Ambulatory Care Nurse Certification EXAM QUESTIONS
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Telephone triage may be a responsibility of the ambulatory care nurse. What are the appropriate
components of telephone triage?
A. The nurse should state that he or she is unable to discuss medical information and refer the patient to
the PCP
B. The nurse must clearly identify him or herself, take a quick and accurate history and quickly be able to
make a decision
C. The nurse should call 911
D. The nurse should give generic information and leave the responsibility to the patient or caller -
ANSWER-B. The nurse must clearly identify him or herself, take a quick and accurate history and quickly
be able to make a decision
tertiary prevention examples - ANSWER-1. Prevent pressure ulcers after SCI
2. Promote independence after TBI
3. Referral to support groups
4. Rehab
The Ambulatory care nurse asses a client with Shortness of breath, lack of energy, and dry mouth. Which
of the following disease should the ambulatory care nurse suspect?
A. COPD
B. Congestive Heart Failure
C. Asthma
D. Respiratory Failure - ANSWER-A COPD
The Ambulatory Care nurse is assessing a client. Which of the following questions will yield more
information from the client?
A. Are you feeling pain?
B. What brought you in today?
C. How many Children do you have?
,D. When was your last menstrual period? - ANSWER-B. What Brought you in today?
The ambulatory care nurse is assessing a client. Which questions should the nurse ask to assess the
clients health goals?
A. It seems to me that you want to be healthy, Is that true?
B. What are your health goals?
C. Do you want to be healthy?
D. Do you exercise? - ANSWER-B. What are your health goals?
The Ambulatory care nurse is assessing a new graduate nurses' understanding of the importance of
getting clients height and weight before chemotherapy. Which statement indicates they understand ?
A. Height and weight are seldom required
B. height and weight are only needed when the chemotherapy regimen is changed
C. Height and weight are needed to calculate the correct dosage of chemotherapy
D. The chemotherapy dose will remain the same, even if there is an increase in the amount of eight lost.
- ANSWER-C. Height and weight are needed to calculate the correct dosage of chemotherapy.
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for a 30 year old married woman in the clinic who was accompanied
by her husband. Upon assessment, the nurse noted bruises on the clients arm. What action should the
nurse take?
A. Conduct further assessment without the clients husband in the room.
B. Ask both the husband and the client what happened
C. Call 911
D. Inform the client to leave her husband for safety - ANSWER-A. Conduct further assessment without
the clients husband in the room.
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for a Native Hawaiian whose choice of food intake, health and
wellbeing perception can pose barriers to life style modification. To be effective in getting the client to
participate in dietary modification, which of the following steps should the nurse take?
A. Give the client a brochure
B. Teach the client about nutrition from a family framework perspective
C. Give the client the web address for the dietary information
,D. Recommend a specific diet regimen - ANSWER-B. Teach the client about nutrition from a family
framework perspective
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for an elderly client. The nurse caring for the client should know
what about elder abuse?
A. All victims of elder abuse are victims of poly-victimization
B More than 3 in 5 victims are men and 75 years or older
C. Elder abuse can be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect
D. elder abuse is not an issue, the nurse should not be concerned about. - ANSWER-C. Elder abuse can
be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect
The Ambulatory care nurse is concerned that staff members are not listening carefully or patiently to
older patients. Which of the following interactions indicates a listening fault
A. Staff person finishes a patients sentences
B. Staff person ask additional questions when the patient stops speaking
C. Staff person focuses completely on patient when patient speaks
D. Staff persons addresses the questions to patient instead of caretaker - ANSWER-A. Staff person
finishes a patients sentences
The ambulatory care nurse is conducting an annual assessment of a client. The client denies frequent
urination, blurry vision, excessive thirst or hunger. The clients Blood sugar is 500mg/dl by finger stick.
What should the nurse do next?
A. Transport client to the ER
B. Notify the healthcare provider immediately
C. Retest the Blood glucose
D. Order a Hemoglobin A1c - ANSWER-C. Retest the blood glucose
The ambulatory care nurse is conducting the medication reconciliation for a client who was recently
prescribed warfarin. What medication should the nurse tell the client to discontinue
A. Iron Supplements
B. Vitamin D
C. Metoprolol
, D. Gingko Biloba - ANSWER-D. Gingko Biloba
The ambulatory care nurse is developing a care plan for a client. The client is at risk for ineffective
breathing related to COPD, where on the care plan should the nurse put this information
A. Under nursing DX
B. Under the goal
C. Under intervention
D. Under evaluation - ANSWER-A. Under nursing DX
The Ambulatory care nurse is discharging a 10-year-old child from the pediatric clinic. To whom should
the nurse given the discharge teaching?
A. The Child
B. The mother
C. Both the child and the caregiver
D. the grandparents - ANSWER-C. Both the child and the caregiver
The ambulatory care nurse is educating a patient one-on-one to manage clean intermittent
catheterization (CIC) independently. The best method to assess the effectiveness of teaching i to ask the
patient to
A. Describe the procedures involved
B. Take a quiz about the procedure
C. Do a return demonstration
D. Keep a log of CICs and problems involved - ANSWER-C. Do a return demonstration
The ambulatory care nurse is formulating a research question using the PICO format. the "C" in PICO
stands for which of the following?
