NURS101 Practice HESI
According to the Institute of D. Participate in research activities when possible.
Medicine (IOM) competencies for
the 21st century, what task should According to IOM competencies for the 21st century, when using
the nurse perform when using evidence-based practice, the nurse should participate in research
evidence-based practice? activities when possible. When providing client-centered care, the
nurse should share decision making and management. When working
A. Share decision making and in interdisciplinary teams, the nurse should cooperate, collaborate, and
management. communicate. When applying quality improvement, the nurse should
B. Cooperate, collaborate, and practice using basic safety design principles.
communicate.
C. Practice using basic safety
design principles.
D. Participate in research activities
when possible.
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A client is placed on a stretcher and C. Liable, along with the employer, for misapplication of equipment or
restrained with straps while being use of defective equipment that harms the client.
transported to the x-ray
department. A strap breaks, and the Using a stretcher with worn straps is negligent; this oversight does not
client falls to the floor, sustaining a reflect the actions of a reasonably prudent nurse. The nurse is
fractured arm. Later the client responsible and must ascertain the adequate functioning of
shows the strap to the nurse equipment. The hospital shares responsibility for safe, functioning
manager, stating, "See, the strap is equipment.
worn just at the spot where it
snapped." What is the nurse's
accountability regarding this
incident?
A. Exempt from any lawsuit
because of the doctrine of
respondeat superior
B. Totally responsible for the
obvious negligence because of
failure to report defective
equipment
C. Liable, along with the employer,
for misapplication of equipment or
use of defective equipment that
harms the client
D. Exonerated, because only the
hospital, as principal employer, is
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responsible for the quality and
maintenance
A of equipment
client tells the nurse, "I keep A. Action stage
reverting to my old habit of
drinking soda, although I have The client in this situation has reached the action stage of health
stopped drinking as much." What behavior change. In this stage, old habits may get in the way of new
stage of health behavior change behaviors. In the preparation stage, the client understands that the
has the client reached? advantages of the health behavior change outweigh its disadvantages.
In this situation, the client has already made changes in health
A. Action stage behavior. In the maintenance stage, the client continues the health
B. Preparation stage behavior change indefinitely. In the contemplation stage, the client
C. Maintenance stage may be ambivalent but is more ready to accept information regarding
D. Contemplation stage health behavior change.
A client with cancer is undergoing C. Supervising nurse
treatment in a hospital. The nurse
finds the orders from the primary The nurse should go to the supervising nurse or follow the established
healthcare provider inappropriate. chain of command if he or she finds any discrepancies in the primary
Clarification from the healthcare healthcare provider's orders. All nurses must act as risk managers,
provider does not resolve the depending upon the situation. The nurse in question should follow the
nurse's doubts. Who should the established chain of command to address his or her doubts. A nursing
nurse contact and inform next? student is still a novice and is too inexperienced to handle such
matters. A nurse administrator manages client care and the delivery of
A. Risk manager specific nursing services within a healthcare agency; a nurse
B. Nursing student administrator is not the appropriate person to ask for help in solving
C. Supervising nurse the problem at hand.
D. Nurse administrator
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According to the Institute of D. Participate in research activities when possible.
Medicine (IOM) competencies for
the 21st century, what task should According to IOM competencies for the 21st century, when using
the nurse perform when using evidence-based practice, the nurse should participate in research
evidence-based practice? activities when possible. When providing client-centered care, the
nurse should share decision making and management. When working
A. Share decision making and in interdisciplinary teams, the nurse should cooperate, collaborate, and
management. communicate. When applying quality improvement, the nurse should
B. Cooperate, collaborate, and practice using basic safety design principles.
communicate.
C. Practice using basic safety
design principles.
D. Participate in research activities
when possible.
Page 1
, NURS101 Practice HESI
A client is placed on a stretcher and C. Liable, along with the employer, for misapplication of equipment or
restrained with straps while being use of defective equipment that harms the client.
transported to the x-ray
department. A strap breaks, and the Using a stretcher with worn straps is negligent; this oversight does not
client falls to the floor, sustaining a reflect the actions of a reasonably prudent nurse. The nurse is
fractured arm. Later the client responsible and must ascertain the adequate functioning of
shows the strap to the nurse equipment. The hospital shares responsibility for safe, functioning
manager, stating, "See, the strap is equipment.
worn just at the spot where it
snapped." What is the nurse's
accountability regarding this
incident?
A. Exempt from any lawsuit
because of the doctrine of
respondeat superior
B. Totally responsible for the
obvious negligence because of
failure to report defective
equipment
C. Liable, along with the employer,
for misapplication of equipment or
use of defective equipment that
harms the client
D. Exonerated, because only the
hospital, as principal employer, is
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responsible for the quality and
maintenance
A of equipment
client tells the nurse, "I keep A. Action stage
reverting to my old habit of
drinking soda, although I have The client in this situation has reached the action stage of health
stopped drinking as much." What behavior change. In this stage, old habits may get in the way of new
stage of health behavior change behaviors. In the preparation stage, the client understands that the
has the client reached? advantages of the health behavior change outweigh its disadvantages.
In this situation, the client has already made changes in health
A. Action stage behavior. In the maintenance stage, the client continues the health
B. Preparation stage behavior change indefinitely. In the contemplation stage, the client
C. Maintenance stage may be ambivalent but is more ready to accept information regarding
D. Contemplation stage health behavior change.
A client with cancer is undergoing C. Supervising nurse
treatment in a hospital. The nurse
finds the orders from the primary The nurse should go to the supervising nurse or follow the established
healthcare provider inappropriate. chain of command if he or she finds any discrepancies in the primary
Clarification from the healthcare healthcare provider's orders. All nurses must act as risk managers,
provider does not resolve the depending upon the situation. The nurse in question should follow the
nurse's doubts. Who should the established chain of command to address his or her doubts. A nursing
nurse contact and inform next? student is still a novice and is too inexperienced to handle such
matters. A nurse administrator manages client care and the delivery of
A. Risk manager specific nursing services within a healthcare agency; a nurse
B. Nursing student administrator is not the appropriate person to ask for help in solving
C. Supervising nurse the problem at hand.
D. Nurse administrator
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