NSG 2113 – final UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is the idea of a theory best explained?
A) "mental maps" that make sense of information and decisional processes
B) a purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
C) mental formulations of objects and events
D) aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed - CORRECT ANSWER - B) a
purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
The R in SBAR stands for:
A) recommendation
B) recovery
C) reintegration
D) report back - CORRECT ANSWER - A) recommendation
What is the primary purpose of registration laws for the nursing profession?
A) to enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadian's health outcomes
B) to ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of professional roles
C) to provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a specialty
D) to protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners - CORRECT
ANSWER - D) to protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
A patient comes to the clinic and asks the nurse for an explanation of the Medicare system. What
is the best response?
A) a social insurance program for low income earners
B) Canada's national health insurance system
C) a fee-for-service insurance plan
,D) a plan in which monies from provincial taxes are used for nursing homes - CORRECT
ANSWER - B) Canada's national health insurance system
A nurse has provided care to a patient. Which entry should the nurse document in the patient's
record?
A) status unchanged. doing well.
B) patient is hard to care for and refuses all medications. family present.
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
D) patient seems to be in pain and states, "I feel uncomfortable". - CORRECT ANSWER -
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
Vulnerable populations include patients who are more likely than others to develop health
problems as a result of what?
A) non traditional healing practices
B) unlimited access to healthcare
C) pregnancy
D) exposure to excessive risk - CORRECT ANSWER - D) exposure to excessive risk
Accountability is a critical aspect of nursing care. Which of the following is an example of a
specific decision-making process of accountability?
A) implementing discharge teaching plans that meet individual patients' needs
B) evaluating patient outcomes after implementing care
C) promoting participation of all staff in team meetings
D) selecting the medication schedule for a patient - CORRECT ANSWER - B) evaluating
patient outcomes after implementing care
According to the World Health Organization what is the best definition of health?
A) involving the total person and the environment
B) simply the absence of disease
C) status of pathological state
,D) strictly personal in nature - CORRECT ANSWER - A) involving the total person and
the environment
Risk factors can be placed into the following interrelated categories: genetics, environment, age
and lifestyle. The presence of any of these risk factors means which of the following.
A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
B) a person with the risk factor will get the disease
C) risk modification will have no effect on disease prevention
D) the disease is guaranteed not to develop if the risk is controlled - CORRECT
ANSWER - A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
What are characteristics of critical thinking?
A) being able to read and follow prescriber orders
B) accepting one, established way of providing care
C) making decisions on the basis of intuition
D) considering what is important in a given situation - CORRECT ANSWER - D)
considering what is important in a given situation
In caring for patients, it is essential for the nurse to realize that evidence-informed decision-
making is which of the following?
A) not related to quality improvement studies
B) secondary to traditional or standard care knowledge
C) the only valid source of knowledge that should be used
D) dependent on patient value and expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - D) dependent on
patient value and expectations
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what?
A) a behavioural approach to health
B) a medical approach to health
C) a socioenvironmental approach to health
, D) physiological risk factors - CORRECT ANSWER - A) a behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from a lifestyle to a socioenvironmental
approach to health?
A) Lalonde Report
B) Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies
C) Toronto Charter
D) Ottawa Charter - CORRECT ANSWER - D) Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health?
A) psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk conditions
B) physiological risk factors and behavioural risk factors
C) behavioural and psychosocial risk factors
D) behavioural and socioenvironmental risk factors - CORRECT ANSWER - A)
psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk conditions
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal
of "Health for All"?
A) the determinants of health are broad.
B) intersectoral collaboration is cost-effective.
C) intersectoral collaboration encourages problem solving at a local level.
D) intersectoral collaboration is less likely to result in conflict. - CORRECT ANSWER -
A) the determinants of health are broad.
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what?
A) health promotion
B) primary prevention
C) secondary prevention
D) tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - B) primary prevention
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is the idea of a theory best explained?
