent aspiration - ANSWER-position in high
fowlers, support upper back and neck, tick chin when swallowing, avoid use
of a straw, observe for aspiration and pocketing of food in cheeks or mouth,
observe for dysphagia (coughing, choking, gagging, and drooling of food),
and provide oral hygiene after meals and snacks.
9. Describe start triaging - ANSWER-· based on respirations, perfusion and
mental status and allows for two interventions: direct pressure to control
bleeding and basic airway opening.
· Start is green (minor/walking wounded), yellow (everyone else), red
(respirations over 30, cap refill longer than 2 seconds, unable to
follow simple commands), or black (apneic)
10.Describe salt triaging - ANSWER-used with mass casualty, involved grey
(which is expectant *life threatening, but no current resources are available)
11.How many cm are considered nonsterile around the object? - ANSWER-1
inch
12.What height should you add things to the sterile field - ANSWER-minimum
of 6 inches
13.T/f: nurse can reach across the sterile field and not contaminate it -
ANSWER-false: nurse should not reach across the sterile field
14.Newborn vitals - ANSWER-rr: 30-60 breaths, hr: 110-160 bpm, bp: 60-
80/40-50, temperature: 97.7-99.5
15.Initial assessment after birth - ANSWER-skin color, peeling, birthmarks,
foot creases, breast tissue, nasal patency, meconium stain, pmi location, ease
of breathing, quality of times, respirations for crackles, wheezing and
equality of bilateral breath sounds, rounded abdomen, umbilical cord (with
one vein and two arteries), muscle tone, reflexes, fontanels, sutures, and
other gross structural malformations.
16.Reflexes at birth - ANSWER-sucking/rooting, palmar grasp, plantar grasp,
moro reflex, tonic neck/fencer, Babinski, and stepping.
17.Def of sids - ANSWER-sudden, unpredictable death of an infant without an
identified cause
Questions With Answers
1. What are some prioritization principles - ANSWER-life before limb, acute
vs chronic, actual before potential, trends vs transient findings, and medical
emergencies and complications vs expected findings.
2. What are the important tasks for time management - ANSWER-what needs
to be done immediately, what needs to be done in a specific time, what
needs to be done by end of shift, and what can the nurse delegate.
3. What are different negotiation strategies - ANSWER-problem solving,
progressive discipline, and negotiation
4. Describe the problem solving strategy - ANSWER-open communication (i
statement, listen to others, move to private location, and share ground rules).
*steps: id the problem, discuss possible solutions, analyze identified
solutions, select and implement solution, evaluate the solutions' ability to
resolve conflict,
5. Describe the progressive discipline steps - ANSWER-first (informal
reprimand, meeting ,discuss issue, suggestions for improvement), second
(written warning, meeting, review policy violations and discuss
consequences), third (placed on suspension and can examine issue or
consider alternatives), fourth (employee termination).
6. Describe the negotiation strategy - ANSWER-resolve conflict by agreeing
on steps to take, bargain to protect interests and pursue outcomes that benefit
mutual interests. Strategies include: avoiding/withdrawing, smoothing,
competing/coercing, cooperating/accommodating,
compromising/negotiating, and collaborating,
7. What are some findings of poor nutrition - ANSWER-nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, constipation, flaccid muscles, mental status changes, changes in
bowel pattern, spleen/liver enlargement, dry brittle hair and nails, loss of
subq fat, dry scaly skin, inflammation, poor dental health, dry/dull eyes,
weakness/fatigue, changes in weight, and poor posture.
, 8. What are interventions to prevent aspiration - ANSWER-position in high
fowlers, support upper back and neck, tick chin when swallowing, avoid use
of a straw, observe for aspiration and pocketing of food in cheeks or mouth,
observe for dysphagia (coughing, choking, gagging, and drooling of food),
and provide oral hygiene after meals and snacks.
9. Describe start triaging - ANSWER-· based on respirations, perfusion and
mental status and allows for two interventions: direct pressure to control
bleeding and basic airway opening.
· Start is green (minor/walking wounded), yellow (everyone else), red
(respirations over 30, cap refill longer than 2 seconds, unable to
follow simple commands), or black (apneic)
10.Describe salt triaging - ANSWER-used with mass casualty, involved grey
(which is expectant *life threatening, but no current resources are available)
11.How many cm are considered nonsterile around the object? - ANSWER-1
inch
12.What height should you add things to the sterile field - ANSWER-minimum
of 6 inches
13.T/f: nurse can reach across the sterile field and not contaminate it -
ANSWER-false: nurse should not reach across the sterile field
14.Newborn vitals - ANSWER-rr: 30-60 breaths, hr: 110-160 bpm, bp: 60-
80/40-50, temperature: 97.7-99.5
15.Initial assessment after birth - ANSWER-skin color, peeling, birthmarks,
foot creases, breast tissue, nasal patency, meconium stain, pmi location, ease
of breathing, quality of times, respirations for crackles, wheezing and
equality of bilateral breath sounds, rounded abdomen, umbilical cord (with
one vein and two arteries), muscle tone, reflexes, fontanels, sutures, and
other gross structural malformations.
16.Reflexes at birth - ANSWER-sucking/rooting, palmar grasp, plantar grasp,
moro reflex, tonic neck/fencer, Babinski, and stepping.
17.Def of sids - ANSWER-sudden, unpredictable death of an infant without an
identified cause
