Professional Nursing Practice
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Course Introduction
Professional Nursing Practice is a comprehensive course designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts, roles, and responsibilities associated with the nursing profession. Emphasizing the integration of evidence-based practice, ethical principles, and culturally competent care, the course explores the scope of nursing practice within diverse healthcare settings. Students will learn about the nursing process, professional communication, patient advocacy, and interprofessional collaboration. The course also addresses legal and regulatory frameworks, professional standards, and the importance of lifelong learning in meeting the dynamic needs of patients and healthcare systems.
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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 client asks the nurse, "Can you explain Medicare, an amendment to the Social Security Act?" The nurse responds that Medicare:
A) led to many hospital closings, along with a decrease in acute care hospital-based nursing care.
B) provided medical insurance to those younger adults or children who were not eligible for private insurance because of catastrophic illnesses such as cancer.
C) provided preventive care for women, infants, and children.
D) ensured that individuals ages 65 and older and those with end-stage renal disease or permanent disabilities had health care insurance.
Answer: D
Q2) What uniquely twenty-first century issue challenges today's professional nurse. (select all that apply)
A) Caring for an aging population
B) Increased patient acuity
C) Access to health care services
D) Expanding technology
E) Increasing intercultural patient population
Answer: A, B, D, E
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Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
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Q1) According to current data related to the nursing shortage: (select all that apply)
A) salaries of nurses are competitive with those of other professionals such as teachers.
B) only 19% of nurses are minorities.
C) overall, nurses are satisfied with their jobs but leave the profession because of fear of contracting fatal diseases.
D) the employment opportunities for nurses continue to be strong.
E) staff nurses are returning to school to obtain certificates to teach nursing.
Answer: B, D
Q2) The demographics of the twenty-first century nursing population indicate that:
A) individuals entering nursing are second-degree students who average 45 years of age.
B) more white nurses enter and obtain graduate degrees than any other ethnic group.
C) the highest level of nursing education for most RNs is an associate degree.
D) the majority of nurses practice in hospitals.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
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Q1) The practice of nurses, nursing students, and faculty is affected by demographic changes due to:
A) the growing percentage of adults ages 50 to 55 years.
B) increasing numbers of obese children and adults.
C) changes by which families are becoming more nuclear.
D) social programs that are essentially eliminating poverty.
Answer: B
Q2) An RN with a diploma preparation wants to participate in decisions about health care and decides the first step is to obtain a BSN. The nurse enrolls in a nursing program offering self-scheduling and a self-paced curriculum. This nurse is taking advantage of:
A) educational mobility.
B) a traditional nursing program.
C) training for advanced practice nursing.
D) credit by examination.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Q1) A nurse who wishes to practice in another state: (select all that apply)
A) must retake the NCLEX-RN for that state.
B) should determine whether the state is a compact state.
C) may obtain licensure by endorsement.
D) must revoke licensure in the current state because nurses cannot be licensed in more than one state concurrently.
Q2) A nurse holds a license in one state but wishes to practice in a second state that is not participating in a nurse licensure compact agreement. The nurse is granted licensure on payment of a fee but does not retake the licensure examination. The nurse obtains licensure in the second state:
A) by licensure and by endorsement.
B) through mandatory continuing education.
C) by the statutory process known as being grandfathered.
D) through sunset legislation.
Q3) The primary purpose of licensure for RNs is to:
A) prevent others from using the title nurse.
B) demonstrate a specialized body of knowledge.
C) protect the public.
D) enhance recognition for the profession.
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Chapter 5: Theories of Nursing Practice
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Q1) When reading Peplau's theory, a nurse was unable to determine the relationships among concepts. The nurse listed each concept and drew lines denoting relationships to be able to understand the effect of each element. The nurse created a:
A) hypothesis.
B) model.
C) construct.
D) variable.
Q2) A nurse in a rehabilitation unit plans activities of daily living to prevent excessive fatigue, helps the patient dress before the family visits, assists with range of motion, and allows the patient to decide which clothes to wear during the visit. This nurse is best applying which theory to practice?
