LPN TO RN TRANSITION FINAL REVIEW UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

LPN TO RN TRANSITION FINAL REVIEW UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Who defines the scope of practice? (68)
Answer:
A nurse's scope of practice is defined by individual *state nurse practice acts*, which are part of the law or
code governing that state - NCSBN regulates

Question:
2. Who is the American Nurses Credentialing Center? (67)
Answer:
Subunit of ANA - A credentialing organization that provides opportunities for certification in many
nursing specialties.
IE: Med-surg, gerontology, pediatric, nursing care management, and psychiatric-mental health.

Question:
3. How can you be an advocate in your profession? (247/57)
Answer:
You can advocate for your patients within the hospital setting, write letters to your senator to advocate for
the greater good, empower and promote self-determination in others, defend rights for others, ensure
respect, equality, and dignity for others.

Question:
4. Which pt would you delegate to an LVN?
Answer:
A stable patient

Question:
5. Which pt would you delegate to the UAP/CNA?
Answer:
Stable pt that needs help with ADLs

Question:
6. Role Conflict (55)
Answer:
Role with two or more conflicting expectations. Feelings of conflict when transitioning from LVN to RN.
Most often you unknowingly begin to change your normal behaviors as an LVN to assume new RN
characteristics.

Question:
7. What are the different roles of the RN? (56-58) (Transitioning roles from LVN to RN)
Answer:
(11) Care provider, counselor, educator, manager, advocate, collaborator, change agent, role model,
mentor, researcher (with master's degree), entrepreneur (master's degree/NP)

, Question:
8. LVN delegation
Answer:
Basic vitals (not assessments), assisting with implementation process, IV start but not medication push,
therapeutic communication

Question:
9. Stages of Patricia Banner's Theory (80)
Answer:
Believed that nursing knowledge accrues over time.
*Novice Stage*- Level 1; student nurse or nurse on unfamiliar floor. *Advanced Beginner Stage*- Level
2; advanced beginner; new grad with acceptable performance. *Competency Stage*- Level 3; competent,
can multi task, plan, and set goals. *Proficient Stage*- Level 4; proficient nurse; is able to assess
situation/pt in a holistic manner. *Expert Stage*- Level 5; expert; has ability to recognize patterns and
responses that are automatic and integrated.

Question:
10. Levine's Conservation Model (85) (how would you apply it)
Answer:
Wholeness-
Adaptation- adapting to disease process/disability
Conservation- conservation of energy, structural integrity, personal integrity, and social integrity.
Application: Nurse of amputee realizes pt need for changes to adapt to disability; Nurse caring for AIDS pt
will plan energy conserving activities balanced with rest

Question:
11. Jean Watson's Theory of Caring
Answer:
-Promotes healing and wholeness
-Places CARE BEFORE CURE
-Emphasizes the nurse-patient relationship
-10 factors: values, faith and hope, compassion for self and others, trusting, rapport, encouraging and
accepting emotional expression, analytical decision making, collaborative teaching and learning,
supportive environment, and meeting needs

Question:
12. Magnet Hospitals
Answer:
-Recognized by ANCC
-Measure the strength and quality of nursing staff at hospital
-Where nursing delivers excellent patient outcomes, have a high level of job satisfaction, low staff nurse
turnover, appropriate grievance resolution
-Indicated nursing involvement in data collection and decision making in patient care
-Value staff nurses
-Effective/Efficient nursing care