NSG 101 - FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
A client with end stage heart disease wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable.
The family wants the client to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the
risks and benefits of the surgery to the family and explains the clients wishes to the
family. Which role is the nurse demonstrating for the client?
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Manager - Answers - B. Advocate
Which activity is included in the nurse's direct caregiver role? (select all that apply)
A. Reviews information so the health care provider can make a decision about
treatment
B. Implements postoperative exercises for a client who recently had surgery
C. Provides measures that restore a clients emotional, spiritual and social well being
D. Responds to a clients questions regarding the need for IV infusion
E. Assists the client in meeting therapeutic goals with minimal financial cost, time and
energy - Answers - B. Implements postoperative exercises for a client who recently had
surgery
C. Provides measures that restore a clients emotional, spiritual and social well being
E. Assists the client in meeting therapeutic goals with minimal financial cost, time and
energy
A nurse is teaching a family about health care plans. Which information from the nurse
indicates a correct understanding of the Affordable Care Act?
A. A family can choose whether to have health insurance with no consequences
B. Primary care physicians payments from Medicaid services can equal Medicare
C. Adult children up to age 26 are allowed coverage on the parent's plan
D. Quality hospital outcome scores are tied directly to patient satisfaction - Answers - C.
Adult children up to age 26 are allowed coverage on the parent's plan
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in
spinal cord injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work?
A. Secondary acute
B. Continuing
C. Restorative
D. Tertiary - Answers - C. Restorative
,The nursing instructor is teaching a class on nursing theory. One of the students asks,
"why do we need this stuff? It doesn't really affect clients". What is the instructor's best
response?
A. "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway"
B. "This keeps the focus of nursing narrow"
C. "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do"
D. "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school" - Answers - C. "Theories
help explain why nurses do what they do"
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the client's respirations have increased, and
the tip of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the client's
pulse rate is over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
which patient need should the nurse address first?
A. esteem
B. Physiological
C. Self-actualization
D. Love and belonging - Answers - B. Physiological
A nurse is teaching the goals of Healthy People 2030. Which information should the
nurse include in the teaching session?
A. Eliminate health disparities in America
B. Decrease health behaviors in America
C. Reduce quality of life in America
D. Lessen healthy life in America - Answers - A. Eliminate health desparties in America
The client is admitted to the emergency department of the local hospital with reports of
chest discomfort and shortness of breath. The patient is placed on oxygen, has labs and
blood gasses drawn, and is given an ECO and breathing treatments. Which level of
preventive care is this client receiving?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health promotion - Answers - B. Secondary prevetnion
A nurse attends a simiinar on nursing theories for caring. Which information from the
nurse indicates a correct understanding of these theories?
A. Benner identifies caring as highly connected involving patient and nurse
B. Swanson develops four caring processes to convey caring in nursing
C. Watson's transcultural caring views inclusion of culture as caring
D. Leininger's theory places care before cure and is transformative - Answers - A.
Benner identifies caring as highly connected involving patient and nurse
, A nurse provides care that is receptive to patient's and families perceptions of caring.
Which action will the nurse take?
A. Provides clear, accurate information
B. Just performs nursing tasks competently
C. Does as much for the patient as possible
D. Focuses solely on the patient's diagnosis - Answers - A. Provides clear, accurate
information
When educating the risks for the development of chronic illness, which lifestyle choice
will the nurse identify as having been associated with the development of liver disease?
A. Engaging in unprotected sex
B. Regular use of tanning beds
C. Strict adherence to a vegan diet
D. A long-term history of alcohol abuse - Answers - D. A long-term history of alcohol
abuse
Which lifestyle change suggested by the nurse will likely have the greatest impact on
avoiding a preventable death associated with a client's chronic illness?
A. Exercising daily
B. Following a low-fat diet
C. Limiting alcohol consumption
D. Avoiding all forms of nicotine - Answers - D. Avoiding all forms of nicotine
A 55-year old female presents to the outpatient clinic describing irregular menstrual
periods and hot flashes. Which information should the nurse share with the client?
A. The client's assessment points toward normal menopause
B. Those symptoms are normal when a woman undergoes the climacteric
C. An assessment is not really needed because these problems are normal for older
women
D. The client should stop regular exercise because that is probably causing these
symptoms - Answers - A. The clients assessment points towards normal menopause
During a routine physical assessment, the nurse obtaining a health history notes that a
55-year old female client reports pain and redness in the right breast. Which action is
best for the nurse to take in response to this finding?
A. Assess the client as throughly as possible
B. Explain to the patient that breast tenderness is normal at her age
C. Tell the client that redness is not a cause for concern and is quite common
D. Inform her that redness is the persecutor to normal unilateral breast enlargement -
Answers - A. Assess the client as throughly as possible
A client with end stage heart disease wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable.
The family wants the client to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the
risks and benefits of the surgery to the family and explains the clients wishes to the
family. Which role is the nurse demonstrating for the client?
