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Table].of].Contents
Chapter].1.].Professional].Nursing


MULTIPLE].CHOICE

1. The].nurse].completes].an].admission].database].and].explains].that].the].plan].of].care].a
nd].discharge].goals].will].be].developed].with].the].patients].input.].The].patient].states,].H
ow].is].this].different].from].what].the].doctor].does?].Which].response].would].be].most].ap
propriate].for].the].nurse].to].make?

a. The].role].of].the].nurse].is].to].administer].medications].and].other].treatme
nts].prescribed].by].your].doctor.
b. The].nurses].job].is].to].help].the].doctor].by].collecting].information].a
nd].communicating].any].problems].that].occur.
c. Nurses].perform].many].of].the].same].procedures].as].the].doctor,].but].nurs
es].are].with].the].patients].for].a].longer].time].than].the].doctor.
d. In].addition].to].caring].for].you].while].you].are].sick,].the].nurses].will].ass
ist].you].to].develop].an].individualized].plan].to].maintain].your].health.

ANS:].D

This].response].is].consistent].with].the].American].Nurses].Association].(ANA)].definitio
n].of].nursing,].which].describes].the].role].of].nurses].in].promoting].health.].The].other].res
ponses].describe].some].of].the].dependent].and].collaborative].functions].of].the].nursing].r
ole].but].do].not].accurately].describe].the].nurses].role].in].the].health].care].system.

DIF:].Cognitive].Level:].Understand].(comprehension)].REF:].3

TOP:].Nursing].Process:].Implementation].MSC:].NCLEX:].Safe].and].Effective].Care].Environment

,2. The].nurse].describes].to].a].student].nurse].how].to].use].evidence-
based].practice].guidelines].when].caring].for].patients.].Which].statement,].if].made].by].th
e].nurse,].would].be].the].most].accurate?

a. Inferences].from].clinical].research].studies].are].used].as].a].guide.
b. Patient].care].is].based].on].clinical].judgment,].experience,].and].traditions.
c. Data].are].evaluated].to].show].that].the].patient].outcomes].are].consistent
ly].met.
d. Recommendations].are].based].on].research,].clinical].expertise,].and].patie
nt].preferences.

ANS:].D

Evidence-based].practice].(EBP)].is].the].use].of].the].best].research-
based].evidence].combined].with].clinician].expertise.].Clinical].judgment].based].on].the].
nurses].clinical].experience].is].part].of].EBP,].but].clinical].decision].making].should].also]
.incorporate].current].research].and].research-

based].guidelines.].Evaluation].of].patient].outcomes].is].important,].but].interventions].sh
ould].be].based].on].research].from].randomized].control].studies].with].a].large].number].of]
.subjects.



DIF:].Cognitive].Level:].Remember].(knowledge)].REF:].11

TOP:].Nursing].Process:].Planning].MSC:].NCLEX:].Safe].and].Effective].Care].Environment

3. The].nurse].teaches].a].student].nurse].about].how].to].apply].the].nursing].process].whe
n].providing].patient].care.].Which].statement,].if].made].by].the].student].nurse,].indicates]
.that].teaching].was].successful?


a. The].nursing].process].is].a].scientific-
based].method].of].diagnosing].the].patients].health].care].problems.
b. The].nursing].process].is].a].problem-
solving].tool].used].to].identify].and].treat].patients].health].care].needs.
c. The].nursing].process].is].based].on].nursing].theory].that].incorporates].t
he].biopsychosocial].nature].of].humans.

, d. The].nursing].process].is].used].primarily].to].explain].nursing].interventions].
to].other].health].care].professionals.

ANS:].B

The].nursing].process].is].a].problem-
solving].approach].to].the].identification].and].treatment].of].patients].problems.].Diagnosi
s].is].only].one].phase].of].the].nursing].process.].The].primary].use].of].the].nursing].process].
is].in].patient].care,].not].to].establish].nursing].theory].or].explain].nursing].interventions].t
o].other].health].care].professionals.

DIF:].Cognitive].Level:].Understand].(comprehension)].REF:].7

TOP:].Nursing].Process:].Implementation].MSC:].NCLEX:].Safe].and].Effective].Care].Environment

4. A].patient].has].been].admitted].to].the].hospital].for].surgery].and].tells].the].nurse,].I].do].
not].feel].comfortable].leaving].my].children].with].my].parents.].Which].action].should].the
].nurse].take].next?


a. Reassure].the].patient].that].these].feelings].are].common].for].parents.
b. Have].the].patient].call].the].children].to].ensure].that].they].are].doing].well.
c. Gather].more].data].about].the].patients].feelings].about].the].child-
care].arrangements.
d. Call].the].patients].parents].to].determine].whether].adequate].child].care].
is].being].provided.

ANS:].C

Since].a].complete].assessment].is].necessary].in].order].to].identify].a].problem].and].choose].
an].appropriate].intervention,].the].nurses].first].action].should].be].to].obtain].more].informa
tion.].The].other].actions].may].be].appropriate,].but].more].assessment].is].needed].before].t
he].best].intervention].can].be].chosen.

DIF:].Cognitive].Level:].Apply].(application)].REF:].6-7

OBJ:].Special].Questions:].Prioritization].TOP:].Nursing].Process:].Assessment