A) Watson's Theory of Caring
B) Rogers' Theory of Unitary Humans
C) Levine's Theory of Conservation
D) Leininger's Theory of Transcultural Nursing
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 researcher who is seeking funding for a study should identify _____ of funding agencies.
A) board members
B) priorities
C) budgets
D) accreditation
Q2) A public health nurse is interested in determining which educational programs are needed in the aggregates served. The researcher personally interviews individuals who are walking on the streets in the community. This type of research design is:
A) quasi-experimental.
B) survey.
C) case study.
D) ethnography.
Q3) A new nurse researcher is interested in tracing the history of nursing research. The researcher learns that nursing research began with:
A) the work of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War.
B) studies between 1900 and 1940 following Nightingale's work.
C) studies to improve patient care by doctorally prepared nurses.
D) studies based on the naturalistic paradigm.
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Chapter 7: Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
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Q1) A client who is reading a newspaper asks, "This article about health care states that many providers of health care lack effectiveness. What is the difference between effectiveness and efficiency?" The nurse explains that:
A) effective means performing the correct test or intervention whereas efficiency refers to the wise use of supplies and resources for the desired outcome.
B) effective refers to competence in clinical practice and efficiency describes quick completion of the task.
C) efficiency means wasting and meeting a minimum standard and effectiveness refers to taking all the time needed to exceed expectations.
D) efficiency refers to speed and effectiveness refers to the usefulness of the implementation.
Q2) Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) have attempted to reduce health care costs by decreasing:
A) hospital admission rates.
B) length of hospital stay.
C) outpatient services.
D) specialty groups.
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Chapter 8: Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A nursing student planning to apply for licensure knows that being charged with which offense would result in a minor criminal offense?
A) Solicitation of illegal drugs
B) Stealing a car
C) Failing to report elder abuse
D) Billing Medicare for services not rendered
Q2) Which statement regarding informed consent is correct? Informed consent:
A) is mandated by federal but not state law.
B) must reveal expected benefits.
C) requires concealing any known risks.
D) allows the RN to communicate information needed so that informed consent can be provided.
Q3) 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) The Health Care Reform Act provides insurance for all U.S. citizens and legal residents presenting far-reaching ethical considerations related to diverse individual patient health care beliefs for those delivering nursing care. Nurses must consider their civil rights under the rights of conscience and how new health care agendas such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) could affect their practice in situations that may conflict with their own belief system. Today's practicing nurse must:
A) remember it is one's professional duty to render patient-centered care-even when it is in direct conflict with the nurse's own beliefs-or be held liable for withholding treatment.
B) consider whether the right to act according to one's inner beliefs will continue to be permissible when federal health insurance becomes fully enacted.
C) discuss with the patient and family different options in hopes they will accept the nurse's health care beliefs.
D) suggest to the hospital administration that they not accept federal funding to prevent controversial health practices.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competency and Social Issues in
Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A nurse is given a referral to make a home visit to a Russian immigrant. The nurse knows very little about the health beliefs of this ethnic group. To research this group, she can use an Internet search engine and enter the term "Russian cultures" or "Russian health beliefs." To obtain more generalized information, she could also search under:
A) federally recognized minorities.
B) marginalized populations.
C) Asian/Pacific Islander cultures.
D) Latino cultures.
Q2) An Asian teenager is admitted with an eating disorder which she contributes to by not meeting the academic expectations of her parents. The nurse is overheard saying, "That isn't the reason; all Asians are really smart." This nurse is demonstrating:
A) cultural humility.
B) stereotyping.
C) cultural assimilation.
D) acculturation.
Q3) 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) An older adult woman who stops using complementary alternative medicine (CAM) becomes disoriented and is given a diagnosis of dementia. The family is upset with the family physician and the CAM practitioner for not diagnosing the condition earlier. Which CAM may have interfered with early detection of the dementia?
A) Large doses of calcium caused cerebral plaques to form, thereby disguising atrophy of the brain.
