Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing
6th Edition By Patricia A. Williams For
Fundamental Concepts of Nursing 2025 Latest
Update A+ Grade
The nursing theorist whose practice framework is based on 14 fundamental needs is:
a. Dorothy Johnson.
b. Jean Watson.
c. Virginia Henderson.
d. Martha Rogers
C
When the nurse is giving direction to a nursing assistant who is being delegated part of
the patient care, the nurse's most effective direction would be:
a. ―Do the morning care first on the patients in 205 and 206 who can't get out of bed
b. ―You take care of all the patients in 205 and 206. Let me know how you're doing and
whether you need any help.
c. ―Give the patient in 204A a shower after breakfast, and call me to check her feet
before you get her dressed.
d. ―Take the vital signs on all the patients in the lounge and tell me whether there are
problems.
C
When the team leader becomes concerned about the frequent tardiness of the unlicensed
assistive personnel (UAP), the most appropriate documentation would be:
a. Has been late to work 6 times in this pay period (January 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 14). States
she overslept. Counseled on January 9. Unit management made aware.
b. Frequently late to work. States she overslept. Co-workers state she is working
elsewhere at night. Will follow up.
c. Tardiness is causing inability to finish assignments without assistance from others.
d. Oversleeping and active social life have caused tardiness six times in this pay period.
,A
The best description of an autocratic leader is a leader who:
a. is permissive.
b. has confidence in the staff.
c. tightly controls team members.
d. accepts all responsibility for the team.
C
The nurse is aware that orders for a patient going to surgery are:
a. pertinent only for the immediate preoperative period.
b. canceled when the physician writes, ―resume previous orders.‖
c. can be continued when the patient returns to the unit.
d. canceled by the nurse in the operating room when the surgery is complete.
A. All orders written preoperatively are considered canceled at the time the patient enters
surgery
The nurse receiving a telephone order from a physician who is following the Joint
Commission International Center for Patient Safety should:
a. receive the order from the physician, transcribe the order to the chart, and ask the
physician if he will confirm the order.
b. receive the order from the physician, repeat the order to the physician, and then
transcribe the order to the chart.
c. receive the order from the physician, transcribe the order to the chart, and then read
back the order to the physician.
d. write the telephone order verbatim as the physician gives it and then read it back to the
charge nurse.
C
A nurse referring to an older Asian man says, ―He probably uses acupuncture and
believes in yin and yang.‖ This remark is an example of:
a. stereotyping of the patient.
b. ethnocentrism of the patient.
, c. cultural sensitivity on the part of the nurse.
d. a worldview of the nurse
A
The nurse understands that when an Asian patient refers to yin, the patient is referring to
a balancing force that is represented by:
a. light.
b. a masculine force.
c. cold and feminine elements.
d. harmony.
C
The nurse is aware that Muslims and Orthodox Jews have similar dietary restrictions in
that both groups require that their followers:
a. remain mainly vegetarians.
b. avoid milk and meat at the same meal.
c. eat only meat that has been slaughtered according to their religious law.
d. avoid shellfish.
C
A nurse is caring for a patient of the Muslim faith. The nurse would send the food tray
back if it contains:
a. pork chops and sweet potatoes.
b. beef patty with mushroom sauce
c. liver and mashed potatoes.
d. crab cakes and rice with almonds.
A
The nurse is delivering a meal tray to a patient in a skilled nursing facility who is a Muslim.
The nurse should confirm the meal is free of:
a. raw fruits.
b. eggplant.
6th Edition By Patricia A. Williams For
Fundamental Concepts of Nursing 2025 Latest
Update A+ Grade
The nursing theorist whose practice framework is based on 14 fundamental needs is:
a. Dorothy Johnson.
b. Jean Watson.
c. Virginia Henderson.
d. Martha Rogers
C
When the nurse is giving direction to a nursing assistant who is being delegated part of
the patient care, the nurse's most effective direction would be:
a. ―Do the morning care first on the patients in 205 and 206 who can't get out of bed
b. ―You take care of all the patients in 205 and 206. Let me know how you're doing and
whether you need any help.
c. ―Give the patient in 204A a shower after breakfast, and call me to check her feet
before you get her dressed.
d. ―Take the vital signs on all the patients in the lounge and tell me whether there are
problems.
C
When the team leader becomes concerned about the frequent tardiness of the unlicensed
assistive personnel (UAP), the most appropriate documentation would be:
a. Has been late to work 6 times in this pay period (January 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 14). States
she overslept. Counseled on January 9. Unit management made aware.
b. Frequently late to work. States she overslept. Co-workers state she is working
elsewhere at night. Will follow up.
c. Tardiness is causing inability to finish assignments without assistance from others.
d. Oversleeping and active social life have caused tardiness six times in this pay period.
,A
The best description of an autocratic leader is a leader who:
a. is permissive.
b. has confidence in the staff.
c. tightly controls team members.
d. accepts all responsibility for the team.
C
The nurse is aware that orders for a patient going to surgery are:
a. pertinent only for the immediate preoperative period.
b. canceled when the physician writes, ―resume previous orders.‖
c. can be continued when the patient returns to the unit.
d. canceled by the nurse in the operating room when the surgery is complete.
A. All orders written preoperatively are considered canceled at the time the patient enters
surgery
The nurse receiving a telephone order from a physician who is following the Joint
Commission International Center for Patient Safety should:
a. receive the order from the physician, transcribe the order to the chart, and ask the
physician if he will confirm the order.
b. receive the order from the physician, repeat the order to the physician, and then
transcribe the order to the chart.
c. receive the order from the physician, transcribe the order to the chart, and then read
back the order to the physician.
d. write the telephone order verbatim as the physician gives it and then read it back to the
charge nurse.
C
A nurse referring to an older Asian man says, ―He probably uses acupuncture and
believes in yin and yang.‖ This remark is an example of:
a. stereotyping of the patient.
b. ethnocentrism of the patient.
, c. cultural sensitivity on the part of the nurse.
d. a worldview of the nurse
A
The nurse understands that when an Asian patient refers to yin, the patient is referring to
a balancing force that is represented by:
a. light.
b. a masculine force.
c. cold and feminine elements.
d. harmony.
C
The nurse is aware that Muslims and Orthodox Jews have similar dietary restrictions in
that both groups require that their followers:
a. remain mainly vegetarians.
b. avoid milk and meat at the same meal.
c. eat only meat that has been slaughtered according to their religious law.
d. avoid shellfish.
C
A nurse is caring for a patient of the Muslim faith. The nurse would send the food tray
back if it contains:
a. pork chops and sweet potatoes.
b. beef patty with mushroom sauce
c. liver and mashed potatoes.
d. crab cakes and rice with almonds.
A
The nurse is delivering a meal tray to a patient in a skilled nursing facility who is a Muslim.
The nurse should confirm the meal is free of:
a. raw fruits.
b. eggplant.
