NURSING 108 UPDATED TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which common thinking error is most likely to hinder the development of a
therapeutic nurse-patient relationship?
1. Lack of knowledge
2. Illogical thinking
3. Closed-mindedness
4. Erroneous reasoning - ✔✔-Closed-mindedness
✔✔Which statement describes a defining characteristic of illogical thinking?
1. Jumping to conclusions
2. Intentionally overlooking alternatives
3. Accepting things as true without proof
4. Tendency toward partiality - ✔✔-Jumping to conclusions
✔✔Which strategies can nurses use to improve critical thinking skills?
1. Holding discussions with colleagues
2. Engaging in verbalization of thoughts
3. Reading multiple complex documents
4. Gaining increased knowledge
5. Conducting literature reviews - ✔✔-Holding discussions with colleagues
-Engaging in verbalization of thoughts
-Conducting literature reviews
✔✔Which aspects of written work improve critical thinking?
1. Reviewing recent lectures
2. Noting key facts while reading
3. Post-lecture debriefing
,4. Rewriting study notes
5. Identifying knowledge gaps - ✔✔-Reviewing recent lectures
-Noting key facts while reading
-Rewriting study notes
-Identifying knowledge gaps
✔✔Which method ensures the competency of licensed nurses?
1. Performance review
2. Specialty certification
3. Personal resume
4. Employment history - ✔✔-Specialty certification
✔✔Which critical thinking skill did the nurse use when verifying the latest revision date
prior to using a website's patient education brochure?
1. Analysis
2. Interpretation
3. Evaluation
4. Explanation - ✔✔-Evaluation
✔✔Which statement describes a Cochrane Review?
1. Organized-by-medical-specialty review of research studies designed to translate
findings into practice
2. Presentation of medical research findings before a review panel of expert scientists
3. Compilation of reviews of medical research used to develop practice guidelines
4. Systematic review or meta-analysis that interprets the results of medical research -
✔✔-Systematic review or meta-analysis that interprets the results of medical research
✔✔Which statement describes research use in nursing?
1. Research evidence from one or two studies is applied to clinical nursing care.
2. Data from related research studies are compiled to guide nursing care.
3. Practicing nurses are involved in the development of research studies focusing on
clinical questions.
4. Findings from multiple studies serve as the basis for standardized clinical procedures.
- ✔✔-Research evidence from one or two studies is applied to clinical nursing care.
✔✔What is the goal of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
1. Promote positive patient outcomes
2. Lower the incidence of errors in patient care
3. Increase the speed of patient recovery
4. Decrease the need for readmissions - ✔✔-Promote positive patient outcomes
,✔✔Which aspect of Florence Nightingale's work set the stage for evidence-based
practice (EBP) in nursing?
1. Concern with the impact of the environment on health
2. Close monitoring of the effectiveness of interventions
3. Collaboration with government officials
4. Focus on nutrition and basic hygiene - ✔✔-Close monitoring of the effectiveness of
interventions
✔✔Which method refers to the use of proof to guide clinical decision-making?
1. Evidenced-based practice
2. Clinical research
3. Nursing process
4. Research study - ✔✔-Evidence-based practice
✔✔What is the primary product derived from nursing research?
1. Health statistics
2. Practice guidelines
3. New theories
4. Evidence - ✔✔-Evidence
✔✔Which fundamental skill is required of the nurse for safe and effective evidence-
based practice (EBP)?
1. Prepare clear, useful practice guidelines.
2. Evaluate the strength and relevance of research findings.
3. Coordinate and conduct research projects.
4. Assign and delegate patient care appropriately. - ✔✔-Evaluate the strength and
relevance of research findings.
✔✔What is meant by "Magnet status"?
1. Agency recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Center
of Excellence
2. Hospital which has met a set of criteria that measures the quality of nursing care
3. Facility that is fully staffed with a nurse-patient ratio of 1 to 4 or better
4. Institution that attracts and retains highly-qualified professional staff - ✔✔-Hospital
which has met a set of criteria that measures the quality of nursing care
✔✔Which initiative demonstrates the commitment of Magnet hospitals to evidence-
based practice (EBP)?
