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NR222 Exam 2 Study Questions and Answers
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You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of
the preparation, you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics
for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this
document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care Ans: 4.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the
patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and
benefits of the operation to the family and discusses the patient's wishes
with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator Ans: 2
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The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse
demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator Ans: 1
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for
a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following
are examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor Ans: 1, 2, 3, 4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the
role.
1. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological
services
2. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes
care
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3. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly
managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
4. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the
life span Ans: 1. Nurse-midwife
2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
3. Nurse Practitioner
4. Nurse anesthetist
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model Ans: 1.
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an
increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The
staff work together to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary
tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new
catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
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4. Quality improvement Ans: 4
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly
position patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by
accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement Ans: 2
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure
injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess
for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to
identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant
exemplifies which career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher Ans: 4
The public health nurse is working with the local city/county health
department during a pandemic that has created a crisis within the
community. What are responsibilities of the public health nurse during the
pandemic? (Select all that apply.)
1. Educate the public on disease prevention
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NR222 Exam 2 Study Questions and Answers
Latest Update
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical
care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of
the preparation, you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics
for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this
document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care Ans: 4.
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the
patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and
benefits of the operation to the family and discusses the patient's wishes
with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator Ans: 2
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The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a dressing
change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse
demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator Ans: 1
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge and skills for
a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following
are examples of these roles and responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor Ans: 1, 2, 3, 4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the
role.
1. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological
services
2. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes
care
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3. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly
managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic
conditions
4. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients across the
life span Ans: 1. Nurse-midwife
2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
3. Nurse Practitioner
4. Nurse anesthetist
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness prevention
model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model Ans: 1.
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an
increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The
staff work together to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary
tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new
catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
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4. Quality improvement Ans: 4
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly
position patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by
accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement Ans: 2
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure
injury formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess
for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to
identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant
exemplifies which career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher Ans: 4
The public health nurse is working with the local city/county health
department during a pandemic that has created a crisis within the
community. What are responsibilities of the public health nurse during the
pandemic? (Select all that apply.)
1. Educate the public on disease prevention
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