PN Fundamentals EXAM VERSION A & B COMPLETE Questions and Verified Solutions Latest Update This Year

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PN Fundamentals EXAM VERSION A & B COMPLETE
Questions and Verified Solutions Latest Update This
Year
PN Fundamentals EXAM A

QUESTION: A nurse has noticed several occasions in the past week when another nurse on the
unit seemed drowsy and unable to focus on the issue at hand. Today, she found the nurse
asleep in a chair in the break room when she was not on a break. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take? - ANSWER-Report the observations to the




QUESTION: When entering a client's room to change a surgical dressing, a nurse notes that the
client is coughing and sneezing. Which of the following actions should the nurse take when
preparing the sterile field? - ANSWER-Place a mask on the client to limit the spread of micro-
organisms into the surgical wound.




QUESTION: A nurse has removed a sterile pack from its outside cover and placed it on a clean
work surface in preparation for an invasive procedure. Which of the following flaps should the
nurse unfold first? - ANSWER-The flap farthest from the body




QUESTION: A nurse is wearing sterile gloves in preparation for performing sterile procedure.
Which of the a touch without following objects can the nurse breaching sterile technique?
(Select all that apply) - ANSWER-The inner wrapping of an item on the sterile field

An irrigation syringe on the sterile field

One gloved hand with the other gloved hand

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QUESTION: A nurse is reviewing hand hygiene techniques with a group of assistive personnel
(AP). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include when discussing
handwashing? (Select all that apply) - ANSWER-Wash the hands with soap and water for at least
15 seconds.

Use a clean paper towel to turn off hand faucets.




QUESTION: A nurse has prepared a sterile field for assisting a provider with a chest tube
insertion. Which of the following events should the nurse recognize as contaminating the sterile
field? (Select all that apply) - ANSWER-The nurse moistens a cotton ball with sterile normal
saline and places it on the sterile field.

The procedure is delayed 1 hr because the provider receives an emergency call.

The nurse turns to speak to someone who enters through the door behind the nurse.




A nurse observes an assistive personnel (AP) reprimanding a client for not using the urinal
properly. The AP tells him she will put a diaper on him if she does not use the urinal more
carefully next time. Which of the following torts is the AP committing? - ANSWER-Assault




QUESTION: A nurse is caring for a competent adult client who tells the nurse that he is thinking
about leaving the hospital against medical advice. The nurse believes that this is not in the
client's best interest, so she prepares to administer PRN sedative medication the client has not
requested along with his usual medication. Which of the following types of tort is the nurse
about to commit? - ANSWER-False imprisonment

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QUESTION: A nurse in a surgeon's office is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is
scheduled for surgery the following week. The client tells the nurse that he will prepare his
advance directives before he goes to the hospital. Which of the following statements made by
the client should indicate to the nurse an understanding of advance directives? - ANSWER-I plan
to write that I don't want them to keep me on a breathing machine."




QUESTION: A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure.
The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent? (Select all
that apply.) - ANSWER-Make sure the surgeon obtained the client's consent. Witness the
client's signature Zon the consent form.




QUESTION: A nurse is discussing restorative health care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of
the following examples should the nurse include in the teaching? - ANSWER-Home health care

Rehab facilities

Skilled nursing facilities




QUESTION: A nurse is explaining the various types of health care coverage. Which of the
following health care financing mechanisms are federally funded? - ANSWER-Medicare

Medicaid




QUESTION: A nurse manager is developing strategies to care for the increasing number of
clients who have obesity. Which of the following actions should the nurse include as a primary

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health care strategy? - ANSWER-Collaborating with providers to perform obesity screenings
during routine office visits




QUESTION: A nurse is discussing the purpose of regulatory agencies during a staff meeting.
Which of the following tasks should the nurse identify as the responsibility of state licensing
boards? - ANSWER-Ensuring that health care providers comply with regulations




QUESTION: A nurse is explaining the various levels of health care services to a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following examples of care or care settings should the nurse
classify as tertiary care? (SATA) - ANSWER-ICU

Oncology treatment center

Burn center




QUESTION: Which clients should a nurse initiate a referral to a social worker - ANSWER-A client
with terminal cancer requests hospice care in home

A client asks about community resources available for older adults

A client requests an electric wheelchair for use after discharge




QUESTION: Who should you refer a patient to see that has trouble with self feeding - ANSWER-
Occupational therapist