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Chapter 1, Adjusting to Student Life
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Feedback: Counseling services to help students make adjustments and solve problems may be ava
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ilable to students. If so, they are often very helpful. This is preferable to reducing the courses the
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student is taking or eliminating family and recreational activities, which are beneficial in stress
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BLM: Cognitive Level: Apply NOT: Multiple Choice
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ersonality, and expectations as much as possible. This does not involve offering personal compl
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iments to the instructor or asking questions for the purpose of becoming known. At the same tim
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e, a student should not be completely silent at the start of a course.
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edule for the school term, what should the student do?
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ANS: C z l
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and still have time for a personal life, the student should make a schedule that fits the time availabl
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e, not how much time the student wishes was available. This does not mean that school work sho
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uld suffer because of personal activities, however. It is often helpful to schedule days off rather t
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han studying every day of the week.
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care TO
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g technique was watching an online video in which an experienced nurse demonstrated how to co
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nduct an assessment. Which is this student‘s most likely learning style?
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A. Tactile
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ations. Tactile and kinesthetic learners benefit from touch. Auditory learners prefer to hear infor
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mation.
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ns. When applying the principles of critical thinking to a situation, the student should begin by a
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sking:
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D. ―What are the facts that I know about this situation?‖ zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
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Feedback: A useful starting point for the critical thinking process is to determine the facts about
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PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
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REF: p. 17, Developing Critical Thinking Skills OBJ: 4 z l zl zl zl zl zl zl z l
NAT: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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TOP: Chapter 1 KEY: Integrated Process: Clinical Problem-
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solving Process (Nursing Process) BLM: Cognitive Level: Apply
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6. The nursing student is working with a female client who had recent hip surgery. The client wa
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Chapter 1, Adjusting to Student Life
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helming. This student is anxious and unable to sleep. What action should the nursing student t
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ake to address these feelings?
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ANS: A z l
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ilable to students. If so, they are often very helpful. This is preferable to reducing the courses the
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student is taking or eliminating family and recreational activities, which are beneficial in stress
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management. Study groups can be helpful, but they are not intended to divide course work. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
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ersonality, and expectations as much as possible. This does not involve offering personal compl
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iments to the instructor or asking questions for the purpose of becoming known. At the same tim
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e, a student should not be completely silent at the start of a course.
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edule for the school term, what should the student do?
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and still have time for a personal life, the student should make a schedule that fits the time availabl
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e, not how much time the student wishes was available. This does not mean that school work sho
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uld suffer because of personal activities, however. It is often helpful to schedule days off rather t
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han studying every day of the week.
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care TO
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g technique was watching an online video in which an experienced nurse demonstrated how to co
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nduct an assessment. Which is this student‘s most likely learning style?
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A. Tactile
B. Visual
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ations. Tactile and kinesthetic learners benefit from touch. Auditory learners prefer to hear infor
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mation.
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ns. When applying the principles of critical thinking to a situation, the student should begin by a
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sking:
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the situation. This should come before a comparison with previous situations. It is likely not helpf
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ul to ask what could possibly go wrong.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Difficult
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NAT: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
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TOP: Chapter 1 KEY: Integrated Process: Clinical Problem-
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6. The nursing student is working with a female client who had recent hip surgery. The client wa
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