Nursing
Ethics and Policy Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Nursing Ethics and Policy explores the ethical principles, frameworks, and professional standards that guide nursing practice within diverse healthcare environments. The course examines key areas such as patient autonomy, informed consent, confidentiality, end-of-life care, and allocation of healthcare resources. Students analyze the role of nurses in advocating for ethical practices and shaping health policy at institutional, local, national, and global levels. Through case studies and discussion, learners develop critical thinking skills to navigate ethical dilemmas and promote equitable, patient-centered care within the evolving landscape of healthcare policy.
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Contemporary Nursing Issues Trends and Management 7th Edition by Cherry
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Q1) A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-filled sack over a client who is complaining of painful joints and chest pain with exertion. This ritual represents health care during:
A) the prehistoric period.
B) early civilization in Egypt.
C) the Renaissance.
D) the Middle Ages.
Answer: A
Q2) What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale's acceptance of black nurses into the first nursing school
B) The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in America
C) Mary Seacole's efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
D) The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine from house to house during the Middle Ages
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
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Q1) What effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have on health care?
A) Funding for mental health care increased, allowing the point of care to change from the community to standardized institutional care.
B) The public and the nursing profession were made aware of the rights of vulnerable populations.
C) Nurses were seen as advocates for individuals who cannot advocate for themselves.
D) Funding for nursing traineeships was eliminated.
Answer: B
Q2) Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020?
A) Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
B) The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job growth in all other occupations.
C) The need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
D) Hospitals will finally achieve the required RN workforce.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
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Q1) Although the use of technology and the Internet provides nursing faculty and students with unlimited resources and current information, an outcome associated with this trend is that:
A) users of electronic resources spend a disproportionate amount of time looking for pertinent content.
B) additional time is available to study and revise curricula because special skills are not needed to access information via the Internet.
C) immediate results and outcomes are expected from students and faculty, thus enhancing time management.
D) skills that require problem solving and reflective abilities are developed.
Answer: A
Q2) When focusing on addressing issues identified by the 2000 Institute of Medicine report, the nursing faculty will access information associated with which initiative?
A) Quality and Safety in Nursing Education
B) Competency Outcomes and Performance Model (COPA)
C) The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)
D) Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE)
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Q1) Who establishes the "rules" for nursing practice?
A) Individual state boards of nursing
B) Employer, based on area of practice
C) United States Department of Health and Human Services
D) Local health officials
Q2) When practicing in a compact state:
A) the nurse must abide solely by the practice act of the largest state.
B) patients' rights in relation to the nurse practice act are protected by the mutual recognition model.
C) the nurse must pay for a license in all states that participate in the mutual recognition model.
D) the nurse must refer to the nurse practice act for the list of skills that can be performed.
Q3) The primary purpose of licensure is protection of the ___________.
Q4) The first field of nursing to certify advanced practitioners was the field of:
A) adult nurse practitioners.
B) nurse-midwifery.
C) clinical nurse specialist.
D) nurse anesthesia.
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Chapter 5: Theories of Nursing Practice
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Q1) A nurse is evaluating Levin's Theory of Conservation to determine if it can be applied to patients in the initial phases of chemotherapy treatment. During this phase of theory acceptance, the nurse wants to determine if all the concepts of energy, structural integrity, personal integrity, and social integrity are included in the care of cancer treatment. The nurse is applying which criteria of theory acceptance?
A) Inclusiveness
B) Consistency
C) Accuracy
D) Fruitfulness
Q2) Einstein's theory of relativity laid the groundwork for theories of mathematics, and Freud and Jung provided the basis for a philosophy of man. Which nursing theory served as the foundation for nursing science?
A) Rogers' science of unitary human beings
B) Nightingale's theory of practice
C) Watson's theory of human caring
D) King's theory of goal attainment
Q3) The basic ingredients of theory are ____________.
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Chapter 6: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A nurse is interested in understanding the meaning of the human experience of surviving polio. Subject recruitment targets persons who have been diagnosed with the disease. The researcher reflects on the data and identifies common themes in order to understand the "lived experience." These characteristics are consistent with the qualitative research method known as:
A) grounded theory.
B) ethnography.
C) phenomenology.
D) case study.
