FALL/SPRING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
A patient comes to the clinic and asks the nurse for an explanation of the Medicare
system. What is the best response?
A) a social insurance program for low income earners
B) Canada's national health insurance system
C) a fee-for-service insurance plan
D) a plan in which monies from provincial taxes are used for nursing homes
B) Canada's national health insurance system
A nurse has provided care to a patient. Which entry should the nurse document in
the patient's record?
A) status unchanged. doing well.
B) patient is hard to care for and refuses all medications. family present.
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
D) patient seems to be in pain and states, "I feel uncomfortable".
C) left abdominal incision 5 cm in length without redness, edema or drainage.
,Vulnerable populations include patients who are more likely than others to develop
health problems as a result of what?
A) non traditional healing practices
B) unlimited access to healthcare
C) pregnancy
D) exposure to excessive risk
D) exposure to excessive risk
Accountability is a critical aspect of nursing care. Which of the following is an
example of a specific decision-making process of accountability?
A) implementing discharge teaching plans that meet individual patients' needs
B) evaluating patient outcomes after implementing care
C) promoting participation of all staff in team meetings
D) selecting the medication schedule for a patient
B) evaluating patient outcomes after implementing care
,According to the World Health Organization what is the best definition of health?
A) involving the total person and the environment
B) simply the absence of disease
C) status of pathological state
D) strictly personal in nature
A) involving the total person and the environment
Risk factors can be placed into the following interrelated categories: genetics,
environment, age and lifestyle. The presence of any of these risk factors means
which of the following.
A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
B) a person with the risk factor will get the disease
C) risk modification will have no effect on disease prevention
D) the disease is guaranteed not to develop if the risk is controlled
A) the chances of getting the disease is increased
What are characteristics of critical thinking?
A) being able to read and follow prescriber orders
B) accepting one, established way of providing care
, C) making decisions on the basis of intuition
D) considering what is important in a given situation
D) considering what is important in a given situation
How is the idea of a theory best explained?
A) "mental maps" that make sense of information and decisional processes
B) a purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
C) mental formulations of objects and events
D) aspects of reality that can be consciously sensed
B) a purposeful set of assumptions that identify relationships between concepts
The R in SBAR stands for:
A) recommendation
B) recovery
C) reintegration
D) report back
A) recommendation