PRIORITIZING CARE PRACTICE EXAM
WITH RATIONALES
DELEGATION CLINICAL JUDGMENT
AND PATIENT SAFETY UPDATED 2026
Which is a theme in the design of "Transforming Care at the Bedside" -
Answer--RELIABILITY
Which health care providers should be considered when filling a position as case
manager for a community health care center? Select all that apply. - Answer--SOCIAL
WORKER, RN
Which statement best describes the navigator? - Answer--REMOVES BARRIERS TO
REVIEVING HEALTH CARE
What is the priority nursing intervention for a client bitten by a snake? -
Answer--IMMOBILIZE AND SPLINT
Which health care provider would best help a homeless client receive needed
medication for a communicable disease? - Answer--NAVIGATOR
Which are disadvantages to the functional system of care delivery? Select all that apply.
- Answer--COMMUNICATION, FRAGMENTATION, CHANGES IN CLIENT STATUS GO
UNNOTICED
, The nurse is providing education to a client with systemic lupus erythematosus. Which
education will the nurse consider as high priority? - Answer--PROTECT SKIN
Which behaviors indicate that a care provider is functioning as a primary nurse? Select
all that apply. - Answer--PLAN OF CARE, ACILLARY, RESPONSES
The care delivery committee is determining whether primary nursing would be
appropriate to implement in a 500-bed acute care hospital. Which information would
support the selection of another care delivery approach? Select all that apply. -
Answer--42 HOURS, 16 MONTHS, FISCAL QUARTER
Which information supports the development of a critical pathway? Select all that apply.
- Answer--STEPS, CRITERIA, CARE, THERAPIST
A client climbing a mountain experiences symptoms of acute mountain sickness. What
is the priority nursing action performed by the nurse as prehospital care? -
Answer--LOWER ALTITUDE
What are the steps of performing a primary survey according to priority to assess a
client with severe injuries from a bomb blast? - Answer--A,B,C,D,E
Which member of the healthcare team, when using the team nursing approach, is
responsible for prioritizing client care? - Answer--TEAM LEADER
Which factor is known to threaten the nurse's ability to triage and prioritize client care
accurately? - Answer--A BIASED APPOACH TO CARE
The registered nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department. Which
conditions of the client made the nurse stabilize the cervical spine as the primary
nursing intervention? Select all that apply. - Answer--FLAIL, HEAD, FACIAL
Which delivery system was developed to provide care through others as an adaptation
to functional nursing? - Answer--TEAM
Why is the Glasgow Coma Scale used by the nurse while performing an assessment in
a traumatized client? - Answer--LEVEL OF CONCIOUSNESS