, 1. Establishing unit-based interdisciplinary care teams
2. Allowing nurses autonomy in using evidence to improve quality of care
3. Signing a clinical affiliation agreement with a college nursing program
4. Supporting staff participation in continuing education - ✔✔-Allowing nurses autonomy
in using evidence to improve quality of care
✔✔Which best describes the diagnosis step of the nursing process?
1. The nurse gathers patient data through observation, interviews, and physical
assessment.
2. The nurse analyzes, validates, and clusters patient data to identify patient problems.
Patient data clusters are stated in standardized language, which provides clarity and
universal understanding by all health care providers.
3. The nurse prioritizes the nursing diagnoses and identifies goals that are realistic,
measurable, and patient-focused with specific outcomes.
4. The nurse initiates specific nursing interventions and treatments designed to help the
patient achieve established goals and outcomes. - ✔✔-The nurse analyzes, validates,
and clusters patient data to identify patient problems. Patient data clusters are stated in
standardized language, which provides clarity and universal understanding by all health
care providers.
✔✔Which term describes the nurse prioritizing the diagnoses and identifying goals that
are realistic, measurable, and patient-focused with specific outcomes?
1. Assessment
2. Planning
3. Diagnosis
4. Evaluation - ✔✔-Planning
✔✔Which actions demonstrate a nurse utilizing critical thinking when her patient
complains of increased pain at the surgical site?
1. The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and calls provider on call
for pain medications.
2. The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and tells patient she has no
medications ordered.
3. The nurse uses non-pharmaceutical treatment of focused deep breaths to relieve
pain for patient.
4. The nurse assesses vital signs and checks to see when patient was last medicated
for pain.
5. The nurse assesses the surgical site to determine the cause of the increased pain. -
✔✔-The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and calls provider on call
for pain medications.
-The nurse uses non-pharmaceutical treatment of focused deep breaths to relieve pain
for patient.
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which common thinking error is most likely to hinder the development of a
therapeutic nurse-patient relationship?
1. Lack of knowledge
2. Illogical thinking
3. Closed-mindedness
4. Erroneous reasoning - ✔✔-Closed-mindedness
✔✔Which statement describes a defining characteristic of illogical thinking?
1. Jumping to conclusions
2. Intentionally overlooking alternatives
3. Accepting things as true without proof
4. Tendency toward partiality - ✔✔-Jumping to conclusions
✔✔Which strategies can nurses use to improve critical thinking skills?
1. Holding discussions with colleagues
2. Engaging in verbalization of thoughts
3. Reading multiple complex documents
4. Gaining increased knowledge
5. Conducting literature reviews - ✔✔-Holding discussions with colleagues
-Engaging in verbalization of thoughts
-Conducting literature reviews
✔✔Which aspects of written work improve critical thinking?
1. Reviewing recent lectures
2. Noting key facts while reading
3. Post-lecture debriefing
,4. Rewriting study notes
5. Identifying knowledge gaps - ✔✔-Reviewing recent lectures
-Noting key facts while reading
-Rewriting study notes
-Identifying knowledge gaps
✔✔Which method ensures the competency of licensed nurses?
1. Performance review
2. Specialty certification
3. Personal resume
4. Employment history - ✔✔-Specialty certification
✔✔Which critical thinking skill did the nurse use when verifying the latest revision date
prior to using a website's patient education brochure?
1. Analysis
2. Interpretation
3. Evaluation
4. Explanation - ✔✔-Evaluation
✔✔Which statement describes a Cochrane Review?
1. Organized-by-medical-specialty review of research studies designed to translate
findings into practice
2. Presentation of medical research findings before a review panel of expert scientists
3. Compilation of reviews of medical research used to develop practice guidelines
4. Systematic review or meta-analysis that interprets the results of medical research -
✔✔-Systematic review or meta-analysis that interprets the results of medical research
✔✔Which statement describes research use in nursing?
