EXAM 1 , QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ACCURATE
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Which of the following is associated with specifically meeting, the quality and
safety education for nurses (QSEN) teamwork, and collaboration competencies?
a. Providing the patient with the schedule for diagnostic testing.
b. Accessing the patient's level pain.
c. Engaging the patient in conversation.
d. Working with the patient and nutritionist. - ANSWER-d. Working with the
patient and nutritionist
The nurse receives a patient assignment in the morning. Which of the patient
should be seen first? The patient who
a. Takes at hypnotic medication at bedtime.
b. Has fluctuations and blood sugar readings.
C. Needs assistance with morning care.
d. Has an order for a daily dressing change. - ANSWER-b. Has fluctuations in
blood sugar readings.
Which assessment question should the nurse use to clarify patient information
that's has been obtained
,a. "What are the most important things you need to know about your diet"
b. "Am incorrect that you take two medications at home for your blood pressure?"
c. "Have we talked about all of the tissues that you have with wound care?"
d. "Can you talk about your discomfort?" - ANSWER-b. "Am incorrect that you
take two medications at home for your blood pressure?"
Which essential critical thinking indicator is the nurse using when she tries out a
new way to apply a dressing?
a. Curiosity
b. Discipline
c. Creativity
d. Persistence - ANSWER-c. creativity
The nurse on the surgical unit has a multiple patient assignment. On beginning the
shift, the nurse determines that the first patient to see in the morning is the
individual who:
a. Has a blood pressure of 80/50 mm Hg
b. Requires instruction four wound care
c. Needs to be transferred from bed to chair
d. Received pain medication 5 minutes ago. - ANSWER-a. Has a blood pressure
of 80/50 mm Hg
For the process of reflection, the nurse ask him-or herself which of the following?
,a. "How I report the increase ball pressure reading?"
b. "Why is the patient having pain now?"
c. "Did the patient's respiratory status just change?"
d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do self-injection more
efficiently?" - ANSWER-d. "How should I have taught the patient patient to do
self-injection more efficiently?"
The nurse is using the personal critical thinking indicator of honesty when he or
she does, which of the following?
a. Feel certain about being able to perform the skill.
b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
c. Considers all of the information before moving forward with the plan of care.
d. Follows an orderly approach to completing the required interventions. -
ANSWER-b. Provides factual and true information to the patient.
The nurse keeps working with the patient to help him ambulate, motivating him to
reach his goal Of being independent. The nurse is demonstrating which critical
thinking trait?
a. Confidence.
b. Humility.
c. Persistance
d. Fairness. - ANSWER-c. Fairness
, On entering the room, the experience nurse has a sense that the patient's status has
changed. The nurse is using which attribute of clinical judgment?
a. Intuition
b. Validation
c. Inference
d. Inductive reasoning - ANSWER-a. Intuition
According to the NCSBN-CJMM, in order to form hypotheses, the nurse needs to
a. Analyze cues
b. Generating solutions
c. Taking action
d. Evaluating outcomes - ANSWER-b. Generating solutions
The patient tells the nurse that she is not confident with self - injecting of insulin.
The nurse should use which of the following to validate this information from the
patient?
a. Ask the family how the patient performed the self-injection
b. Confer with the other staff member to see how the technique was taught to then
patient.
c. Determine what insulin was prescribed by the provider
d. Observe the patient giving the insulin injection - ANSWER-d. Observe the
patient giving the insulin injection