Bridge to Registered Nursing
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Course Introduction
Bridge to Registered Nursing is an accelerated course designed for individuals seeking a seamless transition into a registered nursing program, often tailored for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) or vocational nurses (LVNs) aiming to become Registered Nurses (RNs). The curriculum focuses on bridging foundational nursing concepts with the advanced theoretical knowledge and clinical skills required for RN practice. Topics covered include patient assessment, nursing care planning, pharmacology, health promotion, leadership, and ethical decision-making. Through a combination of classroom instruction, simulation labs, and clinical experiences, students gain the competencies needed to provide high-quality, evidence-based care and are prepared for the licensure examination and the expanded responsibilities of a registered nurse.
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LPN to RN Transitions 4th Edition by Lora Claywell
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Chapter 1: Honoring Your Past, Planning Your Future
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Q1) An Orthopedic Nurse is contemplating changes in her professional life and identifying goals. Which action should the nurse take if she is interested in pursuing a long-term goal?
A) Studies for a telemetry exam scheduled for next week
B) Enrolls in a Nurse Practitioner program
C) Attends a seminar to become a charge nurse
D) Continues to work on the orthopedic floor full-time
Answer: B
Q2) An RN is caring for a diabetic patient. The patient appears interested in changing her lifestyle and has been asking questions about eating better. The nurse can interpret this behavior as which stage of Lewin's Change Theory?
A) Moving
B) Unfreezing
C) Action
D) Refreezing
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Assessing Yourself and Designing Success
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Q1) A lab instructor is preparing to teach a group of students. After reading questionnaires filled out by the students in her group, she notes that the students would best learn by reflective observation. What activity should the instructor plan so that the students have the best chance of success?
A) Set up stations so that the students can try to "figure it out for themselves."
B) Allow the students to observe a presentation.
C) Present the information in a lecture while students take notes.
D) Present information and allow the students to be directly involved in a hands-on setting.
Answer: B
Q2) A student has a large reading assignment that must be completed in order to be prepared for the next class. Which action by the student would be ineffective in the planning process?
A) Put off the assignment until later so more content is remembered.
B) Examine your schedule to determine time frames for study sessions.
C) Determine a study environment fitting your learning style.
D) Divide the assignment into manageable chunks, and take notes as you read.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Study Habits and Test-Taking Skills
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Q1) A student has just listened to a lecture on better strategies for studying. Which of the student's actions indicate understanding? (Select all that apply.)
A) Wait until the evening to study.
B) Begin with the most difficult subjects.
C) Create a conducive study environment.
D) Record the lectures and listen to them in your car.
E) Begin to study the day before an exam.
Answer: B, C, D
Q2) The student is attending a lecture on improving test taking. Which statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?
A) "Multiple incorrect options on a test are stems".
B) "Multiple incorrect options on a test are structured responses".
C) "Multiple incorrect options on a test are distracters".
D) "Multiple incorrect options on a test are negative indicators".
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Distinguishing the RN Role from the LPN/LVN Role
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Q1) A nurse manager is discussing the RN's scope of practice with a new hire. Which statement, made by the new hire, is not true of the RN's scope of practice?
A) "A nurse may be disciplined by the Board of Nursing for practicing beyond his or her scope of practice."
B) "Scope of practice is legally defined by the American Nurses Association (ANA)."
C) "Scope of practice defines the responsibilities of nurses."
D) "Scope of practice can be found in state nurse practice acts."
Q2) Which action defines the nurse as a care provider in an inpatient setting?
A) Holding an information session on diabetes management and prevention
B) Running a blood pressure screening in the lobby of the hospital
C) Assisting new parents after the delivery of preterm twins
D) Handing out pamphlets on how to lower cholesterol
Q3) Which of the following is an example of professional advocacy in nursing?
A) Charting and writing up a medication error
B) Writing up a nursing assistant for excessive absences
C) Writing one's senator concerning mandatory overtime
D) Mentoring a new graduate RN who is new to the unit
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Chapter 5: Using Nursing Theory to Guide Professional Practice
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Q1) What example illustrates the conclusion that can be drawn from inductive reasoning?
