NUR 102 Exam 1 Study Guide
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the
clinical care conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the
coordination
preparation
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional
Registered
Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important.
Which of the
following statements best describes this
code?
1. Improves self-health
care
2. Protects the patient's
confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all
patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care Correct
answersthe
Defines 4. principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
An 18 year old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough.
The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines
her level and
comfort, of collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which
standardisof
practice
performed?
1.
Diagnosis
2.
Evaluation
3.
Assessment
4. Implementation Correct answers 3.
Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and
shortness
breath. Theofnurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and
in 4 hours.
Which standard of practice is
performed?
1.
Planning
2.
3.
Evaluation
Assessment
4. Implementation Correct answers 4.
Implementation
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants on
home to go
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to
have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to
the family
and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as
the patient's
1.
Educator
2.
Advocate
3.
Caregiver
4. Case manager Correct answers 2.
Advocate
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the
dressing change
procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how
to change
the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
1.
Educator
,2.
Advocate
3.
Caregiver
4. Case manager Correct answers 1.
Educator
The examination for RN licensure is exactly the same in every state in
the United
States. This
examination
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all
patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all
patients
3. Ensures that honest and ethical care is
provided
4. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice Correct
answers 4.
Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in
practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a
variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples?
(Select all
that
apply.)
A.
Caregiver
B. Autonomy and
accountability
C. Patient
advocate
D. Health
promotion
E. Lobbyist Correct answers 1, 2,
3, 4
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
the following
models is expected from health care
reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention
2. Moving frommodel
an illness prevention to a health
promotion
3. model
Moving from an acute illness to a disease
management
4. Moving from model
a chronic care to an illness prevention model Correct answers
1. Moving
from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model
A nurse meets with the registered dietician and physical therapist to
develop
care thatafocuses
plan of on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an
example
which of
Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN)
competency?
1. patient-centered
care
2.
safety
3. teamwork and
collaboration
4. informatics Correct answers 3. teamwork and
collaboration
A critical care nurse is using a computerized decision support system
to correctly
position her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated
respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered
care
2.
safety
3. teamwork and
collaboration
4. informatics Correct answers 4.
informatics
, The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in
pressure ulcer
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure
ulcersecond
The risk. uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients.
Given this the nurse consultant exemplifies which
information,
career?
1. clinical nurse
specialist
2. nurse
administrator
3. nurse
educator
4. nurse researcher Correct answers 4. nurse
researcher
Nurses in an acute care hospital are attending a unit based education
program
how to useto a
learn
new pressure-relieving device for patients at risk for pressure
ulcers.
is whichThis
type of
education?
1. continuing n
educatio
2. graduate
education
3. in-service
education
4. professional registered nurse education Correct answers 3. in-service
education
Which of the following Internet resources can help consumers compare
quality care(Select all that
measures?
apply.)
1.
WebMD
2. Hospital
compare
3. Magnet recognition
program
4. Hospital Consumer assessment of
healthcare
5. The American Hospital Association's webpage Correct
answers 2, 4
The components of the nursing metaparadigm
include:
1. Person, health, environment, and
theory
2. Health, theory, concepts, and
environment
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing Correct answers 4.
needs
Person, health,and
environment,
nursing
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all
that
1. apply)
Contributes to nursing
knowledge
2. Predicts patient behaviors in
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital
situations
signs
4. Guides nursing
practice
5. Formulates health care
legislation
6. Explains relationships between concepts Correct answers
1, 2, 4, 6
A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean, well ventilated, and free
from clutter,
excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's work is
the nurse in this
practicing
example?
1.
Henderson
2.
Orem
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the
clinical care conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the
coordination
preparation
you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional
Registered
Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important.
Which of the
following statements best describes this
code?
1. Improves self-health
care
2. Protects the patient's
confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all
patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care Correct
answersthe
Defines 4. principles of right and wrong to provide
patient care
An 18 year old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough.
The nurse
obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines
her level and
comfort, of collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which
standardisof
practice
performed?
1.
Diagnosis
2.
Evaluation
3.
Assessment
4. Implementation Correct answers 3.
Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and
shortness
breath. Theofnurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and
in 4 hours.
Which standard of practice is
performed?
1.
Planning
2.
3.
Evaluation
Assessment
4. Implementation Correct answers 4.
Implementation
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient
wants on
home to go
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to
have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to
the family
and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as
the patient's
1.
Educator
2.
Advocate
3.
Caregiver
4. Case manager Correct answers 2.
Advocate
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the
dressing change
procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how
to change
the dressing. The nurse is acting in which
professional role?
1.
Educator
,2.
Advocate
3.
Caregiver
4. Case manager Correct answers 1.
Educator
The examination for RN licensure is exactly the same in every state in
the United
States. This
examination
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all
patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all
patients
3. Ensures that honest and ethical care is
provided
4. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice Correct
answers 4.
Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in
practice
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a
variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples?
(Select all
that
apply.)
A.
Caregiver
B. Autonomy and
accountability
C. Patient
advocate
D. Health
promotion
E. Lobbyist Correct answers 1, 2,
3, 4
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of
the following
models is expected from health care
reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention
2. Moving frommodel
an illness prevention to a health
promotion
3. model
Moving from an acute illness to a disease
management
4. Moving from model
a chronic care to an illness prevention model Correct answers
1. Moving
from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model
A nurse meets with the registered dietician and physical therapist to
develop
care thatafocuses
plan of on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an
example
which of
Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN)
competency?
1. patient-centered
care
2.
safety
3. teamwork and
collaboration
4. informatics Correct answers 3. teamwork and
collaboration
A critical care nurse is using a computerized decision support system
to correctly
position her ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated
respiratory
secretions. This is an example of which QSEN
competency?
1. Patient-centered
care
2.
safety
3. teamwork and
collaboration
4. informatics Correct answers 4.
informatics
, The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in
pressure ulcer
formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare
two types of
treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure
ulcersecond
The risk. uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients.
Given this the nurse consultant exemplifies which
information,
career?
1. clinical nurse
specialist
2. nurse
administrator
3. nurse
educator
4. nurse researcher Correct answers 4. nurse
researcher
Nurses in an acute care hospital are attending a unit based education
program
how to useto a
learn
new pressure-relieving device for patients at risk for pressure
ulcers.
is whichThis
type of
education?
1. continuing n
educatio
2. graduate
education
3. in-service
education
4. professional registered nurse education Correct answers 3. in-service
education
Which of the following Internet resources can help consumers compare
quality care(Select all that
measures?
apply.)
1.
WebMD
2. Hospital
compare
3. Magnet recognition
program
4. Hospital Consumer assessment of
healthcare
5. The American Hospital Association's webpage Correct
answers 2, 4
The components of the nursing metaparadigm
include:
1. Person, health, environment, and
theory
2. Health, theory, concepts, and
environment
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing Correct answers 4.
needs
Person, health,and
environment,
nursing
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all
that
1. apply)
Contributes to nursing
knowledge
2. Predicts patient behaviors in
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital
situations
signs
4. Guides nursing
practice
5. Formulates health care
legislation
6. Explains relationships between concepts Correct answers
1, 2, 4, 6
A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean, well ventilated, and free
from clutter,
excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's work is
the nurse in this
practicing
example?
1.
Henderson
2.
Orem
