BSN 225 ADVANCED EXAM QUESTIONS
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UPDATED VERSION
When would the nurse assess the patient's health literacy?
During the admissions process
Before providing discharge teaching
During each patient interaction
When initiating the nursing education plan - answer ✔✔-During each patient interaction
Which patient behaviors could indicate low health literacy?
a. Wants to wait for family before signing consent form
b. Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's prescribed treatment plan
c. Refers to medications by the color of the pill
d. Frequently misses follow-up appointments
e. Requests family to be present at the patient care conference - answer ✔✔-a. Wants to wait for family
before signing consent form
b. Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's
prescribed treatment plan
c. Refers to medications by the color of the pill
d. Frequently misses follow-up appointments
Which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask when trying to gauge the patient's
current knowledge of health care needs?
a. "Most people with heart failure take an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. Do you take
an ACE inhibitor medication for your heart failure?"
,b. "Were you prescribed diuretics for your heart failure?"
c. "Diuretics can sometimes cause you to lose potassium. Do you eat a diet high in potassium?"
d. "Which medications do you take for your high blood pressure?" - answer ✔✔-d. "Which medications
do you take for your high blood pressure?"
Which descriptors are accurate for an appropriately written patient education goal?
Select all that apply.
Discrete
Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized - answer ✔✔-Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized
A patient in the emergency department with known supraventricular tachycardia starts experiencing
shortness of breath and is no longer tolerating the dysrhythmia. Which teaching approach is most likely
to be used when informing the patient about the need for cardioversion?
Sensitive
Telling
Entrusting
Participating - answer ✔✔-Telling
Match the teaching approach to its description.
Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response
-entrusting
, -participating
-telling
-reinforcing - answer ✔✔-Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
Entrusting
Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
Participating
Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
Telling
Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response
Reinforcing
Which environmental factors are important to consider before providing patient education?
Select all that apply.
Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Location - answer ✔✔-Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Which approaches have been shown to improve the understanding of difficult information?
Select all that apply.
Use simple words.
Cover a single topic at a time.
Limit information to what is most important.
Use simple pictures and drawings when able.
Present the information using bullet points. - answer ✔✔-Use simple words.
WITH REVIEWED ACCURATE ANSWERS |
UPDATED VERSION
When would the nurse assess the patient's health literacy?
During the admissions process
Before providing discharge teaching
During each patient interaction
When initiating the nursing education plan - answer ✔✔-During each patient interaction
Which patient behaviors could indicate low health literacy?
a. Wants to wait for family before signing consent form
b. Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's prescribed treatment plan
c. Refers to medications by the color of the pill
d. Frequently misses follow-up appointments
e. Requests family to be present at the patient care conference - answer ✔✔-a. Wants to wait for family
before signing consent form
b. Has laboratory results that do not support the patient's
prescribed treatment plan
c. Refers to medications by the color of the pill
d. Frequently misses follow-up appointments
Which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask when trying to gauge the patient's
current knowledge of health care needs?
a. "Most people with heart failure take an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. Do you take
an ACE inhibitor medication for your heart failure?"
,b. "Were you prescribed diuretics for your heart failure?"
c. "Diuretics can sometimes cause you to lose potassium. Do you eat a diet high in potassium?"
d. "Which medications do you take for your high blood pressure?" - answer ✔✔-d. "Which medications
do you take for your high blood pressure?"
Which descriptors are accurate for an appropriately written patient education goal?
Select all that apply.
Discrete
Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized - answer ✔✔-Specific
Patient-centered
Measurable
Individualized
A patient in the emergency department with known supraventricular tachycardia starts experiencing
shortness of breath and is no longer tolerating the dysrhythmia. Which teaching approach is most likely
to be used when informing the patient about the need for cardioversion?
Sensitive
Telling
Entrusting
Participating - answer ✔✔-Telling
Match the teaching approach to its description.
Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response
-entrusting
, -participating
-telling
-reinforcing - answer ✔✔-Patient is given opportunity to manage personal care
Entrusting
Patient and nurse are both involved in the learning process
Participating
Nurse presents direct, clear, and precise information to the patient
Telling
Nurse provides a stimulus that produces a desired response
Reinforcing
Which environmental factors are important to consider before providing patient education?
Select all that apply.
Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Location - answer ✔✔-Space
Privacy
Noise
Comfort
Which approaches have been shown to improve the understanding of difficult information?
Select all that apply.
Use simple words.
Cover a single topic at a time.
Limit information to what is most important.
Use simple pictures and drawings when able.
Present the information using bullet points. - answer ✔✔-Use simple words.
