NP3 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

NP3 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\




Situation |\




Ms. Kismet is the Research Coordinator of the Medical Center
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who is concerned about the increased incidence of nosocomial
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infection in the hospital and has convinced the management to
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allot a budget for the conduct of research on the clinical problem.
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1. What type of research is appropriate for this study?
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A. Quasi-experimental
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B. Experimental
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C. Historical
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D. Descriptive-correlational - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D.
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Descriptive-correlational


2. Which of the following is the best tool for data gathering?
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A. use of laboratory data
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B. questionnaire
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C. interview schedule
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D. observation - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. interview schedule
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,3. During the data collection, Ms. Kismet encountered a patient
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who does not want to talk to her. Which of the following is a
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limitation of the study? |\ |\ |\




A. Contacts of patients with history of fever and cough.
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B. Patient's refusal to fully divulge information.
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C. Patient's with the history of fever and cough
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D. Patients admitted or who seek consultation at the ER and
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doctor's offices. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Patient's refusal to
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fully divulge information.
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4. In the statement, "Frequent hand washing of health workers
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decreases the incidence of nosocomial infections among post-
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surgery patients", the dependent variable is __________.
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A. frequent hand washing
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B. incidence of nosocomial infection
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C. health workers
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D. post-surgery patients - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. incidence of
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nosocomial infection |\




5. Her colleague asks about the EXTERNAL validity of the
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research findings. Which of the following is the APPROPRIATE
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response of Ms. Kismet? |\ |\ |\




A. it is reflected as a result of extraneous variables.
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,B. the findings are free of selection biases.
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C. the result is shown only from the effect of the independent
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variable.
D. it is generalized to other settings or samples. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔D. it is generalized to other settings or samples.
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Situation


Mr. Gaviola, who has just finished his one (1) year period as a
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registered nurse in a medical center, is |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




assigned in the medical unit on 3-11 shift. He is having difficulty
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interacting with the patient's family so he consulted his senior
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Nurse regarding this matter.
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6. The BEST approach to be employed by Mr. Gaviola upon the
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advice of his senior nurse is __________.
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1 point
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A. send the family members home
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B. confront with the family regarding their behavior
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C. ignore family's behavior
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D. use active-listening technique - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. use
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active-listening technique |\




7. The Senior Resident in the medical unit was making his regular
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rounds with the medical interns and Nurse Gaviola was called to
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receive his orders for Mr. De Vega who has been confined in the
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, unit for almost a week. Nurse Gaviola could not understand some
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of the written orders of the physician in the chart. Which of the
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following is the appropriate action of the nurse? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




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A. refer to the nurse supervisor to validate the Physician's orders.
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B. approach the physician and clarify his orders
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C. call his junior resident to rewrite his orders
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D. complete the orders by rewriting what is in the chart. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. approach the physician and clarify his |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


orders


8. One of the patients of Mr. Gaviola told him that according to
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his attending physician he would be transferred to the surgical
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unit because of a suspected stone in the gallbladder causing his
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on and off pain later in the evening. The wife however, told Mr.
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Berroya ``No, the physician told me, my husband will still be in
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this unit for 2 more days". The BEST action of the Nurse should
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1 point
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A. call the physician to clarify management of care for the
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patient.
B. instruct the couple and family members wait for the decision
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of the health team.
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C. inform the patient that sometimes the physician need to have
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more data available. |\ |\