B) Excess doses of folic acid masked a vitamin BS1U1B112S1U1B0 deficiency that led to dementia.
C) Hypnotherapy focused on current pleasant thoughts, eliminating clues to the past.
D) The electrical current from magnetic fields interfered with normal brain waves, resulting in confusion and inability to concentrate.
Q2) 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) The Karnofsky prognostication scale is most appropriately used to screen patients with which medical diagnoses?
A) Respiratory diseases
B) Cancers
C) Cardiac diseases
D) AIDS
Q2) Which statement correctly applies to a person's suffering?
A) Pain is the cause of suffering.
B) Suffering and pain are experienced separately.
C) Suffering can exist without the experience of pain.
D) Pain is the focus of all nursing assessments.
Q3) ________________ occurs when a physician predicts the course and outcome of a disease process.
Q4) 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
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Chapter 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing
Practice Environment
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Q1) One workplace issue-the nursing shortage-is caused by several complex issues, including:
A) movement of nurses into acute care settings.
B) the use of unlicensed assistive personnel to replace RNs.
C) a mass of Baby Boomers who have chosen nursing as a career.
D) an aging nursing workforce.
Q2) The occupational health and safety nurse would like to develop programs designed to decrease mortality and morbidity among the workforce. When considering factors related to mortality among health care workers, the nurse should focus efforts on prevention of:
A) suicide.
B) violence related injury.
C) bloodborne disease.
D) ergonomic hazards.
Q3) Nurses who are expected to work overtime as dictated by their employer are being subjected to a ___________ hazard in the workplace.
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Chapter 14: Collective Bargaining and Unions in Todays Workplace
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Q1) A nurse has heard rumors that other nurses are interested in unionizing but knows little about the purpose of unions. The nurse's first action is to:
A) contact an arbitrator who has worked with other nurses in unions.
B) picket the agency where employed to gain inside information as to why unionization is sought.
C) sign the dual-purpose union authorization card.
D) review the National Nurses United website for collective bargaining information.
Q2) A nurse is interested in working in a large trauma center that is unionized but does not want to join the union or pay fees. She accepts the position but is not required to join or pay fees to the union based on which law?
A) National Labor Relations Act
B) Right-to-work law
C) National Labor Relations Act
D) Taft-Hartley Act
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Chapter 15: Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
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Q1) A nurse who is teaching a class to introduce telehealth to the staff would include which example?
A) A robot performs menial housekeeping chores for an invalid patient.
B) A computer software program alerts the nurse or physician who is reviewing orders that an order for a new drug can cause synergy of the theophylline inhaler.
C) A physician speaks into a computer, and the admission history is recorded and saved in the patient file.
D) While a patient in Wyoming performs peritoneal dialysis, a nurse watches remotely from California to ensure that all steps are being followed correctly.
Q2) A nurse providing care at the bedside receives an "alert" that a patient's stat potassium level is 2.5 and digoxin (Lanoxin) is scheduled. The nurse holds the medication and prevents a possible complication. This feature of the Electronic Health Record is available through which core function of EHR?
A) Order entry/order management
B) Decision support
C) Patient support
D) Administrative support
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Chapter 16: Emergency Preparedness and Response for
Todays World
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Q1) Troops from the United States participating in a peace mission in a foreign country were the victims of suicide bombers and many soldiers were evacuated back home to receive specialized medical care. The nation's medical responses will be augmented by:
A) the federally coordinated National Disaster Medical System.
B) local homeland communities where troops receive care.
C) the Medical Reserve Corps, which organizes and utilizes public health, nursing, medical, and other volunteers.
D) the National Incident Management System, which guides government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work seamlessly during disaster situations.
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 hospital's policy requires that all nurse managers must have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in nursing. A BSN nurse new to the hospital has recently been hired as nurse manager for the oncology unit. An RN who has worked on this unit for many years is unable to be promoted to a nurse manager position because of his educational status and has been commenting to physicians and staff, "The new nurse manager has book sense but no leadership abilities." What is the best approach that can be used by the new nurse manager who is attempting to gain the trust and respect of the nursing staff on the unit?
