The nurse is educating a patient on ways to regain the ability to perform ADLs and maintain
normal physiological activities. What will the nurse relay as a requirement?
a. strength
b. wellness
c. alertness
d. mobility correct answers d. Mobility
A physician orders a patient to be placed in the Trendelenburg position. How will the nurse
position to the bed?
a. on the floor
b. parallel with the floor
c. tilted with the head of the bed down
d. tilted with the foot of the bed down correct answers c. Tilted with the head of the bed down
What system of comprehensive patient care considers the physical, emotional, and social
environment and spiritual needs of a person?
a. interdependent care
b. holistic health care
c. illness prevention care
d. health promotion care correct answers b. Holisitic health care
When using electronic (or computerized) documentation, which process should the nurse use
to ensure that no one alters the information the nurse has entered? correct answers logging off
How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhance care? correct answers
By preventing the fragmentation of patient care
What document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the LPN/LVN? correct answers
Nurse Practice Act
What is the system that classifies patients by age, dx, and surgical procedure and produces
300 different categories used for predicting the use of hospital resources? correct answers
Diagnosis-related groups
When must the nurse remember to use an electric razor when shaving a patient? correct
answers when a bleeding tendency is present
what is the nurse required to do to adhere to the concept of confidentiality for the patients
medical record? correct answers have a clinical reason for reading the record
where did Florence nightingale's original nursing education take place?
a. sain thomas
b. kings college hospital
c. crimean hospital
d. kaiserwerte school correct answers d. kaiserwerte school
, the nurse is performing passive range of motion exercises on a patient following a traumatic
injury. what is the number of times the nurse should move each joint when performing
passive ROM exercises?
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six correct answers c. five
what score does the graduate practical nurse require to be issued a license upon completion of
the computerized examination?
a. 70% or better
b. this is defined and set by each state
c. designated as 'PASS'
d. within the 75th percentile correct answers c. designated as 'pass'
the nurse is educating a patient regarding a tub bath. What is the maximum length of time the
nurse should instruct the patient to remain in the water?
a. 5-10min
b. 10-20 min
c. 20-30 min
d. 30- 40 min correct answers b. 10-20
what document identifies the roles and responsibilities of the lpn/lvn?
a. NLN accreditation standards
b. nurse practice act
c. napne code
d. American nurses' associate code correct answers b. nurse practice act
a nurse is preparing to discuss birth control option for a Roman Catholic patient. what is the
most appropriate method for the nurse to discuss with this patient?
a. abstinence
b. vasectomy
c. tubal ligation
d. oral contraceptives correct answers a. abstinence
what is a nursing program considered when certified by a state agency?
a. accredited
b. approved
c. provisional
d. examplified correct answers b. approved
what is the term for ROM when it is performed by the patient?
a. assisted
b. passive
c. active
d. coordinated correct answers c. active
what site should be selected if a peripheral pulse needs to be assessed quickly?
a. radial pulse