Week 6

Question 1

Identification, appraisal of assumptions, inquiry, interpretation, analysis, reasoning, judgment are all components of:
Select one:
a. Critical thinking
b. Nursing assessment
c. The nursing process
d. Care planning
e. None of the above

Answer 1

Identification, appraisal of assumptions, inquiry, interpretation, analysis, reasoning, judgment are all components of:
Select one:
a. Critical thinking*
b. Nursing assessment
c. The nursing process
d. Care planning
e. None of the above

Question 2

A nursing student who is documenting progress notes in a patient’s record should :
Select one:
a. Leave blank spaces for other staff to fill in information
b. erase any error and write over the material in the same spot
c. record an entry in pencil in a legible manner
d. draw a line through any error and then record the correct information
e. It doesn’t matter because nobody reads them anyway

Answer 2

A nursing student who is documenting progress notes in a patient’s record should :
Select one:
a. Leave blank spaces for other staff to fill in information
b. erase any error and write over the material in the same spot
c. record an entry in pencil in a legible manner
d. draw a line through any error and then record the correct information*
e. It doesn’t matter because nobody reads them anyway

Question 3

Documentation is inappropriate when a nurse includes which of the following in his report?
Select one:
a. Patient was angry because breakfast was not to her liking.’
b. ‘Patient is depressed; was observed crying while alone in room.’
c. Patient expressed pain at 8/10, was diaphoretic and clenching her fists
d. ‘Patient was verbally abusive to staff when approached concerning patient’s continued attempts to smoke in the bathroom.’
e. patient stated that “she did not like it here anymore”

Answer 3

Documentation is inappropriate when a nurse includes which of the following in his report?
Select one:
a. Patient was angry because breakfast was not to her liking.’
b. ‘Patient is depressed; was observed crying while alone in room.’*
c. Patient expressed pain at 8/10, was diaphoretic and clenching her fists
d. ‘Patient was verbally abusive to staff when approached concerning patient’s continued attempts to smoke in the bathroom.’
e. patient stated that “she did not like it here anymore”

Question 4

Apart from documenting your care of the patient for that shift, what other purposes can the patient’s notes be used for?
Select one:
a. Education
b. Research
c. Financial
d. Auditing
e. All of the above

Answer 4

Apart from documenting your care of the patient for that shift, what other purposes can the patient’s notes be used for?
Select one:
a. Education
b. Research
c. Financial
d. Auditing
e. All of the above*

Question 5

Keeping a journal of your clinical experiences can assist in the development of:
Select one:
a. Reflection
b. Critical thinking
c. Clinical reasoning
d. Intuition
e. Decision making

Answer 5

Keeping a journal of your clinical experiences can assist in the development of:
Select one:
a. Reflection*
b. Critical thinking
c. Clinical reasoning
d. Intuition
e. Decision making

Question 6

What process involves returning to an experience and recalling the events that occurred (usually with an aim to improve the experience in future):-
Select one:
a. Reflection
b. Evidence based care
c. Processing
d. Intuition
e. Insight

Answer 6

What process involves returning to an experience and recalling the events that occurred (usually with an aim to improve the experience in future):-
Select one:
a. Reflection*
b. Evidence based care
c. Processing
d. Intuition
e. Insight

Question 7

The PEEP framework stand for:-
Select one:
a. People, Effects, Environment, Praxis
b. Practice, Effects, Environment, Praxis
c. People, Engagement, Environment, Praxis
d. People, Effects, Evaluation, Praxis
e. The what framework?

Answer 7

The PEEP framework stand for:-
Select one:
a. People, Effects, Environment, Praxis*
b. Practice, Effects, Environment, Praxis
c. People, Engagement, Environment, Praxis
d. People, Effects, Evaluation, Praxis
e. The what framework?