np1 Flashcards
Should Nurse Luna request for an Alcohol-based hand rub to be effective for application to the hands for reducing the number of viable microorganisms on the hands, the ethyl content should be _____.
a. 60
b. 90
c. 70
d. 95
c.70
Nurse Micah is assigned to the Emergency Department. She is currently attending to a client with a complaint of acute abdominal pain. Which of the following actions of Nurse Micah demonstrates respect of client’s autonomy?
A. Complying when the physician attempts to delegate obtaining informed consent
B. Describing the risks and benefits of the reasonable alternative to treatments
C. Facilitating and supporting client’s choices regarding treatment options
D. Notifying appropriate parties if a patient has not given adequate information
C
The nurse obtain the blood pressure of a client and have a reading of 160/100mmHg. The nurse did not tell the client the reading because she believes that this information will upset him and consequently further elevate his blood pressure. This situation illustrates an example of:
A. Paternalism
B. Self – determination
C. Autonomy
D. Beneficence
D
- Which of the following statements is true regarding informed consent?
A. It is an ethical responsibility of nurses to provide client with opportunities to give informed consent
B. Nurses may not be legally liable if they know that informed consent was not obtained
C. It is ethical or legal for nurses to obtain informed consent for procedures that are to be performed by a physician
D. It is not within a nurse’s domain of responsibility to notify the health team if a client has not given an informed consent for the procedure
A
A hypertensive client is ordered to receive 20 mEq of Potassium Chloride. The bottle is labeled KCL elixir 10 mEq/ml. how many ml should be given?
a. 1.5 ml
b. 2 ml
c. 0.5 ml
d. 1 ml
B
The team started the planning session with an aim to revisit of the institution’s vision-mission. Vision pertains to:
A. Value statement of the organization
B. Preferred future of the organization
C. Mission that anchors on certain specific task
D. Belief of the members
B
When the occupational health nurse employs ergonomic principles, she is performing
which of her roles?
A. Health care provider
B. Health educator
C. Health care coordinator
D. Environmental manager
: (D) Environmental manager
Ergonomics is improving the efficiency of workers by improving the worker’s environment
through appropriately designed furniture,
According to C.E.Winslow, which of the following is the goal of Public Health?
A. For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention of disease
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to be organized in their health efforts
(A) For people to attain their birthrights of health and longevity
According to Winslow, all public health efforts are for people to realize their birthrights of
health and longevity
In conducting a family assessment, which source of data would be MOST helpful?
A. Input from other members of the health team.
B. Information from other cooperating health care agencies.
C. Review of family members’ charts and medical record data.
D. Observation and interaction with the family members.
D
- In completing a family assessment, the public health nurse should BEGIN by ___________.
A. gathering the health data from all family members
B. Testing the family’s ability to cope
C. evaluating communication patterns
D. Identification of the geographic location of resources for the family.
A
- Which of the following would be better understood by the nurse after using a FAMILY MAP?
A. Roles and relationships within the family
B. Recognition of the leader who speaks for the family.
C. Description of the social and economic status of the family.
D. Identification of the geographic location of resources for the family.
A
- The nurse discusses with the family some actions that needed to be taken and refers to the wife in the family as an outstanding organizer. Which of the following goals is the nurse trying to achieve by making this statement?
A. Making then husband proud that he had married his wife.
B. Reinforcing for the family some of the strengths of one of their family members.
C. Encouraging the wife to volunteer to follow through on all the needed actions.
D. Making the wife feel very complimented and proud.
B
In implementing family-centered care, the public health nurse _____________.
A. works with clients to help them accept limitations for their actions.
B. assists family members to assume dependent roles
C. offers information about necessary self-care abilities.
D. provides his or her own beliefs on how to solve problems
C
- Public Health Nurse Silang is educating a group of residents in Community Marahas about RABIES. A participant asks, “How can you get the virus?” The Nurse explains that the virus can be transmitted by which source?
A. Saliva
B. Blood
C. Urine
D. Stool
A
- She emphasized that the bites, which are responsible for nearly 99 percent of human rabies infections, are those of the infected __________.
A. monkeys
B. dogs
C. bats
D. cats
B
