Ambulatory Certification Prep -
Nursing World Sample Test
Questions with Accurate Answers
A 15-year-old mother who has a three-month-old infant develops a nonemergent illness requiring
hospitalization. The consent for admission and treatment is properly signed by the:
A Ethics committee.
B Infant's grandparent.
C Infant's mother.
D Mother's legal guardian. correct answer Infant's mother.
A 20-year-old patient calls the clinic about a friend who has been excessively drinking alcohol all day.
The ambulatory care nurse first determines whether the friend is:
A Combative.
B Exhibiting labored breathing.
C Hallucinating.
D Slurring his or her speech. correct answer Exhibiting labored breathing.
A benefit of protocol use during telephone triage is to:
A Develop a flexible treatment plan.
B Enhance decision making.
C Increase patient compliance.
D Provide personalized patient care. correct answer Enhance decision making.
A graduate nursing student is collecting data for a research study and requests a patient's chart. The
ambulatory care nurse initially determines:
A The purpose of the research study.
B The specific data requested by the nursing student.
C Whether informed consent has been obtained.
, D Whether the nursing supervisor has approved the study. correct answer Whether informed consent
has been obtained.
A middle-age patient, who comes to the clinic in dirty clothes with a foul odor, reports feeling scared
and stalked. To build trust and rapport, what is the ambulatory care nurse's most appropriate action?
A Assuring the patient that he or she will be seen today.
B Offering the patient something to drink and a safe place to relax, before interviewing him or her.
C Recommending that the patient talk with a social worker today.
D Suggesting that the patient find a homeless shelter, or seek help at the public health clinic. correct
answer Offering the patient something to drink and a safe place to relax, before interviewing him or her.
A patient undergoes an excision of a sebaceous cyst. The ambulatory care nurse provides the patient
with specific written and verbal instructions about wound care, signs and symptoms of infection, and
when to follow up for suture removal. The nurse demonstrates skill in following up with this patient,
post-procedure, by:
A Calling the patient, according to facility policy, to evaluate the patient's condition.
B Calling the patient to remind him or her not to drive until the next appointment.
C Mailing the patient a card reminding him or her to schedule an annual physical.
D Mailing the patient a survey to assess the facility's performance. correct answer calling the patient,
according to facility policy, to evaluate the patient's condition.
A patient with inspiratory and expiratory wheezing from increased asthma attacks requests an
adjustment to the prescribed asthma medication. The ambulatory care nurse:
A Administers a rescue inhaler.
B Asks whether the patient is currently wheezing.
C Determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
D Refers the patient for a chest x-ray. correct answer determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
A self-management priority for a patient with asthma is to provide quick relief therapy for:
A Bronchospasm.
B Hives.
C Triggers.
Nursing World Sample Test
Questions with Accurate Answers
A 15-year-old mother who has a three-month-old infant develops a nonemergent illness requiring
hospitalization. The consent for admission and treatment is properly signed by the:
A Ethics committee.
B Infant's grandparent.
C Infant's mother.
D Mother's legal guardian. correct answer Infant's mother.
A 20-year-old patient calls the clinic about a friend who has been excessively drinking alcohol all day.
The ambulatory care nurse first determines whether the friend is:
A Combative.
B Exhibiting labored breathing.
C Hallucinating.
D Slurring his or her speech. correct answer Exhibiting labored breathing.
A benefit of protocol use during telephone triage is to:
A Develop a flexible treatment plan.
B Enhance decision making.
C Increase patient compliance.
D Provide personalized patient care. correct answer Enhance decision making.
A graduate nursing student is collecting data for a research study and requests a patient's chart. The
ambulatory care nurse initially determines:
A The purpose of the research study.
B The specific data requested by the nursing student.
C Whether informed consent has been obtained.
, D Whether the nursing supervisor has approved the study. correct answer Whether informed consent
has been obtained.
A middle-age patient, who comes to the clinic in dirty clothes with a foul odor, reports feeling scared
and stalked. To build trust and rapport, what is the ambulatory care nurse's most appropriate action?
A Assuring the patient that he or she will be seen today.
B Offering the patient something to drink and a safe place to relax, before interviewing him or her.
C Recommending that the patient talk with a social worker today.
D Suggesting that the patient find a homeless shelter, or seek help at the public health clinic. correct
answer Offering the patient something to drink and a safe place to relax, before interviewing him or her.
A patient undergoes an excision of a sebaceous cyst. The ambulatory care nurse provides the patient
with specific written and verbal instructions about wound care, signs and symptoms of infection, and
when to follow up for suture removal. The nurse demonstrates skill in following up with this patient,
post-procedure, by:
A Calling the patient, according to facility policy, to evaluate the patient's condition.
B Calling the patient to remind him or her not to drive until the next appointment.
C Mailing the patient a card reminding him or her to schedule an annual physical.
D Mailing the patient a survey to assess the facility's performance. correct answer calling the patient,
according to facility policy, to evaluate the patient's condition.
A patient with inspiratory and expiratory wheezing from increased asthma attacks requests an
adjustment to the prescribed asthma medication. The ambulatory care nurse:
A Administers a rescue inhaler.
B Asks whether the patient is currently wheezing.
C Determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
D Refers the patient for a chest x-ray. correct answer determines that patient's peak flow measurement.
A self-management priority for a patient with asthma is to provide quick relief therapy for:
A Bronchospasm.
B Hives.
C Triggers.
