Fundamentals of Nursing Exam 1 Elsevier
Questions With Correct Answers
EMTALA defines an appropriate transfer as including which of the
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following preparations? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Informing the patient
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of the risks and benefits of the transfer
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| -Obtaining the patient's written consent for transfer
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-Having the transferring hospital provide medical treatment within its
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capacity
The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) consists of the minimum
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data set (MDS), Resident Assessment Protocols, and __ as specified in
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state operations guidelines. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-utilization
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guidelines
Patients who fall in the hospital typically are those who: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔--muscle weakness |
-unsteady gait |
-urinary incontinence |
-polypharmacy
-on high-risk medications (e.g., analgesics, antihypertensives).
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,Two essential components of successful transfer to a long-term care
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facility are __ that are accurately communicated. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-medication lists and advance directives | | | |
Which of the following is part of the standard admission procedure? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Placement of patient in appropriate receiving
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area. |
-Explanation of Patients rights and elements of advanced directives.
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-Orientation to relevant health care agency policies and procedures and
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room environment.
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-Assessment of patient's health care problems and needs. | | | | | | |
-Preliminary testing and screenings | | |
Development of a patient-centered plan of care. | | | | | |
-Determination of a patient's payment source for health care. | | | | | | | |
A UPC committee on an orthopedic nursing unit has chosen an EBP
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project to compare the use of chlorhexidine against soap and water for
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cleaning pin sites in patients with external fixation devices. All
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physicians agreed to the new protocol. The UPC committee planned an
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inservice for all staff on the two cleansing protocols. Four staff members
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|agreed to assist in monitoring the data collection sheets that were to be
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|completed by all staff. What important step is missing from this EBP
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project before implementation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Selection of an
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|outcome measure. |
, After meeting over a period of 2 months, members of a UPC committee
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have reviewed articles from a background question, "What is the best
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therapy to use for relieving nausea in patients with cancer?" Staff
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members believe that patient's nausea is poorly controlled. They realize
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that they need to develop a focused foreground question. Which of the
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following is the best foreground question for the committee's clinical
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question? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Does the use of antiemetics
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compared with diet therapy reduce nausea in patients with cancer?
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A UPC committee consisting of nurses, respiratory therapists, and
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physicians is discussing the use of inhalers instead of nebulizers for
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managing patients with acute asthma attacks. In gathering information
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from the literature that pertains to their area of interest, what type of
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study would offer the best information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Systematic review of any randomized controlled trials that tested
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inhalers against nebulizers among asthmatic patients.
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Place the stages of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship in the
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correct order. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Working
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-Termination
-Orientation
Which of the following is an example of a therapeutic communication
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technique? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Listening | | |
Restating
Questions With Correct Answers
EMTALA defines an appropriate transfer as including which of the
| | | | | | | | | |
following preparations? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Informing the patient
| | | | | | |
of the risks and benefits of the transfer
| | | | | | |
| -Obtaining the patient's written consent for transfer
| | | | | |
-Having the transferring hospital provide medical treatment within its
| | | | | | | | |
capacity
The Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) consists of the minimum
| | | | | | | | |
data set (MDS), Resident Assessment Protocols, and __ as specified in
| | | | | | | | | | |
state operations guidelines. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-utilization
| | | | | |
guidelines
Patients who fall in the hospital typically are those who: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔--muscle weakness |
-unsteady gait |
-urinary incontinence |
-polypharmacy
-on high-risk medications (e.g., analgesics, antihypertensives).
| | | | |
,Two essential components of successful transfer to a long-term care
| | | | | | | | | |
facility are __ that are accurately communicated. - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-medication lists and advance directives | | | |
Which of the following is part of the standard admission procedure? -
| | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Placement of patient in appropriate receiving
| | | | | | |
area. |
-Explanation of Patients rights and elements of advanced directives.
| | | | | | | |
-Orientation to relevant health care agency policies and procedures and
| | | | | | | | | |
room environment.
|
-Assessment of patient's health care problems and needs. | | | | | | |
-Preliminary testing and screenings | | |
Development of a patient-centered plan of care. | | | | | |
-Determination of a patient's payment source for health care. | | | | | | | |
A UPC committee on an orthopedic nursing unit has chosen an EBP
| | | | | | | | | | | |
project to compare the use of chlorhexidine against soap and water for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
cleaning pin sites in patients with external fixation devices. All
| | | | | | | | | |
physicians agreed to the new protocol. The UPC committee planned an
| | | | | | | | | | |
inservice for all staff on the two cleansing protocols. Four staff members
| | | | | | | | | | |
|agreed to assist in monitoring the data collection sheets that were to be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|completed by all staff. What important step is missing from this EBP
| | | | | | | | | | | |
project before implementation? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Selection of an
| | | | | | |
|outcome measure. |
, After meeting over a period of 2 months, members of a UPC committee
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
have reviewed articles from a background question, "What is the best
| | | | | | | | | | |
therapy to use for relieving nausea in patients with cancer?" Staff
| | | | | | | | | | |
members believe that patient's nausea is poorly controlled. They realize
| | | | | | | | | |
that they need to develop a focused foreground question. Which of the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
following is the best foreground question for the committee's clinical
| | | | | | | | | |
question? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Does the use of antiemetics
| | | | | | | |
compared with diet therapy reduce nausea in patients with cancer?
| | | | | | | | |
A UPC committee consisting of nurses, respiratory therapists, and
| | | | | | | | |
physicians is discussing the use of inhalers instead of nebulizers for
| | | | | | | | | | |
managing patients with acute asthma attacks. In gathering information
| | | | | | | | |
from the literature that pertains to their area of interest, what type of
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
study would offer the best information? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
Systematic review of any randomized controlled trials that tested
| | | | | | | | |
inhalers against nebulizers among asthmatic patients.
| | | | |
Place the stages of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship in the
| | | | | | | | | |
correct order. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Working
| | | |
-Termination
-Orientation
Which of the following is an example of a therapeutic communication
| | | | | | | | | | |
technique? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Listening | | |
Restating
