NUR 306 TEST 1- CH 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 22 & 23
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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 Nurse Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor
asks the class why this document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensure identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - CORRECT ANSWER-4
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 risks 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. Communicator - CORRECT ANSWER-2
The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a 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. Communicator - CORRECT ANSWER-1
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,The examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is 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. Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure programs - CORRECT ANSWER-3
Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of
professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples of these roles and
responsibilities? (Select all that apply)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor - CORRECT ANSWER-1, 2, 3, 4
Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement about the role.
1. Clinical nurse
2. Nurse anesthetist
3. Nurse practitioner
4. Nurse-midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the medical
care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions
d. Provides care and services under the supervision of an anesthesiologist - CORRECT ANSWER-
1-B
2-D
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,3-C
4-A
Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care. Which of these models is
expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness prevention to a health promotion model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model - CORRECT ANSWER-1
A nurse meets with the registered dietitian 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. Quality improvement - CORRECT ANSWER-3
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position her
ventilated patients to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is
an example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement - CORRECT ANSWER-2
The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure injury formation in
their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is the
procedure currently used to assess for pressure injury risk. The second uses a new assessment
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, instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies
which career?
1. Clinical nurse specialist
2. Nurse administrator
3. Nurse educator
4. Nurse researcher - CORRECT ANSWER-4
The components of the nursing metaparadigm include:
1. Person, health, environment, and theory
2. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
3. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
4. Person, health, environment, and nursing - CORRECT ANSWER-4
Theory is essential to nursing practice because it: (Select all that apply)
1. Contributes to nursing knowledge
2. Predicts patient behaviors in situations
3. Provides a means of assessing patient vital signs
4. Guides nursing practice
5. Formulates health care legislation
6. Explains relationships between concepts - CORRECT ANSWER-1, 2, 4, 6
A nurse ensures that each patient's room is clean; well ventilated; and free from clutter,
excessive noise, and extremes in temperature. Which theorist's work is the nurse practicing in
this example?
1. Henderson
2. Orem
3. King
4. Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER-4
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