A) Send memos to all staff except the upset nurse to invite them to a luncheon.
B) Ask management to transfer the upset nurse to another unit.
C) Assign the upset nurse to committees that do not directly affect that nursing unit.
D) Acknowledge the clinical expertise of the upset nurse and clearly explain the expectations for teamwork and open, honest communication.
Q2) The first step in the nursing process and in the problem-solving process is to:
A) identify the problem.
B) gather information.
C) consider the consequences.
D) implement interventions.
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Chapter 18: Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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Q1) The financial plan required for the distribution of resources and expenses is a
Q2) A nurse on the unit is heard saying, "I am not going to document that I used four catheters to start that IV; it doesn't matter anyway." What action can help the staff nurse understand the financial budget goals of the unit?
A) Have the nurse work in payroll for a week.
B) Enroll the staff in continuing education units (CEU) for personal finance.
C) Ask the nurse to represent the unit on the budget planning committee.
D) Make the nurse responsible for monitoring all disposable equipment and supplies.
Q3) The nurse manager meets with upper administration and learns that the strategic plan for nursing is to have 80% BSN staff within the next 3 years. The nurse manager then built her budget to meet the organization's strategic goal by providing tuition reimbursement and flexible work hours, which required some agency staffing. Which approach to budgeting is used?
A) Iterative
B) Top-down
C) Participatory
D) Zero-based
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Chapter 19: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Q1) The new director of nurses has instituted "walking rounds" on all nursing units, rather than the usual taped shift reports. A veteran nurse exclaims, "She doesn't know how we do things here!" The nurse is demonstrating:
A) appeal to emotion.
B) appeal to tradition.
C) red herring.
D) straw man.
Q2) An older adult is unable to reach the telephone and is found dead at home several hours later. The son of the deceased person arrives at the hospital and asks, "Can I just please stay and hold my dad's hand? He was so afraid of dying alone." Which response by the nurse shows empathy?
A) "You are just too late for that. Where were you when he needed you?"
B) "Did you ever consider purchasing a cell phone for your dad to prevent this from happening?"
C) "I'll close the door so you can spend time with your dad. I will check back in a few minutes."
D) "I lost my dad last year. He died alone. He was a policeman. I am just like you. Let me stay here and console you."
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Chapter 20: Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Q1) A nurse is delegating to the newly hired nursing unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) the task of assisting with oral hygiene, knowing that this assignment "does not require decisions based on the nursing process." The nurse is correctly using which of the five rights of delegation?
A) Supervision
B) Communication
C) Person
D) Circumstance
Q2) A nurse is concerned about the risk of delegating tasks to licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. What is the best way for the nurse to determine competency of an inexperienced delegatee?
A) Actually observe the delegatee perform the assigned task.
B) Ask the delegatee how many times he/she has performed the task.
C) Ask the patient if the care provided was satisfactory.
D) Ask other nurses if they feel the delegatee is competent.
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Chapter 21: Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
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Q1) A nurse responsible for staffing a medical-surgical unit must consider: (select all that apply)
A) the patient census.
B) physical layout of the unit.
C) complexity of care required.
D) educational level of all staff.
E) task preferences of the nurses.
Q2) A nurse manager is mentoring a novice nurse manager in determining staffing needs. The mentor explains, "We must determine the acuity level of the patient by:
A) assessing patient satisfaction with nursing care."
B) quantifying the amount and intensity of care required."
C) examining the skill mix and educational preparation of the staff."
D) determining the number of hospital days required by the patients."
Q3) A nurse plans care knowing when specific recovery milestones are expected. The nurse is providing care via:
A) patient classification systems.
B) clinical pathways.
C) functional nursing.
D) case management.
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Chapter 22: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Q1) A patient is ordered a low-protein, low-calorie diet but the patient's family brings fish, lentils, and unleavened bread for a meal to observe a cultural practice. The nurse works with the dietitian to adjust the next few meals to accommodate for this variance. This situation would represent:
A) a sentinel event.
B) an adverse event.
