NUR 112 - EXAM 1 Test Questions and
CORRECT Answers
• Which strategy would a nurse likely discuss with a client as part of health
promotion? -✓✓ Making positive dietary changes
• Which term is defined as a formal systematic study of moral beliefs? -✓✓ Ethics
• A client has a nursing diagnosis of "Feeding self-care deficit related to right-sided
weakness. Which of the following would be the most appropriate expected
outcome for this client? -✓✓ The client will demonstrate an ability to feed himself
with a spoon at the morning meal.
• A nurse is working in a rural nurse-managed agency that provides immunizations,
health assessments, and screening services. The nurse is most likely working in
which of the following? -✓✓ Community nursing center
• A nurse in a hospice facility cares for clients with terminal illnesses and
witnesses a great deal of pain and emotional distress. Which factor that affects
healthcare ethics determines how the nurse must respond when a client asks for
help in ending his or her suffering? -✓✓ Legislative and judicial decisions
• Which statement by the nurse shows an understanding of the focus of the quality
assurance programs developed in the 1980s? -✓✓ "The quality assurance programs
focus on processes used to provide care and improving those processes."
• Which is an important function of accurate and thorough documentation? -✓✓
Providing a foundation for evaluation and quality improvement
, • The nurse is providing a program at the local YMCA about stress-reduction
techniques combined with a 1-mile walk around the indoor track once a week.
What does this type of program address for the community? -✓✓ Health
Promotion
• Which situation would require the nurse to use critical thinking and decision-
making skills in providing genetics-related nursing care? -✓✓ Providing fertility
counseling to a young family with a 2-year-old child with cystic fibrosis
• A nurse is beginning a health history with a client and states, "Which part of your
health history would you like to start with?" This type of communication technique
is called -✓✓ Broad opening
• What is the primary focus of the nurse advocacy role in managing a clinical
pathway? -✓✓ A patient's progress toward desired outcomes
• A nursing student is preparing for a class presentation addressing the
collaborative practice model. Which of the following would the student expect to
include? -✓✓ Participation in decision making that is shared by all involved
• When an ethical decision is made based on the reasoning of the "greatest good for
the greatest number," what theory is the nurse following? -✓✓ Utilitarian theory
• A client has been a resident of a long-term care facility for several years. The
client's condition has deteriorated to the point that the client is now unable to eat.
The physician has recommended surgical implantation of a feeding tube. The
client's family has a legal document outlining the client's wishes in regard to
measures such as this. What is this document? -✓✓ A client has been a resident of
a long-term care facility for several years. The client's condition has deteriorated to
CORRECT Answers
• Which strategy would a nurse likely discuss with a client as part of health
promotion? -✓✓ Making positive dietary changes
• Which term is defined as a formal systematic study of moral beliefs? -✓✓ Ethics
• A client has a nursing diagnosis of "Feeding self-care deficit related to right-sided
weakness. Which of the following would be the most appropriate expected
outcome for this client? -✓✓ The client will demonstrate an ability to feed himself
with a spoon at the morning meal.
• A nurse is working in a rural nurse-managed agency that provides immunizations,
health assessments, and screening services. The nurse is most likely working in
which of the following? -✓✓ Community nursing center
• A nurse in a hospice facility cares for clients with terminal illnesses and
witnesses a great deal of pain and emotional distress. Which factor that affects
healthcare ethics determines how the nurse must respond when a client asks for
help in ending his or her suffering? -✓✓ Legislative and judicial decisions
• Which statement by the nurse shows an understanding of the focus of the quality
assurance programs developed in the 1980s? -✓✓ "The quality assurance programs
focus on processes used to provide care and improving those processes."
• Which is an important function of accurate and thorough documentation? -✓✓
Providing a foundation for evaluation and quality improvement
, • The nurse is providing a program at the local YMCA about stress-reduction
techniques combined with a 1-mile walk around the indoor track once a week.
What does this type of program address for the community? -✓✓ Health
Promotion
• Which situation would require the nurse to use critical thinking and decision-
making skills in providing genetics-related nursing care? -✓✓ Providing fertility
counseling to a young family with a 2-year-old child with cystic fibrosis
• A nurse is beginning a health history with a client and states, "Which part of your
health history would you like to start with?" This type of communication technique
is called -✓✓ Broad opening
• What is the primary focus of the nurse advocacy role in managing a clinical
pathway? -✓✓ A patient's progress toward desired outcomes
• A nursing student is preparing for a class presentation addressing the
collaborative practice model. Which of the following would the student expect to
include? -✓✓ Participation in decision making that is shared by all involved
• When an ethical decision is made based on the reasoning of the "greatest good for
the greatest number," what theory is the nurse following? -✓✓ Utilitarian theory
• A client has been a resident of a long-term care facility for several years. The
client's condition has deteriorated to the point that the client is now unable to eat.
The physician has recommended surgical implantation of a feeding tube. The
client's family has a legal document outlining the client's wishes in regard to
measures such as this. What is this document? -✓✓ A client has been a resident of
a long-term care facility for several years. The client's condition has deteriorated to