Q2) A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from a hospice program if one were developed. This type of research is:
A) a survey.
B) quasi-experimental.
C) a needs assessment method.
D) a pilot study.
Q3) Development and validation of the body of knowledge and foundation on which practice is based is called ____________.
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Chapter 7: Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
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Q1) A physician bills the insurance company for a computed tomography (CT) scan, laboratory tests, chest x-ray, and an extended visit and receives revenue for each procedure billed. This type of payment system is a _____ payment system.
A) prospective
B) retrospective
C) diagnosis-related group
D) capitated
Q2) A patient is eligible to change health care providers and insurance and asks, "I am interested in health promotion activities; I walk, swim, and eat healthy. Which health insurance plan would support these activities rather than just pay for services when I am sick"? Which, if any, health insurance plan would best meet the needs of this patient?
A) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).
B) Fee for Service.
C) Preferred Provider Organization (PPO).
D) None, because health insurance plans currently cover only disease management, not preventive care.
Q3) The largest single payer of hospital charges in the United States is ___________.
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Chapter 8: Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A physician shares with the patient's family that, while a central line was being inserted, the patient's lungs were inadvertently punctured, which required oxygen administration. The physician also explains that a chest x-ray indicated the lung remained intact and no additional treatment was required. The physician's role in this instance is based on the legal principle of:
A) comparative negligence.
B) gross negligence.
C) disclosure.
D) the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).
Q2) When the client is unable to make medical decisions for himself or herself, authorization that allows another person to make these decisions is called:
A) living will.
B) durable power of attorney.
C) informed consent.
D) immunity.
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Chapter 9: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A family requests that no additional heroic measures be instituted for their terminally ill mother who has advance directives in place. The nurse respects this decision in keeping with the principle of:
A) accountability.
B) autonomy.
C) nonmaleficence.
D) veracity.
Q2) A client is in extreme pain after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident, and morphine has been ordered every hour for pain. The nurse injects saline into the client's IV line and takes the morphine for herself. The nurse is violating which principle of ethics?
A) Autonomy
B) Utilitarianism
C) Beneficence
D) Dilemmas
Q3) When assessing an ethical issue, the nurse must first:
A) ask, "What is the issue?"
B) identify all possible alternatives.
C) select the best option from a list of alternatives.
D) justify the choice of action or inaction.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competency and Social Issues in
Nursing and Health
Care
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Q1) Although communication varies among members of different cultures, the greatest obstacle to providing multicultural care is differences in _____.
Q2) A nurse involved in researching the leading causes of death for minorities considers the federally defined minority groups, which include: (select all that apply)
A) Blacks
B) Russians
C) Hispanics
D) Asians or Pacific Islanders
E) Scandinavians
Q3) A Mexican-American patient is attacked and beaten. This patient is at risk for "fright disease," which is known as:
A) susto.
B) empacho.
C) bilis.
D) mal ojo.
Q4) On the scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being no prejudice and 10 being extreme prejudice, the placement of hate on the continuum would be at number _____.
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Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative Healing
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Q1) A pregnant woman reports back pain and wants to try a complementary alternative medicine (CAM) therapy. The nurse knows that which CAM would be contraindicated?
A) Magnet therapy
B) Aromatherapy
C) Imagery
D) Therapeutic touch
Q2) The massage therapist uses kinesthesia, or thinking about how movement is expressed, to correct habits that cause poor posture and limited movement. This type of massage is called:
A) Alexander technique.
B) Feldenkrais method.
C) healing touch.
D) Reiki.
Q3) The use of plants in conventional modern medicine is evidenced by the drug atropine, which is derived from which plant?
A) Digitalis purpurea
B) Cephaelis ipecacuanha
C) Rauwolfia serpentina
D) Atropa belladonna
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Chapter 12: Palliative Care
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Q1) When working with the family of a patient receiving palliative care, what is the nurse's initial intervention?
A) Determining who will be the patient's durable power of attorney
B) Identifying what types of help the family will need to care for the patient
C) Completely an assessment of the family's strengths and weaknesses
D) Discuss the dynamics of the family with the patient
Q2) What is the initial step when addressing an ethically challenging situation?
A) Identify all those who are involved in the situation.
B) Review the overall situation to identify the core issues.