A) Bachelors are unmarried men and Danny is unmarried; therefore, Danny is a bachelor.
B) Every eagle seen this week has dark feathers; therefore, all eagles have dark feathers.
C) Most Ford vehicles are reliable, so the Ford you just bought will be reliable, too.
D) All dogs have fleas; therefore, my dog has fleas.
Q2) What changes in nursing practice did Florence Nightingale make to improve the personal care of patients?
A) Behaviors
B) Environment
C) Culture
D) Communication
Q3) The goal of Ida Jean Orlando's theory of effective nursing practice is to
A) focus on relationships among the environment, nurse, and patient.
B) reduce the duration of hospital stays.
C) meet the immediate needs of the patient and relieve distress or discomfort.
D) integrate holism into nursing.
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Chapter 6: Providing Patient-Centered Care Through the Nursing Process
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Q1) The nurse reviews assessment findings for assigned patients. Based on this information, which patient demands the nurse's immediate attention? The patient with
A) renal failure on dialysis whose WBC is 10,000 mm3 (normal).
B) abdominal aneurysm whose blood pressure is 170/90.
C) atrial fibrillation whose lab results show and INR of 2.5 (normal).
D) endocarditis who has a loud heart murmur.
Q2) The nurse is planning care for an 82-year-old obese female patient with Alzheimer's dementia. The patient wanders, is unsteady on her feet, and is visually impaired. What should the nurse give priority to when developing the plan of care?
A) Laboratory results
B) Skin condition
C) Safety
D) Nutrition
Q3) An example of an intervention independently initiated by the nurse is
A) starting a teaching plan for the patient who will go home tomorrow.
B) instituting diet restrictions with subsequent progression of diet as tolerated.
C) sending an abnormal appearing urine sample to the lab for routine urinalysis.
D) writing an order for aspirin for a headache.
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Chapter 7: Critical and Diagnostic Thinking for Better Clinical Judgment
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Q1) A nurse manager is designing orientation processes for new graduate nurses by using the work of Hansten and Washburn as a model. All of the new graduates are instructed in the model during orientation. The manager knows that a graduate nurse needs more instruction if which comment is made during the evaluation interview?
A) "I think I need more mentoring to continue to build my thinking skill."
B) "Improving my critical thinking will assist in decreasing the risk of sentinel events for my patients."
C) "Using my improving thinking skills will help improve patient care."
D) "If my thinking skills are what they should be, fewer errors will happen in patient care."
Q2) Which of the following is the best example of an open-ended question regarding a patient's pain?
A) "For how many weeks have you been having this pain?"
B) "Does it feel like a burning pain?"
C) "Where on your body does the pain begin and end?"
D) "Can you describe your pain for me?"
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Chapter 8: Practicing Evidence-Based Decision Making
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Q1) Characteristics of a quantitative study include all of the following except:
A) clarifies underlying assumptions.
B) asks who, what, why, where, when, or how.
C) describes the relationship between variables.
D) is highly structured and controlled.
Q2) Assess the given levels of evidence and choose the one most important when evaluating the strength of a research study.
A) Level 3 evidence indicates that specific-quality criteria were met.
B) Level 1 evidence implies an association with specific criteria.
C) Level 1 evidence indicates that specific-quality criteria were met.
D) Level 2 evidence implies a reliable association with specific criteria.
Q3) What is the relationship between the design and layout when creating a critical appraisal tool?
A) Design and layout differ but measure the same areas.
B) Design and layout differ, and reliability measures differ.
C) Design, layout, and reliability are similar but relevancy differs.
D) Design, layout, and reliability differ but trustworthiness is the same.
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Chapter 9: Communicating With Patients and Co-Workers
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Q1) Which statement, if made by the nurse, is an example of a communication technique that can facilitate communication?
A) "Yes, I agree with you."
B) "You need to talk to your doctor."
C) "I know just how you feel."
D) "What are you thinking about?"
