Nursing Care of Children Alternate Item
Format 2025 Quiz
A charge nurse is planning to utilize a nurse from the hospital's float pool.
Which of the following are disadvantages to float pools? Select all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. Float pool nurses receive a higher rate of pay and typically no benefits.
b. Float pools result in a lack of continuity of client care.
c. Float pool nurses have the flexibility to choose when they want to work.
d. Float pools are adequate for filling intermittent staffing holes.
e. Float pools are not a solution to the long term staffing shortages. -
ANSWER >>b. Float pools result in a lack of continuity of client care
e. Float pools are not a solution to the long term staffing shortages.
Float pools result in a lack of client continuity because nurses who work in
the float pool are typically crossed trained on multiple units, therefore,
would not receive the same client care assignment as before.
Float pools are adequate for filling intermittent staffing holes, but like
agency or registry staff, is not an to the ongoing need to alter
ANSWER
staffing according to census.
A nurse is working in the Emergency Department (ED). In which order
should the following clients be triaged?
A. 30 year old male reporting shortness of breath.
B. 18 year old male with a possible fractured tibia.
, C. 24 year old female with a swollen and bruised ankle.
D. 40 year old female with high fever and productive cough.
Select one:
a. A, D, B, C
b. A, B, D, C
c. C, B, A, D
d. B, C, A, D - >>a. A, D, B, C
ANSWER A. Shortness of breath is
considered an emergent triage category and implies that a condition exists
that poses an immediate threat to life or limb. This client would be seen
first.
D. High fever and productive cough would raise suspicion of pneumonia.
New onset of pneumonia is considered an urgent triage category. This
implies that the client should be treated quickly, as long as respiratory
failure does not appear imminent.
B. A possible fractured tibia is considered an urgent triage category.
This implies that the client should be treated quickly.
C. A swollen and bruised ankle is considered non-urgent. The client can
generally wait for several hours without a significant risk of clinical
deterioration.
A nurse is caring for an infant prescribed digoxin. The client's apical heart
rate is 88 beats per minute. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse take? Select all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Notify the physician.
b. Obtain a rhythm strip to assess for heart block.
c. Administer the medication as ordered.
d. Withhold the medication.
Format 2025 Quiz
A charge nurse is planning to utilize a nurse from the hospital's float pool.
Which of the following are disadvantages to float pools? Select all that
apply.
Select one or more:
a. Float pool nurses receive a higher rate of pay and typically no benefits.
b. Float pools result in a lack of continuity of client care.
c. Float pool nurses have the flexibility to choose when they want to work.
d. Float pools are adequate for filling intermittent staffing holes.
e. Float pools are not a solution to the long term staffing shortages. -
ANSWER >>b. Float pools result in a lack of continuity of client care
e. Float pools are not a solution to the long term staffing shortages.
Float pools result in a lack of client continuity because nurses who work in
the float pool are typically crossed trained on multiple units, therefore,
would not receive the same client care assignment as before.
Float pools are adequate for filling intermittent staffing holes, but like
agency or registry staff, is not an to the ongoing need to alter
ANSWER
staffing according to census.
A nurse is working in the Emergency Department (ED). In which order
should the following clients be triaged?
A. 30 year old male reporting shortness of breath.
B. 18 year old male with a possible fractured tibia.
, C. 24 year old female with a swollen and bruised ankle.
D. 40 year old female with high fever and productive cough.
Select one:
a. A, D, B, C
b. A, B, D, C
c. C, B, A, D
d. B, C, A, D - >>a. A, D, B, C
ANSWER A. Shortness of breath is
considered an emergent triage category and implies that a condition exists
that poses an immediate threat to life or limb. This client would be seen
first.
D. High fever and productive cough would raise suspicion of pneumonia.
New onset of pneumonia is considered an urgent triage category. This
implies that the client should be treated quickly, as long as respiratory
failure does not appear imminent.
B. A possible fractured tibia is considered an urgent triage category.
This implies that the client should be treated quickly.
C. A swollen and bruised ankle is considered non-urgent. The client can
generally wait for several hours without a significant risk of clinical
deterioration.
A nurse is caring for an infant prescribed digoxin. The client's apical heart
rate is 88 beats per minute. Which of the following interventions should the
nurse take? Select all that apply.
Select one or more:
a. Notify the physician.
b. Obtain a rhythm strip to assess for heart block.
c. Administer the medication as ordered.
d. Withhold the medication.
