Basic Nursing Skills
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Course Introduction
Basic Nursing Skills introduces students to foundational competencies essential for providing safe and effective patient care in clinical settings. The course covers core topics such as vital sign measurement, patient hygiene, mobility assistance, infection prevention, basic wound care, therapeutic communication, and documentation. Through a combination of theoretical instruction and hands-on practice, students develop the knowledge and technical skills required to support patient comfort, promote health, and function as integral members of the healthcare team. Emphasis is placed on ethical responsibilities, patient safety, cultural sensitivity, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
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Essentials for Nursing Practice 8th Edition by Potter
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Chapter 1: The Nursing Profession
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Q1) A registered nurse is required to participate in a simulation to learn how to triage patients who are arriving to the hospital after exposure to an unknown gas.This is an example of a response to what type of influence on nursing?
A) Workplace hazards
B) Nursing shortage
C) Professionalism
D) Emergency preparedness
Answer: D
Q2) A nurse is teaching the staff about the characteristics of a profession.Which information should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
A) Extended education
B) Theoretical body of knowledge
C) Code of ethics for practice
D) Practice developments
E) Provision of a specific service
Answer: A,B,C,E
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Chapter 2: Health and Wellness
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Q1) Upon taking a health history from a patient,the nurse notices the patient uses positive health behaviors.Which behavior did the nurse find?
A) Smokes
B) Eats poorly
C) Has sedentary lifestyle
D) Maintains proper sleep patterns
Answer: D
Q2) When assessing what influences a patient's health beliefs and practices,a nurse should consider both internal and external variables.Which is an example of an external variable?
A) Intellectual background
B) Emotional factors
C) Spiritual factors
D) Family practices
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Health Care Delivery System
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Q1) A 74-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis.How will the hospital be reimbursed by Medicare?
A) Based upon the diagnostic-related group
B) Based upon the cost of care
C) Based upon the actual length of stay
D) Based upon the number of medications
Answer: A
Q2) A nurse admits an older adult patient who states that he or she has no living relatives and only two close friends.Upon admission to the hospital,which action should the nurse initiate first?
A) Implement a process of payment.
B) Implement a discharge plan.
C) Implement a visit with the family.
D) Implement a resource utilization group.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Community-Based Nursing Practice
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Q1) A community health nurse is using the goals of the Healthy People 2020 to focus care.Which goal is the priority?
A) To increase the life expectancy of people in the United States
B) To increase the health status of people throughout the world
C) To eradicate the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
D) To reduce health care costs
Q2) A community health nurse is caring for vulnerable populations.The nurse is caring for which patients? (Select all that apply.)
A) Patients living at home
B) Patients with abusive habits
C) Immigration patients
D) Middle-aged patients
E) Patients living in poverty
Q3) A nurse is practicing as a community health nurse.What is the primary focus of care for this nurse?
A) Providing care to subpopulations
B) Practicing care in existing services
C) Being a specialist in public health science
D) Having a case management certification
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Chapter 5: Legal Principles in Nursing
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Q1) A student nurse must pass the NCLEX before practicing as a registered nurse.NCLEX stands for __________ Examination.
A) Nursing Council of Licensing
B) Nightingale Code of Licensure
C) Nursing Code of Licensure
D) National Council Licensure
Q2) A patient falls out of bed because the nurse did not raise the side rails.Which action did the nurse commit?
A) Felony
B) Assault
C) Battery
D) Negligence
Q3) Which task can a nurse safely delegate to a student nurse who is working as a nursing assistant?
A) Distributing medications to patients
B) Administering insulin injections
C) Collecting intake and output data
D) Assessing patients
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Chapter 6: Ethics
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Q1) A nurse is working with the parents of a seriously ill newborn.Surgery has been proposed for the infant,but the chances of success are unclear.To help the parents resolve this conflict,which steps should the nurse take to process the ethical dilemma? (Select all that apply.)
A) Identifying people who can solve this dilemma
B) Gathering all relevant information surrounding this dilemma
C) Clarifying own values and opinions about the issues
D) Consulting a professional ethicist regarding how to proceed with this dilemma
E) Considering possible courses of action
Q2) Which behavior best indicates that the nurse is fulfilling ethical responsibilities?
