Exam 1 Review Qs Flashcards
A patient is having adverse effects resulting from a medication. The nurse calls the primary care provider to request a change in the medication order. The nurse is function as a:
A. educator
B. advocate
C. Organizer
D. counselor
B. advocate
Nurses advocate for undeserved populations to reduce health disparities. This promotes:
A. autonomy
B. altruism
C. respect
D. human dignity
C. respect
Nurses belong to the ANA as part of their:
A. ongoing professional responsibility
B. role as manager of care
C. wellness promotion for patients
D. cultural education activities
A. ongoing professional responsibility
The purpose of the health assessment is to:
A. obtain subjective and objective data
B. intervene to correct difficulties
C. outline appropriate care
D. determine whether interventions are effective
A. obtain subjective and objective data
The nurse documents the following information in a patient’s chart: “cough and deep breathe every hour while awake”. This is an example of:
A. evidence-based nursing
B. priority setting
C. comprehensive assessment
D. nursing interventions
D. nursing interventions
The nurse provides teaching about smoking cessation to a 20-year old patient. The nurse assesses that the patient is concerned because their father died from lung cancer. Which theory would the nurse most likely use when providing teaching to this patient?
A. health belief model
B. diagnostic reasoning model
C. cultural competence model
D. body systems model
A. health belief model
Which of the following processes is the most important when providing nursing care to a patient who is ill?
A. writing outcomes
B. performing a focused assessment
C. collecting objective data
D. using clinical judgement
D. using clinical judgment
A patient is admitted to a hospital for surgery for colon cancer. What type of assessment is the nurse most likely to perform on admission?
A. emergency
B. focused
C. comprehensive
D. illness
C. comprehensive
The nurse conducts the health history based on the patient’s responses to the medical diagnosis. This type of framework is based on the:
A. functional framework
B. objective “
C. coordinator “
D. collaborative “
A. functional frame work
Which of the following are the components of a comprehensive health assessment?
A. nursing diagnosis
B. goals and outcomes
C. collaborative problems
D. examination of body systems
D. examination of the body
A patient says that they’re having throbbing pain that they rate as 6 on a 10-point scale. This is referred to as:
A. subjective primary data
B. subjective secondary data
C. objective primary data
D. objective secondary data
A. subjective primary data
The nurse is gathering the health history data before performing the physical assessment. This phase of the interview process is:
A. preinteraction phase
B. beginning phase
C. working phase
D. closing phase
C. working phase
The patient is crying after being given a diagnosis with a poor prognosis. The best response form the nurse is:
A. Don’t cry. It will be OK.
B. My mother has the same thing
C. I think that you should have surgery
D. I’ll stay with you (gets a tissue)
D. I’ll stay with you (gets a tissue)
When gathering the family history, the nurse draws a genogram
A. using circles for males and squares for females
B. putting the patient on the left to show birth order
C. inserting lines b/w parents to show marriage
D. listing health problems above the symbol for the patient
C. inserting lines b/w parents to show marriage
The mother of an infant with severe asthma is extremely anxious. The nurse is treating the patient in the emergency room. When collecting the history, the best response of the nurse is:
A. You must be extremely worried
B. I’d be in worse shape than you if it were my baby
C. Is there anyone here that you can talk to?
D. You seem worried, but I need to ask a few questions
D. You seem worried, but I need to ask a few questions
