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Chapter 1 Goals of Clinical Nursing Education Test Bank
Mary Morris is the clinical nursing instructor for a group of eight second semester baccalaureate
nursing program students assigned to a medical-surgical unit at Midland Hospital.
1. Mary has assigned Phyllis to care for a 52-year-old male who has been newly diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes and is to be discharged this afternoon. He has expressed concerns
about managing his disease because of his erratic work schedule. Mary is most likely to
have made this patient care assignment to enable Phyllis to develop which of the
following objectives?
a. Integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, develop communications skills, and
exhibit cultural competence
b. Integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, evidence caring behaviors, and use
technological advances and information systems in clinical care
c. Integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, develop communication skills, and
evidence caring behaviors
d. Integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, develop communication skills, and
incorporate evidence-based practice and research findings in designing interventions
e. Integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, evidence caring behaviors, and
consider ethical implications of decisions and actions
2. Because the patient census on the unit is low, Mary has assigned Valerie to shadow the
unit manager in order to
a. develop communication skills
b. gain a perspective on the contextual environment of patient care
c. experience the variety of nursing roles
d. both b and c
e. none of these
3. Which of the following patient care assignments will enable Belinda to exhibit cultural
competence?
a. A newly admitted 89-year-old female who has experienced a stroke
b. A 52-year-old female who had a radical mastectomy the previous day
c. A 68-year-old male with severe congestive heart failure
d. A 42-year-old male who had a below the knee amputation of his left leg due to
complications of diabetes
e. Any of these
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4. Mark has asked for more opportunities to demonstrate skill in the use of therapeutic
nursing interventions. Which of the following assignments would best enable Mary to
accommodate Mark’s request?
a. Perform dressing changes on all postoperative patients not assigned to other students
b. Assess the lungs of each postoperative patient
c. Observational experience on the one-day surgical unit
d. Shadow a nurse in the recovery room
e. Either a or b
5. Cherisse is assigned to conduct the intake interview for a 62-year-old male with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease using the unit’s electronic health record. This assignment
should enable Cherisse to develop which of the following objectives?
a. Apply theoretical learning to patient care situations
b. Develop communication skills
c. Use technological advances and information systems in clinical care
d. All of the above
e. Only b and c
6. All second semester students must complete a weekly written assignment discussing the
therapeutic indications, actions, and potential side effects of a medication they have
administered to a patient during the week. This assignment should help students to
a. apply theoretical learning to patient care situations
b. develop communication skills
c. demonstrate skill in the use of therapeutic nursing interventions
d. incorporate evidence-based practice and research findings in the design of nursing
interventions
e. develop skills of life-long learning
7. Amy is assigned to care for a 55-year-old woman recently diagnosed with metastatic
pancreatic cancer, who tells Amy that she will be refusing treatment of her cancer.
During the post-conference, Mary asks Amy to discuss her experience with the group. In
addition to enabling the group to consider the ethical implications of decisions and
actions, Mary is likely to expect that Amy will achieve which of the following
objectives?
a. Develop communication skills as a leader of the group process
b. Evidence caring through the generation of patient-centered responses
c. Apply theoretical learning concerning the side effects of treatment for pancreatic
cancer
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
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