Clinical Readiness Exam Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
What are guidelines under a general rule, that Act
nursing students MAY NOT do? Select all that C. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
apply. Act
A. Administer Chemotherapy D. Health Insure Portability and Accountability
B. Administer Blood or Blood Products Act - ANSWER -C. Health Insurance
C. Take verbal or telephone orders from another Portability and Accountability Act
healthcare provider (HCP). The student should
explain that the HCP should document the order
in the patient's chart What are ways of safeguarding Protected Health
D. Transcribe orders to the medication Information (PHI)?
administration record (MAR) A. PHI should not be stored on a local or C drive
E. Initiate/implement restraints. Nursing students of a computer. Important data could be lost if the
may perform and document observations and drive failed, or PHI could be accidentally
other delegated activities disclosed if the computer was stolen.
F. Serve as witnesses for informed consent or B. Files and charts should be secured when they
advance directives - ANSWER -All of the are left unattended or reasonable effort should be
above taken to help prevent wandering eyes from
viewing PHI
C. Always protect passwords and never use
How do nurses correctly identify a patient? anyone else's user ID or password
A. patient's address and last name D. All of the above - ANSWER -D. All of the
B. patient's legal guardians and phone number Above
C. patient's name and date of birth
D. patient's allergies and first name -
ANSWER -C. Patient's name and date of What is an example of Patient's Bill of Rights?
birth A. The accommodation of special needs such as
equipment or language interpreters,
accommodation to physical limitations, or to meet
What do nurses need to have before disclosure cultural or religious needs
of any healthcare information is provided? B. To have a representative participate in
A. written authorization or patient's verbal consideration of ethical issues. The hospital
consent ethics committee can be accessed by calling
B. patient's verbal consent or legal guardian's hospital administration staff
verbal consent C. To appropriate assessment and management
C. patient's date of birth and full name of pain
D. written date of birth or job authorization - D. Be free of restraints of any form that are not
ANSWER -A. written authorization or medically necessary or are used as a means of
patient's verbal consent coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation
by staff
E. Receive information about advance directives
What does HIPAA stand for? and have them followed
A. Health Incorporate Portability and F. All of the above - ANSWER -F. All of the
Accountability Act above
B. Health Instant Portability and Accountability
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, Clinical Readiness Exam Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
What does the S in SBAR mean?
Healthcare organizations function under an A. briefly state the situation, what it is, when it
organization called what? happened or started, and how severe the
A. Code of Ethics and Conduct problem is
B. Patient's Bill of Rights B. when you go to school
C. National Nurse's Association C. how smart you were in nursing school, how
D. Nursing Scope of Practices - ANSWER - high your grades were
A. Code of Ethics and Conduct D. the smell of patient's room - ANSWER -
A. briefly state the situation, what it is, when it
happened or started, and how severe the
True or False: Can Nursing Students or other problem is
students serve as a witness for Informed
Consent? - ANSWER -False
What does the B in SBAR mean?
A. brand-brand name of medication
Who can be a patient's Advanced Directive? B. background-have available any pertinent
A. patient's dog background information/past medical history
B. patient's 2-year-old child related to the situation
C. patient's 40-year-old daughter C. behaviors-patient behaviors in hospital
D. patient's fish - ANSWER -C. patient's D. bowel sounds- the patient's bowel sounds at
40-year-old daughter home - ANSWER -B. background-have
available any pertinent background
information/past medical history related to the
True or False: A DNR identification band should situation
be placed on the patient? - ANSWER -True
What does the A in SBAR mean?
What is SBAR used for? A. assessment-state what you think the situation
A. communication among healthcare workers is
B. text message abbreviation B. afib-heart defect
C. password to get into patient's chart C. analyze-analyzing the data as you receive it
D. email heading among healthcare workers - D. asap-as soon as possible - ANSWER -A.
ANSWER -A. communication among assessment- state what you think the situation is
healthcare workers
What does the R in SBAR mean?
