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ANS: A The acute awareness of preventive medicine has resulted in today’s emphasis on education about issues such as smoking, heart disease, drug and alcohol abuse, weight control, and mental health and wellness promotion activities. This preventive education has resulted in an emphasis on wellness, rather than illness. Improved insurance payments, decentralized care centers, and increasednumbers of health care givers did not influence an emphasis on wellness.

1. The nurse explains that in the late 1960s, health care focus was aimed at the older adult because: a. disability was viewed as unavoidable. b. complications from disease increased mortality. c. older adults needs are similar to those of all adults. d. preventive health care practices increased longevity. ANS: D Increased preventive health care practices, disease control, and focus on wellness helped people live longer. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Aging Tre...

1. The nurse explains that in the late 1960s, health care focus was aimed at the older adult because: a. disability was viewed as unavoidable. b. complications from disease increased mortality. c. older adults needs are similar to those of all adults. d. preventive health care practices increased longevity. ANS: D Increased preventive health care practices, disease control, and focus on wellness helped people live longer. DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Aging Tre...

Before giving a drug to a patient which steps should you take to ensure safe drug administration? (Select all that apply.) a. Use two forms of patient identification. b. Ask the patient about any drug allergies. c. Check the drug before removing it from the unit-dose cart. d. Check the dose before preparing or measuring the drug. e. Check the drug just before you open it and give it to the patient. f. Document the drug given before you enter into the patient‟s room. ANS: A, B, C, D, E ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A patient chooses to have the certified nurse midwife (CNM) provide care during her pregnancy. What does the CNMs scope of practice include? a. Practice independent from medical supervision b. Comprehensive prenatal care c. Attendance at all deliveries d. Cesarean sections ANS: B The CNM provides comprehensive prenatal and postnatal care, attends uncomplicated deliveries, and ensures that a backup physician is available in case of unforeseen problems. DIF: Cognitive ...

What statement is true regarding decision making? A) It is an analysis of a situation B) It is closely related to evaluation C) It involves choosing between courses of action D) It is dependent upon finding the cause of a problem Ans: C Feedback: Decision making is a complex cognitive process often defined as choosing a particular course of action. Problem solving is part of decision making and is a systematic process that focuses on analyzing a difficult situation. Critical thinking, s...

. An APRN works in a urology clinic under the supervision of a physician who does not restrict the types of medications the APRN is allowed to prescribe. State law does not require the APRN to practice under physician supervision. How would the APRN‘s prescriptive authority be described? a. Full authority b. Independent c. Without limitation d. Limited authority ANS: B The APRN has independent prescriptive authority because the regulating body does not require that the APRN work unde...

Question 4 The nurse is caring for a client with influenza. The most effective way to decrease the spread of microorganisms is: You Selected: • placing the client in isolation. Correct response: • washing the hands frequently. Question 5 A client with a history of hypertension has been prescribed a new antihypertensive medication and is reporting dizziness. Which is the best way for the nurse to assess blood pressure? You Selected: • in the supine, sitting, and standing positio...

How is diversity helpful in nursing? a. It matches the diversity of the U.S. population. b. It provides culturally competent care. c. It provides patients with someone to see who they think might understand them. d. all of the above 4. The majority of RNs work in what setting? a. hospital b. home health c. nursing homes or extended care facilities d. public health service e. none of the above 5. Populations nurses might work with include a. elders. b. heart disease. c. both a and d...

Which of the following tasks would be considered nonclinical? a. Assisting a patient to the bathroom b. Delivering a patient’s food tray c. Scanning an electrocardiogram (EKG) into the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR) d. Assisting a physician in changing a patient’s dressing ANS: C Nonclinical tasks are tasks performed away from the bedside. DIF: Level 2 REF: Page 03 2. An example of a clinical task is: a. answering a patient’s request on the intercom. b. filing repor...

1) Who was the first person to name what he thought were single cells? a) Leeuwenhoek b) Hooke c) Schleiden d) Schwann e) Virchow Answer: b Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: LO 1.1 Identify the three tenets of cell theory. Section Reference: Section 1.1 The Discovery of Cells 2) The first compound light microscopes were constructed by the end of the sixteenth century. What characteristic defines a compound microscope? a) It has a moveable stage. b) It has multiple lenses. c) Its...

1. Education promotes success by a. helping you learn how to think. b. guaranteeing a better job. c. raising your grade point average. d. giving you a higher salary. 2. What are the three educational degrees you can have to become an RN? a. an associate’s degree in nursing, a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a certificate of nursing b. a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a diploma in nurse assisting, an associate’s degree in nursing c. only a bachelor’s degree and an associate’s d...

1. Which of the following tasks would be considered nonclinical? a. Assisting a patient to the bathroom b. Delivering a patient’s food tray c. Scanning an electrocardiogram (EKG) into the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR) d. Assisting a physician in changing a patient’s dressing ANS: C Nonclinical tasks are tasks performed away from the bedside. DIF: Level 2 REF: Page 03 2. An example of a clinical task is: a. answering a patient’s request on the intercom. b. filing re...

1. A child with a large sacrococcygeal teratoma is delivered by cesarean section. The teratoma likely arose from which type of cells? A. Neuroectodermal stem cells B. Neural crest cells C. Primitive streak cells D. Primordial germ cells E. Secondary oocyte cells ANS: D 2. A baby is diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth. Which of the following events occurred abnormally during prenatal development? A. Anaphase of mitosis B. Metaphase of mitosis C. Telophase of mitosis D. A...

1) A nurse would like to advocate for a modification of the state's nursing practice act and believes the best strategy is to contact the persons with authority to write and change this statutory law. Whom should the nurse contact? A) State nursing association B) State board of nursing C) State governor D) State legislature 2) A group of nurses are reviewing the decision of legal action in which a patient brought suit against a hospital for injuries sustained in a fall. The case went to t...

1. The nurse is teaching a patient how a medication works to treat an illness. To do this, the nurse will rely on knowledge of which topic? a. Clinical pharmacology b. Drug efficacy c. Pharmacokinetics d. Pharmacotherapeutics ANS: D Pharmacotherapeutics is the study of the use of drugs to diagnose, treat, and prevent conditions. Clinical pharmacology is concerned with all aspects of drug-human interactions. Drug efficacy measures the extent to which a given drug causes an intended effec...

1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree. She knows that licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter nursing school to become RNs come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and understanding. Which statement by the nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the effect experience may have on learning? a. “Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.” b. “Experience ...

1. What is the name under which a drug is listed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? a. Brand b. Nonproprietary c. Official d. Trademark ANS: C The official name is the name under which a drug is listed by the FDA. The brand name, or trademark, is the name given to a drug by its manufacturer. The nonproprietary, or generic, name is provided by the U.S. Adopted Names Council. DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 1 OBJ: 2 TOP: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. A Preview of the Cell 2. The Chemistry of the Cell 3. The Macromolecules of the Cell 4. Cells and Organelles 5. Bioenergetics: The Flow of Energy in the Cell 6. Enzymes: The Catalysts of Life 7. Membranes: Their Structure, Function, and Chemistry 8. Transport Across Membranes: Overcoming the Permeability Barrier 9. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Glycolysis and Fermentation 10. Chemotrophic Energy Metabolism: Aerobic Respiration 11. Phototrophic Energy Metabolism:...

1. A behavioral deficit is: * a) too little of a particular type of behavior b) too much of a particular type of behavior c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place 2. A behavioral excess is: * a) too much of a particular type of behavior b) too little of a particular type of behavior c) an appropriate behavior occurring to the wrong stimulus d) an appropriate behavior occurring at the wrong time or place 3...