1. Research evidence from one or two studies is applied to clinical nursing care.
2. Data from related research studies are compiled to guide nursing care.
3. Practicing nurses are involved in the development of research studies focusing on
clinical questions.
4. Findings from multiple studies serve as the basis for standardized clinical procedures.
- ✔✔-Research evidence from one or two studies is applied to clinical nursing care.
✔✔What is the goal of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
1. Promote positive patient outcomes
2. Lower the incidence of errors in patient care
3. Increase the speed of patient recovery
4. Decrease the need for readmissions - ✔✔-Promote positive patient outcomes
,✔✔Which aspect of Florence Nightingale's work set the stage for evidence-based
practice (EBP) in nursing?
1. Concern with the impact of the environment on health
2. Close monitoring of the effectiveness of interventions
3. Collaboration with government officials
4. Focus on nutrition and basic hygiene - ✔✔-Close monitoring of the effectiveness of
interventions
✔✔Which method refers to the use of proof to guide clinical decision-making?
1. Evidenced-based practice
2. Clinical research
3. Nursing process
4. Research study - ✔✔-Evidence-based practice
✔✔What is the primary product derived from nursing research?
1. Health statistics
2. Practice guidelines
3. New theories
4. Evidence - ✔✔-Evidence
✔✔Which fundamental skill is required of the nurse for safe and effective evidence-
based practice (EBP)?
1. Prepare clear, useful practice guidelines.
2. Evaluate the strength and relevance of research findings.
3. Coordinate and conduct research projects.
4. Assign and delegate patient care appropriately. - ✔✔-Evaluate the strength and
relevance of research findings.
✔✔What is meant by "Magnet status"?
1. Agency recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a Center
of Excellence
2. Hospital which has met a set of criteria that measures the quality of nursing care
3. Facility that is fully staffed with a nurse-patient ratio of 1 to 4 or better
4. Institution that attracts and retains highly-qualified professional staff - ✔✔-Hospital
which has met a set of criteria that measures the quality of nursing care
✔✔Which initiative demonstrates the commitment of Magnet hospitals to evidence-
based practice (EBP)?
, 1. Establishing unit-based interdisciplinary care teams
2. Allowing nurses autonomy in using evidence to improve quality of care
3. Signing a clinical affiliation agreement with a college nursing program
4. Supporting staff participation in continuing education - ✔✔-Allowing nurses autonomy
in using evidence to improve quality of care
✔✔Which best describes the diagnosis step of the nursing process?
1. The nurse gathers patient data through observation, interviews, and physical
assessment.
2. The nurse analyzes, validates, and clusters patient data to identify patient problems.
Patient data clusters are stated in standardized language, which provides clarity and
universal understanding by all health care providers.
3. The nurse prioritizes the nursing diagnoses and identifies goals that are realistic,
measurable, and patient-focused with specific outcomes.
4. The nurse initiates specific nursing interventions and treatments designed to help the
patient achieve established goals and outcomes. - ✔✔-The nurse analyzes, validates,
and clusters patient data to identify patient problems. Patient data clusters are stated in
standardized language, which provides clarity and universal understanding by all health
care providers.
✔✔Which term describes the nurse prioritizing the diagnoses and identifying goals that
are realistic, measurable, and patient-focused with specific outcomes?
1. Assessment
2. Planning
3. Diagnosis
4. Evaluation - ✔✔-Planning
✔✔Which actions demonstrate a nurse utilizing critical thinking when her patient
complains of increased pain at the surgical site?
1. The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and calls provider on call
for pain medications.
2. The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and tells patient she has no
medications ordered.
3. The nurse uses non-pharmaceutical treatment of focused deep breaths to relieve
pain for patient.
4. The nurse assesses vital signs and checks to see when patient was last medicated
for pain.
5. The nurse assesses the surgical site to determine the cause of the increased pain. -
✔✔-The nurse verifies that no pain medications were ordered and calls provider on call
for pain medications.
-The nurse uses non-pharmaceutical treatment of focused deep breaths to relieve pain
for patient.
