NURS 325 EXAM 1 PT 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. The nurse identifies and meets the health needs of a patient. Which word best
describes this role of the nurse?
1. Teacher
2. Advocate
3. Surrogate
4. Counselor - Answers :2. advocate
2. The nurse is examining research results regarding receipt of health-care benefits in
the United States. Which group of people is the most underserved?
1. Children
2. Older adults
3. Pregnant women
4. Middle-aged men - Answers :1. children
9. What characteristic is unique to the nurse-patient relationship?
1. Patient's needs are satisfied
2. There is a social component
3. The nurse is the leader of the team 4. Both are working toward a common goal -
Answers :4. both are working toward a common goal
10. A recently licensed Registered Nurse is working the night shift on an active medical
unit in the hospital. What is the best thing this nurse can do to prevent professional
burnout?
1. Challenge the how and why of one's role
2. Get adequate sleep and exercise each day
3. Clarify expectations, strengths, and limitations
4. Seek a balance among seriousness, humor, and aloofness - Answers :3. clarify
expectations, strengths, and limitations
11. In the emerging health-care delivery system in the United States, a professional who
can provide independent health care with third-party reimbursement is a:
1. Licensed Registered Nurse
2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
3. Physician's Assistant
4. Nurse Practitioner - Answers :4. nurse practioner
12. The nurse understands that critical pathways in health care refer to:
1. Educational career ladders for health-care professionals
2. Multidisciplinary plans with predetermined patient outcomes
, 3. Times during life when certain health problems are more likely to occur
4. Organizations that provide services that progress from acute care to long-term care -
Answers :2. multidisciplanary plans with predetermined patient outcomes
13. The nurse understands that the setting that is the organizational center of the United
States health-care system is the:
1. Clinic setting
2. Acute care setting
3. Community setting
4. Long-term care setting - Answers :2. acute care settings
14. The nurse is functioning as a direct caregiver for a patient with multiple health
problems. Which word is most associated with the caregiver role of the nurse?
1. Facilitate
2. Evaluate
3. Counsel
4. Teach - Answers :1. facilitate
15. When reviewing articles in health-care journals, the nurse identifi es that a major
trend in health care is that:
1. Individuals and the family have primary responsibility for making health-care
decisions
2. Health-care providers control the direction and development of health-care services
3. Striving for longevity will take on greater concern than quality-of-life issues
4. Social issues are taking a back seat as a result of the advances in technology -
Answers :1. individuals and the family have primary responsibility for making health care
decisions
16. The nurse is explaining mammography screening to a patient who is reluctant to
have the diagnostic test. The nurse understands that this diagnostic test refl ects which
Level of Prevention?
1. Secondary
2. Tertiary
3. Primary
4. Acute - Answers :1. secondary
3. A patient with an infection receives medical intervention and nursing care in a
hospital setting. Which level health-care service has been provided in this situation?
1. Emergency
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
1. The nurse identifies and meets the health needs of a patient. Which word best
describes this role of the nurse?
1. Teacher
2. Advocate
3. Surrogate
4. Counselor - Answers :2. advocate
2. The nurse is examining research results regarding receipt of health-care benefits in
the United States. Which group of people is the most underserved?
1. Children
2. Older adults
3. Pregnant women
4. Middle-aged men - Answers :1. children
9. What characteristic is unique to the nurse-patient relationship?
1. Patient's needs are satisfied
2. There is a social component
3. The nurse is the leader of the team 4. Both are working toward a common goal -
Answers :4. both are working toward a common goal
10. A recently licensed Registered Nurse is working the night shift on an active medical
unit in the hospital. What is the best thing this nurse can do to prevent professional
burnout?
1. Challenge the how and why of one's role
2. Get adequate sleep and exercise each day
3. Clarify expectations, strengths, and limitations
4. Seek a balance among seriousness, humor, and aloofness - Answers :3. clarify
expectations, strengths, and limitations
11. In the emerging health-care delivery system in the United States, a professional who
can provide independent health care with third-party reimbursement is a:
1. Licensed Registered Nurse
2. Clinical Nurse Specialist
3. Physician's Assistant
4. Nurse Practitioner - Answers :4. nurse practioner
12. The nurse understands that critical pathways in health care refer to:
1. Educational career ladders for health-care professionals
2. Multidisciplinary plans with predetermined patient outcomes
, 3. Times during life when certain health problems are more likely to occur
4. Organizations that provide services that progress from acute care to long-term care -
Answers :2. multidisciplanary plans with predetermined patient outcomes
13. The nurse understands that the setting that is the organizational center of the United
States health-care system is the:
1. Clinic setting
2. Acute care setting
3. Community setting
4. Long-term care setting - Answers :2. acute care settings
14. The nurse is functioning as a direct caregiver for a patient with multiple health
problems. Which word is most associated with the caregiver role of the nurse?
1. Facilitate
2. Evaluate
3. Counsel
4. Teach - Answers :1. facilitate
15. When reviewing articles in health-care journals, the nurse identifi es that a major
trend in health care is that:
1. Individuals and the family have primary responsibility for making health-care
decisions
2. Health-care providers control the direction and development of health-care services
3. Striving for longevity will take on greater concern than quality-of-life issues
4. Social issues are taking a back seat as a result of the advances in technology -
Answers :1. individuals and the family have primary responsibility for making health care
decisions
16. The nurse is explaining mammography screening to a patient who is reluctant to
have the diagnostic test. The nurse understands that this diagnostic test refl ects which
Level of Prevention?
1. Secondary
2. Tertiary
3. Primary
4. Acute - Answers :1. secondary
3. A patient with an infection receives medical intervention and nursing care in a
hospital setting. Which level health-care service has been provided in this situation?
1. Emergency
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
