Last Class - Final Review

Question 1

What is the CNO? What is their role?

Answer 1

The College of Nurses of Ontario
–> Regulatory body for nursing in Ontario
–> Accountable for public protection by ensuring nurses in Ontario practice safely, competently, and ethically

Question 2

Who are the RNAO? What is their role?

Answer 2

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
–> The professional body representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in Ontario.
–> Advocate for public policy, promote health

Question 3

What is the CNA? What is their role?

Answer 3

The Canadian Nurses Association
–> National professional voice of Canadian Nurses
–> Offers certification for recognized nursing specialties

Question 4

What is the ONA? What is their role?

Answer 4

Ontario Nurses Association
–> Defend the rights of and advocate for nurses and health-care professionals who care for the health on Ontarians

Question 5

What is the CNPS? What is their role?

Answer 5

Canadian Nurses Protective Society
–> Offers legal advice, risk-management services, legal assistance, and professional liability protection related to nursing practice in Canada

Question 6

What is the CASN? What is their role?

Answer 6

Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
–> Establishes and promotes national standard of practice of excellence for nursing education

Question 7

Who developed a common language that enables all members of the health care team to understand a patient’s needs and offers descriptions for nursing diagnoses?

Answer 7

NANDA

Question 8

The following is an example of which kinds of diagnosis:
The identification of a disease condition based on specific evaluation of signs and symptoms.

Answer 8

Medical Diagnosis

Question 9

What kind of diagnosis describes responses to health conditions or life processes that exist in an individual, family or community?

What parts must be included in this diagnosis?

Answer 9

An actual nursing diagnosis
–> Involves a label (problem), etiology, and symptoms (PES statement)

Question 10

What kind of diagnosis describes responses to health conditions or life processes that may develop?

What parts must be included in this diagnosis?

Answer 10

Risk nursing diagnosis
–> Involves description of related risk factors

Question 11

What kind of diagnosis involves clinical judgement of a person’s, family’s or community’s motivation and desire to increase well-being by readiness to enhance specific health behaviours, such as nutrition and exercise, and can be used in any health state?

Answer 11

A health promotion nursing diagnosis.

Question 12

What kind of nursing diagnosis describes levels of wellness in an individual, family, or community that can be enhanced?

Answer 12

A wellness nursing diagnosis.

Question 13

What are the four kinds of nursing diagnoses?

Answer 13

–> Actual nursing diagnosis
–> Risk nursing diagnosis
–> Health-promotion nursing diagnosis
–> Wellness nursing diagnosis

Question 14

What kind of nursing diagnosis is this:
Acute pain related to stress on surgical area during movement as evidences by patient report, elevated heart rate, and BP.

Answer 14

Actual Nursing diagnosis

Question 15

What kind of nursing diagnosis is this:
Impaired physical mobility related to ineffective pain relief as evidenced by guarding abdomen, avoidance of movement, patient report.

Answer 15

Actual Nursing diagnosis

Question 16

What kind of nursing diagnosis is this:
Risk for urinary retention related to effect of anesthesia and narcotic
analgesics.

Answer 16

Risk nursing association

Question 17

What kind of nursing diagnosis is this:
Risk for infection related to a site for organism invasion secondary to surgery

Answer 17

Risk nursing association

Question 18

What concepts are involved in a nursing care plan?

Answer 18

Assessment, nursing diagnosis, plan (short- and long- term goals and desired outcomes), Interventions, Rationale, Evaluation

Question 19

What is the major purpose of the change of shift report?

Answer 19

To maintain continuity of care

Question 20

What does SOAPIE stand for?

Answer 20

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan, Intervention, Evaluation

Question 21

What does PIE stand for?

Answer 21

Problem, Intervention, Evaluation

Question 22

What does DAR stand for?

Answer 22

Data, Action, Response

Question 23

Why are the rights of medication administration so important?

Answer 23

They ensure accurate preparation and administration of medication doses.

Question 24

What are the three checkpoints of medication administration?

Answer 24

Correct medical record/chart, wristband, room.

Question 25

Advocating for an increase in social assistance incomes is an
example of which health promotion strategy?
A. Creating supportive environments.
B. Strengthening community action.
C. Developing financial literacy.
D. Building healthy public policy.