What does the abbreviation S in SBAR stand A. recognize- recognize the data before anyone
for? else does
A. Smart B. reapply- reapply the ointment to patient
B. Situation C. recommendation- what is the nurse's
C. School recommendation, or does the nurse need/want
from the healthcare provider
D. Scant - ANSWER -B. Situation
D. reassign- reassign UAP's on a specific task -
ANSWER -C. recommendation- what is the
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Graded A
What are guidelines under a general rule, that Act
nursing students MAY NOT do? Select all that C. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
apply. Act
A. Administer Chemotherapy D. Health Insure Portability and Accountability
B. Administer Blood or Blood Products Act - ANSWER -C. Health Insurance
C. Take verbal or telephone orders from another Portability and Accountability Act
healthcare provider (HCP). The student should
explain that the HCP should document the order
in the patient's chart What are ways of safeguarding Protected Health
D. Transcribe orders to the medication Information (PHI)?
administration record (MAR) A. PHI should not be stored on a local or C drive
E. Initiate/implement restraints. Nursing students of a computer. Important data could be lost if the
may perform and document observations and drive failed, or PHI could be accidentally
other delegated activities disclosed if the computer was stolen.
F. Serve as witnesses for informed consent or B. Files and charts should be secured when they
advance directives - ANSWER -All of the are left unattended or reasonable effort should be
above taken to help prevent wandering eyes from
viewing PHI
C. Always protect passwords and never use
How do nurses correctly identify a patient? anyone else's user ID or password
A. patient's address and last name D. All of the above - ANSWER -D. All of the
B. patient's legal guardians and phone number Above
C. patient's name and date of birth
D. patient's allergies and first name -
ANSWER -C. Patient's name and date of What is an example of Patient's Bill of Rights?
birth A. The accommodation of special needs such as
equipment or language interpreters,
accommodation to physical limitations, or to meet
What do nurses need to have before disclosure cultural or religious needs
of any healthcare information is provided? B. To have a representative participate in
A. written authorization or patient's verbal consideration of ethical issues. The hospital
consent ethics committee can be accessed by calling
B. patient's verbal consent or legal guardian's hospital administration staff
verbal consent C. To appropriate assessment and management
C. patient's date of birth and full name of pain
D. written date of birth or job authorization - D. Be free of restraints of any form that are not
ANSWER -A. written authorization or medically necessary or are used as a means of
patient's verbal consent coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation
by staff
E. Receive information about advance directives
What does HIPAA stand for? and have them followed
A. Health Incorporate Portability and F. All of the above - ANSWER -F. All of the
Accountability Act above
B. Health Instant Portability and Accountability
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, Clinical Readiness Exam Test Questions and Answers
Graded A
What does the S in SBAR mean?
Healthcare organizations function under an A. briefly state the situation, what it is, when it
organization called what? happened or started, and how severe the
A. Code of Ethics and Conduct problem is
B. Patient's Bill of Rights B. when you go to school
C. National Nurse's Association C. how smart you were in nursing school, how
D. Nursing Scope of Practices - ANSWER - high your grades were
A. Code of Ethics and Conduct D. the smell of patient's room - ANSWER -
A. briefly state the situation, what it is, when it
happened or started, and how severe the
True or False: Can Nursing Students or other problem is
students serve as a witness for Informed
Consent? - ANSWER -False
What does the B in SBAR mean?
A. brand-brand name of medication
Who can be a patient's Advanced Directive? B. background-have available any pertinent
A. patient's dog background information/past medical history
B. patient's 2-year-old child related to the situation
C. patient's 40-year-old daughter C. behaviors-patient behaviors in hospital
D. patient's fish - ANSWER -C. patient's D. bowel sounds- the patient's bowel sounds at
40-year-old daughter home - ANSWER -B. background-have
available any pertinent background
information/past medical history related to the
True or False: A DNR identification band should situation
be placed on the patient? - ANSWER -True
What does the A in SBAR mean?
What is SBAR used for? A. assessment-state what you think the situation
A. communication among healthcare workers is
B. text message abbreviation B. afib-heart defect
C. password to get into patient's chart C. analyze-analyzing the data as you receive it
D. email heading among healthcare workers - D. asap-as soon as possible - ANSWER -A.
ANSWER -A. communication among assessment- state what you think the situation is
healthcare workers
What does the R in SBAR mean?
What does the abbreviation S in SBAR stand A. recognize- recognize the data before anyone
for? else does
A. Smart B. reapply- reapply the ointment to patient
B. Situation C. recommendation- what is the nurse's
C. School recommendation, or does the nurse need/want
from the healthcare provider
D. Scant - ANSWER -B. Situation
D. reassign- reassign UAP's on a specific task -
ANSWER -C. recommendation- what is the
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