CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE
1 .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. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: A
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.”
These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C
3. The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: A
4. When listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurse’s
next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patient’s physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
ANS: C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should
keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
ANS: B
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it.
These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
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, d. Diagnostic reasoning.
ANS: A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best
reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician’s experience.
d. The patient’s own preferences are not important with EBP.
ANS: C
8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
ANS: D
9. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level priority
problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. Severely abnormal vital signs
ANS: C
10. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
ANS: B
11. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis.
a. Nursing
b. Medical
c. Admission
d. Collaborative
ANS: A
12. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and includes which
steps?
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
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1 .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. These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: A
2. A patient tells the nurse that he is very nervous, is nauseated, and “feels hot.”
These types of data would be:
a. Objective.
b. Reflective.
c. Subjective.
d. Introspective.
ANS: C
3. The patient’s record, laboratory studies, objective data, and subjective data combine to form the:
a. Data base.
b. Admitting data.
c. Financial statement.
d. Discharge summary.
ANS: A
4. When listening to a patient’s breath sounds, the nurse is unsure of a sound that is heard. The nurse’s
next action should be to:
a. Immediately notify the patient’s physician.
b. Document the sound exactly as it was heard.
c. Validate the data by asking a coworker to listen to the breath sounds.
d. Assess again in 20 minutes to note whether the sound is still present.
ANS: C
5. The nurse is conducting a class for new graduate nurses. During the teaching session, the nurse should
keep in mind that novice nurses, without a background of skills and experience from which to draw, are
more likely to make their decisions using:
a. Intuition.
b. A set of rules.
c. Articles in journals.
d. Advice from supervisors.
ANS: B
6. Expert nurses learn to attend to a pattern of assessment data and act without consciously labeling it.
These responses are referred to as:
a. Intuition.
b. The nursing process.
c. Clinical knowledge.
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, d. Diagnostic reasoning.
ANS: A
7. The nurse is reviewing information about evidence-based practice (EBP). Which statement best
reflects EBP?
a. EBP relies on tradition for support of best practices.
b. EBP is simply the use of best practice techniques for the treatment of patients.
c. EBP emphasizes the use of best evidence with the clinician’s experience.
d. The patient’s own preferences are not important with EBP.
ANS: C
8. The nurse is conducting a class on priority setting for a group of new graduate nurses. Which is an
example of a first-level priority problem?
a. Patient with postoperative pain
b. Newly diagnosed patient with diabetes who needs diabetic teaching
c. Individual with a small laceration on the sole of the foot
d. Individual with shortness of breath and respiratory distress
ANS: D
9. When considering priority setting of problems, the nurse keeps in mind that second-level priority
problems include which of these aspects?
a. Low self-esteem
b. Lack of knowledge
c. Abnormal laboratory values
d. Severely abnormal vital signs
ANS: C
10. Which critical thinking skill helps the nurse see relationships among the data?
a. Validation
b. Clustering related cues
c. Identifying gaps in data
d. Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant
ANS: B
11. The nurse knows that developing appropriate nursing interventions for a patient relies on the
appropriateness of the __________ diagnosis.
a. Nursing
b. Medical
c. Admission
d. Collaborative
ANS: A
12. The nursing process is a sequential method of problem solving that nurses use and includes which
steps?
a. Assessment, treatment, planning, evaluation, discharge, and follow-up
b. Admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning
c. Admission, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and discharge planning
d. Assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation
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