A) Delivers competent care
B) Applies the scientific process
C) Forms interpersonal relationships
D) Evaluates new computerized technologies
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Chapter 7: Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) The nurse is investigating an area of practice in which no research evidence is available.What types of non-research information should the nurse consider? (Select all that apply.)
A) Performance improvement and risk management data
B) International, national and local standards of care
C) Study with pre- and post-test design
D) Benchmarking
E) Retrospective or concurrent chart reviews
Q2) The nurse manager of a 30-bed medical surgical unit has noticed that the fall rate of postoperative patients has increased in the past 2 months.The nurse manager wants to address this situation using evidence-based practice.Which type of trigger did the nurse manager use?
A) Literature-focused trigger
B) Problem-focused trigger
C) Knowledge-focused trigger
D) Expectations-focused trigger
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Chapter 8: Critical Thinking
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Q1) A nurse is teaching the staff about the major elements in the critical thinking model.Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)
A) Intricate
B) Attitudes
C) Standards
D) Experience
E) Competence
Q2) A registered nurse is explaining a procedure to a patient who speaks another language.Which action by the nurse reflects critical thinking?
A) Teach with unfamiliar explanations.
B) Explain using medical jargon.
C) Use vague descriptions.
D) Obtain an interpreter.
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Chapter 9: Nursing Process
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Q1) A nurse is teaching the staff about the phases of the interview process.Which information should the nurse include in the teaching session?
A) Orientation, working, termination
B) Orientation, assessment, evaluation
C) Planning, assessment, termination
D) Planning, assessment, evaluation
Q2) A postoperative patient is continuing to have incisional pain.As part of the nurse's assessment,the nurse notes that the patient is grimacing when he or she changes position.The patient's grimace can be useful in the assessment and can be described as which of the following?
A) Cue
B) Inference
C) Diagnosis
D) Health pattern
Q3) A nurse is evaluating care for a patient.Which action should the nurse take?
A) Compares patient findings with the goals and outcomes
B) Determines if interventions were completed
C) Develops a nursing diagnosis
D) Writes a care plan
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Chapter 10: Informatics and Documentation
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Q1) After a nurse receives a medication telephone order for a patient,what is the proper action?
A) Withholding the medication until the physician or health care provider signs the order
B) Verifying the physician's or health care provider's order with the pharmacy
C) Reading it back to the person who gave the order
D) Clarifying the new medication order with another registered nurse
Q2) A nurse is frustrated about the lack of staffing for the shift.When one of the patients fell and broke a hip,the nurse documented the incident in the patient's chart.Which entry is the best way that the nurse should document what happened?
A) "Patient stated that fell while going to the bathroom. Physician notified."
B) "Nobody available to answer call bell; patient got up on own and fell."
C) "Patient fell because of unsafe staffing levels on unit."
D) "Patient waited as long as possible but nobody there to help and fell."
Q3) Which documentation by the nurse best describes patient data?
A) "Moderate amount of clear yellow urine voided."
B) "Voided 220 mL clear yellow urine."
C) "A small amount of urine voided into absorbent pad."
D) "Patient incontinent of urine."
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Chapter 11: Communication
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Q1) A nurse gives a hand-off report to the oncoming staff nurse.Which type of communication does this illustrate?
A) Gossip
B) Validation
C) Interpersonal
D) Intrapersonal
Q2) Which technique should the nurse use when providing information to a patient with a health literacy level of fifth grade?
A) Use the passive voice of language.
B) Present the most important information first.
C) Shift from subject to subject until the patient responds.
D) Explain using jargon so the patient will understand others on the health care team.
Q3) Which behavior by the nurse would be considered most professional?
A) Addressing a patient by "dear"
B) Wearing small earrings
C) Being task oriented
D) Avoiding troublesome patients
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Chapter 12: Patient Education
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Q1) A nurse wants learning to take place in the affective domain of learning.Which techniques should the nurse implement that are the best for this type of learning? (Select all that apply.)
