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