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,1. Professional Nursing & Nursing Process
1. Which statement best describes assessment?
A. Patient-centered care incorporates patient values, preferences, needs, and participatio
B. Implementation is carrying out planned nursing interventions.
C. Delegation transfers an appropriate task while the nurse retains accountability for overall nursing care.
D. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
ANSWER: D. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
Explanation: Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
2. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving collecting patient data. Which concept is
mostdirectly associated with this finding?
A. Delegation
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Nursing diagnosis
ANSWER: C. Assessment
Explanation: Assessment is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
3. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with assessment?
A. respect informed preferences and goals
B. begin with a complete assessment
C. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
D. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
ANSWER: B. begin with a complete assessment
Explanation: The priority approach is to begin with a complete assessment.
4. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to assessment?
A. setting expected outcomes
B. combining research with expertise and patient preferences
C. including the patient in decisions
D. collecting patient data
ANSWER: D. collecting patient data
Explanation: A key clue is related to collecting patient data.
5. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for assessment?
A. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
B. begin with a complete assessment
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, C. follow the care plan while reassessing the patient
D. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
ANSWER: B. begin with a complete assessment
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should begin with a complete assessment.
6. Which statement best describes nursing diagnosis?
A. Safe prioritization generally addresses airway, breathing, circulation, acute deterioration, and safety first.
B. A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
C. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
D. Clinical judgment involves interpreting findings and deciding on an appropriate nursing response.
ANSWER: B. A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
Explanation: A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
7. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving identifying patient responses. Which concept
ismost directly associated with this finding?
A. Delegation
B. Patient-centered care
C. Nursing diagnosis
D. Assessment
ANSWER: C. Nursing diagnosis
Explanation: Nursing diagnosis is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
8. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with nursing diagnosis?
A. use current evidence together with clinical judgment
B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
C. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
D. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
ANSWER: B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
Explanation: The priority approach is to differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses.
9. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to nursing diagnosis?
A. including the patient in decisions
B. identifying patient responses
C. combining research with expertise and patient preferences
D. assigning appropriate tasks
ANSWER: B. identifying patient responses
Explanation: A key clue is related to identifying patient responses.
10. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for nursing diagnosis?
A. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
B. begin with a complete assessment
C. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
D. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
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, ANSWER: A. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses.
11. Which statement best describes planning?
A. Implementation is carrying out planned nursing interventions.
B. Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
C. Clinical judgment involves interpreting findings and deciding on an appropriate nursing response.
D. Patient-centered care incorporates patient values, preferences, needs, and participation.
ANSWER: B. Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
Explanation: Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
12. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving setting expected outcomes. Which concept ismost
directly associated with this finding?
A. Planning
B. Prioritization
C. Evidence-based practice
D. Delegation
ANSWER: A. Planning
Explanation: Planning is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
13. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with planning?
A. follow the care plan while reassessing the patient
B. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
C. make outcomes specific and measurable
D. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
ANSWER: C. make outcomes specific and measurable
Explanation: The priority approach is to make outcomes specific and measurable.
14. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to planning?
A. including the patient in decisions
B. setting expected outcomes
C. collecting patient data
D. performing planned interventions
ANSWER: B. setting expected outcomes
Explanation: A key clue is related to setting expected outcomes.
15. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for planning?
A. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
C. make outcomes specific and measurable
D. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
ANSWER: C. make outcomes specific and measurable
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should make outcomes specific and measurable.
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,1. Professional Nursing & Nursing Process
1. Which statement best describes assessment?
A. Patient-centered care incorporates patient values, preferences, needs, and participatio
B. Implementation is carrying out planned nursing interventions.
C. Delegation transfers an appropriate task while the nurse retains accountability for overall nursing care.
D. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
ANSWER: D. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
Explanation: Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
2. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving collecting patient data. Which concept is
mostdirectly associated with this finding?
A. Delegation
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Nursing diagnosis
ANSWER: C. Assessment
Explanation: Assessment is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
3. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with assessment?
A. respect informed preferences and goals
B. begin with a complete assessment
C. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
D. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
ANSWER: B. begin with a complete assessment
Explanation: The priority approach is to begin with a complete assessment.
4. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to assessment?
A. setting expected outcomes
B. combining research with expertise and patient preferences
C. including the patient in decisions
D. collecting patient data
ANSWER: D. collecting patient data
Explanation: A key clue is related to collecting patient data.
5. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for assessment?
A. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
B. begin with a complete assessment
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, C. follow the care plan while reassessing the patient
D. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
ANSWER: B. begin with a complete assessment
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should begin with a complete assessment.
6. Which statement best describes nursing diagnosis?
A. Safe prioritization generally addresses airway, breathing, circulation, acute deterioration, and safety first.
B. A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
C. Assessment is the systematic collection of subjective and objective patient information.
D. Clinical judgment involves interpreting findings and deciding on an appropriate nursing response.
ANSWER: B. A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
Explanation: A nursing diagnosis describes a patient response or problem that nursing care can address.
7. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving identifying patient responses. Which concept
ismost directly associated with this finding?
A. Delegation
B. Patient-centered care
C. Nursing diagnosis
D. Assessment
ANSWER: C. Nursing diagnosis
Explanation: Nursing diagnosis is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
8. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with nursing diagnosis?
A. use current evidence together with clinical judgment
B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
C. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
D. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
ANSWER: B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
Explanation: The priority approach is to differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses.
9. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to nursing diagnosis?
A. including the patient in decisions
B. identifying patient responses
C. combining research with expertise and patient preferences
D. assigning appropriate tasks
ANSWER: B. identifying patient responses
Explanation: A key clue is related to identifying patient responses.
10. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for nursing diagnosis?
A. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
B. begin with a complete assessment
C. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
D. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
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, ANSWER: A. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses.
11. Which statement best describes planning?
A. Implementation is carrying out planned nursing interventions.
B. Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
C. Clinical judgment involves interpreting findings and deciding on an appropriate nursing response.
D. Patient-centered care incorporates patient values, preferences, needs, and participation.
ANSWER: B. Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
Explanation: Planning establishes priorities, measurable outcomes, and nursing interventions.
12. A nurse is reviewing a patient with a condition involving setting expected outcomes. Which concept ismost
directly associated with this finding?
A. Planning
B. Prioritization
C. Evidence-based practice
D. Delegation
ANSWER: A. Planning
Explanation: Planning is the concept most closely linked with this clinical issue.
13. Which nursing action is most appropriate when caring for a patient with planning?
A. follow the care plan while reassessing the patient
B. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
C. make outcomes specific and measurable
D. prioritize findings using safety and patient needs
ANSWER: C. make outcomes specific and measurable
Explanation: The priority approach is to make outcomes specific and measurable.
14. Which finding would most strongly support a concern related to planning?
A. including the patient in decisions
B. setting expected outcomes
C. collecting patient data
D. performing planned interventions
ANSWER: B. setting expected outcomes
Explanation: A key clue is related to setting expected outcomes.
15. Which teaching point is most appropriate for a patient being managed for planning?
A. manage unstable or rapidly changing problems before routine needs
B. differentiate nursing diagnoses from medical diagnoses
C. make outcomes specific and measurable
D. delegate stable, predictable tasks within the person's scope
ANSWER: C. make outcomes specific and measurable
Explanation: Teaching should reinforce that the patient should make outcomes specific and measurable.
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