A) Lecture
B) Practice
C) Discussion
D) Role play
E) Return demonstration
Q2) Which finding will best indicate to the nurse that the teaching about a dressing change was successful?
A) The patient understands how to change an abdominal dressing.
B) The patient acknowledges the principles of an abdominal dressing change.
C) The patient correctly demonstrates an abdominal dressing change as taught.
D) The patient states, "Yes, I know how to change the dressing."
Q3) Which behavior by a new nurse will cause the nurse manager to intervene?
A) Initiates teaching of a patient
B) Uses discovery learning techniques with a patient
C) Assigns nursing assistive personnel to teach a patient
D) Implements the teach-back method to evaluate patient understanding
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Chapter 13: Managing Patient Care
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Q1) A new nurse would like to work where clinical performance is valued and in an environment that uses evidence-based practice.Given the new nurse's goals,which organization would be the best for this nurse?
A) Private hospitals
B) Community hospitals
C) Not-for-profit hospitals
D) Magnet-designated hospitals
Q2) Which leadership skills should a nursing student use when caring for patients? (Select all that apply.)
A) Priority setting
B) Time management
C) Case management
D) Delegation
E) Team communication
Q3) A nurse is using SBAR.Which information will the nurse report for the "B"?
A) The patient had a broken right leg with a cast applied 2 days ago.
B) The toes are cool and pale.
C) The patient is reporting severe pain-10 out of 10-even after pain medication was given.
D) The nurse requests that the primary health care provider examine the patient.
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Chapter 15: Vital Signs
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Q1) The nurse is having difficulty hearing his patient's apical pulse with his stethoscope.Which of the following would best maximize the sound quality of what is heard through the stethoscope?
A) Positioning the diaphragm very lightly on the area to which he is listening
B) Placing the stethoscope chest piece directly on the patient's skin
C) Make sure that the earpieces fit loosely in the ear canals
D) Use a stethoscope with the longest tubing available
Q2) A 56-year-old grandmother has been admitted to the hospital with a fever of 103.2°
F after caring for her 5-year-old granddaughter who also developed a fever.The health care provider has ordered blood cultures,antibiotics,antipyretics,a clear liquid diet,and a chest radiograph.Which of the orders should the nurse do first?
A) Administer antibiotic.
B) Administer antipyretic.
C) Draw blood cultures.
D) Apply water cooled blankets.
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Chapter 17: Administering Medications
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Q1) Factors that influence medication absorption are known as which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Ability of a medication to dissolve
B) Blood flow
C) Body surface area
D) Water solubility of a medication
E) Lipid solubility of a medication
Q2) The nurse is preparing oral medications for a patient.In preparing these medications the nurse is aware of which of the following?
A) Acidic medications are absorbed slowly by the gastric mucosa.
B) Alkaline medications are absorbed rapidly by the gastric mucosa.
C) Solutions and suspensions are more difficult to absorb than capsules.
D) Alkaline medications are absorbed in the small intestine.
Q3) When the effect of two medications combined is greater than the effects of the medications when given separately,the two medications are said to have a(n):
A) synergistic effect.
B) anaphylactic reaction.
C) medication interaction.
D) idiosyncratic reaction.
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Chapter 18: Fluid,Electrolyte,and Acid-Base Balances
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Q1) The nurse works on the cardiac unit of a hospital.The health care provider has ordered 20 mEq of KCl per L to be added to the fluids that the patient is receiving.The patient currently has a bag of D?W IV fluid infusing.Which action is most appropriate?
A) Administer 20 mEq KCl diluted in 5 mL of fluid by IV push in 5 minutes.
B) Estimate the amount of fluid in the IV bag and add KCl to equal 20 mEq/L.
C) Give the KCl undiluted by IV push in 5 minutes for the most rapid action.
D) Check the patient's potassium level before hanging the new IV solution.
Q2) A patient's arterial blood gas levels indicate a pH of 7.51,PaCO? of 40 mm Hg,PaO? of 85 mm Hg,and HCO? of 32 mEq/L.The patient has been vomiting.The nurse knows the patient has which imbalance?