Answer 25

D. Building healthy public policy

Question 26

What are the five ways of knowing?

Answer 26

Silence, received knowing, subjective knowing, procedural knowing, and constructed knowing

Question 27

Is bereavement linear?

Answer 27

No, people can move through stages fluidly as they grieve.

Question 28

How many times should you check the medication against the label before administering it?

Answer 28

Three times

Question 29

A nurse is teaching the importance of childhood immunizations to
a group of postpartum mothers. This is considered which level of
preventive care?
A. Tertiary prevention.
B. Primary prevention.
C. Secondary prevention.
D. Health screening.

Answer 29

B. Primary prevention.

Question 30

Beginning in 1639, who was responsible for building a vast
network of nurse-run hospitals in Quebec?
A. Catholic nursing sisters.
B. Physicians.
C. Samuel de Champlain.
D. Local settlers.

Answer 30

A. Catholic nursing sisters.

Question 31

Individuals who are homeless may avoid health care providers as
a result of which fear?
A. Fear of being judged.
B. Fear of being without substances they abuse.
C. Fear of the cost of health care.
D. Fear of being turned in to criminal authorities.

Answer 31

A. Fear of being judged.

Question 32

What is included in nursing’s metaparadigm?
A. Health, person, environment, and theory.
B. Concepts, theory, health, and environment.
C. Nurses, physicians, models, and a conceptual framework.
D. Person, health, environment or situation, and
nursing.

Answer 32

D. Person, health, environment or situation, and
nursing.

Question 33

A nurse uses the institution’s procedure manual to confirm how
to insert a Foley catheter. Which level of critical thinking is the
nurse using?
A. Commitment.
B. Scientific method.
C. Basic critical thinking.
D. Complex critical thinking.

Answer 33

C. Basic critical thinking.

Question 34

A researcher gives a subject full and complete information about
the purpose of a study. This is an example of which of the
following?
A. Bias.
B. Anonymity.
C. Confidentiality.
D. Informed consent.

Answer 34

D. Informed consent.

Question 35

A patient tells the nurse, “I have stomach cramps and feel
nauseated.” This is an example of which type of data?
A. Objective.
B. Historical.
C. Subjective.
D. Biographical.

Answer 35

C. Subjective.

Question 36

Which of the following is an accurate definition of a nursing diagnosis?
A. The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health and illness.
B. The advancement of the development, testing, and refinement of a common nursing language.
C. A clinical judgement about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes.
D. The identification of a disease condition on the basis of a specific
evaluation of physical signs, symptoms, the patient’s medical history, and the results of diagnostic tests.

Answer 36

C. A clinical judgement about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes.

Question 37

Which is an example of an expected outcome statement that is
measurable?
A. Patient will be pain free.
B. Patient will have less pain.
C. Patient will take pain medication every four hours.
D. Patient will report pain intensity of less than 4 on a scale of 0
to 10.

Answer 37

D. Patient will report pain intensity of less than 4 on a scale of 0
to 10.

Question 38

When a nurse follows the SOAP method of charting, which following
information would the nurse record under “O”?
A. “My foot keeps throbbing.”
B. Right foot is red with +4 pitting edema and capillary refill less than 3 seconds.
C. Patient has an alteration in comfort related to swelling in right foot and keeping foot in dependent position.
D. Offer “as needed” pain medication every four hours as ordered. Instruct patient on nonpharmacological pain-relieving measures. Elevate foot on
pillows.

Answer 38

B. Right foot is red with +4 pitting edema and capillary refill less than 3 seconds.

Question 39

A patient needs to learn to use a walker. Acquisition of this skill
will require learning in which domain?
A. Affective domain.
B. Cognitive domain.
C. Attentional domain.
D. Psychomotor domain.

Answer 39

D. Psychomotor domain.

Question 40

The purpose of which legislation was to assimilate First Nations
people into Canadian society?
A. Inuvialuit Claims Settlement Act
B. Constitution Act
C. Manitoba Act
D. Indian Act

Answer 40

D. Indian Act

Question 41

As a community nurse, you are caring for an Indigenous patient
who has requested a traditional shaman to aid in healing. This
request demonstrates which view of health?
A. Holistic.
B. Western biomedical.
C. Bioethics.
D. Eurocentric

Answer 41

A. Holistic.