A. Educator
B. Advocate
C. Caregiver
D. Manager - Answers - B. Advocate
Which activity is included in the nurse's direct caregiver role? (select all that apply)
A. Reviews information so the health care provider can make a decision about
treatment
B. Implements postoperative exercises for a client who recently had surgery
C. Provides measures that restore a clients emotional, spiritual and social well being
D. Responds to a clients questions regarding the need for IV infusion
E. Assists the client in meeting therapeutic goals with minimal financial cost, time and
energy - Answers - B. Implements postoperative exercises for a client who recently had
surgery
C. Provides measures that restore a clients emotional, spiritual and social well being
E. Assists the client in meeting therapeutic goals with minimal financial cost, time and
energy
A nurse is teaching a family about health care plans. Which information from the nurse
indicates a correct understanding of the Affordable Care Act?
A. A family can choose whether to have health insurance with no consequences
B. Primary care physicians payments from Medicaid services can equal Medicare
C. Adult children up to age 26 are allowed coverage on the parent's plan
D. Quality hospital outcome scores are tied directly to patient satisfaction - Answers - C.
Adult children up to age 26 are allowed coverage on the parent's plan
The nurse is applying for a position with a home care organization that specializes in
spinal cord injury. In which type of health care facility does the nurse want to work?
A. Secondary acute
B. Continuing
C. Restorative
D. Tertiary - Answers - C. Restorative
,The nursing instructor is teaching a class on nursing theory. One of the students asks,
"why do we need this stuff? It doesn't really affect clients". What is the instructor's best
response?
A. "You are correct, but we have to learn it anyway"
B. "This keeps the focus of nursing narrow"
C. "Theories help explain why nurses do what they do"
D. "Exposure to theories will help you later in graduate school" - Answers - C. "Theories
help explain why nurses do what they do"
Upon assessment, the nurse notices that the client's respirations have increased, and
the tip of the nose and earlobes are becoming cyanotic. The nurse finds that the client's
pulse rate is over 100 beats per minute. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,
which patient need should the nurse address first?
A. esteem
B. Physiological
C. Self-actualization
D. Love and belonging - Answers - B. Physiological
A nurse is teaching the goals of Healthy People 2030. Which information should the
nurse include in the teaching session?
A. Eliminate health disparities in America
B. Decrease health behaviors in America
C. Reduce quality of life in America
D. Lessen healthy life in America - Answers - A. Eliminate health desparties in America
The client is admitted to the emergency department of the local hospital with reports of
chest discomfort and shortness of breath. The patient is placed on oxygen, has labs and
blood gasses drawn, and is given an ECO and breathing treatments. Which level of
preventive care is this client receiving?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Health promotion - Answers - B. Secondary prevetnion
A nurse attends a simiinar on nursing theories for caring. Which information from the
nurse indicates a correct understanding of these theories?
A. Benner identifies caring as highly connected involving patient and nurse
B. Swanson develops four caring processes to convey caring in nursing
C. Watson's transcultural caring views inclusion of culture as caring
D. Leininger's theory places care before cure and is transformative - Answers - A.
Benner identifies caring as highly connected involving patient and nurse
, A nurse provides care that is receptive to patient's and families perceptions of caring.
Which action will the nurse take?
A. Provides clear, accurate information
B. Just performs nursing tasks competently
C. Does as much for the patient as possible
D. Focuses solely on the patient's diagnosis - Answers - A. Provides clear, accurate
information
When educating the risks for the development of chronic illness, which lifestyle choice
will the nurse identify as having been associated with the development of liver disease?
A. Engaging in unprotected sex
B. Regular use of tanning beds
C. Strict adherence to a vegan diet
D. A long-term history of alcohol abuse - Answers - D. A long-term history of alcohol
abuse
Which lifestyle change suggested by the nurse will likely have the greatest impact on
avoiding a preventable death associated with a client's chronic illness?
A. Exercising daily
B. Following a low-fat diet
C. Limiting alcohol consumption
D. Avoiding all forms of nicotine - Answers - D. Avoiding all forms of nicotine
A 55-year old female presents to the outpatient clinic describing irregular menstrual
periods and hot flashes. Which information should the nurse share with the client?
A. The client's assessment points toward normal menopause
B. Those symptoms are normal when a woman undergoes the climacteric
C. An assessment is not really needed because these problems are normal for older
women
D. The client should stop regular exercise because that is probably causing these
symptoms - Answers - A. The clients assessment points towards normal menopause
During a routine physical assessment, the nurse obtaining a health history notes that a
55-year old female client reports pain and redness in the right breast. Which action is
best for the nurse to take in response to this finding?
A. Assess the client as throughly as possible
B. Explain to the patient that breast tenderness is normal at her age
C. Tell the client that redness is not a cause for concern and is quite common
D. Inform her that redness is the persecutor to normal unilateral breast enlargement -
Answers - A. Assess the client as throughly as possible
