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MULTIPLE CHOICE w
1. What provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of accurate,
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wsafe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support
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wpersons’ progress toward positive outcomes?
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a. Physician’s orders w
b. Progress notes w
c. Nursing care plan w w
d. Client health history w w
ANS: C w
The nursing care plan provides direction for individualized care and assures the delivery of
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accurate, safe care through a definitive pathway that promotes the client’s and the support
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persons’ progress toward positive outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2 OBJ: 1
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TOP: Nursing Care Plan
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Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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2. The nurse is performing behaviors and actions that assist clients and significant others
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win meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care. What is the
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wcorrect term for these nursing behaviors?
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a. Assessments
b. Interventions
c. Planning
d. Evaluation
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Caring interventions are those nursing behaviors and actions that assist clients and
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significant others in meeting their needs and the identified outcomes of the plan of care.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1
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TOP: Interventions w KEY: Nursing Process Step: w w w
Planning MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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3. The nurse understands the importance of being answerable for all actions and the
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wpossibility of being called on to explain or justify them. What term best describes
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wthis concept?
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a. Reliability
b. Maturity
c. Accountability
d. Liability
ANS: C w
Accountability means that a person is answerable for his or her actions and may be called
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on to explain or justify them.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension w w REF: w w pp. 6-7 w OBJ: w 3 |5 |7
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, TOP: Accountability
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N/A MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk
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1. The nurse manager is providing an inservice about conflict resolution. What modes
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wof conflict resolution should be addressed? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Suppression
b. Accommodation
c. Compromise
d. Avoidance
e. Collaboration
f. Competition
ANS: B, C, D, E, F
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The modes of conflict resolution include accommodation, collaboration, compromise,
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avoidance, and competition.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7|p. 8|Table 1.1 w w w w w w
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N/A
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2. What are the characteristics of an effective leader? (Select all that apply.)
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a. Effective communication w
b. Rigid rules and regulations w w w
c. Delegates appropriately w
d. Acts as a role model w w w w
e. Consistently handles conflict w w
f. Focuses on individual development w w w
ANS: A, C, D, E w w w w
Characteristics of an effective leader include effective communication, consistency in
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managing conflict, knowledge and competency in all aspects of delivery of care,
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effective role model for staff, uses participatory approach in decision making, shows
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appreciation for a job well done, delegates work appropriately, sets objectives and
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guides staff, displays caring, understanding, and empathy for others, motivates and
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empowers others, is proactive and flexible, and focuses on team development.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 w w w w w OBJ: 5 w
TOP: Leadership KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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COMPLETION
1. is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
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individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information
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technology.
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ANS:
Communication
, Communication is defined as the process by which information is exchanged between
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individuals verbally, nonverbally, and/or in writing or through information technology.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge w w REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2 w w w
TOP: Communication
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N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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2. is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of
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appraising the client’s health status.
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ANS:
Assessment
Assessment is the collection and processing of relevant data for the purpose of
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appraising the client’s health status.
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TOP: Assessment KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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3. is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
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ANS:
Bioethics
Bioethics is concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the context of health care.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 4 w w w w w OBJ: 3 w
TOP: Bioethics
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4. Place the corresponding letter to each stage of conflict in the correct order.
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w(Place the events in the appropriate sequence with capital letters. Do not separate
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wanswers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
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a. Outcomes
b. Conceptualization
c. Frustration
d. Action
ANS:
CBDA
The stages of conflict in order are frustration, conceptualization, action, and outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 7 w w w w w OBJ: 7 w
TOP: Conflict
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5. Place the corresponding letter to each key step in solving an ethical dilemma in the
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wcorrect order. (Place the events in the appropriate sequence. Do not separate
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wanswers with a space or punctuation. Example: ABCD.)
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a. Negotiate a plan. w w
b. Clarify values. w
c. Ask if it is an ethical dilemma.
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