C) patient-centered care.
D) the communication technique of "call-out."
Q2) The staff on a nursing unit notes that patient satisfaction varies from month to month. They plot the degree of patient satisfaction each month for 1 year to determine when the periods of greatest dissatisfaction are occurring. The staff uses which type of graph?
A) Time plot
B) Pareto chart
C) Flowchart
D) Cause-and-effect diagram
Q3) Quality is defined by the ____________.
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Q1) The greatest barrier to access to health care for a poor Hispanic person living in downtown Chicago is lack of health ____________________.
Q2) A nurse would like to advocate for increased protective services and reporting mechanisms for elder abuse and attends the "meet the candidate" session at the town hall meeting. This is an important time for the nurse to:
A) educate the public about the nurse's political platform.
B) be spontaneous and not deliver a rehearsed speech.
C) address the person as "candidate" rather than using a first name that implies a working relationship.
D) learn what the key issues are in the candidate's platform.
Q3) Another name for an eligible voter is a _________.
Q4) 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) A student nurse wants to meet other nursing students from different countries and to learn of employment possibilities. The student nurse should:
A) participate in the clinical facility's employee satisfaction task force.
B) join the Student Nurses Association.
C) take part in self-mentoring.
D) postpone taking the licensure examination so he or she can take a tour of foreign countries.
Q2) Faculty comes to class to present information about joining the Student Nurses Association (SNA). A student is heard saying, "Why join this organization? It is just a bunch of students like us. I'll wait and join the real nursing organization after graduation." This student is not aware of which benefits of SNA? (select all that apply)
A) Members are eligible to sit for the licensure examination at a reduced rate.
B) Leadership skills can be refined by working with other schools of nursing.
C) The National SNA provides discounted rates for study abroad opportunities.
D) A global view of nursing can be obtained through networking internationally.
E) Lobbying efforts are a major benefit of belonging to SNA.
Q3) It is important for novice nurses to know that "self-esteem = self-confidence + self-______."
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Chapter 25: Managing Time: The Path to High
Self-Performance
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Q1) When using the ABC system of managing time, those items coded A include:
A) calling the pharmacy to see whether a drug insert is available for a patient.
B) checking to see why a ventilator is alarming.
C) organizing the medication cart.
D) writing memos to remind everyone to contribute to the boss's birthday gift.
Q2) Positive time management skills include:
A) maintaining an open-door policy.
B) retaining all paperwork.
C) returning all telephone calls immediately.
D) scheduling daily activities.
Q3) When choosing to delegate, the nurse should delegate the task to the most qualified person or to the person he or she wishes to:
A) develop.
B) promote.
C) punish.
D) reward.
Q4) 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) A patient is admitted for a hip replacement complicated by uncontrolled diabetes and early dementia. The nurse coordinates referrals to an endocrinologist to establish an insulin protocol and organizes out-patient physical therapy in an Alzheimer's assisted living facility upon discharge. The role of this nurse is the:
A) informatics specialist.
B) educator.
C) case manager.
D) quality manager.
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 27: Job Search: Finding Your Match
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Q1) Many nursing professionals have portfolios that include:
A) family pictures.
B) letters of commendation.
C) articles that describe lack of quality in health care.
D) high school achievements.
Q2) When the job applicant is asked to identify weaknesses, one appropriate reply for the novice nurse might be:
A) "I have no weaknesses."
B) "Are you trying to set me up?"
C) "Delegating to peers."
D) "Caring requires weakness."
Q3) Cover letters:
A) should signify an interest in the employer and let the employer know that you took time to research the organization.
B) must be handwritten so the employer can determine whether charting will be legible.
C) should be limited to one paragraph because time is of the essence.
D) let the employer know your desired salary, shift, and area of practice.
Q4) The key to a successful interview is being ____________.
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Chapter 28: The NCLEX-RN Examination
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Q1) 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
Q2) The length of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination is based on the:
A) last four numbers of the candidate's social security number.
B) location of testing.
C) candidate's educational preparation.
D) performance of the candidate.
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