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Summary NUR 1020C Final Exam Review
- Course
- NUR 1020C
- Institution
- Florida State College At Jacksonville
Final Exam Review for Nur 1020C.
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1. The nurse is caring for a patient who has gone undergone abdominal surgery. Thepatient
2. stated prior to surgery" I don't think i will be able to handle this i get colostomy. I
won't know how to manage it. There is no " next to kin" listed in the patient record.
Which is correct ways to addressing nursing diagnosis first?
Pain
3. Which assessment made by the nurse should addressed first?
Shortness of breath
4. A student nurse is preparing to auscultate a patient lung. what action by the student
leads the instructor to intervene?
Students uses the stethoscope bell to listen to bowel sounds.
5. The nurse is caring for a patience with swallowing concerns and decreased levels of
consciousness. The nurse know to put the patients in what position for oral care?
Side lying( spine)
6. The nurses is assessing a patients with mobility dysfunction and wants to gain insight
into the patients functionals ability . What questions would be for the most
appropriate?
Do you use a cane, walker, or wheelchair to ambulate
7. Patient fully alert and fully oriented. What is Glasgow coma scale?
15
8. Strategies to include in a community program for senior citizens related to dealing
with cold winner temperature would included
Shopping at an indoor mall
9. A nurse is explaining to a student nurse a bout perfusion. The nurse knows the
student understands the concept of perfusion when the student states " perfusion"
"Is monitored by vital sign and capillary refill"
10. A nurse is caring for a patient who has orthopnea. What action by the nurse is most
appropriate?
Keep the head of the bed elevated
11. The nurse faculty member is observing a student taking a patient’s carotid pulse.
What action by the student requires intervention by the faculty member?
Compared pulse in both carotid arteries at the same time
12. A nurse observed a student taking a adult patients tympanic temperature. what
action by the student requires the nurse to intervene?
Student pulls the pinna of the patient ear down and back
13. A definition of health policy included which of the following element?
Public policy made to a support health related goals
14. The economics of health care included?
Equal distribution of health care
15. A student asks the instructor about health acre economics. The instructor knows that
the student understands when the student states which of the following?
, Resource will be needed to serve health care issues
16. The nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old male patient and is concerned
about health promotion activities. Which of these questions would be appropriate to
use to assess health promotion activities for this patient?
Do you perform testicular self-examinations
17. When the nurse is evaluating the reliability of a patient's responses, which of these
statements would be correct? The patient:
Provided consistent information and therefore is reliable.
18. A patient tells the nurse that she has had abdominal pain for the past week. What
would be the nurse's best response?
Can you point to where it hurts?
19. The nurse is preparing to complete a health assessment on a 16-year-old girl whose
parents have brought her to the clinic. Which instruction would be appropriate for the
parents before the interview begins?
"While I interview your daughter, will you step out to the waiting room and complete
these family health history questionnaires?"
20. Which primary prevention nursing intervention would be implemented by the
community nurse to decrease the risk of community members contracting sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)?
Educate about the importance of safe sex practices
21. A nurse manager is educating the nursing staff on the importance of security with the
implementation of the electronic health record (EHR) system. Which points does the
manager emphasize? Select all that apply.
Do not share passwords with anyone
22. A new nurse is conducting a patient interview. What behaviors observed by the
experienced nurse require education on this process?
Typing intently on a keyboard when asking questions. e. Providing non-verbal cues to
negative thoughts.
23. A hospitalized patient complains of bilateral leg pain and asks the nurse to massage
her legs. One calf is noticeably larger than the other and is warm and slightly
reddened. What action by the nurse is best?
Educate the patient on why a massage would be contraindicated.
24. The nurse is assessing a patient whose chart indicates a Grade 3 heart murmur. What
action is best in order to hear the murmur?
Auscultate the patient's chest with a stethoscope.
25. A nurse has assessed a patient's capillary refill, which was 5 seconds. What action by
the nurse is most appropriate?
Assess the patient for signs of hypoxia.
26. A nurse is caring for an unconscious patient. What objective assessments does the
nurse use to help evaluate pain in this patient? (Select all that apply.)
Agitation b. Restlessness d. Vital signs
The nurse is caring for a woman who had a right-sided mastectomy 2 years ago.
What action by the nurse is most appropriate?
Place a sign above the bed: "No blood pressures on the right arm."
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