NUR 102 Exam 1 Study Guide
Get a hint
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination conference
for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the 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 - ✔✔✔4. Defines the 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 of comfort, and collects blood and
sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - ✔✔✔3. Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The nurse
gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - ✔✔✔4. Implementation
,A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on 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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
4. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model - ✔✔✔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 a plan of care that focuses
on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the
Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. patient-centered care
2. safety
3. teamwork and collaboration
4. informatics - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔4. informatics
Get a hint
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination conference
for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the 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 - ✔✔✔4. Defines the 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 of comfort, and collects blood and
sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed?
1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - ✔✔✔3. Assessment
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath. The nurse
gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which standard of practice is
performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation - ✔✔✔4. Implementation
,A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on 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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔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 model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model
4. Moving from a chronic care to an illness prevention model - ✔✔✔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 a plan of care that focuses
on improving nutrition and mobility for a patient. This is an example of which Quality and Safety in the
Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. patient-centered care
2. safety
3. teamwork and collaboration
4. informatics - ✔✔✔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 - ✔✔✔4. informatics
