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Test Bank for Medical-Surgical Nursing 5E Holly Stromberg Chapter 01: Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients Stromberg: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 5th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement accurately describes the primary purpose of the state nurse practice act (NPA)? a. To test and license LPN/LVNs b. To define the scope of LPN/LVN practice c. To improve the quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN d. To limit the LPN/LVN employment placement ANS: B While improving quality of care provided by the LPN/LVN may be a result of the NPA, the primary purpose of the NPA of each state defines the scope of nursing practice in that state. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 3 TOP: NPA KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care 2. The charge nurse asks the new vocational nurse to start an intravenous infusion, a skill that the vocational nurse has not been taught during her educational program. How should the vocational nurse respond? a. Ask a more experienced nurse to demonstrate the procedure. b. Look up the procedure in the procedure manual. c. Attempt to perform the procedure with supervision. d. Inform the charge nurse of her lack of training in this procedure. ANS: D The charge nurse should be informed of the lack of training to perform the procedure, and the vocational nurse should seek further training to gain proficiency. Although the other options might be helpful, they are not safe. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 TOP: Providing Safe Care KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: Safe, Effective Care Environment: Coordinated Care 3. Which patient statement indicates a need for further discharge teaching that the vocational nurse should address? a.

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MULTIPLE gCHOICE

1. Which gstatement gaccurately gdescribes gthe gprimary gpurpose gof gthe gstate gnurse
g practice gactg(NPA)?
a. To gtest gand glicense gLPN/LVNs
b. To gdefine gthe gscope gof gLPN/LVN gpractice
c. To gimprove gthe gquality gof gcare gprovided gby gthe gLPN/LVN
d. To glimit gthe gLPN/LVN gemployment gplacement
ANSWER: g B
While gimproving gquality gof gcare gprovided gby gthe gLPN/LVN gmay gbe ga gresult gof gthe gNPA,
gthegprimary gpurpose gof gthe gNPA gof geach gstate gdefines gthe gscope gof gnursing gpractice g in gthat

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DIF: Cognitive gLevel: gComprehension REF: g g gp. g3 OBJ: g3
gTOP: g NPA KEY: g Nursing gProcess gStep: gImplementation
MSC: g NCLEX: gSafe, gEffective gCare gEnvironment: gCoordinated gCare

2. The gcharge gnurse gasks gthe gnew gvocational gnurse gto gstart gan gintravenous ginfusion, ga gskill
gthat gthegvocational gnurse ghas gnot gbeen gtaught gduring gher geducational gprogram. gHow
gshould gthe gvocational gnurse grespond?

a. Ask ga gmore gexperienced gnurse gto gdemonstrate gthe gprocedure.
b. Look gup gthe gprocedure gin gthe gprocedure gmanual.
c. Attempt gto gperform gthe gprocedure gwith gsupervision.
d. Inform gthe gcharge gnurse gof gher glack gof gtraining gin gthis
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ANSWER: g D
The gcharge gnurse gshould gbe ginformed gof gthe glack gof gtraining gto gperform gthe gprocedure,
gand gthegvocational gnurse gshould gseek gfurther gtraining gto ggain gproficiency. gAlthough gthe

gother goptions gmight g be ghelpful, gthey gare g not g safe.



DIF: Cognitive gLevel: gApplication REF: g g gp. g3 OBJ: g1
gTOP: g Providing gSafe gCare KEY: gNursing gProcess gStep: gN/A
gMSC: g NCLEX: gSafe, g Effective gCare gEnvironment: gCoordinated gCare



3. Which gpatient gstatement gindicates ga gneed gfor gfurther gdischarge gteaching gthat gthe
vocationalgnurse gshould gaddress?
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a. ―I ghave gno g idea gof ghow gthis gdrug gwill gaffect g me.‖
b. ―Do g you gknow gif gmy gphysician gis gcoming g back gtoday?‖
c. ―Will gmy ginsurance gpay gfor gmy gstay?‖
d. ―Am gI ggoing gto ghave gto ggo gto g a gnursing ghome?‖
ANSWER: g A
Lack gof gknowledge gat gdischarge gabout gmedication geffects gand gside geffects gis ga gconcern

Medical-Surgical gNursing, gConcepts gand gPractice

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