A. Comparison
B. Characteristics
C. Culture
D. Cure - ANSWER-B. Characteristics
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Telephone triage may be a responsibility of the ambulatory care nurse. What are the appropriate
components of telephone triage?
A. The nurse should state that he or she is unable to discuss medical information and refer the patient to
the PCP
B. The nurse must clearly identify him or herself, take a quick and accurate history and quickly be able to
make a decision
C. The nurse should call 911
D. The nurse should give generic information and leave the responsibility to the patient or caller -
ANSWER-B. The nurse must clearly identify him or herself, take a quick and accurate history and quickly
be able to make a decision
tertiary prevention examples - ANSWER-1. Prevent pressure ulcers after SCI
2. Promote independence after TBI
3. Referral to support groups
4. Rehab
The Ambulatory care nurse asses a client with Shortness of breath, lack of energy, and dry mouth. Which
of the following disease should the ambulatory care nurse suspect?
A. COPD
B. Congestive Heart Failure
C. Asthma
D. Respiratory Failure - ANSWER-A COPD
The Ambulatory Care nurse is assessing a client. Which of the following questions will yield more
information from the client?
A. Are you feeling pain?
B. What brought you in today?
C. How many Children do you have?
,D. When was your last menstrual period? - ANSWER-B. What Brought you in today?
The ambulatory care nurse is assessing a client. Which questions should the nurse ask to assess the
clients health goals?
A. It seems to me that you want to be healthy, Is that true?
B. What are your health goals?
C. Do you want to be healthy?
D. Do you exercise? - ANSWER-B. What are your health goals?
The Ambulatory care nurse is assessing a new graduate nurses' understanding of the importance of
getting clients height and weight before chemotherapy. Which statement indicates they understand ?
A. Height and weight are seldom required
B. height and weight are only needed when the chemotherapy regimen is changed
C. Height and weight are needed to calculate the correct dosage of chemotherapy
D. The chemotherapy dose will remain the same, even if there is an increase in the amount of eight lost.
- ANSWER-C. Height and weight are needed to calculate the correct dosage of chemotherapy.
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for a 30 year old married woman in the clinic who was accompanied
by her husband. Upon assessment, the nurse noted bruises on the clients arm. What action should the
nurse take?
A. Conduct further assessment without the clients husband in the room.
B. Ask both the husband and the client what happened
C. Call 911
D. Inform the client to leave her husband for safety - ANSWER-A. Conduct further assessment without
the clients husband in the room.
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for a Native Hawaiian whose choice of food intake, health and
wellbeing perception can pose barriers to life style modification. To be effective in getting the client to
participate in dietary modification, which of the following steps should the nurse take?
A. Give the client a brochure
B. Teach the client about nutrition from a family framework perspective
C. Give the client the web address for the dietary information
,D. Recommend a specific diet regimen - ANSWER-B. Teach the client about nutrition from a family
framework perspective
The ambulatory care nurse is caring for an elderly client. The nurse caring for the client should know
what about elder abuse?
A. All victims of elder abuse are victims of poly-victimization
B More than 3 in 5 victims are men and 75 years or older
C. Elder abuse can be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect
D. elder abuse is not an issue, the nurse should not be concerned about. - ANSWER-C. Elder abuse can
be the result of intentional or unintentional neglect
The Ambulatory care nurse is concerned that staff members are not listening carefully or patiently to
older patients. Which of the following interactions indicates a listening fault
A. Staff person finishes a patients sentences
B. Staff person ask additional questions when the patient stops speaking
C. Staff person focuses completely on patient when patient speaks
D. Staff persons addresses the questions to patient instead of caretaker - ANSWER-A. Staff person
finishes a patients sentences
The ambulatory care nurse is conducting an annual assessment of a client. The client denies frequent
urination, blurry vision, excessive thirst or hunger. The clients Blood sugar is 500mg/dl by finger stick.
What should the nurse do next?
A. Transport client to the ER
B. Notify the healthcare provider immediately
C. Retest the Blood glucose
D. Order a Hemoglobin A1c - ANSWER-C. Retest the blood glucose
The ambulatory care nurse is conducting the medication reconciliation for a client who was recently
prescribed warfarin. What medication should the nurse tell the client to discontinue
A. Iron Supplements
B. Vitamin D
C. Metoprolol
, D. Gingko Biloba - ANSWER-D. Gingko Biloba
The ambulatory care nurse is developing a care plan for a client. The client is at risk for ineffective
breathing related to COPD, where on the care plan should the nurse put this information
A. Under nursing DX
B. Under the goal
C. Under intervention
D. Under evaluation - ANSWER-A. Under nursing DX
The Ambulatory care nurse is discharging a 10-year-old child from the pediatric clinic. To whom should
the nurse given the discharge teaching?
A. The Child
B. The mother
C. Both the child and the caregiver
D. the grandparents - ANSWER-C. Both the child and the caregiver
The ambulatory care nurse is educating a patient one-on-one to manage clean intermittent
catheterization (CIC) independently. The best method to assess the effectiveness of teaching i to ask the
patient to
A. Describe the procedures involved
B. Take a quiz about the procedure
C. Do a return demonstration
D. Keep a log of CICs and problems involved - ANSWER-C. Do a return demonstration
The ambulatory care nurse is formulating a research question using the PICO format. the "C" in PICO
stands for which of the following?
A. Comparison
B. Characteristics
C. Culture
D. Cure - ANSWER-B. Characteristics
