MS1 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which component of patient care competency involves the use of information
and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and prevent or mitigate
error? - Answer: Informatics in Patient Care
Which patient's primary care may the licensed practical nurse/licensed
vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) not take on? - Answer: A patient with a central
line venous access device.
Which is the best example of a nurse acting as a patient advocate? - ANSWER
A nurse is calling a physician for pain medicine for the patient.
When completing the action, the nurse understands and practices cost
containment. - ANSWER: Recycling pulse oximetry probes according to
protocol.
Which statement(s) does the new nurse make to demonstrate understanding of
the unlicensed assistive personnel's (UAP) work description? (SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY) - ANSWER The UAP may help the nurse provide direct patient
care.
The UAP can do anything the nurse delegates to them.
The nurse is aware of the "Five Rights" of delegating. (Check all that apply.) -
ANSWER: Right Staff, Right Assignment, Right Circumstances, Right
Communication, Right Supervision.
The nurse notices a patient's wife sitting alone after visiting hours, crying. When
the nurse approaches her, she says, "I'm so worried about him." Which is the
best answer from the nurse? - ANSWER "Tell me what is worrying you"
, A 70-year-old patient who was treated for a pulmonary ailment will be freed
from the hospital. The patient claims that the physician informed her she had to
leave "because of DRGs." To discuss this remark with the patient, the
LPN/LVN must grasp that diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) are a method of
reimbursing the hospital in which way? - ANSWER: A set cost for the care of a
patient with a certain condition.
A patient with chronic pain is considering utilizing complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) to help with pain management. When presenting
this therapy option with the patient, what should the LPN/LVN remind them of?
- ANSWER: All herbs and supplements related with CAM therapies should be
mentioned on their medicine list.
Which determines the duties and scopes of practice for LPN/LVNs? -
ANSWER Nurse Practice Act (NPA
The student nurse is studying the nursing procedure. Which statement
accurately characterizes the nursing process? - ANSWER A goal-directed,
organized set of activities
A patient with a life-threatening condition is sent to the emergency department.
The LPN/LVN will care for the patient. What is the LPN/LVN's initial action? -
ANSWER Gather data about the patient and identify priorities.
The LPN/LVN will interview a newly admitted patient. What is the most
significant reason for the nurse to study the patient's records before beginning
the interview? - ANSWER To improve observation skills during the nurse’s
initial patient interaction.
A nurse has taken many initiatives to develop his critical thinking abilities.
Which actions show that the nurse is beginning to excel at critical thinking?
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER Self-correcting, reevaluating one's own
actions, attempting to better.
The nurse working on the renal unit is getting ready to make the first rounds of
the day. Which patient should the nurse see first? - ANSWER The patient who
is one hour post kidney transplant
ANSWERS
Which component of patient care competency involves the use of information
and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and prevent or mitigate
error? - Answer: Informatics in Patient Care
Which patient's primary care may the licensed practical nurse/licensed
vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) not take on? - Answer: A patient with a central
line venous access device.
Which is the best example of a nurse acting as a patient advocate? - ANSWER
A nurse is calling a physician for pain medicine for the patient.
When completing the action, the nurse understands and practices cost
containment. - ANSWER: Recycling pulse oximetry probes according to
protocol.
Which statement(s) does the new nurse make to demonstrate understanding of
the unlicensed assistive personnel's (UAP) work description? (SELECT ALL
THAT APPLY) - ANSWER The UAP may help the nurse provide direct patient
care.
The UAP can do anything the nurse delegates to them.
The nurse is aware of the "Five Rights" of delegating. (Check all that apply.) -
ANSWER: Right Staff, Right Assignment, Right Circumstances, Right
Communication, Right Supervision.
The nurse notices a patient's wife sitting alone after visiting hours, crying. When
the nurse approaches her, she says, "I'm so worried about him." Which is the
best answer from the nurse? - ANSWER "Tell me what is worrying you"
, A 70-year-old patient who was treated for a pulmonary ailment will be freed
from the hospital. The patient claims that the physician informed her she had to
leave "because of DRGs." To discuss this remark with the patient, the
LPN/LVN must grasp that diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) are a method of
reimbursing the hospital in which way? - ANSWER: A set cost for the care of a
patient with a certain condition.
A patient with chronic pain is considering utilizing complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) to help with pain management. When presenting
this therapy option with the patient, what should the LPN/LVN remind them of?
- ANSWER: All herbs and supplements related with CAM therapies should be
mentioned on their medicine list.
Which determines the duties and scopes of practice for LPN/LVNs? -
ANSWER Nurse Practice Act (NPA
The student nurse is studying the nursing procedure. Which statement
accurately characterizes the nursing process? - ANSWER A goal-directed,
organized set of activities
A patient with a life-threatening condition is sent to the emergency department.
The LPN/LVN will care for the patient. What is the LPN/LVN's initial action? -
ANSWER Gather data about the patient and identify priorities.
The LPN/LVN will interview a newly admitted patient. What is the most
significant reason for the nurse to study the patient's records before beginning
the interview? - ANSWER To improve observation skills during the nurse’s
initial patient interaction.
A nurse has taken many initiatives to develop his critical thinking abilities.
Which actions show that the nurse is beginning to excel at critical thinking?
(Select all that apply.) - ANSWER Self-correcting, reevaluating one's own
actions, attempting to better.
The nurse working on the renal unit is getting ready to make the first rounds of
the day. Which patient should the nurse see first? - ANSWER The patient who
is one hour post kidney transplant
