NURS 307 Quiz 1 - Questions with Correct Answers
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50 questions with answers
Topic: NURS 307 Quiz 1
1. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use
and includes with steps?
A. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
B. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
C. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome planning, implementation, and evaluation
D. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
Answer: C. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome planning, implementation, and evaluation
2. When listening to a patient's breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. Which action would the nurse take next?
A. Notify the patient's physician
B. Validate the data by asking another nurse to listen to the breath sounds
C. Document the sound exactly as it was heard
D. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
Answer: B. Validate the data by asking another nurse to listen to the breath sounds
3. In which situation is it most appropriate for the nurse to perform a focused or
problem-centered history?
A. Patient is admitted to the hospital for a scheduled surgery
B. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility
C. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath
D. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
Answer: D. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
4. What do the patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form?
A. Financial statement
B. Admitting data
C. Database
D. Discharge summary
Answer: C. Database
5. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems?
A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
B. Sleep, breathing, and pain
C. Breathing, sleep, and pain
D. Sleep, pain, and breath
Answer: A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
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, 6. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with identifying
evidence-based practices to incorporate into their practice. Which suggestion by the
nurse manager would best help these problems?
A. Form a committee to conduct research studies
B. Post published research studies on the unit's bulletin boards
C. Ensuring time for staff to review current literature
D. Teach the nurses how to conduct research
Answer: C. Ensuring time for staff to review current literature
7. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. What type of
assessment data is this?
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Introspective
D. Reflective
Answer: B. Objective
8. Which statement best describes a proficient nurse?
A. Has little experience with a specified population and uses rules to guide performance
B. Has an intuitive grasp of a clinical situation and quickly identifies the accurate solution
C. Sees actions in the context of daily plans for patients
D. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and recognizes the
long-term goals for the patient
Answer: D. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and
recognizes the long-term goals for the patient
9. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
A. EBP does not consider the patient's own preferences as important
B. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience
C. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients
D. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
Answer: B. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience
10. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of
holistic health include which of these?
A. The individual human is a closed system
B. Nurses are responsible for a patient's health state
C. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
D. Disease originates from the external environment
Answer: C. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
11. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Lack of knowledge
B. Severely abnormal vital signs
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Low self-esteem
Answer: C. Abnormal laboratory values
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(Verified Update)
50 questions with answers
Topic: NURS 307 Quiz 1
1. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use
and includes with steps?
A. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
B. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
C. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome planning, implementation, and evaluation
D. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
Answer: C. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome planning, implementation, and evaluation
2. When listening to a patient's breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is
heard. Which action would the nurse take next?
A. Notify the patient's physician
B. Validate the data by asking another nurse to listen to the breath sounds
C. Document the sound exactly as it was heard
D. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present
Answer: B. Validate the data by asking another nurse to listen to the breath sounds
3. In which situation is it most appropriate for the nurse to perform a focused or
problem-centered history?
A. Patient is admitted to the hospital for a scheduled surgery
B. Patient is admitted to a long-term care facility
C. Patient has a sudden and severe shortness of breath
D. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
Answer: D. Patient in an outpatient clinic has cold and influenza-like symptoms
4. What do the patients record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective
data combine to form?
A. Financial statement
B. Admitting data
C. Database
D. Discharge summary
Answer: C. Database
5. A newly admitted patient is in acute pain, has not been sleeping well lately, and is
having difficulty breathing. How should the nurse prioritize these problems?
A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
B. Sleep, breathing, and pain
C. Breathing, sleep, and pain
D. Sleep, pain, and breath
Answer: A. Breathing, pain, and sleep
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, 6. During a staff meeting, nurses discuss the problems with identifying
evidence-based practices to incorporate into their practice. Which suggestion by the
nurse manager would best help these problems?
A. Form a committee to conduct research studies
B. Post published research studies on the unit's bulletin boards
C. Ensuring time for staff to review current literature
D. Teach the nurses how to conduct research
Answer: C. Ensuring time for staff to review current literature
7. After completing an initial assessment of a patient, the nurse has charted that his
respirations are eupneic and his pulse is 58 beats per minute. What type of
assessment data is this?
A. Subjective
B. Objective
C. Introspective
D. Reflective
Answer: B. Objective
8. Which statement best describes a proficient nurse?
A. Has little experience with a specified population and uses rules to guide performance
B. Has an intuitive grasp of a clinical situation and quickly identifies the accurate solution
C. Sees actions in the context of daily plans for patients
D. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and recognizes the
long-term goals for the patient
Answer: D. Understands a patient situation as a whole rather than a list of tasks and
recognizes the long-term goals for the patient
9. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which
statement best reflects EBP?
A. EBP does not consider the patient's own preferences as important
B. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience
C. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients
D. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices
Answer: B. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician's experience
10. When reviewing the concepts of health, the nurse recalls that the components of
holistic health include which of these?
A. The individual human is a closed system
B. Nurses are responsible for a patient's health state
C. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
D. Disease originates from the external environment
Answer: C. Holistic health views the mind, body, and spirit as interdependent
11. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that
second-level priority problems include which of these aspects?
A. Lack of knowledge
B. Severely abnormal vital signs
C. Abnormal laboratory values
D. Low self-esteem
Answer: C. Abnormal laboratory values
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