A) Metabolic acidosis
B) Metabolic alkalosis
C) Respiratory acidosis
D) Respiratory alkalosis
Q3) Which patient has the greatest risk for ECV deficit?
A) A 4-month-old infant with fever and vomiting
B) A 17-year-old adolescent with acute appendicitis
C) A 28-year-old woman with Crohn's disease
D) A 63-year-old man with peptic ulcer disease
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Chapter 19: Caring in Nursing Practice
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Q1) The relief of pain and suffering give a patient comfort,dignity,respect,and peace.To enhance the therapeutic environment,what should the nurse do?
A) Make the environment as noise free as possible.
B) Remove personal items so that the environment is as clinical as possible.
C) Focus on removing negative physical stimuli.
D) Make the environment a place to soothe mind, body, and spirit.
Q2) A nurse enters a patient's room and is very methodical in her assessment skills and in providing a safe environment,but only speaks with the patient when necessary to gather data.This nurse is:
A) uncaring and probably always will be.
B) most likely a product of a less caring environment.
C) probably more caring with other patients.
D) a product of a caring environment.
Q3) When individuals become ill,there may be a story about the meaning of the illness.When a nurse listens,the patient is:
A) able to break the distress of illness.
B) unable to express what he actually needed when he was ill.
C) usually not able to determine what is at stake because of his illness.
D) able keep the nurse from prying into his more personal life.
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Chapter 28: Safety
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Q1) The registered nurse from the home health agency is performing an initial assessment on a 72-year-old patient who was released from a nursing home.The patient had been admitted to the nursing home for therapy after surgery for repair of a fractured left hip.During a survey of the home environment,which finding would cause the nurse to intervene?
A) Bedside lamp plugged into the wall outlet behind the bed
B) Handrail on one side of the stairs only
C) Throw rugs in the bedroom
D) No handrail near the toilet
Q2) A toddler is ready to be discharged home after outpatient surgery.When conducting a home safety assessment the child's guardian states,"I keep the cleaning supplies under the sink for easy access,and how soon can the child resume swimming in the local pond?" Based on this statement,what is the most important safety issue for the nurse to identify?
A) Standing water in the neighborhood
B) Reasons for outbursts in behavior
C) Storage of cleaning supplies in the house
D) Child's use of safety equipment when riding or skating
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Chapter 29: Hygiene
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Q1) A nursing student who is working on a postsurgical unit assisting patients with personal hygiene plans to provide a back rub to each of her patients.The nursing student discusses the importance of this activity because research demonstrates that it enhances patient comfort and relaxation with the nurse assigned to these patients.The nurse instructs her that back rubs would be contraindicated on which of the following patients?
A) A 56-year-old patient with a colon resection
B) A 45-year-old patient with a spinal cord injury
C) A 67-year-old patient with an appendectomy
D) A 24-year-old patient with an abdominal hysterectomy
Q2) The nurse is assigned to assist a 59-year-old woman who has suffered a stroke and has limited mobility.The nurse is performing perineal care and understands that the best way to prevent disease transmission to the perineum is that it should be cleaned:
A) from the rectal area to the urinary meatus.
B) from the urinary meatus to the rectal area.
C) in a circular motion.
D) only twice a day.
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Chapter 31: Sleep
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Q1) During a sleep study test,the patient states,"I never dreams anymore." The health care provider tells the patient that everyone dreams,but most people forget about them upon awakening.The health care provider tells the patient that the best way to remember dreams is to do which of the following?
A) Eat spicy food before going to sleep.
B) Avoid caffeine in the afternoon.
C) Consciously think about the dreams upon awakening.
D) Become more creative.
Q2) A primary health care provider prescribes eszopiclone (Lunesta)for a patient.Which classification of drug will the nurse be administering to the patient?
A) Benzodiazepine
B) Melatonin agonist
C) L-tryptophan antagonist
D) Nonbenzodiazepine, benzodiazepine receptor agonist
Q3) Which of the following bedtime snack(s)helps to promote sleep in a patient?
A) Cereal and milk
B) A full meal
C) Chips and cola
D) Coffee and toast
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