NURS 330 - Exam 1 Review Questions with correct
answers
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional nurse. What is one
of these goals? Correct Answer-1. To advocate for individuals, families,
communities, and populations
2. to prevent illness
3. to treat human responses to health or illness
4. to promote health
What are the areas of independent nursing practice? Correct Answer--
Deciding when physical procedures should be performed on a patient
- Deciding when client teaching is necessary
- Deciding when a client needs to be turned
* Independent nursing interventions include client teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures such as turning patients or
assisting them with ambulation
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of
direct care? Correct Answer-Participating in a client care conference
- Direct care - is to help restore health for clients with illness in
hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and schools
, What are the primary frameworks used in conducting a health
assessment? Correct Answer-1. head-to-toe
2. functional
3. body systems
What is a required component of a health assessment? Correct Answer-
Critical thinking
An older adult client had a hip replacement surgery 2 days ago. The
nurse enters the client's room and encourages the client to use the
incentive spirometer ten times every hour. What is this action an
example of? Correct Answer-Nursing intervention
The RN is implementing which level of intervention when administering
immunizations at a pediatric clinic? Correct Answer-Primary
intervention
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care situation?
1. answering the client's call bell alarm while the nursing assistant is at
lunch
2. Notifying the healthcare provider of a critical lab result
3. Transcribing medication orders onto the nurse's medication
administration record
4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is complaining of
shortness of breath Correct Answer-4. Performing a focused assessment
on a client who is complaining of shortness of breath
answers
Four broad goals describe the role of a professional nurse. What is one
of these goals? Correct Answer-1. To advocate for individuals, families,
communities, and populations
2. to prevent illness
3. to treat human responses to health or illness
4. to promote health
What are the areas of independent nursing practice? Correct Answer--
Deciding when physical procedures should be performed on a patient
- Deciding when client teaching is necessary
- Deciding when a client needs to be turned
* Independent nursing interventions include client teaching, therapeutic
communication, and physical procedures such as turning patients or
assisting them with ambulation
Nurses provide both direct and indirect care. What is an example of
direct care? Correct Answer-Participating in a client care conference
- Direct care - is to help restore health for clients with illness in
hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and schools
, What are the primary frameworks used in conducting a health
assessment? Correct Answer-1. head-to-toe
2. functional
3. body systems
What is a required component of a health assessment? Correct Answer-
Critical thinking
An older adult client had a hip replacement surgery 2 days ago. The
nurse enters the client's room and encourages the client to use the
incentive spirometer ten times every hour. What is this action an
example of? Correct Answer-Nursing intervention
The RN is implementing which level of intervention when administering
immunizations at a pediatric clinic? Correct Answer-Primary
intervention
The nurse is exhibiting critical thinking in which client care situation?
1. answering the client's call bell alarm while the nursing assistant is at
lunch
2. Notifying the healthcare provider of a critical lab result
3. Transcribing medication orders onto the nurse's medication
administration record
4. Performing a focused assessment on a client who is complaining of
shortness of breath Correct Answer-4. Performing a focused assessment
on a client who is complaining of shortness of breath
