Exam 1

Question 1

A nurse is caring for a client who asks why they chose the nursing profession.
The nurse states that it was because they wanted to help others.
-The nurse is referring to which of the following professional values?

A) Integrity
B) Human dignity
C) Altruism
D) Social Justice

Answer 1

c: altruism

Question 2

observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making. It is an iterative process that uses nursing knowledge to observe and assess presenting situations, identify a prioritized client concern, and generate the best possible evidence-based solutions in order to deliver safe client care

Answer 2

clinical reasoning

Question 3

A nurse is providing equal care to a group of clients who have varying economic statuses.
Which of the following ethical principles is the nurse demonstrating?

a) fidelity
b)autonomy
c)justice
d) veracity

Answer 3

C) justice

Question 4

Veracity

Answer 4

Duty to tell the truth

Question 5

Why used close ended questions?

Answer 5

saves time in emergency situations
used to clarify responses to open-ended questions
best way to compete a checklist of data
helpful if Clint is confused, in pain, or having difficulty breathing

Question 6

which of the following is an example of subjective data?
a) the patients medical chart states he takes 50 mg metoprolol BID
b) the nurse caring for the patient indicates that she walked with PT once on her shift
c) “I often get very short of breath when I walk to get the mail”
d) a patients daughter mentions that the patient often forgets to take her medications

Answer 6

C

Question 7

in a droplet precaution room you will never need to wear gloves

true or false?

Answer 7

false

Question 8

what are the major sites for HAI to develop?

Answer 8

-respiratory tract
-urinary tract
-bloodstream
-surgical wounds

Question 9

What ppe do you wear for contact precautions?

Answer 9

gloves and gown

Question 10

What type of precautions would you use for a patient with C.diff?

Answer 10

Contact

Question 11

What precautions would you use for a patient with MRSA?

Answer 11

Contact

Question 12

What PPE do you wear for droplet precautions?

Answer 12

Surgical mask

Question 13

What precautions would you use for a patient with Pertussis?

Answer 13

droplet

Question 14

What precautions would you use for someone with influenza?

Answer 14

droplet

Question 15

A patient is going into sepsis. What type of precautions would you use?

Answer 15

Droplet

Question 16

What PPE is used for airborne precautions?

Answer 16

Respirator (N95 respirator), negative air pressure room

Question 17

What precautions would you use for a patient with TB?

Answer 17

Airborne

Question 18

What precautions would you use for a patient with Varicella?

Answer 18

Airborne

Question 19

Why are airborne precautions used?

Answer 19

For illnesses spread by droplet smaller than 5mcg; infectious agent is so small that it can be suspended in the air for long periods of time and carried for long distances on air currents

Question 20

showing honesty and choosing to do what is right and fair, even when the situation is difficult

Answer 20

human dignity

Question 21

the awareness of society’s unequal treatment of vulnerable populations and promotes the equal distribution of health care to everyone

Answer 21

social justice

Question 22

nurse’s obligation to implement actions that minimize harm and benefit clients. Meetings a client’s physical, social, or emotional needs.

Answer 22

beneficence

Question 23

These laws protect people who provide aid in the event of an emergency from being held liable for their well-intentioned actions.

Answer 23

good samaratin laws

Question 24

intentional or unitentional or a failure to act, that results in injury or harm to a client.
These exist to protect the public, to determine liability, and settle claims for illness or damages.

Answer 24

torts

Question 25

Emergency medical personell can provide care to clients entering an emergency room, regardless of their ability to pay

Answer 25

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act

Question 26

anguish experience when a person feels unable to act according to closely held core values

Answer 26

moral distress

Question 27

what is risk management

Answer 27

system of ensuring appropriate nursing care that attempts to identify potential health hazards and eliminate them before harm comes

Question 28

what are the steps of risk management

Answer 28

1. identify risk
2. analyze
3. act to reduce
4. evaluate

Question 29

what is a reservoir?

Answer 29

a place where pathogens can survive and may or may not multiply and cause disease

Question 30

what are standard precautions?

Answer 30

assumes all blood and body fluid no matter the patient is infectious

Question 31

what PPE do you wear for standard precautions?

Answer 31

gloves

Question 32

clinical judgement about the patient in response to an actual or potential health problem

Answer 32

nursing diagnosis

Question 33

identification of a disease condition based on specific evaluation of signs and symptoms

Answer 33

medical diagnosis

Question 34

an actual or potential physiological complication that nurses monitor to detect a change in patient status

Answer 34

collaborative problem