Q2) The nurse is working in the outpatient clinic when a patient who has been waiting to be seen for an hour yells, "What are you people doing? I'm sick and tired of waiting!" Which response is the most therapeutic, if made by the nurse?
A) "The doctor can only do so much."
B) "Would you like a magazine?"
C) "I can see that you are frustrated."
D) "You need to be quiet!"
Q3) The student nurse is listening to a lecture on communication. Which statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?
A) "A communication blocker is silence."
B) "A communication blocker is eye contact."
C) "A communication blocker is advising."
D) "A communication blocker is clarifying."
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Chapter 10: Teaching Patients and Their Families
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Q1) Which item would most likely be a barrier to learning for a patient who must begin to wear an insulin pump?
A) Curiosity about new experiences and equipment.
B) Tendency toward embarrassment about making mistakes and being seen with the pump.
C) Ability to prioritize diabetes management.
D) Understanding that the patient can promote his or her own well-being.
Q2) A home health nurse is teaching a patient about a new medication he will be starting in the morning. The patient lives with his son's family, including two spirited children less than 6 years old. The patient replies, "I just can't learn new information like I used to." The nurse will plan to
A) schedule the patient for daily visits for medication administration.
B) provide privacy and minimize distractions and noise and try again.
C) teach the patient's family members to give the medications.
D) tell the patient it is not safe to take the medication independently.
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Q1) Which action by the nurse shows the use of the nursing process?
A) The nurse works with the health care team to set outcomes and plan interventions for the patient.
B) The same nurse admits the patient and then discharges him the next day.
C) The nurse works with the patient to set outcomes and plan interventions.
D) The nurse sends the provider in for an immediate assessment of the patient.
Q2) Florence Nightingale contributed to nursing in many different ways. The student nurse has an understanding of the history of nursing when she does which of the following?
A) Educates another student about the efforts of Florence Nightingale to promote research.
B) States that Nightingale is responsible for minor contributions to the early education of nurses.
C) Believes that Nightingale was not involved in the theory of nursing.
D) States that Nightingale did not assist in the development of the nursing process.
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Chapter 12: Upholding Legal and Ethical Principles
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Q1) The nursing student is listening to a lecture on ethics. Which statement indicates that teaching has been effective?
A) "Ethics is a branch of sociology."
B) "Ethics is a branch of law."
C) "Ethics is a branch of philosophy."
D) "Ethics is a branch of medicine."
Q2) The RN is listening to a lecture on malpractice. Which statement indicates that the teaching has been effective?
A) "The elements that must be present to prove malpractice are: duty, breach of duty, actual injury and insurance."
B) "The elements that must be present to prove malpractice are: duty, breach of duty, actual injury and battery."
C) "The elements that must be present to prove malpractice are: duty, breach of duty, actual injury and intent."
D) "The elements that must be present to prove malpractice are: duty, breach of duty, actual injury and causation."
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Chapter 13: Care and Safety Standards, Competence, and Nurse Accountability
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Q1) The nurse is working on a busy cardiac floor. While preparing medications, the nurse is interrupted by a co-worker, who has a question about another patient. After administering the medication, the nurse realizes that she gave the medication to the wrong patient. Which action by the nurse would indicate accountability?
A) Shifting blame to the co-worker who interrupted her
B) Attempting to hide the medication error to avoid getting into trouble
C) Accepting partial responsibility for her own actions
D) Taking responsibility for her own actions and interventions by immediately assessing the patient and reporting the error to a physician
Q2) An RN has been working on a cardiac unit for 1 year and has settled comfortably into an efficient, safe, and organized routine for each shift. However, whenever an urgent issue arises, the nurse feels uncomfortable. It is most likely that this nurse is functioning at which skill level?
A) Novice
B) Proficient
C) Competent
D) Expert
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Chapter 14: Leading, Delegating, and Collaborating
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Q1) Which question or statement by the nurse is most helpful in ensuring that a nursing assistant new to the unit understands what is expected of the assistant?
A) "Are you ready to begin work now?"
B) "Now, repeat for me what I have just asked you to do."
C) "Do you know what I expect from you?"
