NURS 2300 Final Exam Review Questions With Complete
Solutions
1 grain Correct Answer 60-65mg
1 gram Correct Answer 1000mg or 1,000,000mcg
1 liter Correct Answer 1000mL or 1000cc
1 oz Correct Answer 30mL or 30cc
1 tbsp Correct Answer 15mL
1 tbsp Correct Answer 15mL or 15cc, 1/2oz, 3tsp
1 tsp Correct Answer 5mL or 5cc
15 minim Correct Answer 1mL or 1cc, 15 drops
BID Correct Answer Twice a day
Create a personal plan to enhance focus and concentration.
Correct Answer Find a quiet study area and create a study
routine.
Create a plan to overcome negative self-talk and
anxiety as a nursing student. Correct Answer Be your own
best friend. Bring negative thoughts into awareness and replace
it with a more positive and useful thoughts. Set up a feedback
system that will let you know you're on track. Tell yourself you
,"love" doing something until you actually believe it and change
your attitude. Make encouragement cards for yourself.
Identify the situation / activating agent in which negative
thought occurs.
Identify the underlying thought.
Notice the consequence of your negative thought.
Use only positive words in the replacement thought - or at least
neutral - and make it believable.
Describe Benner's model of socialization and how it applies to
nursing. Correct Answer 5 categories nurses move through as
they change specialties, move from job to job, experience more
technology and decide to go back to school to get more
credentials.
Stage 1: Novice
-Knowledge= separate facts
-Rules guide actions
-Anxiety holds novice back
-Novice lacks confidence in ability
-Inward focus= less effective as a team member
-Ex: when nurses first enroll in nursing school
Stage 2: Advanced beginner
-When you change specialties or units, even in same hospital;
Staff nurse to charge nurse; Charge nurse to manager; you will
spend a good amount of time in this role
,-Perceives recurrent, meaningful patterns
-*Base their actions on both theory and principles*
-*Needs help setting priorities*
-*Views many actions as important*
-Develops more confidence
-Unable to sort out what is important in complex situations
-In routine situations, there is more confidence
-Inward focus= less effective as a team member
Stage 3: Competent
-Has experience
-*2-3 years experience in a setting*
-Feel competent, organized, and efficient most of the time
-Feelings of mastery are a result of planning and goal setting
skills and the ability to think analytically and abstractly
-Demonstrates confidence and comfort
- Able to manage many contingencies in a clinical situation; can
coordinate demands simultaneously
-*Knows planning is the best way care gets implemented even
when emergencies arise*
-Positively contributes as a team member
-Outward focus= more effective as a team member
-Ex: Nurse starts shift with examining needs of each patient and
planning fundamental care
Stage 4: Proficient
-*3-5 years experience in a setting*
-Sees the whole
-Sees patient situations holistically rather than parts
-Easily recognizes priorities for care
-Long term goals and desired outcomes.
, -Leaders of their units
-*Concerned with patient outcom
Describe strategies to ease transition from student to
professional nurse. Correct Answer -Establish positive
relationships with new colleagues. "Listen to gossip."
-Learn time management.
-Collaborate with other nursing care personnel (unlicensed
nursing aids).
-Reduce "reality shock" by working in a healthcare setting
during summer, school breaks, weekends. Get into a "shadow"
program if possible. Talk to other new graduates about your
feelings, form mutual support groups (one of the best ways to
combat reality shock)
-Role models and mentors.
Describe the benefits of defining nursing and how this is related
to professional socialization. Correct Answer -Having a
common definition helps us to understand our own practice,
helps the public have a positive opinion of us, and allows the
state to pass laws on nursing.
-Definitions establish curricula and guide research.
-Establishes the boundaries of the profession and clarifies the
purpose and function of nursing
Solutions
1 grain Correct Answer 60-65mg
1 gram Correct Answer 1000mg or 1,000,000mcg
1 liter Correct Answer 1000mL or 1000cc
1 oz Correct Answer 30mL or 30cc
1 tbsp Correct Answer 15mL
1 tbsp Correct Answer 15mL or 15cc, 1/2oz, 3tsp
1 tsp Correct Answer 5mL or 5cc
15 minim Correct Answer 1mL or 1cc, 15 drops
BID Correct Answer Twice a day
Create a personal plan to enhance focus and concentration.
Correct Answer Find a quiet study area and create a study
routine.
Create a plan to overcome negative self-talk and
anxiety as a nursing student. Correct Answer Be your own
best friend. Bring negative thoughts into awareness and replace
it with a more positive and useful thoughts. Set up a feedback
system that will let you know you're on track. Tell yourself you
,"love" doing something until you actually believe it and change
your attitude. Make encouragement cards for yourself.
Identify the situation / activating agent in which negative
thought occurs.
Identify the underlying thought.
Notice the consequence of your negative thought.
Use only positive words in the replacement thought - or at least
neutral - and make it believable.
Describe Benner's model of socialization and how it applies to
nursing. Correct Answer 5 categories nurses move through as
they change specialties, move from job to job, experience more
technology and decide to go back to school to get more
credentials.
Stage 1: Novice
-Knowledge= separate facts
-Rules guide actions
-Anxiety holds novice back
-Novice lacks confidence in ability
-Inward focus= less effective as a team member
-Ex: when nurses first enroll in nursing school
Stage 2: Advanced beginner
-When you change specialties or units, even in same hospital;
Staff nurse to charge nurse; Charge nurse to manager; you will
spend a good amount of time in this role
,-Perceives recurrent, meaningful patterns
-*Base their actions on both theory and principles*
-*Needs help setting priorities*
-*Views many actions as important*
-Develops more confidence
-Unable to sort out what is important in complex situations
-In routine situations, there is more confidence
-Inward focus= less effective as a team member
Stage 3: Competent
-Has experience
-*2-3 years experience in a setting*
-Feel competent, organized, and efficient most of the time
-Feelings of mastery are a result of planning and goal setting
skills and the ability to think analytically and abstractly
-Demonstrates confidence and comfort
- Able to manage many contingencies in a clinical situation; can
coordinate demands simultaneously
-*Knows planning is the best way care gets implemented even
when emergencies arise*
-Positively contributes as a team member
-Outward focus= more effective as a team member
-Ex: Nurse starts shift with examining needs of each patient and
planning fundamental care
Stage 4: Proficient
-*3-5 years experience in a setting*
-Sees the whole
-Sees patient situations holistically rather than parts
-Easily recognizes priorities for care
-Long term goals and desired outcomes.
, -Leaders of their units
-*Concerned with patient outcom
Describe strategies to ease transition from student to
professional nurse. Correct Answer -Establish positive
relationships with new colleagues. "Listen to gossip."
-Learn time management.
-Collaborate with other nursing care personnel (unlicensed
nursing aids).
-Reduce "reality shock" by working in a healthcare setting
during summer, school breaks, weekends. Get into a "shadow"
program if possible. Talk to other new graduates about your
feelings, form mutual support groups (one of the best ways to
combat reality shock)
-Role models and mentors.
Describe the benefits of defining nursing and how this is related
to professional socialization. Correct Answer -Having a
common definition helps us to understand our own practice,
helps the public have a positive opinion of us, and allows the
state to pass laws on nursing.
-Definitions establish curricula and guide research.
-Establishes the boundaries of the profession and clarifies the
purpose and function of nursing
