professional practice final Questions With Complete
Solutions
• The nurse needs to complete all of the following tasks. Which
task does the nurse perform first? Correct Answers • Notify the
health care provider of the decreased level of consciousness of
the patient who had a stroke yesterday.
A 46-year-old woman from Bosnia came to Canada six years
ago. Although she did not celebrate Christmas when she lived in
Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with her family now. This
woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of Canada
for which of the following reasons? Correct Answers She
adapted to and adopted the Canadian culture
A client is experiencing an anxiety attack. What is the priority of
this client's nursing need? Correct Answers High (first-order)
priority
-issues are those that create an immediate threat to a client's
survival and safety. An anxiety attack is such a high-priority
issue because of the safety aspect. Issues of intermediate
(second-order) priority are those that do not have a potential to
cause immediate harm. Issues of low (third-order) priority and
nonemergent priority are those that may or may not be related to
the acute phase of the client's illness and can wait until other
problems have been addressed.
A manager who wishes to improve pt safety in the health care
organization should focus on Correct Answers 2Staffing models
and ratios
,A staff nurse has concerns about a procedural aspect of client
care. What is the most effective way for the nurse to ensure that
this concern is addressed? Correct Answers Discuss concerns
with unit manager.
-The nurse should verbalize all concerns about client care at the
next management level and progress up the chain of authority as
necessary. In this situation, the unit manager would be the
person who should be informed first. Discussing concerns with
co-workers is not the most effective way to address them.
Complaining is not an effective strategy for problem solving;
instead, the nurse should offer possible solutions. It is never
appropriate to share procedural concerns with the client or the
client's family. The staff and management appropriately resolve
these issues.
Being aware of culture is a necessary skill for nurses to have.
How does knowing about a patient's culture help the nurse?
Correct Answers b)It helps the nurse to work in a
nonjudgemental and tolerant manner.
Code of ethics Correct Answers articulates the ethical values
and responsibilities that Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)1
uphold and promote, and to which they are accountable. The
Code serves to:
• guide LPNs' ethical reflections and decision-making across all
areas of licensed practical nurse practice; and,
• inform the public about the ethical values and responsibilities
of the LPN profession and convey the profession's commitment
to society.
1. Responsibility to the Public
2. Responsibility to Clients
, 3. Responsibility to the Profession
4. Responsibility to Colleagues
5. Responsibility to Oneself
Collaborative practice models aim: Correct Answers 3. Place
the pt at the centre of care delivery
Cultural competence is the process of which of the following?
Correct Answers • Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and
attitudes
Culture strongly influences pain expression and the need for
pain medication. Which one of the following statements is true
about cultural pain? Correct Answers It may be suffered by a
patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
Disparities in health outocmes between rich and poor pts
illustrates Correct Answers 3. Influence of socioeconomic
factors in morbidity and mortality
During the morning rounds, the nurse assesses the condition of a
patient who underwent major open-heart surgery two days
earlier. The client complains of lower leg pain at the site where
the vein graft was removed. The nurse finds that the intravenous
(IV) infusion is being delivered at the appropriate rate but that
only 100 mL remains in the bag. An order exists for the IV
infusion to continue. What is the nurse's high (first-order)
priority? Correct Answers Administer an analgesic to the
patient to treat the leg pain.
Solutions
• The nurse needs to complete all of the following tasks. Which
task does the nurse perform first? Correct Answers • Notify the
health care provider of the decreased level of consciousness of
the patient who had a stroke yesterday.
A 46-year-old woman from Bosnia came to Canada six years
ago. Although she did not celebrate Christmas when she lived in
Bosnia, she celebrates Christmas with her family now. This
woman has experienced assimilation into the culture of Canada
for which of the following reasons? Correct Answers She
adapted to and adopted the Canadian culture
A client is experiencing an anxiety attack. What is the priority of
this client's nursing need? Correct Answers High (first-order)
priority
-issues are those that create an immediate threat to a client's
survival and safety. An anxiety attack is such a high-priority
issue because of the safety aspect. Issues of intermediate
(second-order) priority are those that do not have a potential to
cause immediate harm. Issues of low (third-order) priority and
nonemergent priority are those that may or may not be related to
the acute phase of the client's illness and can wait until other
problems have been addressed.
A manager who wishes to improve pt safety in the health care
organization should focus on Correct Answers 2Staffing models
and ratios
,A staff nurse has concerns about a procedural aspect of client
care. What is the most effective way for the nurse to ensure that
this concern is addressed? Correct Answers Discuss concerns
with unit manager.
-The nurse should verbalize all concerns about client care at the
next management level and progress up the chain of authority as
necessary. In this situation, the unit manager would be the
person who should be informed first. Discussing concerns with
co-workers is not the most effective way to address them.
Complaining is not an effective strategy for problem solving;
instead, the nurse should offer possible solutions. It is never
appropriate to share procedural concerns with the client or the
client's family. The staff and management appropriately resolve
these issues.
Being aware of culture is a necessary skill for nurses to have.
How does knowing about a patient's culture help the nurse?
Correct Answers b)It helps the nurse to work in a
nonjudgemental and tolerant manner.
Code of ethics Correct Answers articulates the ethical values
and responsibilities that Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)1
uphold and promote, and to which they are accountable. The
Code serves to:
• guide LPNs' ethical reflections and decision-making across all
areas of licensed practical nurse practice; and,
• inform the public about the ethical values and responsibilities
of the LPN profession and convey the profession's commitment
to society.
1. Responsibility to the Public
2. Responsibility to Clients
, 3. Responsibility to the Profession
4. Responsibility to Colleagues
5. Responsibility to Oneself
Collaborative practice models aim: Correct Answers 3. Place
the pt at the centre of care delivery
Cultural competence is the process of which of the following?
Correct Answers • Acquiring specific knowledge, skills, and
attitudes
Culture strongly influences pain expression and the need for
pain medication. Which one of the following statements is true
about cultural pain? Correct Answers It may be suffered by a
patient whose valued way of life is disregarded by practitioners.
Disparities in health outocmes between rich and poor pts
illustrates Correct Answers 3. Influence of socioeconomic
factors in morbidity and mortality
During the morning rounds, the nurse assesses the condition of a
patient who underwent major open-heart surgery two days
earlier. The client complains of lower leg pain at the site where
the vein graft was removed. The nurse finds that the intravenous
(IV) infusion is being delivered at the appropriate rate but that
only 100 mL remains in the bag. An order exists for the IV
infusion to continue. What is the nurse's high (first-order)
priority? Correct Answers Administer an analgesic to the
patient to treat the leg pain.