C) Gather all the relevant facts about the situations.
D) Determine what the ethical dilemma is.
Q3) Which patient's decision-making capacity should be a concern for the palliative care nurse?
A) The one who asks, "Why do I need palliative care?"
B) The patient with a diagnosis of moderate Alzheimer's disease
C) The one whose family is used to being consult about decisions affecting the patient
D) The patient who has expressed concerns about "all the decisions I have to make."
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Chapter 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing
Practice Environment
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Q1) Nurses entering the workforce at a large urban hospital soon began volunteering for excessive overtime. A focus group found that upon graduation, many of these nurses purchased expensive cars and furniture. They lacked skills in managing their checkbook and were often unable to pay recurring bills; this finding would be relevant to which component of the Workforce Advocacy Ecosystem Model?
A) Staffing
B) Workflow design
C) Organizational factors
D) Personal and social factors
Q2) Nurses who are expected to work overtime as dictated by their employer are being subjected to a ___________ hazard in the workplace.
Q3) The key to organizational success for health care facilities is:
A) hiring younger, more energetic nurses.
B) offering incentives such as sign-on bonuses.
C) hiring highly qualified advanced practice nurses.
D) retaining professional nurses.
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Q1) A group of nurses interested in unionizing decides to contact the largest union in the United States representing registered nurses, which is the:
A) American Nurses Association.
B) United American Nurses.
C) National Nurses United.
D) National Labor Relations Board.
Q2) Physical therapists are represented by a union, nurses are represented by a separate union, and pharmacists have yet another union within a single agency. This type of union representation is known as:
A) occupational unionism.
B) industrial unionisms.
C) union shop.
D) power sharing.
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Chapter 15: Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
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Q1) Software programs that process data to produce or recommend valid choices are known as ______________.
Q2) The Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2003) recommends that EHR systems offer eight functionalities. A patient has a severe allergy to eggs and penicillin. Which of the eight functions of the EHR would address sharing this information?
A) Health information and data capture
B) Results/data management
C) Provider order entry management
D) Clinical decision support
Q3) A nurse walks up to a computer in the hallway and presses the index finger to the sensor, thereby gaining access to patient data. A few moments later another nurse performs the same steps and is granted access. A visitor who is watching from a room walks over and places the index finger on the sensor, only to receive an "error and access denied" message. Security is being maintained by:
A) robot technology.
B) biometric technology.
C) telehealth.
D) ubiquitous computing.
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Chapter 16: Emergency Preparedness and Response for
Todays World
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Q1) The crisis communication officer may first inform the public or health care facility of a disaster or an act of terrorism. This representative has the responsibility to:
A) contain the facts to within the administration group.
B) incite the public to quickly take cover and obtain emergency supplies.
C) provide understandable and straightforward facts about the event within the facility and possibly to the news media.
D) inform the public that no information can be released until it has been confirmed by state and federal agencies.
Q2) A group of local volunteers respond to a tornado. Volunteers have completed an emergency response course and are able to assist with triage of injured citizens. They also participate in local health fairs to teach residents how to react during tornadoes. The responders are members of the:
A) Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).
B) Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS).
C) National Disaster Medical System (NDMS).
D) Commissioned Corps Readiness Force (CCRF).
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Chapter 17: Nursing Leadership and Management
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Q1) A manager just finished the last annual performance review of the staff, reviews the unexpected expenditures for the month due to use of agency nurses, and shares the latest quality indicators with the staff nurses. This manager is performing which management function?
A) Directing
B) Planning
C) Organizing
D) Controlling
Q2) Florence Nightingale is attributed with being intelligent (she developed statistical methods to evaluate health care), dependable (she often worked long hours to care for the injured), and ambitious (she fought against society's perception of nursing). Those who depict her as a leader on the basis of these qualities are practicing which leadership theory?
A) Trait
B) Chaos
C) Bureaucracy
D) Organizational
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Chapter 18: Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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Q1) A nurse manager has calculated that providing 75 hours of direct nursing care per day requires that 120 hours must actually be worked by nursing staff. The manager is involved in: (select all that apply)
A) developing the capital budget.
B) applying productivity metric.
C) monitoring the labor budget.
D) incremental budgeting processes.
E) addressing budget assumptions.
