Exam 2 & Exam 3: NU 518/ NU518 (Latest 2024/ 2025
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1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory
infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - ANSWERC
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which
one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - ANSWERB
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse
with activity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWERA
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWERB
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had
abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERB
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed
8th grade.
,He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the
weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERC
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERA
The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest
pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERD
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERB
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERA
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the
patient has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERA
,After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWERA
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of
data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWERC
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine
to form
the:
a Data base.
B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary. - ANSWERA
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. - ANSWERC
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the
nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience
from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors. - ANSWERB
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
, B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWERA
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement
best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. - ANSWERC
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which
is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress - ANSWERD
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A Low self-esteem
B Lack of knowledge
C Abnormal laboratory values
D Severely abnormal vital signs - ANSWERC
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
A Validation
B Clustering related cues
C Identifying gaps in data
D Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant - ANSWERB
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient
relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a Nursing
b Medical
c Admission
d Collaborative - ANSWERA
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and
includes
which steps?
a Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
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Qs and As| 100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be
appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory
infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - ANSWERC
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which
one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - ANSWERB
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse
with activity
and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWERA
Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - ANSWERB
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had
abdominal
pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9
on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERB
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed
8th grade.
,He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the
weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERC
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERA
The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest
pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - ANSWERD
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERB
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERA
The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the
patient has
never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - ANSWERA
,After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations
are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. These types of data would be:
A Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWERA
A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and feels hot. These
types of
data would be:
a Objective.
B Reflective.
C Subjective.
D Introspective. - ANSWERC
The patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine
to form
the:
a Data base.
B Admitting data.
C Financial statement.
D Discharge summary. - ANSWERA
When listening to a patients breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. The
nurses next action should be to:
a Immediately notify the patients physician.
B Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
C Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
D Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present. - ANSWERC
The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session,
the
nurse should keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and
experience
from which to draw, are more likely to make their decisions using:
a Intuition.
B A set of rules.
C Articles in journals.
D Advice from supervisors. - ANSWERB
Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without
consciously
labeling it. These responses are referred to as:
a Intuition.
, B The nursing process.
C Clinical knowledge.
D Diagnostic reasoning. - ANSWERA
The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement
best reflects EBP?
A EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
B EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
C EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinicians experience.
D The patients own preferences are not important with EBP. - ANSWERC
The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate
nurses. Which
is an example of a first-level priority problem?
A Patient with postoperative pain
B Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
C Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
D Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress - ANSWERD
When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-
level
priority problems include which of these aspects?
A Low self-esteem
B Lack of knowledge
C Abnormal laboratory values
D Severely abnormal vital signs - ANSWERC
Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
A Validation
B Clustering related cues
C Identifying gaps in data
D Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant - ANSWERB
The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient
relies on the
appropriateness of the diagnosis.
a Nursing
b Medical
c Admission
d Collaborative - ANSWERA
The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and
includes
which steps?
a Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