A) "mental maps" that make sense of information and decisional processes
B) a purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
C) mental formulations of objects and events
D) aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed - CORRECT ANSWER - B) a
purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
The R in SBAR stands for:
A) recommendation
B) recovery
C) reintegration
D) report back - CORRECT ANSWER - A) recommendation
What is the primary purpose of registration laws for the nursing profession?
A) to enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadian's health outcomes
B) to ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of professional roles
C) to provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a specialty
D) to protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners - CORRECT
ANSWER - D) to protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
A patient comes to the clinic and asks the nurse for an explanation of the Medicare system. What
is the best response?
A) a social insurance program for low income earners
B) Canada's national health insurance system
C) a fee-for-service insurance plan
,D) a plan in which monies from provincial taxes are used for nursing homes - CORRECT
ANSWER - B) Canada's national health insurance system
A nurse has provided care to a patient. Which entry should the nurse document in the patient's
record?
A) status unchanged. doing well.
B) patient is hard to care for and refuses all medications. family present.
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
D) patient seems to be in pain and states, "I feel uncomfortable". - CORRECT ANSWER -
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
Vulnerable populations include patients who are more likely than others to develop health
problems as a result of what?
A) non traditional healing practices
B) unlimited access to healthcare
C) pregnancy
D) exposure to excessive risk - CORRECT ANSWER - D) exposure to excessive risk
Accountability is a critical aspect of nursing care. Which of the following is an example of a
specific decision-making process of accountability?
A) implementing discharge teaching plans that meet individual patients' needs
B) evaluating patient outcomes after implementing care
C) promoting participation of all staff in team meetings
D) selecting the medication schedule for a patient - CORRECT ANSWER - B) evaluating
patient outcomes after implementing care
According to the World Health Organization what is the best definition of health?
A) involving the total person and the environment
B) simply the absence of disease
C) status of pathological state
,D) strictly personal in nature - CORRECT ANSWER - A) involving the total person and
the environment
Risk factors can be placed into the following interrelated categories: genetics, environment, age
and lifestyle. The presence of any of these risk factors means which of the following.
A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
B) a person with the risk factor will get the disease
C) risk modification will have no effect on disease prevention
D) the disease is guaranteed not to develop if the risk is controlled - CORRECT
ANSWER - A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
What are characteristics of critical thinking?
A) being able to read and follow prescriber orders
B) accepting one, established way of providing care
C) making decisions on the basis of intuition
D) considering what is important in a given situation - CORRECT ANSWER - D)
considering what is important in a given situation
In caring for patients, it is essential for the nurse to realize that evidence-informed decision-
making is which of the following?
A) not related to quality improvement studies
B) secondary to traditional or standard care knowledge
C) the only valid source of knowledge that should be used
D) dependent on patient value and expectations - CORRECT ANSWER - D) dependent on
patient value and expectations
The Lalonde Report is significant in that it was the first to emphasize what?
A) a behavioural approach to health
B) a medical approach to health
C) a socioenvironmental approach to health
, D) physiological risk factors - CORRECT ANSWER - A) a behavioural approach to health
What is the "watershed" document that marked the shift from a lifestyle to a socioenvironmental
approach to health?
A) Lalonde Report
B) Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies
C) Toronto Charter
D) Ottawa Charter - CORRECT ANSWER - D) Ottawa Charter
From a socioenvironmental perspective, what are the major determinants of health?
A) psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk conditions
B) physiological risk factors and behavioural risk factors
C) behavioural and psychosocial risk factors
D) behavioural and socioenvironmental risk factors - CORRECT ANSWER - A)
psychosocial risk factors and socioenvironmental risk conditions
What is the main reason that intersectoral collaboration is a necessary strategy to reach the goal
of "Health for All"?
A) the determinants of health are broad.
B) intersectoral collaboration is cost-effective.
C) intersectoral collaboration encourages problem solving at a local level.
D) intersectoral collaboration is less likely to result in conflict. - CORRECT ANSWER -
A) the determinants of health are broad.
Providing immunizations against measles is an example of what?
A) health promotion
B) primary prevention
C) secondary prevention
D) tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER - B) primary prevention