D) "Let me know if you need any help."
Q2) Which statement by the RN best represents the "right communication" when delegating a task to an unlicensed individual?
A) "Feed the patient and watch for cheeking and choking."
B) "I want you to help the patient to eat his lunch. You should elevate the head and feed him slowly enough so he does not choke."
C) "Feed the patient his pureed diet at lunchtime. Elevate the head of the bed to 90 degrees and make certain he swallows each bite."
D) "Assist the patient with lunch, and make sure he sits up and doesn't store food in his cheek in between bites."
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Chapter 15: Promoting Healthful Living in the Primary Care Setting
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Q1) The priority health promotion nursing diagnoses for an overweight, but not yet obese, patient who is learning about weight reduction may include
A) the potential for obesity.
B) the potential for impaired mobility.
C) alteration in nutrition.
D) health-seeking behaviors or knowledge deficit.
Q2) While obtaining a health history of a patient who has a large infected wound on the foot, the nurse learns that the patient has taken goldenseal to boost immune function rather than taking antibiotics for the infection. Which action by the nurse is initially most appropriate?
A) Instruct the patient about the reasons for antibiotic use with infection.
B) Ask the patient, "How do you feel about using both antibiotics and natural remedies?"
C) Tell the patient that the doctor is likely to prescribe antibiotics.
D) Tell the patient that studies of goldenseal show that it is not effective in treating infection.
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Chapter 16: Managing Care in Secondary and Tertiary
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Q1) In what way(s) do clinical pathways help nurses to manage patient care? (Select all that apply.)
A) Evaluate long-term care facilities.
B) Enable consistently safe care.
C) Manage the resources of the health care facility.
D) Define standard assessment data and frequency for data collection.
E) Review patient charts for quality improvement opportunities.
Q2) The nurse is listening to a lecture on the Orem's theory. Which statement indicates that teaching has been effective?
A) "Patients enter the acute health care setting when they are experiencing a dependent-care agency."
B) "Patients enter the acute health care setting when they are experiencing a community-care agency."
C) "Patients enter the acute health care setting when they are experiencing a dependent-care deficit."
D) "Patients enter the acute health care setting when they are experiencing a community-care deficit."
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Chapter 17: Reflecting on Your Transition
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Q1) It is 0800 and the nurse just received report. Which patient situation demands the nurse's immediate attention? The patient
A) with a blood glucose of 200.
B) who needs a 0800 vancomycin level drawn.
C) receiving a blood transfusion who reports slight itching and chills.
D) with a serum potassium level of 4.3 mEq/dL who is receiving digoxin.
Q2) A nurse is assigned to care for an elderly, confused patient. The patient's son is sitting at the bedside and is watching a loud television program. The nurse needs to complete the respiratory and cardiac assessment and vital signs. What would be the best approach to this situation?
A) Do not say anything. Just do the best you can with the TV on loud.
B) Say: "That TV is too loud for me to do my work. You have to shut it off."
C) Say: "I'll come back after you've finished watching this TV show. Can you use the call bell to let me know when it's over?"
D) Say: "I need a quiet environment while I listen to your mother's chest. I will need to turn the TV down until I'm finished."
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Chapter 18: Prepare Now to Pass NCLEX-RN
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Q1) The student is attending an information session on the NCLEX RN. Which statement indicates that teaching has been effective?
A) "If I am prompted to answer 265, I have failed the test."
B) "The number of questions does not indicate whether or not I have passed the test."
C) "The more questions I answer, the more likely I am to pass the test."
D) "If I answer only 75 questions, I have passed the test."
Q2) A group of nursing students is planning to utilize the KATTS Framework for their group study this week. In order to complete a drill set effectively, they should do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
A) Complete a minimum of 50 questions within 1 hour, and work up to 100 questions in 2 hours.
B) Create a study plan for gaps in knowledge.
C) Understand the rationale for the both the correct and incorrect answers.
D) Analyze the results of the drill set, and look for gaps in knowledge.
E) Complete a minimum of 100 questions in 1 hour, and work up to 200 questions in 2 hours.
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