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2024 NUR 102 (MODULES D&H) EXAM 2 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 NUR 102 (MODULES D&H)EXAM 2 WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
A nurse has seen many cancer pt's struggle w/ pain management because
they are afraid of becoming addicted to the medicine. Pain control is a
priority for cancer care. By helping pt's focus on their values and beliefs
about pain control , a nurse can best make clinical decisions. This is an
example of:
1. Creativity
2. Fairness
3. Clinical reasoning
4. Applying the ethical criteria - CORRECT ANSWERS-4
In preparing to collect a nursing history for a pt admitted for elective
surgery, which of the following data are part of the review of present illness
in the nursing health history?
1. Current medications
2.. Patient expectations of planned surgery
3. Review of pt's family support system
4. History of allergies
5. Pt's explanation for what might be the cause of symptoms that require
surgery - CORRECT ANSWERS-5
A nurse enters a pt's room at the beginning of the shift to conduct an
assessment of his condition following a blood transfusion. The nurse cared
for the pt the previous day as well. The pt has a number of issues he is
willing to share with the nurse, who takes time to explain each issue. The
nurse also assesses the pt and finds no signs or symptoms of a reaction to
the blood product. The nurse observed the pt. the prior day and sees a
change in his behavior, a reluctance to get out of bed and ambulate. Which
of the following actions improve the nurse's ability to make clinical decisions
about this pt? (Select all that apply)
1. Working the same shift each day
2. Spending time during the pt. assessment
3. Knowing the early mobility protocol guidelines
4. Caring for the pt on consecutive days
,5. Knowing the pattern of pt behavior about ambulation - CORRECT
ANSWERS-2, 4, 5
Match the concepts for a critical thinker with the terms:
a. Anticipate how a pt might respond to treatment
b. Organize assessment on the basis of pt priorities
c. Be objective in asking questions of a pt
d. Be tolerant of a pt's views and beliefs
1. Truth-seeking
2. Open-mindedness
3. Analyticity
4. Systematicity - CORRECT ANSWERS-1c, 2d, 3a, 4b
The REFLECT model can improve learning after providing pt care. Place the
steps of this model in the correct order:
1. Think about your thoughts an actions at the time of the a situation
2. Review the knowledge you gained from the experience
3. Review the facts of the situation
4. Set a schedule for completing your plan of action
5. Consider options for handling similar situations in the future
6. Recall any feelings you had at the time of the situation
7. Create a plan for future situations - CORRECT ANSWERS-3, 1, 6, 2, 5, 7, 4
One element of clinical decision making is knowing the pt. Which of the
following activities affect the nurse's ability to know patients better? (Select
all that apply)
1. Caring for similar groups of pt's over time
2. Reading evidence-based practices appropriate to pt's
3. Learning how pt's typically respond to their clinical situation
4. Observing pt's
5. Engaging with pt's experiencing illness - CORRECT ANSWERS-1, 3, 4, 5
A nurse is preparing medications for a pt. The nurse checks the name of the
med on the label with the name of the med on the doctor's order. At the
bedside the nurse checks the pt's name against the med order as well.
Which critical thinking attitude is the nurse following?
1. Responsibility
2. Humility
3. Accurate
4. Fairness - CORRECT ANSWERS-1
A nurse has been caring for a pt with a chronic would that has not been
healing. The nurse talks with a nurse specialist in wound care to find
alternative approaches from what the health care provider ordered for
dressing a wound. The two decide that because because of the pt's allergy to
, a tape, a nonallergenic dressing will be used. The nurse obtains an order
from the health care provider for the new dressing. After two days there is an
improvement of the wound. This is an example of which critical standards?
(Select all that apply)
1. Clear
2. Broad
3. Relevant
4. Risk taking
5. Creativity - CORRECT ANSWERS-3, 4, 5
A nurse is assigned to care for a woman who is expecting her first child. The
nurse organizes herself and plans to gather data about the pt by applying
Pender's health promotion model, including the pt's characteristics and
experiences and situational influences. She plans to observe the pt's
behavior and consider the pt's psychosocial issues. Such data will offer a
clear understanding to help the nurse identify the pt's needs. This is an ex. of
which of the following concepts? (select all that apply)
1. Diagnostic reasoning
2. Deductive reasoning
3. Inductive reasoning
4. Assessment
5. Problem solving - CORRECT ANSWERS-2, 4
A nurse is caring for a pt who has poor pain control. The patient has history
of opioid abuse. During the day the pt made frequent requests for pain
meds. In order to make an effective clinical decision about this pt, the nurse
needs to ask questions about the data available on the pt to make a
thorough and thoughtful decision. The nurse asks herself, "How does my
view about the pt's pain tolerance compare with the pt's, and does that pose
a problem?" This is an example of:
1. A question about assumptions
2. Question about evidence
3. A question about procedure
4. A question about perspective - CORRECT ANSWERS-4
Which of the following describes a nurse's application of a specific knowledge
base during critical thinking? (Select all that apply)
1. Initiative in reading current evidence
2. Application of nursing theory
3. Reviewing a policy and procedure manual
4. Considering a colleague's view of a pt's needs
5. Previous time caring for a specific group of pt's - CORRECT ANSWERS-1, 2
A nurse completes the following steps during her shift of care. Which of the
following are steps of nursing assessment? (Select all that apply)
1. The review of pt data in the med record
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