Nursing Today Fundamentals Practice
Questions Correctly Solved
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. You
talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to
guide care decisions. A non-nursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the following statements
best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - Answer 4. Defines the principles of
right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of practice and to
follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the
principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves as a guide for carrying out
nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains her
vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfort, and
collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - Answer 3. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the
situation.
, A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The nurse
gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - Answer 4. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and
be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the
risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with the family. The
nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Case manager - Answer 2. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or her care. An
advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide whether or not to accept a
treatment or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
1. Nursing care based on tradition
2. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical research literature
3. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
4. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - Answer 3. A problem-
solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
Questions Correctly Solved
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. You
talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to
guide care decisions. A non-nursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the following statements
best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - Answer 4. Defines the principles of
right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of practice and to
follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the
principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The code serves as a guide for carrying out
nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains her
vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfort, and
collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - Answer 3. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the
situation.
, A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The nurse
gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - Answer 4. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and
be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the
risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with the family. The
nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Case manager - Answer 2. Advocate
An advocate protects the patient's human and legal right to make choices about his or her care. An
advocate may also provide additional information to help a patient decide whether or not to accept a
treatment or find an interpreter to help family members communicate their concerns.
Evidence-based practice is defined as:
1. Nursing care based on tradition
2. Scholarly inquiry of nursing and biomedical research literature
3. A problem-solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
4. Quality nursing care provided in an efficient and economically sound manner - Answer 3. A problem-
solving approach that integrates best current evidence with clinical practice