Q2) A nursing unit's census consists primarily of long-term residents with a high risk for falls. To meet new safety regulations, the nurse manager must plan to replace all 50 patient beds with new beds equipped with Fall Watch electronic sensors that will detect when patients get out of bed. The manager will be involved in which type of budgeting to replace the beds?
A) Fiscal
B) Labor
C) Operational
D) Capital
Q3) The financial plan required for the distribution of resources and expenses is a
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Chapter 19: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Q1) A nurse is preparing an exercise program as part of a health promotion program for older adults with osteoporosis. Which question would retrieve the most valuable information about health practices?
A) "Do you exercise?"
B) "Do you like to exercise?"
C) "When do you exercise?"
D) "What exercise practices do you participate in?"
Q2) In today's world of fast, effective communication, what is the most commonly used means of societal communication?
A) Facial expression
B) Spoken word
C) Written messages
D) Electronic messaging
Q3) A nurse wants to apply open communication to obtain a thorough history and to determine cognitive function. Which question represents the use of open communication?
A) Is today Wednesday?
B) Do you know what day it is?
C) Tell me what day of the week today is.
D) Do you know what the first day of the week is?
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Chapter 20: Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Q1) The task of completing and signing the initial assessment on a newly admitted patient who is about to undergo minimally invasive procedures on an outpatient basis can be delegated to:
A) the registered nurse (RN).
B) the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN).
C) unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP).
D) all levels of staff, because the information is about the past and cannot change.
Q2) An RN delegates to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) the task of performing blood pressure checks for a group of patients on a nursing unit. The UAP accepts the task and is responsible for:
A) delegating the task to another UAP if he or she does not have the time or skill to complete the task.
B) keeping the RN informed of any abnormal blood pressure readings.
C) calling the physician when the patient's vital signs are not within established parameters.
D) informing the dietary department to initiate a low-sodium diet for patients who are hypertensive.
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Chapter 21: Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
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Q1) The nurse who is responsible for following the patient from admission through discharge or resolution of illness while working with a broad range of health care providers is called a:
A) nurse manager.
B) case manager.
C) coordinator of patient-centered care delivery.
D) team leader in team nursing care delivery.
Q2) A patient is admitted for a hysterectomy, and the RN develops and implements the plan of care but also delegates to the LPN/LVN the responsibility of administering oral medications. While off duty, this RN receives a call requesting a change in the plan of care because the patient has developed deep vein thrombosis. The nurse who originally planned the care is practicing which type of nursing care delivery?
A) Modular
B) Primary
C) Team
D) Functional
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Chapter 22: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Q1) Which of the following occurrences would be classified as a sentinel event?
A) A postpartum patient who elects to breastfeed only twice daily develops mastitis.
B) A newly diagnosed diabetic patient self-injects insulin in the abdominal area rather than the upper thigh as instructed by the patient educator.
C) A nurse assisting with the delivery of twins places the "Twin 1" name tag on the second-born twin, causing the first-born twin to undergo surgery that was scheduled for the other twin.
D) A nurse administers 3 units of regular insulin rather than 3 units of NPH insulin subcutaneously, resulting in a drop in the patient's serum glucose from 160 to 100 mg.
Q2) Quality is defined by the ____________.
Q3) The surgical team arrives in the operating room and one member states, "Everyone stop. Let's identify the patient and operative site. Now does anyone have any questions or concerns?" This process is known as:
A) time-out.
B) a critical pathway.
C) special cause variation.
D) lean methodology.
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Q1) A nurse would like to obtain background information and learn the political platform of a candidate who is running for national office. The nurse should contact the:
A) National Registry for Candidates.
B) American Nurses Association Nurses Strategic Action Team (N-STAT).
C) National League of Nurses.
D) National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Q2) A bill is pending in the state legislature that will mandate teaching health promotion related to smoking cessation. Which action by the nurse should have the greatest impact on passage of the bill?
A) Explain the rationale for the bill to the school board.
B) Contact the elected representative's office by telephone to request support for the bill.
C) Support a health advocate to run for election as state representative.
D) Tell all students about the bill.
Q3) A nurse who is interested in graduate school wants to learn about recently passed legislation regarding changes in Medicare reimbursement for care provided by clinical nurse specialists. The best source for information on changes in federal programs is the
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Chapter 24: Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
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Q1) When comparing mentoring and role modeling, the role of mentoring is represented by which of the following situations?
