AMBULATORY CARE NURSE
CERTIFICATION COMPREHENSIVE
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● In School Age Children with acute vomiting, rehydration therapy
might include which of the following Answer: half-strength sports
drinks and popscicles
● Which of the following are signs of volume overleoad in a chronic
heart failure patient Answer: Edema, Dyspenea, Neck vein distension,
sudden weight gain
● Joshua is a 5 year old with siclke cell disease. his mother called to
report that Joshua has a fever over 101.5 orally. The nurse should:
Answer: tell the mother to bring Joshua in right away to be evaluated.
● The following are elements of Dieteary Approches to Stop
hypertension (DASH) Answer: Low Cholesterol and toal fat, reducted
sweets, high fiber
● Untreated Hypertension may lead to Answer: organ damage in the
eyes?
, ● Promoting advocacy and positive patient/family relations includes
Answer: Providing service recovery processes that resolve patient/family
complaints or concerns
● Which of the following scenarios potentially violates the
confidentiality of a patient's protected health information Answer:
Talking to an elderly patient's daughter about the need to bring the
patient back for another appointment because tests came back with some
abnormalities
● Activities taht require ambulatory nurses to apply critical thinking
include Answer: Analyzing information in development of a diagnosis
and plan of care
● Which organization has established criteria for accepted nursing
languages and approves languages meeting the criteria Answer:
American Nurses Association
● Federal and state laws require public health reporting in which of the
following situations Answer: Diagnosis of a serious communicable
disease
● Decision support tools, such as prototcols, guidelines or algorithms,
generally have the following characteristics Answer: They provide
standardization and decrease omissions
CERTIFICATION COMPREHENSIVE
TEST QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
● In School Age Children with acute vomiting, rehydration therapy
might include which of the following Answer: half-strength sports
drinks and popscicles
● Which of the following are signs of volume overleoad in a chronic
heart failure patient Answer: Edema, Dyspenea, Neck vein distension,
sudden weight gain
● Joshua is a 5 year old with siclke cell disease. his mother called to
report that Joshua has a fever over 101.5 orally. The nurse should:
Answer: tell the mother to bring Joshua in right away to be evaluated.
● The following are elements of Dieteary Approches to Stop
hypertension (DASH) Answer: Low Cholesterol and toal fat, reducted
sweets, high fiber
● Untreated Hypertension may lead to Answer: organ damage in the
eyes?
, ● Promoting advocacy and positive patient/family relations includes
Answer: Providing service recovery processes that resolve patient/family
complaints or concerns
● Which of the following scenarios potentially violates the
confidentiality of a patient's protected health information Answer:
Talking to an elderly patient's daughter about the need to bring the
patient back for another appointment because tests came back with some
abnormalities
● Activities taht require ambulatory nurses to apply critical thinking
include Answer: Analyzing information in development of a diagnosis
and plan of care
● Which organization has established criteria for accepted nursing
languages and approves languages meeting the criteria Answer:
American Nurses Association
● Federal and state laws require public health reporting in which of the
following situations Answer: Diagnosis of a serious communicable
disease
● Decision support tools, such as prototcols, guidelines or algorithms,
generally have the following characteristics Answer: They provide
standardization and decrease omissions
