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Test Bank For
LPN to RN Transitions 6th Edition
by Lora Claywell PhD
All Chapters Covered with 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition 2024/25
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Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree.
Shem knows that licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter
nursing school to become RNs come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and
understanding. Which statement by the nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the
effect experience may have on learning?
a. “Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.”
b. “Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.”
c. “Experience never makes learning more difficult.”
d. “Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.”
C
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and
motivation, but it can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
ST
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
BE
2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday
night. The student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she canstay
home and study. She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the
library to prepare for the test. Which
response best identifies the student’s outcome priority?
a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation
d. Doing well on the test on Friday
CORRECT ANSWER: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set
of conditions or circumstances.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP:
Motivation to Learn
3. A nurse who has been an LPN/LVN for 10 years is meeting with an advisor to discuss the
possibility of taking classes to become an RN. The advisor interprets which statement by the
nurse as the driving force for returning to school?
a. “I’ll need to schedule time to attend classes.”
b. “I’ll have to budget for paying tuition.”
c. “I’ll have to rearranging my schedule.”
d. “There is a possibility of advancement into administration.”
CORRECT ANSWER: D
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Driving forces are those that push toward making the change, as opposed to restraining forces,
which are those that usually present a challenge that needs to be overcome for the change to take
place or present a negative effect the change may initiate.
ST
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP:
Motivations for Change
BE
4. An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her
lifestyle and has been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret this behavior
as which stage of Lewin’s Change Theory?
a. Moving
b. Unfreezing
c. Action
d. Refreezing
CORRECT ANSWER: B
The patient is in the first phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, known as unfreezing. This phase
involves determining that a change needs to occur and deciding to take action. Moving is the
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second phase and involves actively planning changes and taking action on them. Refreezing isthe
last stage, and it occurs when the change has become a part of the person’s life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
OBJ: Understand Change Theory and how it applies to becoming an RN.TOP: Change Theory
5. An LPN is talking with her clinical instructor about her decision to return to school to
become an RN. The clinical instructor interprets the LPNs outcome priority based on which
statement?
a. “My family wanted me to go back to school.”
b. “I want to better my financial situation.”
c. “I really enjoy school.”
C
d. “I would like to advance to a teaching role someday.”
CORRECT ANSWER: B
LE
The outcome priority is the essential need that must be addressed, determined by internal and
external factors, such as needing to better a financial situation. The other statements indicate
ST
reasons for returning to school, but they are not essential needs or issues to be addressed.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
BE
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
6. A nurse notices a posting for a management position for which she is qualified. If the
nurse is in the moving phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, which statement reflects the action she
is most likely to take?
a. Does nothing to obtain the position
b. Applies for the position
c. Identifies that change is needed
d. Settles into the routine of her job
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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Test Bank For
LPN to RN Transitions 6th Edition
by Lora Claywell PhD
All Chapters Covered with 100% Verified Answers|| Latest Edition 2024/25
C
LE
ST
BE
1
,BESTLEC
Chapter 01: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A nursing advisor is meeting with a student who is interested in earning her RN degree.
Shem knows that licensed practical nurse/license vocational nurse (LPN/LVNs) who enter
nursing school to become RNs come into the learning environment with prior knowledge and
understanding. Which statement by the nursing advisor best describes her understanding of the
effect experience may have on learning?
a. “Experience may be a source of insight and motivation, or a barrier.”
b. “Experience is usually a stumbling block for LPN/LVNs.”
c. “Experience never makes learning more difficult.”
d. “Once something is learned, it can never be truly modified.”
C
CORRECT ANSWER: A
LE
Experience accentuates differences among learners and serves as a source of insight and
motivation, but it can also be a barrier. Experience can serve as a foundation for defining the self.
ST
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
BE
2. There is a test on the cardiovascular system on Friday morning, and it is now Wednesday
night. The student has already taken a vacation day from work Thursday night so that she canstay
home and study. She is considering skipping her exercise class on Thursday morning to go to the
library to prepare for the test. Which
response best identifies the student’s outcome priority?
a. Exercise class
b. Going to the library
c. Avoiding work by taking a vacation
d. Doing well on the test on Friday
CORRECT ANSWER: D
The outcome priority is the essential issue or need to be addressed at any given time within a set
of conditions or circumstances.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP:
Motivation to Learn
3. A nurse who has been an LPN/LVN for 10 years is meeting with an advisor to discuss the
possibility of taking classes to become an RN. The advisor interprets which statement by the
nurse as the driving force for returning to school?
a. “I’ll need to schedule time to attend classes.”
b. “I’ll have to budget for paying tuition.”
c. “I’ll have to rearranging my schedule.”
d. “There is a possibility of advancement into administration.”
CORRECT ANSWER: D
C
LE
Driving forces are those that push toward making the change, as opposed to restraining forces,
which are those that usually present a challenge that needs to be overcome for the change to take
place or present a negative effect the change may initiate.
ST
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
OBJ: Identify motivations and personal outcome priorities for returning to school. TOP:
Motivations for Change
BE
4. An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her
lifestyle and has been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret this behavior
as which stage of Lewin’s Change Theory?
a. Moving
b. Unfreezing
c. Action
d. Refreezing
CORRECT ANSWER: B
The patient is in the first phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, known as unfreezing. This phase
involves determining that a change needs to occur and deciding to take action. Moving is the
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second phase and involves actively planning changes and taking action on them. Refreezing isthe
last stage, and it occurs when the change has become a part of the person’s life.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
OBJ: Understand Change Theory and how it applies to becoming an RN.TOP: Change Theory
5. An LPN is talking with her clinical instructor about her decision to return to school to
become an RN. The clinical instructor interprets the LPNs outcome priority based on which
statement?
a. “My family wanted me to go back to school.”
b. “I want to better my financial situation.”
c. “I really enjoy school.”
C
d. “I would like to advance to a teaching role someday.”
CORRECT ANSWER: B
LE
The outcome priority is the essential need that must be addressed, determined by internal and
external factors, such as needing to better a financial situation. The other statements indicate
ST
reasons for returning to school, but they are not essential needs or issues to be addressed.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis
BE
OBJ: Identify how experiences influence learning in adults. TOP: Adult Learning
6. A nurse notices a posting for a management position for which she is qualified. If the
nurse is in the moving phase of Lewin’s Change Theory, which statement reflects the action she
is most likely to take?
a. Does nothing to obtain the position
b. Applies for the position
c. Identifies that change is needed
d. Settles into the routine of her job
CORRECT ANSWER: B
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