NURSING PRACTICE EXAM 1, PART 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
During a physical assessment, the nurse closes and door and provides drape to promote privacy. The nurse
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is performing her role as a/an:
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A. Advocate
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B. Communicator
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C. Change agent
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D. Caregiver - ANSWER D. Caregiver
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The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain dignity, health and wellness by
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viewing a person holistically. As an advocate the nurse intercedes or works on behalf of the client. Identifyi
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ng the need and problems of the client and communicating it to other members of the health team is doin
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g the role of a communicator. As a change agent, the nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR.
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During the nursing rounds Nurse Cathy is instructing the patient to avoid smoking to prevent the worsenin
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g of respiratory problems. The patient asked about the things that he can do when feelings of wanting to s
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moke arises. The nurse enumerates ways of dealing the situation. This is an example of a nurse's role as a/a
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n:
A. Advocate
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B. Clinician
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C. Change agent
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D. Caregiver - ANSWER C. Change agent
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As a change agent, the nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR. As an advocate the nurse interc
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edes or works on behalf of the client. As a clinician, the nurse would use technical expertise to administer n
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ursing care. The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain dignity, health and
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wellness by viewing a person holistically.
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Nurse Cathy on the other hand, knows the case immediately even before a diagnosis is done. Based on Ben
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ner's theory she is a/an:
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,A. Novice
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B. Expert
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C. Competent
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D. Advanced beginner - ANSWER B. Expert
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The ability to perceive something without further evidence is the development of intuition and is seen in E
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xpert nurses. A novice nurse is governed by rules and usually inflexible. Competent nurses are planning nur
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sing care consciously. Advanced beginners demonstrate acceptable performance.
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Newborn screening is done to every newborn in the Philippines. This is an example of:
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A. Primary prevention
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B. Secondary prevention
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C. Tertiary prevention
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D. Rehabilitation - ANSWER B. Secondary prevention
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Promotion of early detection and early treatment of the disease is under secondary prevention. Example,
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breast self exam, TB screening, genetic counseling.
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One of Nurse Cathy's co-
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workers is Annie who is flexible in any given situation. Annie is performing her duties well without supervis
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ion but still needs more experience and practice to develop a consciously planned nursing care. According
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to Patricia Benner's category in specialization in nursing, Annie is a/an:
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A. Novice
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B. Expert
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C. Competent
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D. Advanced beginner - ANSWER D. Advanced beginner
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A- Novice is governed by rules and usually inflexible. B-
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Expert nurses have intuitive grasp on the situation dealt. C-
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Competent nurses are planning nursing care consciously. D-
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Advanced beginners demonstrate acceptable performance.
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, The clinical instructor is discussing about the Nursing Process. She mentioned that when a cluster of actual
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or high-risk diagnosis are present because of a certain situation it is called:
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A. Wellness nursing diagnosis
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B. Actual nursing diagnosis
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C. Syndrome nursing diagnosis
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D. Risk nursing diagnosis - ANSWER C. Syndrome nursing diagnosis
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Presence of both actual and high-
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risk diagnosis is called a syndrome nursing diagnosis. Wellness nursing diagnosis focuses on the clinical jud
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gment on an individual from a specific to higher level of wellness. Actual diagnoses are clinical judgment of
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Tthe nurse that is validated. A risk diagnosis is based on the clinical are based on clinical judgment that the c
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lient may develop vulnerability to the problem.
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The nurse in charge measures a patient's temperature at 101 degrees F. What is the equivalent centigrade
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temperature?
A. 36.3 degrees C
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B. 37.95 degrees C
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C. 40.03 degrees C
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D. 38.01 degrees C - ANSWER B. 37.95
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To convert °F to °C use this formula, ( °F -
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32 ) (0.55). While when converting °C to °F use this formula, ( °C x 1.8) + 32. Note that 0.55 is 5/9 and 1.8 is
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9/5.
During a change-of-
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shift report, it would be important for the nurse relinquishing responsibility for care of the patient to com
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municate. Which of the following facts to the nurse assuming responsibility for care of the patient?
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A. That the patient verbalized, "My headache is gone."
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B. That the patient's barium enema performed 3 days ago was negative
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C. Patient's NGT was removed 2 hours ago
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D. Patient's family came for a visit this morning. - ANSWER C. Patient's NGT was removed 2 hours ago
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The change-of-
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shift report should indicate significant recent changes in the patient's condition that the nurse assuming re
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