NUR 382 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
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charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per
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minute. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
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b. Reflective.
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c. Subjective.
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d. Introspective.
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Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels
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hot. These types of data would be:
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a. Objective.
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b. Reflective.
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c. Subjective.
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,d. Introspective.
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Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
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data combine to form the:
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a. Data base.
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b. Admitting data.
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c. Financial statement.
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d. Discharge summary.
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Data base |
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
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sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
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a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
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b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
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c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
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Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
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,The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
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teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses,
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without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
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more likely to make their decisions using:
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a. Intuition.
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b. A set of rules.
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c. Articles in journals.
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d. Advice from supervisors.
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A set of rules.
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Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
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without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
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a. Intuition.
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b. The nursing process.
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c. Clinical knowledge.
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d. Diagnostic reasoning.
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Intuition.
, The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
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(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
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a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
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b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
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patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians
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experience.
d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
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EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
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The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
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graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
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a. Patient with postoperative pain
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b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching.
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c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
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d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
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Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
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CORRECT ANSWERS
After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has
| | | | | | | | | | |
charted that his respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
minute. These types of data would be:
| | | | | |
a. Objective.
|
b. Reflective.
|
c. Subjective.
|
d. Introspective.
|
Objective
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
hot. These types of data would be:
| | | | | |
a. Objective.
|
b. Reflective.
|
c. Subjective.
|
,d. Introspective.
|
Subjective
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
| | | | | | | | |
data combine to form the:
| | | |
a. Data base.
| |
b. Admitting data.
| |
c. Financial statement.
| |
d. Discharge summary.
| |
Data base |
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
sound that is heard. The nurses next action should be to:
| | | | | | | | | |
a. Immediately notify the patients physician.
| | | | |
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
| | | | | | | |
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
,The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
teaching session, the nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses,
| | | | | | | | | | |
without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
| | | | | | | | | | | |
more likely to make their decisions using:
| | | | | |
a. Intuition.
|
b. A set of rules.
| | | |
c. Articles in journals.
| | |
d. Advice from supervisors.
| | |
A set of rules.
| | |
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
without consciously labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
| | | | | | | | |
a. Intuition.
|
b. The nursing process.
| | |
c. Clinical knowledge.
| |
d. Diagnostic reasoning.
| |
Intuition.
, The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice
| | | | | | | |
(EBP). Which statement best reflects EBP?
| | | | |
a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
| | | | | | | | |
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians
| | | | | | | | | | |
experience.
d. The patients own preferences are not important with EBP.
| | | | | | | | |
EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
| | | | | | | | | |
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
graduate nurses. Which is an example of a first-level priority problem?
| | | | | | | | | |
a. Patient with postoperative pain
| | | |
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching.
| | | | | | | | |
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
| | | | | | | | | | |
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
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Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
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