A) The experienced nurse is unaware that the novice nurse is observing him or her gathering supplies needed to start intravenous antibiotics.
B) The novice nurse mimics conversations with his or her own patients that were unobtrusively overheard between the experienced nurse and his or her patients.
C) The novice nurse receives feedback from the experienced nurse related to the use of a new occlusive dressing product and is told, "I couldn't have done it better myself."
D) An experienced nurse is nominated for outstanding employee of the month by the novice nurse.
Q2) When the novice nurse asks, "What will happen if this task is not completed," which skill is being demonstrated?
A) Priority setting
B) Delegation
C) Organization
D) Clinical skills
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Chapter 25: Managing Time: The Path to High
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Q1) A nurse is having difficulty managing assignments at work, which results in a feeling of "failure" and tasks that are not completed or that are not completed satisfactorily. The mentor suggests some tips for time management. These include: (select all that apply)
A) focusing on activities to be completed, rather than on objectives.
B) planning for tomorrow today.
C) making certain that the last hours are the most productive in tying up loose ends.
D) maintaining a log of how the nurse spends time (no need to worry about using complete sentences).
E) picking five major objectives for the day and not stopping until they are achieved.
Q2) When deciding whether and when a task should be completed, a nurse must:
A) complete all tasks as they are thought of to prevent having to take time to consider which is most important.
B) procrastinate and hope that someone will volunteer to do it.
C) ask, "What will happen if I don't complete the task now?"
D) view large projects holistically and not as many small pieces.
Q3) The most important step in time management is ____________.
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Chapter 26: Contemporary Nursing Roles and Career
Opportunities
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Q1) The nurse who organizes screenings for employees, assesses the work environment for hazards, and teaches health-promoting activities is employed in the field of:
A) infection control.
B) occupational health.
C) informatics.
D) transportation specialization.
Q2) A hospital standard states, "All intravenous (IV) sites must be rotated every 72 hours." The nurse who assesses and records variations from this standard is fulfilling which role of nursing?
A) Infection control
B) Quality management
C) Coordinator position
D) Counselor
Q3) A nurse researcher is attempting to describe the demographics of today's RNs and reports that:
A) less than half of all RNs work in hospital settings.
B) the average age for an RN is 50 years.
C) approximately 25% of RNs are male.
D) most RN are practicing with a bachelor's degree.
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Chapter 27: Job Search: Finding Your Match
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Q1) Which message would be appropriate to leave on answering systems?
A) "You have reached 910-999-1212. Please leave your name and number and I look forward to returning your call as soon as possible."
B) Music that has messages that might be offensive to some callers downloaded as the response when applicant is unavailable.
C) "Hi, I'm not here. Sorry you missed me. Call again."
D) "I am interviewing for positions, hope to be home soon. If you are calling about an interview, please leave your name, number, and possible positions available."
Q2) A graduate nurse should begin the job search knowing that:
A) few jobs are available for RNs because of a failing health care economy.
B) it would be more promising to apply to a rural hospital than to an urban hospital.
C) although efforts have been made to reduce expenditures for health care, the need for RNs remains stable.
D) the demand for nurses to work in acute care hospitals has decreased because most services are being shifted to outpatient and ambulatory settings.
Q3) The key to a successful interview is being ____________.
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Chapter 28: The NCLEX-RN Examination
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Q1) Which statement concerning the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination is correct?
A) Graduates from all three types of nursing programs (diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate degree) take the same examination.
B) The examination is scored on an interval scale rather than on a pass-fail basis.
C) The examination is offered twice a year in major urban areas.
D) The candidate has the option of choosing a pencil-and-paper format.
Q2) A patient is brought to the unit with mediastinal chest tubes with no fluctuation in the water seal chamber; arterial blood gas results reveal pH, 7.55; CO?, 55; HCO, 28 mEq/L, and O?, 98%. Carotid artery pulsation is visible with the head of the bed elevated and the use of tangential lighting. The first action of the nurse is to: The above question represents which level of Bloom's taxonomy?
A) Knowledge
B) Comprehension
C) Application
D) Analysis
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