NUR 306 exam 1
1. : An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive
as important to patients' well-being is:
1. Making health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal
hygiene.
3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provider .
4. Ask permission before performing a procedure on a patient.
2. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient
care: You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the prepa-
ration you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional
Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important.
Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient
care
3. Advocate.: A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to
have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the
surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is
acting as the patient's:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Communicator.
4. Educator: The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dress- ing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how
to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
5. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.: The exam-
ination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
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3. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure pro-
grams.
6. Caregiver
Autonomy
Patient advocate
Health promotion: Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge
and
skills for a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following
are examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
7. 1-b
2-d
3-c
4-a: Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
Clinical nurse specialist
Nurse anesthetist
Nurse practitioner
Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usu- ally in a primary care setting, directly manag-
ing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Provides care and services under the
supervision of an anesthesiologist
8. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model: Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care.
Which of these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion
model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
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9. Teamwork and collaboration: A nurse meets with the registered dietitian and
physical therapist to develop a plan of care that focuses on improving nutrition and
mobility for a patient. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education
of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety'
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
10. Evidence-based practice: A critical care nurse is using a new research-based
intervention to correctly position her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused
by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which Quality and
Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
11. Nurse researcher: The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase
in pressure injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of treatment. The first is the pro- cedure currently used to assess for
pressure injury risk. The sec- ond uses a new assessment instrument to identify
at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
12. Person, health, environment, and nursing.: The components of the nursing
metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory.
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
.3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
13. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
Guides nursing practice.
Explains relationships between concepts.: Theory is essential to nursing prac-
tice because it: (Select all that
apply.)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
1. : An example of a nurse caring behavior that families of acutely ill patients perceive
as important to patients' well-being is:
1. Making health care decisions for patients.
2. Having family members provide a patient's total personal
hygiene.
3. Injecting the nurse's perceptions about the level of care provider .
4. Ask permission before performing a procedure on a patient.
2. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient
care: You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the prepa-
ration you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional
Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important.
Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient
care
3. Advocate.: A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to
have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the
surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is
acting as the patient's:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Communicator.
4. Educator: The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dress- ing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how
to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator
5. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.: The exam-
ination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is the same in every state in the United
States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
, NUR 306 exam 1
3. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice.
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure pro-
grams.
6. Caregiver
Autonomy
Patient advocate
Health promotion: Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge
and
skills for a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following
are examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor
7. 1-b
2-d
3-c
4-a: Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
Clinical nurse specialist
Nurse anesthetist
Nurse practitioner
Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usu- ally in a primary care setting, directly manag-
ing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Provides care and services under the
supervision of an anesthesiologist
8. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model: Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care.
Which of these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion
model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
, NUR 306 exam 1
9. Teamwork and collaboration: A nurse meets with the registered dietitian and
physical therapist to develop a plan of care that focuses on improving nutrition and
mobility for a patient. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education
of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety'
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
10. Evidence-based practice: A critical care nurse is using a new research-based
intervention to correctly position her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused
by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which Quality and
Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
11. Nurse researcher: The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase
in pressure injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of treatment. The first is the pro- cedure currently used to assess for
pressure injury risk. The sec- ond uses a new assessment instrument to identify
at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which
career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher
12. Person, health, environment, and nursing.: The components of the nursing
metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory.
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
.3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs.
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing.
13. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
Predicts patient behaviors in situations.
Guides nursing practice.
Explains relationships between concepts.: Theory is essential to nursing prac-
tice because it: (Select all that
apply.)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge.
