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NSG 3180 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| NSG 3180 COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK
EXAM 1 REVIEW WITH 400 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
The most important nonverbal communication tool is....
a. Body language and posture
b. Facial expressions
c. Touch
d. Eye contact - Correct Answer - c. Touch
The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early
advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the
need for hand washing in preventing infection was:
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Martha Rogers
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Florence Nightingale - Correct Answer - d. Florence Nightingale
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the
patient about cultural issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the
concept of:
a. person
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b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - Correct Answer - b. environment
The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and
social determinants that influence a client's health perception and
behavior
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an
example of which pattern of knowledge?
a. empirical
b. personal
c. aesthetic
d. ethical - Correct Answer - - Empirical
The central constructs of person, environment, health, and nursing are
found in all nursing theories and models and are referred to as:
a. telehealth
b. the medical model
c. nursing's metaparadigm
d. five core areas of competency - Correct Answer - c. nursing's
metaparadigm
When conducting an in-service on serious medical errors, the nurse
teaches that nearly 70% of sentinel events are related to:
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a. lack of education
b. inadequate resources
c. minimal rest periods
d. miscommunication - Correct Answer - d. miscommunication
When working on a nursing unit, the nurse recognizes that incomplete
communication errors most often occur during:
a. staff meetings
b. the night shift
c. a handoff procedure
d. medication administration - Correct Answer - c. a handoff procedure
What tool for safer care is designed to increase cognitive decision-
making skills, increase technical proficiency, and enhance teamwork,
including communication skills?
a. Clinical situation simulations
b. SBAR
c. Checklists
d. Team training models - Correct Answer - a. clinical situation
simulations
A nurse manager is teaching a group of nurses about patient safety. The
nurse manager teaches the nurses that safety is defined as "avoidance,
prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming
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from the process of health care itself. What is the source of this
definition?
a. Hippocratic oath
b. National Patient Safety Foundation
c. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
d. American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics - Correct Answer - b.
National Patient Safety Foundation
When communicating with a patient's physician, the nurse suggests
ordering a STAT x-ray for a patient who is experiencing dyspnea. This is
an example of which component of SBAR format for communicating
with the patient's physician?
a. situation
b. assessment
c. background
d. recommendation - Correct Answer - d. recommendation
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides names, what unit
and what hospital the call is being made from, the patients name, and
that the patient is having trouble breathing. The nurse is demonstrating
which step in the SBAR format for communicating with a patient's
physician?
a. situation
b. assessment
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NSG 3180 EXAM 1 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK| NSG 3180 COMMUNICATION AND TEAMWORK
EXAM 1 REVIEW WITH 400 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW!!)
The most important nonverbal communication tool is....
a. Body language and posture
b. Facial expressions
c. Touch
d. Eye contact - Correct Answer - c. Touch
The nursing profession's first nurse researcher, who served as an early
advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the
need for hand washing in preventing infection was:
a. Abraham Maslow
b. Martha Rogers
c. Hildegard Peplau
d. Florence Nightingale - Correct Answer - d. Florence Nightingale
When admitting a patient to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the
patient about cultural issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the
concept of:
a. person
pg. 1
,2|Page
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing - Correct Answer - b. environment
The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and
social determinants that influence a client's health perception and
behavior
The nurse performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an
example of which pattern of knowledge?
a. empirical
b. personal
c. aesthetic
d. ethical - Correct Answer - - Empirical
The central constructs of person, environment, health, and nursing are
found in all nursing theories and models and are referred to as:
a. telehealth
b. the medical model
c. nursing's metaparadigm
d. five core areas of competency - Correct Answer - c. nursing's
metaparadigm
When conducting an in-service on serious medical errors, the nurse
teaches that nearly 70% of sentinel events are related to:
pg. 2
,3|Page
a. lack of education
b. inadequate resources
c. minimal rest periods
d. miscommunication - Correct Answer - d. miscommunication
When working on a nursing unit, the nurse recognizes that incomplete
communication errors most often occur during:
a. staff meetings
b. the night shift
c. a handoff procedure
d. medication administration - Correct Answer - c. a handoff procedure
What tool for safer care is designed to increase cognitive decision-
making skills, increase technical proficiency, and enhance teamwork,
including communication skills?
a. Clinical situation simulations
b. SBAR
c. Checklists
d. Team training models - Correct Answer - a. clinical situation
simulations
A nurse manager is teaching a group of nurses about patient safety. The
nurse manager teaches the nurses that safety is defined as "avoidance,
prevention, and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming
pg. 3
, 4|Page
from the process of health care itself. What is the source of this
definition?
a. Hippocratic oath
b. National Patient Safety Foundation
c. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
d. American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics - Correct Answer - b.
National Patient Safety Foundation
When communicating with a patient's physician, the nurse suggests
ordering a STAT x-ray for a patient who is experiencing dyspnea. This is
an example of which component of SBAR format for communicating
with the patient's physician?
a. situation
b. assessment
c. background
d. recommendation - Correct Answer - d. recommendation
When calling a healthcare provider, the nurse provides names, what unit
and what hospital the call is being made from, the patients name, and
that the patient is having trouble breathing. The nurse is demonstrating
which step in the SBAR format for communicating with a patient's
physician?
a. situation
b. assessment
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